AR-Missing 17 yr old Casey Crowder -

[Brad Dennis]

KlaasKIDS Child Alert Network

Casey Crowder, age 17 of Pine Bluffs, Arkansas disappeared August 27th. Casey was driving down Hwy 65 early Sunday morning when she ran out of gas. She called a relative on the phone at 5:30am, when they arrived they found Casey's car but Casey was gone. There has been no contact with Casey since. Casey was returning from her boyfriends house.

Desha County Sheriff's Department is investigating. Those with information are asked to call 870-877-2327.

Ground search is on-going.


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[Gmommy]

So this girl was a senior in high school and she was leaving her boyfriend's house at 5:30 in the morning??

I hope they find her.

[Bobbisangel]

I wonder if someone offered to take her to a gas station but abducted her instead. In some cases it is believed that someone posing as a police officer drives the roadways looking for someone that has pulled off the road. If it is a young woman he asks her to get out of the car for whatever reason and then abducts and murders her. I think that is what happend to Maura and the other girl whose car was found on the road but she was gone. It makes sense to me.

[Shadow205]

DUMAS, Ark. — The search for a missing Pine Bluff girl has been scaled back after more than 100 searchers found no sign of the teen, who disappeared along a busy federal highway after running out of gasoline last weekend.

<snip>

Agents put out a notice nationally seeking information about Crowder, who was traveling back from a friend's house in Pickens on Sunday morning, telephoned her mother to say she had run out of gas and would walk to a gas station.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211670,00.html

I didn't realize that she told her mother that she was going to walk to a gas station. I thought she called her mother to come to her assistance. I wonder how far from a gas station she was? Is this a isolated area where she would have been walking?

[WISCer]

Wasn't sure it this went here or in the missing forum....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211670,00.html

Thanks, mods, for taking "care" of me!! ;)

My question is....Why didn't mom tell her to stay put and go to her? Of course, if someone wanted her...they would have taken her either way.

[WISCer]

DUMAS, Ark. — The search for a missing Pine Bluff girl has been scaled back after more than 100 searchers found no sign of the teen, who disappeared along a busy federal highway after running out of gasoline last weekend.

<snip>

Agents put out a notice nationally seeking information about Crowder, who was traveling back from a friend's house in Pickens on Sunday morning, telephoned her mother to say she had run out of gas and would walk to a gas station.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211670,00.html

I didn't realize that she told her mother that she was going to walk to a gas station. I thought she called her mother to come to her assistance. I wonder how far from a gas station she was? Is this a isolated area where she would have been walking?


I've traveled thru there several times...I remember it as being isolated as far as there not being any houses close to the highway, however, there was plenty of traffic. My hubby drove it more frequently and probably knows better than me the road situation....maybe, he'll reply.

[Janet]

I wonder where Dolph (from WS Author claims to have witnessed 3 murders on the west coast in the 1980's) was early Sunday morning (8/27/06) when Casey Chowder went missing!!! If he had any deliveries that brought him SE he would probably travel hwy 65.

[Bobbisangel]

Why oh why did that young girl say that she would walk to a gas station? It was 5:30 in the morning. Don't teenagers realize that perverts can be on the road just waiting to pick them up? I can't imagine her mother not telling her to stay put and lock her doors and not to unlock them or roll her window down for anybody...that she was coming to pick her up or get some gas for her.

Someone picked her up and was up to no good. This is just horrible and it didn't have to happen.

[Sabal]

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/02/ap-state-ar/d8jsd8f00.txt

[englishleigh]

Fox News is reporting that a body has been found but no ID has been made yet. :(

[Janet]

Did they say where the body was found?



Fox News is reporting that a body has been found but no ID has been made yet. :(

[concernedperson]

Did they say where the body was found?

I came in on the end of the report but something is up. And, they seem to believe it is Casey.

[Janet]

I'm hoping Nancy Grace will have something on about her and the missing Leesburg boy.I came in on the end of the report but something is up. And, they seem to believe it is Casey.

[englishleigh]

It's Casey, according to a police source. :( Sheriff, however, will not confirm that.

She was found within the search area, not far, actually, from her car. I'm wondering if the poor girl was maybe just hit by a car?

Prayers for her family, esp. that mother. She will second-guess herself for the rest of her life that she did not insist on going to pick her up.

[Janet]

It's terrible that they found her body, but like you said it sure would make it easier on the mom if it's an accident that she could not have prevented.It's Casey, according to a police source. :( Sheriff, however, will not confirm that.

She was found within the search area, not far, actually, from her car. I'm wondering if the poor girl was maybe just hit by a car?

Prayers for her family, esp. that mother. She will second-guess herself for the rest of her life that she did not insist on going to pick her up.

[Janet]

If she did get hit by a car you would think that it wouldn't take almost a week to find the body unless someone pulled it off the road and didn't report it.



It's Casey, according to a police source. :( Sheriff, however, will not confirm that.

She was found within the search area, not far, actually, from her car. I'm wondering if the poor girl was maybe just hit by a car?

Prayers for her family, esp. that mother. She will second-guess herself for the rest of her life that she did not insist on going to pick her up.

[englishleigh]

If she did get hit by a car you would think that it wouldn't take almost a week to find the body unless someone pulled it off the road and didn't report it.


I really pray this was just an accident, but they aren't saying that. I don't know if she was found along the roadway or not, I just heard them say she was found closer to the car than to the gas station she was trying to reach, and I don't think the gas station was terribly far. I would think she must have been off the immediate roadway or they wuld have found her much sooner than this.

[scandi]

Englishleigh and Janet, you are too kind. If she had been accidently hit by a car would the driver leave her in the bushes? Drive off without reporting it? I think the odds are pretty strong against that being the answer.

They had to have looked very close to where she was found and then someone with new fresh eyes walked a bit further and spotted her. She was tossed like so much garbage I bet, used and abused. We have seen it too often, like Dru Sjodin, actually dumped in a ditch!

I'll lay you odds the killer is a lone male, stopped his car in front of her when she was walking, got her in a choke hold and dragged her into the bushes where he eventually killed her. I also think he could be a sexual predator who was on the prowl, and might even be on the list for check in.

I might be jumping the gun on that, but what are the odds some guy is going to stop, grab a girl and leave her dead in a hidden spot in the bushes unless he is a sexual preditating molester.

I hope people are down right fed up, and something is going to have to change from the federal level to make it manditory life for any sexual predator who is caught even for the first time. First time - life without parole. Then our children and all other targets would be safe. At least much safer than they are now. Then all we would have to worry about would be first timers! :eek:


Scandi

[Sabal]

http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A0E35BB6-43F1-4AF8-90CC-40336D7004D7


http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5359510

[Janet]

If it turns out that she was murdered then someone must have been there almost immediately after she ran out of gas and called her mom to let her know she's going to the gas station. If that's the case I hope they check her gas tank to make sure that nobody tampered with it and knew she would run out. Are there really that many nuts out there that you can't even step out of your car for a minute before one spots you?
I really pray this was just an accident, but they aren't saying that. I don't know if she was found along the roadway or not, I just heard them say she was found closer to the car than to the gas station she was trying to reach, and I don't think the gas station was terribly far. I would think she must have been off the immediate roadway or they wuld have found her much sooner than this.

[englishleigh]

If it turns out that she was murdered then someone must have been there almost immediately after she ran out of gas and called her mom to let her know she's going to the gas station. If that's the case I hope they check her gas tank to make sure that nobody tampered with it and knew she would run out. Are there really that many nuts out there that you can't even step out of your car for a minute before one spots you?

I hate to even ask this, but the boyfriend has been cleared, correct?

Scandi, I agree it was likely foul play. I guess I am just sick of murders of beautiful young girls and women and want to think it could be something else!! I guess someone who was intoxicated and hit her might not report it or even realize they'd hit someone, but you're right, unfortunately...this will turn out to be a murder. :( :banghead: :banghead:

[scandi]

Janet, I did read the car was verified to be out of gas and that she was found closer to the car than the gas station.

That tells me she was well on her jaunt to the station when she was stopped from proceeding. They have been searching that area for what, a week?
Suddenly she is found, which means some searcher took a couple of different steps to the left or the right and something caught their eye.

It had to be good karma that she was found since they had been over all of that area. I heard just now her family is taking it very hard. So tough. They knew there would be the possibility, but to actually face it when given the news, well God love them. That is all I can say. So tough. I watched both Dru and Brooke's parents and felt their agony. It is true pain in the worst sense of the word.

Scandi

[Janet]

My thoughts exactly. Is the boyfriend cleared or was this a routine thing for her to be returning home at the same time Sunday mornings. Someone that lives near the boyfriend may have been watching her or someone could have followed her over a period of time to know where the car was parked at the boyfriends house and cut the gas line. You would think she would have checked to make sure she had enough gas. She had money or credit cards to go get gas after she ran out.I hate to even ask this, but the boyfriend has been cleared, correct?

Scandi, I agree it was likely foul play. I guess I am just sick of murders of beautiful young girls and women and want to think it could be something else!! I guess someone who was intoxicated and hit her might not report it or even realize they'd hit someone, but you're right, unfortunately...this will turn out to be a murder. :( :banghead: :banghead:

[Janet]

If they verified that the car was out of gas - I hope they did more than just look at the gas tank gauge and checked the gas lines. If the gas station wasn't that far down the road you would think she would have gotten gas as she drove by it - unless she thought she had more gas than she did. How many more miles was she having to drive before she got to her house?



Janet, I did read the car was verified to be out of gas and that she was found closer to the car than the gas station.

That tells me she was well on her jaunt to the station when she was stopped from proceeding. They have been searching that area for what, a week?
Suddenly she is found, which means some searcher took a couple of different steps to the left or the right and something caught their eye.

It had to be good karma that she was found since they had been over all of that area. I heard just now her family is taking it very hard. So tough. They knew there would be the possibility, but to actually face it when given the news, well God love them. That is all I can say. So tough. I watched both Dru and Brooke's parents and felt their agony. It is true pain in the worst sense of the word.

Scandi

[Janet]

I just read the links to the news. They said that no personal belongings were found with the body. Where is her pocketbook or at least her license? Are they in the car? It looks like her drive home was about 50 miles and she was only about 10 miles into it. She should have know she couldn't make it home 40 more miles without gas.

[SewingDeb]

I just read the links to the news. They said that no personal belongings were found with the body. Where is her pocketbook or at least her license? Are they in the car? It looks like her drive home was about 50 miles and she was only about 10 miles into it. She should have know she couldn't make it home 40 more miles without gas.

From one of the Fox News links above:

Crowder's car was found earlier this week along U.S. 65 south of Dumas, with her purse and cell phone gone but a softball bat and glove left behind.

It's a shame she didn't fill up with gas before starting her drive home. If she had, we might not be reading about her.

[Janet]

Or at least have taken that softball bat with her. So where's her purse and cell phone at??? Sounds like foul play.From one of the Fox News links above:

Crowder's car was found earlier this week along U.S. 65 south of Dumas, with her purse and cell phone gone but a softball bat and glove left behind.

It's a shame she didn't fill up with gas before starting her drive home. If she had, we might not be reading about her.

[Vet4Bush]

It's a shame she didn't fill up with gas before starting her drive home. If she had, we might not be reading about her.[/QUOTE]
Young driver. The only time I ever ran out of gas was when I first got my drivers license. After being stuck out on a lonely road once you learn to check your fuel gage before starting out on a long trip next time.

[Bobbisangel]

Maybe they will find her purse and cell phone thrown somewhere out there in the bushes or else the killer took them with him.

I wonder if Casey forgot to get gas the night before and thought she had enough to make it to the gas station on the highway. It could be that nothing was open around her boyfriends place that early in the morning. If she was only 10 miles into her drive I wonder why she didn't have her boyfriend bring her some gas or go get it for her at the gas station?

I hope that LE find some DNA evidence...shoe prints or something that they can connect to the killer. Has anything like this happened in that area before...anyone know?

If I ran out of gas on the highway or any road and it was dark out I don't think I would even roll down my window for a cop. Everything that I've seen about what to do if your car breaks down on the road says to lock all of your doors and keep your windows rolled up and wait for help to come. It has to be the right help though. If the person looks like a cop I would want to see some proof and hear the radio dispatcher talking ;)

[Sabal]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211956,00.html

[englishleigh]

I wonder if Casey forgot to get gas the night before and thought she had enough to make it to the gas station on the highway. It could be that nothing was open around her boyfriends place that early in the morning. If she was only 10 miles into her drive I wonder why she didn't have her boyfriend bring her some gas or go get it for her at the gas station?



I thought I heard something earlier this week about her telling her mom on the phone that she was going to phone the boyfriend's brother who lived nearby and get him to bring her some gas or go with her to get the gas...the brother said he never heard from her.

[scandi]

I think it was breaking light from the dawn at that time of the morning.


She might have accidently ran out of gas, but I think the gas station was further up, but not too far away. I've had it happen before, many times!

The more I think about it this person that abducted her was driving along, as it is a remote area. He saw her and it sparked an urge and he went for it, and I doubt iuf she had any advantage at all, like Dru.

Now they'll do a profile, and I would love to hear a great ex-FBI profiler give their opinion as to what this guy, given the circumstances. would be like. Someone like Candice DeLong!

I think he is white, not very smart, zones in on the totally helpless women who are all alone, as he doesn't have the smarts to take someone in the middle of the city, and might live nearby, and was driving a route he often travels, either in his job or going to and from work.

Scandi

[scandi]

I thought I heard something earlier this week about her telling her mom on the phone that she was going to phone the boyfriend's brother who lived nearby and get him to bring her some gas or go with her to get the gas...the brother said he never heard from her.

That's right! We need to find out where he was when she called him and how long it would take him to get there.

That could be a distinct possibility, and I bet the coppers are working on that as we speak! YaYa


Scandi

[englishleigh]

That's right! We need to find out where he was when she called him and how long it would take him to get there.

That could be a distinct possibility, and I bet the coppers are working on that as we speak! YaYa


Scandi

I bet they are, too. Somehow I don't think this was a random thing, I don't know why.

[Saavy]

I thought I heard something earlier this week about her telling her mom on the phone that she was going to phone the boyfriend's brother who lived nearby and get him to bring her some gas or go with her to get the gas...the brother said he never heard from her.
My local newspaper, The Jonesboro Sun, had an article a couple of days ago about Casey. I looked for the article on the online version, but it wasn't there. In the paper version, it stated that Casey called her boyfriend's brother Sunday morning when she ran out of gas, but he didn't get the message until 1 a.m. Monday. He then called her mother to see if she had gotten gas.

[Saavy]

This case brings to mind Amanda Tusing, 19, whose body was found in June 2000. She had left her boyfriend's house headed home to her parents about 11:30 p.m. When she didn't phone her boyfriend saying she had arrived, he called her parents and they all set out to find her. The boyfriend found her car about 10 miles from his house on the highway, but her body was not found until four days later. I think her body was found less than a mile from her car, face down in a ditch. This case has never been solved.

[Janet]

Where was that - Anywhere near this area ?This case brings to mind Amanda Tusing, 19, whose body was found in June 2000. She had left her boyfriend's house headed home to her parents about 11:30 p.m. When she didn't phone her boyfriend saying she had arrived, he called her parents and they all set out to find her. The boyfriend found her car about 10 miles from his house on the highway, but her body was not found until four days later. I think her body was found less than a mile from her car, face down in a ditch. This case has never been solved.

[Saavy]

Where was that - Anywhere near this area ?
I believe she was found in/near to Dell, AR. Dell is about 3 hours from Pine Bluff. Alittle over 200 miles.

[Janet]

If someone lived in Hughs or Marianna it would only be between 75 - 100 miles to either areas. That doesn't sound too far for someone out there cruising for their next victim. Maybe a common friend to these woman or their boyfriends?

I believe she was found in/near to Dell, AR. Dell is about 3 hours from Pine Bluff. Alittle over 200 miles.

[Sabal]

The body, presuming it was her, was found 6 miles from her car.


http://www.kark.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=7397

[Old Broad]

This article says the body has been identified.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211956,00.html

Watching the news coverage during the night it was mentioned that she had driven past the gas station and was walking back towards it, why oh why did she pass it up???

So terribly sad!!

OB

[Old Broad]

My thoughts exactly. Is the boyfriend cleared or was this a routine thing for her to be returning home at the same time Sunday mornings. Someone that lives near the boyfriend may have been watching her or someone could have followed her over a period of time to know where the car was parked at the boyfriends house and cut the gas line. You would think she would have checked to make sure she had enough gas. She had money or credit cards to go get gas after she ran out.

From everything I've heard the boyfriend has been cleared, she'd already left his home and was alone when she ran out of gas, it's been reported that he was very active in the search and is taking things very hard. When she called her mother her mother offered to come get her and she told her not to because of needing to take her brothers to sunday school later.
I wish I knew why she didn't stop and get gas, she still had quite a distance.
Years ago when I worked evening shift I ran out of gas on my way home from work, about 11:30 at night on a dark and desolate highway. I did not know I was out of gas! The needle had gotten stuck and it still showed I had some in the tank! I had no cell phone and was about 20 miles from home. A man stopped and offered to take me to the town I lived in and I got in the car. Now I would not do that but my thinking at the time was that if he was going to do anything, just being out there alone in the dark and isolated as I was, he could do it right there. I was very lucky, he dropped me off at my doorstep.
A few years ago I had my car breakdown on the interstate during the day time, again no cell phone (I do have 1 now) a man pulled over and offered to give me a lift. I told him no, I'd stay there with the car but could he call my auto club for me. He was dressed like he was in some type of law enforcement! He told me he couldn't make any calls because he didn't have a phone, which I thought was very odd. He was also a bit to insistent that I just get in the car! My hinky meter was up! Right then a highway patrol car did pull over! Talk about good timing. This man drove off as soon as he saw the highway patrol coming.

OB

[SewingDeb]

Young driver. The only time I ever ran out of gas was when I first got my drivers license. After being stuck out on a lonely road once you learn to check your fuel gage before starting out on a long trip next time.

I know some adult women who run out of gas all the time. It seems like they would learn after the first time.

This really does sounds like a case of foul play. Someone may have stopped to offer her a ride.

[scandi]

Boy, you were really lucky OldBroad. Did you tell the LE officer your hinky meter had gone off? That would be sooooo scary!

Scandi

[scandi]

Now that she has been found are they going to move this thread? I always have a hard time finding it for some reason!

Scandi

[Janet]

I also had an experience. My friend and I ran away when we were 15-16 years old and hitchhiked back and forth 1,000 miles each way. On the trip home we got a ride with a truck driver (18 wheeler). My friend was in the middle and I was next to the door and our small suitcases were in the bed compartment behind the seats. We were driving and I noticed he was moving his hand around the front of his pants. I nugged my friend and asked "what's he doing"? Just then we realized he had his ding-a-ling out and was playing with himself. I immediately said "you can let us out right here" in a loud and aggressive voice. He pulled over and we grabbed our suitcases and started running before he even got around to our side of the truck. It was between 3 -4 AM, pitch black and not another car on the road. We were so afraid to get into another car/truck, but we wanted to get home. The next truck we got into was a very nice man telling us of how dangerous it is for us to be hitchhiking so we told him what had just happened to us. He drove us all the way back home to make sure we were safe - which was 200 more miles than he was going. That trip cured our hitchhicking habits. Til this day I think about what could have happed to us. Years later when my car broke down in the next city over I accepted another ride. As we drive down the dark marsh road I started thinking I shouldn't have done this. I kept my hand on the door handle and keep watching for anywhere he could pull into so I could jump out and start running. He drove me all the way to the next block from my house because I didn't want him to know where I lived. So that drive turned out fine, but I definitely would not accept a drive with anyone these days for sure. From everything I've heard the boyfriend has been cleared, she'd already left his home and was alone when she ran out of gas, it's been reported that he was very active in the search and is taking things very hard. When she called her mother her mother offered to come get her and she told her not to because of needing to take her brothers to sunday school later.
I wish I knew why she didn't stop and get gas, she still had quite a distance.
Years ago when I worked evening shift I ran out of gas on my way home from work, about 11:30 at night on a dark and desolate highway. I did not know I was out of gas! The needle had gotten stuck and it still showed I had some in the tank! I had no cell phone and was about 20 miles from home. A man stopped and offered to take me to the town I lived in and I got in the car. Now I would not do that but my thinking at the time was that if he was going to do anything, just being out there alone in the dark and isolated as I was, he could do it right there. I was very lucky, he dropped me off at my doorstep.
A few years ago I had my car breakdown on the interstate during the day time, again no cell phone (I do have 1 now) a man pulled over and offered to give me a lift. I told him no, I'd stay there with the car but could he call my auto club for me. He was dressed like he was in some type of law enforcement! He told me he couldn't make any calls because he didn't have a phone, which I thought was very odd. He was also a bit to insistent that I just get in the car! My hinky meter was up! Right then a highway patrol car did pull over! Talk about good timing. This man drove off as soon as he saw the highway patrol coming.

OB

[scandi]

Reading your story Janet, I remembered something that happened to me about 9 years ago when I didn't have a car. On a major Portland street I hitched a ride because the guy stopped in front of the bus stop and asked if I wanted a ride. I thought about it for a minute asw I wasn't going far, but then did get in his car.

We had gone about one block shen I detected some movement from him out of the corner of my eye. He had his thingy out, being real busy at it and I screamed as loud as I could for him to stop and let me out! Luckily for me, he did. My scream really shook him up from his mood and he started to apologise as I jumped out of his car.

I had never hitched a ride before, and of course it was my last time. You just never kinow what to expect!


Scandi

[topsailgrl]

msnbc and amw reporting that Casey's body has been found and identified. :(

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=40326

[Janet]

Found in a wooded area and no clues in the case sounds like foul play. So the mother did go to help her, but she could not find her. At least that should be some comfort to her mom that she tried. It all probably happened real fast.msnbc and amw reporting that Casey's body has been found and identified. :(

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=40326

[HeartofTexas]

Geez, she was 5'1" and weighed 105 pounds... she was no match for anyone who tried to do anything to her. How sad.

[Janet]

Maybe the bat she left in the car could have helped alittle. If not with her life then maybe leaving some bruises on him/her that would require some explaining.



Geez, she was 5'1" and weighed 105 pounds... she was no match for anyone who tried to do anything to her. How sad.

[Janet]

They are going to talk about this case now (EST) on Fox News "The Line up"

[Sabal]

http://www.fox16.com/mediacenter/?videoId=40022

[tuppence]

Body identified...this should be moved to Located

http://www.kark.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=7413

[tuppence]

This article seems to have the most information

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/04/news/news2.txt


.......The female body was clothed, Snyder told The Commercial, but declined comment when asked if the body showed evidence of trauma.

The body was found in woods east of Dumas off a farm road near a field, police sources said. Both the FBI and Arkansas State Police personnel conducted the crime scene search, Synder acknowledged.

The girl had phoned her mother at 5:47 a.m., after leaving her boyfriend’s home at Pickens to tell her that she was on her way home, then called back at 6:08 a.m. to report that she had run out of gas and would call a friend to help her.....

[chiefs_fan_4life]

This is a very sad case and strikes close to home. This is probably nuts, but I wonder if someone ran her over or hit her with their car while she was walking, then carried her body into the woods. Surely there would be evidence of this, though. I wish they'd release some more details. This kind of stuff scares me because my oldest will be driving next month.

[Beyond Belief]

I thought the same thing. I wonder what kind of trucks use that road in the early morning hours?

[Beyond Belief]

on the record-GRETA- just mentioned they are looking for a specific truck..............

[Janet]

Did they say she was hit by a truck? For Greta to say that there must be some marks high enough on her body high to point towards a truck rather than a car. Did someone mention they say a suspicious truck around that time.

[Beyond Belief]

Found the truck. Caught in a road block. Interviewed driver twice.
No information yet on cause of death..

[Janet]

I just saw some of the show. The gas station was only 1/4 mile down the road. Someone was definitly watching her.

[Saavy]

Beyond belief,
You say they caught the truck--was that person cleared?

[SewingDeb]

Bump. I'm curious about the driver of the truck, too. Has anyone heard an update?

[ketel0ne]

Desha officials say they have suspect in Crowder's death (http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/05/ap-state-ar/d8jv2v800.txt)

[Janet]

Anything new with driver of the white truck? Did they release the results of the autopsy yesterday?

[Shadow205]

He declined to comment on the specific manner or cause of the girl’s death until he receives the medical examiner’s written report, except to say it was a homicide.

Police are currently interviewing “persons of interest” and are asking witnesses who may have seen Casey in a late-model white Chevrolet pickup between 5 a.m. and noon on Aug. 27 to call the Southeast Arkansas Law Enforcement Center at (870) 382-6212. The truck has distinctive graphics running the length of the truck.
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/06/news/news2.txt

[SewingDeb]

Thanks for the updates y'all. This is so sad.

[scandi]

Ditto! I really appreciate the updates too. I am so thankful they have this guy in cdustody. It will be interesting to watch the case unfold.

Scandi

[JustUsJones]

Strangely, the main page link is titled:

Crime Lab Examining Truck in Crowder Case (http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=E0AC848C-1515-4062-9B34-EEA0820848DC)
The Desha County Sheriff says the cause of death in the Casey Crowder murder is "exactly what we really thought it was going to be".

But when you click to the story, that text isn't visible--link to the story:

http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=E0AC848C-1515-4062-9B34-EEA0820848DC


JUJ

[tuppence]

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/07/news/news2.txt


“The owner of that vehicle is a ‘person of interest,’” Snyder said. “We’ve interviewed him several times. He’s not in custody. We have other leads we’re following.”

.................................................. ................................................

While authorities have confirmed that Casey’s death was a homicide, they remain tight-lipped about the manner in which she died.

“I respectfully decline to disclose it other than it was homicide,” said 10th Judicial District Prosecutor Thomas Deen.

“I feel very circumspect about what should be released at this point in the investigation,” he said. “I expect to try this case in front of a jury one day and I don’t want anything I, or law enforcement officers, have said to prejudice that trial.”

[Sabal]

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/10/news/news1.txt

[dannyodie]

from the way I am seeing this, sounds to me like she was most likely sexually assulted, possibly in the truck they are looking at. strangulation or blunt force trauma would most likely be the manner in which she died. hopefully the police will have this man in jail soon, that is if he doesn't run off to another state.

[tuppence]

They make it sound like they think they have figured out who it is and are waiting on DNA tests. I hope that's right! One of the first things I think of is how many others is this guy responsible for.....

[Saavy]

Snyder says he plans to meet with prosecutors this week to discuss an arrest.


http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5388085

[scandi]

Sounds to me like LE has a very good idea or 'make' on the perp who did this to Casey. I sure hope so for her family''s sake, and for any other desirable girls this dude might run into along his way. Guys like this we all want off the street, right now, correct? YaYa~!



Scandi

[tuppence]

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/15/news/news1.txt



The state Crime Lab has completed the processing and testing of a “vehicle of interest” in the Casey Crowder abduction and murder case, according to Desha County Sheriff-elect Jim Snyder.

Snyder said he doesn’t know if the crime lab found any evidence that would link the white Chevrolet pickup truck to the 17-year-old Pine Bluff girl.
.............

“We won’t know until we get the final report and they said it would be next week,” Snyder said.

..............................

Snyder said police believe they may know why Casey was killed but declined to disclose the possible motive.

“We don’t have anything in stone as to why this abduction and murder took place, but we think we know,” he said.

[reb]

moral of story... especially for females, since there's so many psychopath males out there these days:
do not ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER let your car get so low that you might run out of gas. if you see your tank getting 1/4 or lower in the DAYTIME,, go to a gas station right then. make it a priority to always do this, espceially if you live in the country or areas where you have to drive on long open stretches of roads, and expecially- if you drive a lot at night.
also... find a good HONEST mechanic (it's hard to find these days but they ARE out there!)-- someone you trust through recommendations of friends or family.. someone who will keep your car tuned up right.. and not just do whatever they can to rip you off- and to give your car continual problems so you have to keep coming back to them. i have said for years that this should be a punishable offense, if you can get proorf that you were decieved or lied to by a mechanic. because it puts peoples' LIVES (especially women's!) in danger!!!

i can only imagine how many missing persons and unsolved murders out there are because of a woman's car breaking down in the middle of nowhere due to some greedy, selfish mechanic who just wants to make an extra buck for himself, or those who are TRAINED to do that to make en extra buck for the shop. they don't realize what they are doing!!!

so mothers/fathers-- tell your daughters how important this is, when they learn how to drive. and give them some MACE they can keep in the glove compartment, so if they have to walk somewhere, at least they might have a chance to defend themselves!

[Tristan]

Snyder said police believe they may know why Casey was killed but declined to disclose the possible motive.

This quote is from the article posted most recently.

I wonder what the motive was for this murder.

Does anyone know what the cause of death was?
and
Was she sexually violated?

I'm guessing not, since she was found clothed.

[aussieblue]

This quote is from the article posted most recently.

I wonder what the motive was for this murder.

Does anyone know what the cause of death was?
and
Was she sexually violated?

I'm guessing not, since she was found clothed.

I 2nd all those questions???????

Does anyone have an update ...thanks????????

~aussieblue

[Saavy]

Unfortunately, there has not been any media attention to this case since the crime lab results came back regarding the truck. I 2nd all those questions???????
Does anyone have an update ...thanks????????

~aussieblue

[Tristan]

I wonder why the silence on this case.

Also, does anyone have any theories as to what the police meant when they
said that they think they know *why* she was killed.

I can understand them knowing how she was killed, but what leads them
to know the motive?

[SewingDeb]

I wonder why the silence on this case.

Also, does anyone have any theories as to what the police meant when they
said that they think they know *why* she was killed.

I can understand them knowing how she was killed, but what leads them
to know the motive?

I hope the silence is because they are building the case and have a strong suspect.

[Saavy]

I can't confirm this at the moment, but my babysitter told me this morning it was announced on the morning news that an arrest had been made. She said it is a truck driver. I have not found anything online to back this up. I hope it is true!

[loganone]

I can't confirm this at the moment, but my babysitter told me this morning it was announced on the morning news that an arrest had been made. She said it is a truck driver. I have not found anything online to back this up. I hope it is true!
http://wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=5474619

Here is a link report of the arrest.

[SewingDeb]

Good! I had read on another forum a good while back that the locals suspected a K.O. and he was a truck driver. Guess they were right.

[Tristan]

Are there any updates on Casey?

I wonder why they aren't releasing the cause of death.

[Curious J]

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/09/30/news/news1.txt

TRUCKER COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY


By Patty Wooten/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Friday, September 29, 2006 10:56 PM CDT

ARKANSAS CITY — The man accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old Casey Crowder was denied bail Friday on capital murder and kidnapping charges, beginning a legal process that could end in a death sentence if he’s convicted.


Kenneth Ray Osburn, a 46-year-old widowed truck driver and father of two from the Wolfe Project near McGehee, had his first court appearance on charges of capital murder and kidnapping.

He allegedly kidnapped the Pine Bluff girl during the early morning hours of Aug. 27 when her vehicle ran out of gas on U.S 65 at Dumas, then strangled her to death.

[Beyond Belief]

Are there any updates on Casey?

I wonder why they aren't releasing the cause of death.The article said strangled.:(

[Tristan]

Thank you for the update.

[reb]

oh wow, a father of 2. and this was his first killing.....???

[Beyond Belief]

I'd like to know if his wife's death was suspicious. And where and the hell he has been all these years and if he's a connection to any other deaths. I just do not believe this is the first time.

[reb]

very good question! i'm just glad they found him so fast & got him off the streets.

[BillyGoatGruff]

I must have gone to school with this creep, as we're roughly the same age, although I can't place his name or face. I lived both in Tillar and McGehee in the 60s and 70s--two communities he's listed as living in as well. The Wolfe Project is named after my grandfather's best friend, who donated the land to the county for lower income housing in his will. Also, the killer's daughter apparently works in the same nursing home my aunt is in, and I went to school with the judge slated to hear the case. Small damn world.

[Saavy]

I hope the LE checks him out for the murder of Amanda Tusing, which happened in 2000 about three hours from where Casey was murdered. These cases have quite a few similarities.

[Mrs_Norwood]

This hits close to home. My grandparents live near Pine Bluff and I go there many times every year. The crime rate near Pine Bluff I would think would be higher than other parts of the state. What a horrible thing to happen to such a pretty girl. http://www.websleuths.com/forums/images/smilies/eek.gifhttp://www.websleuths.com/forums/images/smilies/furious.gif

[Bobbisangel]

Glad that they caught the killer. I still wonder what LE think the motive was. To me it would seem that the truck driver saw Casey walking and he picked her up telling her that he would take her to a gas station to get gas with every intention of raping and killing her. Maybe he didn't get to the rape if she fought him and he ended up strangling her to get her to stop screaming or fighting him.

I wonder too if this was the first murder for this guy. Maybe he just didn't get caught before. As ugly as things are in this world today I still see a girl hitchhiking now and then. I wonder what they are thinking!

[Saavy]

Analysts at the state Crime Lab recovered animal hair resembling that of a dog and cat on Crowder's clothing, according to an affidavit for a warrant to collect DNA from Osburn's dogs and cats.

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5570748

[Taximom]

It would be wonderful if any other unsolved crimes where he's been have that same pet-hair DNA.

[Saavy]

Nothing new...just update on local news station today

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5706438

[JustUsJones]

Update from December 2, suspect found to be competent to stand trial, also detail about what was used to strangle her:

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5760276

Don't miss the end, it'll irritate the :eek: outta ya! They just get more creative EVERY day, especially when they "are innocent"!

JUJ

[Annie]

Thanks for posting that. I had wondered what was happening with that case but hadn't heard anything for a while. He had to know what the consequences would be for confessing to this murder. Did he think he could confess and just deny it later?

[Bobbisangel]

So LE threatened to lock up his daughter if he didn't confess to murder. That's a new one. I would imagine if that had been the case this creep would have told them to go ahead and lock her up! He murdered a teenager. Why would he care what happened to his own kids. This creep must have thought that it was his lucky day/night when he saw Casey walking on the freeway. I wish she had waited for her mom to come and get her or someone else to come. Kids just don't realize how dangerous it is out there.

[mistivon]

ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. A hearing that was set for today for a man accused of killing a Pine Bluff teenager has been postponed until next month.

Circuit Judge Sam Pope did not set a date for the hearing.



Forty-six-year-old Kenneth Osburn has pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge in the August 27th slaying.



Crowder's body was discovered near a drainage canal east of Dumas on September second following a six-day search. She disappeared after running out of gas on U-S 65 near Dumas.



Osburn's lawyer has filed a batch of motions, including one that seeks a delay in a trial that is scheduled for May.

http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=5971739

[Bobbisangel]

Typical defense attorney to keep postponing everything. Well, he can keep it up but there will come a day when there will be a trial and there will be justice for Casey. Bless her and her family.

[Rle7]

Kenneth Ray Osburn, 48, was convicted Friday of the capital murder and kidnapping of Pine Bluff teenager Casey Crowder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The jury deliberated for more than 10 hours before announcing its unanimous verdict at 11:45 a.m.

However, Arkansas law requires a separate penalty phase when a conviction is returned in a capital case.

The jury was split 11-1 on the question of execution or life in prison without parole.

Tenth Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Sam Pope sentenced Osburn to life without parole, as is dictated by law in the event a jury can’t reach a decision in the sentencing phase.

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2008/01/19/news/news1.txt

[MCDRAW]

What was his motive for killing her? I just find it hard to believe that he waits to the age of 46 to begin killing.

[Bobbisangel]

What was his motive for killing her? I just find it hard to believe that he waits to the age of 46 to begin killing.


This probably wasn't the first time for him. I hope he gets LWOP...at least.

[WhyaDuck?]

HAMBURG, AR - A judge in Ashley County has refused a McGehee trucker's request for a new trial in the death of Casey Crowder.

Kenneth Osburn was sentenced in January to life in prison without parole for the 2006 killing of 17-year-old Casey Crowder.

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?s=7996983