Found Deceased IL - Benedetta 'Beth' Bentley, 41, Mount Vernon, 23 May 2010 #1

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RubyRed said:
According to video, husband said she was going to drive back. He said there was no mention of taking a train.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7477571
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Someone isn't telling the truth. Family friend and her brother say she had made arrangements with husband to take train and that he last spoke to her at 6 pm Sunday. Husband says 'afternoon' and that he didn't know she was taking the train.

ETA: a little slow on the uptake this evening; the time (6 pm) had to have come from Beth's husband... that she made arrangements to take the train could have come from either. I don't see the friend AND brother both getting the 6 pm call wrong.
 
eyes4crime said:
Seems clear to me that she never was on the train - nobody saw her, conductor, passengers, nor was there a ticket purchased (by credit card).

Either she never made it to the train station or once there, someone who knew she was taking the train took her away. moo
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If what the friend is saying is true, and Beth made arrangements with her husband to take the train back, maybe he was supposed to purchase the ticket for her?
 
Timeline

Last seen May 23 at the Centralia Amtrak station to catch the 6:08 p.m train to Chicago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20006419-504083.html

Last spoke to husband by cellphone in Woodstock IL at 6pm on May 23 (NOT REPORTED IN NEWS)

She was driven to the station around 4:30 p.m. in a 2009 White Nissan Altima.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/

Scott Bentley says Beth never mentioned taking a train back. (video)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7477571

According to family friend Angela Montgomery....The 41-year-old mother of three was expected to be back at her home Sunday, May 23, called her husband to report her friend wanted to stay an extra day, and the couple made arrangements for Bentley to get on a late afternoon train in Centralia
http://register-news.com/local/x1174317299/Search-continues-for-missing-woman

My observations:
1) Seems like a long wait at the station after she was dropped off.
2) Scott Bentley and Angela Montgomery give conflicting stories.
 
Calliope said:
Ok, going down the FB postings, her brother also states she last spoke to her husband at 6 pm. I believe he would have gotten this info from the husband or Beth, too (his FB says he lives in AZ; I don't think it's likely he came by this information from her friends).

In this photo, I thought it was her husband; it's actually her brother:

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...all&subj=122739057758360&aid=-1&id=1332086463

Family photo posted by her brother, caption also mentions she spoke to husband at 6 pm:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...58360&aid=-1&id=1332086463&fbid=1475949622019
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Ok, thanks for clearing up where the 6pm last call with DH came in.

If she talked to her dh at 6 he would clearly know she was taking the train. She would have told him, honey I am at the train station. DH knows she was or was not.

I'm on the fence between DH and the friend right now. Unless Beth was abducted by a stranger from the train station within 8 minutes of the trains arrival time - and in that case there should have been other passengers waiting for the 6:08 train. IF Beth was there, she was not there by herself as the only passenger waiting for the train.

JMO
 
grayjay said:
Timeline

Last seen May 23 at the Centralia Amtrak station to catch the 6:08 p.m train to Chicago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20006419-504083.html

Last spoke to husband by cellphone in Woodstock IL at 6pm on May 23 (NOT REPORTED IN NEWS)

She was driven to the station around 4:30 p.m. in a 2009 White Nissan Altima.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/

Scott Bentley says Beth never mentioned taking a train back. (video)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7477571

According to family friend Angela Montgomery....The 41-year-old mother of three was expected to be back at her home Sunday, May 23, called her husband to report her friend wanted to stay an extra day, and the couple made arrangements for Bentley to get on a late afternoon train in Centralia
http://register-news.com/local/x1174317299/Search-continues-for-missing-woman

My observations:
1) Seems like a long wait at the station after she was dropped off.
2) Scott Bentley and Angela Montgomery give conflicting stories.
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BBM. I agree. One media article says the couple made arrangements for her to take the train. Who is the couple? I don't know too many media articles which would refer same gender friends as 'couples'.
 
Calliope said:
BBM

I would too if this weren't also the family friend who's speaking to the press. The same person who said she called her husband and made arrangements to take the train home.
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In the last 48 hours I have read media on other cases where LE has stated what friends said in the media, or what was on FB is unconfirmed. I still take it with a grain of salt, even if they are talking to the media because it is still unconfirmed by LE. Friends can say anything. Who's to say a friend isn't covering for the DH or friend involved? - Purely speculative of course, but anyone can post anything on FB and we are used to the media getting at best a D+ on vetting info these days. (Unless the media statements are from LE)

JMO
 
Cubby said:
I'm on the fence between DH and the friend right now. Unless Beth was abducted by a stranger from the train station within 8 minutes of the trains arrival time - and in that case there should have been other passengers waiting for the 6:08 train. IF Beth was there, she was not there by herself as the only passenger waiting for the train.

JMO
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BBM. I'm on the fence now, too. However, I'm not sure about the number of passengers on the platform. Can we assume there were others on the platform, leaving to arrive in Chicago that late?
 
Cubby said:
Ok, thanks for clearing up where the 6pm last call with DH came in.

If she talked to her dh at 6 he would clearly know she was taking the train. She would have told him, honey I am at the train station. DH knows she was or was not.

I'm on the fence between DH and the friend right now. Unless Beth was abducted by a stranger from the train station within 8 minutes of the trains arrival time - and in that case there should have been other passengers waiting for the 6:08 train. IF Beth was there, she was not there by herself as the only passenger waiting for the train.

JMO
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It was not only the friend who mentioned the 6 pm call, but her brother as well; that would have had to come from the husband. The friend is the one who said Beth made arrangements w/her husband to return by train. That info could have come from Beth herself (telling the friend, I mean) rather than from the husband.
 
grayjay said:
Timeline

Last seen May 23 at the Centralia Amtrak station to catch the 6:08 p.m train to Chicago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20006419-504083.html

Last spoke to husband by cellphone in Woodstock IL at 6pm on May 23 (NOT REPORTED IN NEWS)

She was driven to the station around 4:30 p.m. in a 2009 White Nissan Altima.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/

Scott Bentley says Beth never mentioned taking a train back. (video)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7477571

According to family friend Angela Montgomery....The 41-year-old mother of three was expected to be back at her home Sunday, May 23, called her husband to report her friend wanted to stay an extra day, and the couple made arrangements for Bentley to get on a late afternoon train in Centralia
http://register-news.com/local/x1174317299/Search-continues-for-missing-woman

My observations:
1) Seems like a long wait at the station after she was dropped off.
2) Scott Bentley and Angela Montgomery give conflicting stories.
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His story conflicts with the brother's as well.

"She was driven to the station around 4:30 p.m. in a 2009 White Nissan Altima."

Could that have been when they left to go to the station, rather than arrived? It's really not clear.
 
grayjay said:
BBM. I'm on the fence now, too. However, I'm not sure about the number of passengers on the platform. Can we assume there were others on the platform, leaving to arrive in Chicago that late?
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I would think so. Maybe commuters who work in the city during the week and return home on weekends?
 
Cubby said:
BBM. I agree. One media article says the couple made arrangements for her to take the train. Who is the couple? I don't know too many media articles which would refer same gender friends as 'couples'.
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called her husband to report her friend wanted to stay an extra day, and the couple made arrangements for Bentley to get on a late afternoon train in Centralia, arrive in St. Louis at about 10 p.m.
 
grayjay said:
BBM. I'm on the fence now, too. However, I'm not sure about the number of passengers on the platform. Can we assume there were others on the platform, leaving to arrive in Chicago that late?
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Maybe not a lot, but I would imagine there had to be at least 1 passenger get on the train. If they didn't have a ticket I would assume the passengers getting on the train at that stop would buy a ticket on the train before the next stop and there would be a record of which passengers got on at that stop in Centralia.
 
Calliope said:
It was not only the friend who mentioned the 6 pm call, but her brother as well; that would have had to come from the husband. The friend is the one who said Beth made arrangements w/her husband to return by train. That info could have come from Beth herself (telling the friend, I mean) rather than from the husband.
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Not necessarily, her brother could have heard it from the friend also.

Imo, it is still speculation on the friends part, only because it is hearsay and not yet confirmed by LE via Beth's phone records. I just don't want to take it as verified fact because it is not. (Not trying to argue, just sharing why I believe this way). We don't know if LE has or does not yet have her phone records. It sounds like they/LE believe the husbands story thus far... at least it appears that way. Personally, he is a bit gushy for me... but that should not reflect on him, and is just my personal opinion. (I'm not a gushy person).

OT- my son loves your moo smiley! :)
 
Dumb question. Do rental cars have GPS? If so, would the rental car agency be able to tell where the car was? Or am I thinking too much along the black box thing.

This case is really twisted.
 
Not to be cruel, but it would not be easy or typical to adbuct a woman of her size in a public place...there would surely be a struggle of some sort. Also I can't imagine she would have taken a ride with a stranger for any reason, as it sounded as if she simply wanted to get home. I am always a cynic and am having trouble with the husband, unless it is just the hideously confusing way this is being reported, which is certainly possible and even probable.
 
Bennedetta "Beth" Bentley is a 5'6", 160 lbs. white woman with blonde hair and brown eyes. Bentley left Woodstock Thursday, May 20 with a female friend for a weekend trip to southern Illinois. She was last seen by her friend boarding a train at the Centralia, Ill. Amtrak station around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Bentley had made the trip before and typically took the train to Chicago, and then a train from downtown to Woodstock. She was expected to return home Monday.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7467573&rss=rss-wls-article-7467573

If you want to get even more confused read this article.
 
Does Amtrak have passes for those in the Chicago area who would frequently ride the train ?
 
wikipedia says... "A trip computer is an onboard computer device fitted to cars which can generally record distance travelled, average speed, average fuel consumption, and display real time fuel consumption information. This computer can be found in various vehicles"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_computer
 
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