milkymama
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Who is missing from that area??
"Police can't even determine the age or gender of the person, as the body has severely decomposed."
"They have been there all day"...."intense investigation".....
I haven't figured out if it is the media presentation that makes LE appear so inept or if that is really the way they are. Maybe if they run a vin number they can make some connection?
ETA I understand the body not being identifiable as to gender, but not some of their 'investigation. I am just a but put off by the media. They are like starving sharks after fresh meat.
I hope the family does not have to wait long in this case.
Joan Renee Cook
http://www.nampn.org/cases/cook_joan_r.html
Salem is approx 8 miles from Chesterfield.
Letisha (Tish) Faust
http://www.nampn.org/cases/faust_letisha.html
Floyd VA is approx 36 miles from Chesterfield, and she was apparently on the road when she disappeared.
ETA:
Two more from Roanoke (About 5 miles from Chesterfield):
Renita Thompson
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/t/thompson_renita.html
Suzanne Marie Ryan Patsel
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/patsel_suzanne.html
She was last seen in Roanoke carrying a water bottle, and was apparently supposed to meet someone at the Valley View Mall in Roanoke. Nothing to indicate that she would be in a vehicle outside of Roanoke.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge carries Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301) across the Appomattox River at the fall line. It joins Colonial Heights and Petersburg, Virginia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Memorial_Bridge
Thanks Cymro. I understand the ID aspect. Just venting on the other and now have a clearer perspective after reading your post. How ever they come to their conclusion, I just hope it is soon. I was just imagining someone in the area wondering if it was a family member. The wait must be terrible.In fairness, the cops at the scene probably can't identify much and possibly no ME has taken a look at it yet. That may or may not be too smart though. Investigation probably just means recording rather than actually figuring stuff out, I would hope.
They've also not said what make/model/year of car it is - which would be a very good way of getting an older body identified, if someone were known to have vanished with that vehicle. If someone recently vanished driving, say, a red 2008 Mazda CX7, it would be akin to identifying that person before family could be notified. It makes me think that the body may be fairly recent or we might have heard more.
Saying that it could take weeks to make an ID may also be a way of getting the media away from the story until it can be wrapped up.
Basically what I'm saying is that media could solve this for the police if they want that - and if they don't, they're either missing a trick or they want to preserve a family's privacy (and already have a good idea as to which family).
I can't actually find a place where the Appomattox flows through Chesterfield.
I agree though that it has to be the Chesterfield near Richmond, not Roanoke. Google will only find the other one for me, possibly because I've been to Roanoke and done a few searches for nearby locations there before.
There is a British student, Jonny Dorey, missing from Richmond since March, but I think he's an unlikely match because:
1. Why waste a perfectly good hatchback to dispose of his body;
2. His last cell phone ping was 50 miles in a different direction from his home in Richmond.
There is also a woman called Jill Edmonds, missing from Richmond since January 25. Her vehicle has been recovered, though she has not, making this an unlikely match.