Missing girl's remains discovered; child may have link to Shannon Paulk

[ihadcabinfever]

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/NEWS/612200350/1001

TUSCALOOSA -- The remains of a Northport girl who disappeared in 2003 have been found in an abandoned house in Holt, authorities announced Tuesday.

Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ted Sexton said the remains were those of Heaven LaShae Ross, who was 11 when she disappeared on Aug. 19, 2003, while apparently walking on a rainy morning to a school bus stop near her home in Willowbrook Trailer Park.

Sexton said the remains were found Monday in the abandoned house at Holt, a Tuscaloosa County community about six miles east of Northport.

Authorities said the girl's backpack was found near the body.

The site was being combed by a forensics team and FBI agents. The federal agency had joined the three-year hunt for the missing girl.

In August, Prattville police said investigators were trying to determine whether the missing Northport girl's case was connected to the unsolved abduction and murder of a Prattville girl, Shannon Nicole Paulk, five years ago, as well as the disappearance of Teresa Melissa Dean of Twiggs County, Ga., near Macon, in 1999. All were 11 when they disappeared.

[ihadcabinfever]

Remembering Shannon Paulk

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[ihadcabinfever]

http://www.state.ga.us/gbi/missing/teresadean.html

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[JanetElaine]

Please forgive my ignorance and confusion, but I thought Heaven's remains had been found in December? Or did that turn out not to be her?

Sincerely,
JanetElaine

[JanetElaine]

Okay, I hate it when newspapers bring news as if it had happened only now. Or maybe it is the AP that needs to look into what they are doing - I have noticed these 'reprints' with several AP articles lately. :slap:

Following is the article about the find of Heaven's remains from December 19, 2006:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/16274494.htm

[englishleigh]

They were, JanetElaine. Maybe it was just formally announced Tuesday that it was definitely her, by DNA. I think they just assumed it was her in December since Heaven's backpack was present at the scene.

[JanetElaine]

Our posts must have crossed, Englishleigh.... :) (see above)

[SewingDeb]

I'm confused about the link IHadCabinFever posted in post #1. I posted this same article on Crime & Punishment forum on December 19th, but this article makes it seem that Heaven LaShae was just found this week since it is dated January 25th and says her remains were found on Monday.

Here's where I posted it on another forum:
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ab-crime&tid=16010

I think this article is actually an update but they did not update all the information. She was found in December, I believe.

Maybe I need more coffee.

I hope they are able to solve several cases from what they find in Heaven's case.

[SewingDeb]

Please forgive my ignorance and confusion, but I thought Heaven's remains had been found in December? Or did that turn out not to be her?

Sincerely,
JanetElaine

I believe you are right. See my post in this thread, posted at 10:31 am.

[SewingDeb]

I really should read all the posts before I post. Sorry y'all.

[AlwaysShocked]

Question: Would not vacant houses be searched when looking for a missing child? It says six miles from her home, so maybe that was too far away?

[SeriouslySearching]

Good question! Six miles doesn't seem that far to me!

[Bobbisangel]

Question: Would not vacant houses be searched when looking for a missing child? It says six miles from her home, so maybe that was too far away?



I wondered the same thing. You would think that any time there is a child missing any vacant homes within 10 miles all the way around would be checked out.

I am also wondering something...two of the girls disappeared from mobile parks but I wonder if Teresa Dean lived in a mobile park too. It is interesting that two girls did disappear from mobile parks even if they are in different towns. I really wonder about the 3rd girl.