WA - Kassanndra Cantrell, 33, Parkland, 25 Aug 2020 *MEDIA,MAPS,TIMELINE* NO DISCUSSION

Pregnant Wash. Woman Who Vanished Before Sonogram Is Still Missing, as Police Search Ex's Home

During a press briefing Tuesday, investigators in Washington state characterized the Aug. 25 disappearance of Kassanndra Cantrell as "suspicious," noting the FBI has joined to assist in what is now being handled as a homicide investigation.

Pierce County Sheriff's Department Detective Ed Troyer told reporters that detectives are working around the clock to find the pregnant 33-year-old woman, who was reported missing by relatives on Aug. 27, a day after missing an appointment for her first sonogram.

Relatives claim Cantrell's social media activity ceased on Aug. 25, which is uncharacteristic.

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He said a Pierce County Sheriff's Department SWAT team served a warrant at the home of Cantrell's ex-boyfriend Monday evening. He said authorities have a suspect in mind, but it was unclear if the ex-boyfriend was a suspect.

"If she is still alive we want to find her," Troyer explained. "Unfortunately, we haven't found her and that's why we're working this as a homicide until something tells us differently, and I hope that day comes but as you can see by the amount of work going on here, the probability of that coming to light isn't strong."
 
Ryan Simms@RyanKIRO7

#Breaking: authorities say they’re now treating Kassandra Cantrell case as homicide even though no body has been found. They say they are searching the home of Cantrell’s ex-boyfriend, who is believed to have had contact with her recently. Deputies say he IS a person of interest



11:38 AM · Sep 1, 2020·
 
Ryan Simms@RyanKIRO7

We’re seeing
@FBI
agents in protective gear walk back and forth between the front and back yards. They’re taking pictures and seem to be cataloguing certain things.
@PCSO1
will be giving
@KIRO7Seattle
an update on this situation at around 10:30 this morning

9:38 AM · Sep 1, 2020·

Great view of the residence and FBI searching at the tweet (embedded video).

Ryan Simms@RyanKIRO7

#Breaking:
@FBI
agents just showed up to the
@CityofTacoma
home connected to the disappearance of missing pregnant woman Kassandra Cantrell. This is the same house where
@PCSO1
served a search warrant last night

9:31 AM · Sep 1, 2020

Ryan Simms@RyanKIRO7


Happening this morning:
@PCSO1
is combing through possible evidence at this
@CityofTacoma
home in relation to the disappearance of missing pregnant woman Kassandra Cantrell. Deputies served a search warrant here and have been on scene all night.

5:36 AM · Sep 1, 2020
 
Investigators suspect foul play in search for missing Parkland woman

Tues, Sept 1, 2020

Investigators were seen entering and exiting the home of an ex-boyfriend of Cantrell as they searched the residence for clues.

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Troyer said the person of interest is someone "that they want to eliminate and clear or name him as a suspect" but he did not elaborate on that information.

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Troyer said a SWAT team arrived at the home in the 3500 block of South "K" Street at around 6 p.m. Monday and served a search warrant. A man who lived at the house was home and allowed to leave. Troyer said people who knew the woman have been cooperating with detectives.

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Cantrell went missing on the morning of Aug. 25 after she left her family's house in Parkland. Her mother, Marie Smith, says Cantrell had a doctor’s appointment for her first ultrasound on Wednesday and also planned to go grocery shopping, but she didn’t have any money on her and her EBT card has not been used.

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Troyer said however that investigators have not confirmed that the woman was pregnant although they have been told that was the case.

Her mother says Cantrell’s cell phone last pinged off the south Vashon Island tower just before 1 p.m. on Aug. 25 before it was either turned off or died. Police told her the most logical location of the phone based off of the ping would be Point Defiance Park.
 
Volunteers look for clues in case of missing pregnant Tacoma woman

The search party, compiled of family and volunteers focused on an area of Tacoma today, not far from where Kassanndra’s white Mazda was found last Friday, with the keys inside. And the same neighborhood where earlier this week a search warrant was served. Kassanndra’s family says it’s the home of a man she dated when she was a teenager, and was more recently just a friend

Investigators and volunteers have yet to find Kassanndra’s cell phone, which has been off since she disappeared last week. But there’s something else her mother believes she may have left the house with last Tuesday. “The very first test that she took when she went to the clinic, its missing…I can't think of why she needed it unless somebody asked her for it,” says Marie Smith.
 
Family of missing pregnant woman plans search for area where phone last pinged

Sept 18, 2020

TACOMA, Wash. - It’s been over three weeks since a pregnant Parkland woman seemingly vanished the day before her first ultrasound, setting off a massive search for her that her family is working to keep alive. Kassanndra Cantrell’s loved ones are planning another search at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma this Saturday, hoping they’ll find something-anything, to help bring her home.

From day one of the investigation, Kassanndra Cantrell’s family has really only had two pieces of solid information: her car was captured leaving her Parkland neighborhood around 8:30 am on Tuesday August 25th, and about four hours later her phone pinged for the last time near Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. That’s when the trail seemingly ends, and where her loved ones plan to search Saturday, going to businesses in the area and asking them to check surveillance video. “We need to see if they have anything that might show my daughter in the area,” says Marie Smith.

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Detectives are also still searching for evidence around the clock. They say they’re still waiting on lab results from a search done 18 days ago at the home of an ex-boyfriend Kassanndra dated over a decade ago. as the days continues to go by, the pain her family feels only deepens.
 
FBI joins search for missing pregnant Pierce County woman | king5.com

Aug 31, 2020

TACOMA, Wash. — Police are calling a Parkland woman's disappearance "suspicious." Kassanndra Cantrell is pregnant and was last seen on Tuesday, August 25.

Family and friends reported her missing after she missed an ultrasound appointment on Wednesday. Her car was found Friday near the Tacoma Dome.

Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Ed Troyer said the case is being treated as a homicide investigation. Investigators are working as quickly as possible, Troyer said.


Monday night, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said its SWAT team served a warrant at a home off K Street in Tacoma that is the home of Cantrell's ex-boyfriend.

The FBI was investigating the home and other locations Tuesday. Law enforcement is not releasing information on what evidence they may have at this time.
 
Kassanndra Cantrell: Body of missing pregnant woman found in Pierce County; suspect arrested

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"Utilizing GPS data obtained from Cantrell’s ex-boyfriend’s truck, this morning our detectives conducted a detailed ground search of the areas along Chambers Creek Road W. in University Place," said Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer. "At approximately 2:00 p.m. our detectives found a set of human remains that were wrapped and disposed of over a steep hillside along Chambers Creek. Search & Rescue Team members from our department and the Tacoma Police Department performed a high-angle ropes operation to recover the remains, which were identified at the scene as Kassanndra Cantrell."

"Following today’s discovery, members of our SWAT Team arrested Cantrell’s 37-year-old ex-boyfriend at his residence in the City of Tacoma. He will be booked into the Pierce County Jail on murder charges."
 
Breaking News: Pierce County Sheriff Deputies tell me they’ve arrested Kassandra Cantrell’s ex-boyfriend for murder at his home and they have found her body in University Place @komonews #KOMONews

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https://twitter.com/TammyKOMO/status/1308569804660379648

Minutes ago our SWAT Team took a suspect into custody for the disappearance & murder of Kassanndra Cantrell, who has been missing from her Parkland residence since 8/25. The suspect was identified as an ex-boyfriend of Cantrell. Details on the arrest: http://bit.ly/2FV2n6j

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https://twitter.com/PierceSheriff/status/1308571427797262336
 
The arrest follows this afternoon's discovery of remains believed to be Kassanndra Cantrell, which were found by our detectives utilizing data obtained from the suspect's truck. Detectives located the remains over a steep hillside along Chambers Creek Road in University Place.

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https://twitter.com/PierceSheriff/status/1308571915783516160

At the time of her disappearance, Kassanndra Cantrell was in the early stages of her first pregnancy. Our detectives worked non-stop for the past 4 weeks to locate her & to identify the suspect responsible for her disappearance.

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https://twitter.com/PierceSheriff/status/1308573357000933376
 
Pierce County Sheriff's Department

Detectives locate body believed to be missing person Kassanndra Cantrell; victim's ex-boyfriend identified as suspect & arrested by SWAT team
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This afternoon a team of our homicide detectives located a body that is believed to be missing person Kassanndra Cantrell, and they have arrested a suspect in her disappearance and murder.

Kassanndra Cantrell was reported missing by her family on August 27, 2020, after not returning home and not being seen or heard from in two days. Cantrell also failed to arrive at a doctor’s appointment, and was reported to be in the early stages of her first pregnancy. Her disappearance was out of character and was very concerning for her loved ones.

The day after she was reported missing, Cantrell’s white Mazda 3 sedan was found abandoned near the Tacoma Dome the City of Tacoma. There were no signs of Cantrell.

Over the past 4 weeks our homicide detectives have worked this case non-stop, conducting multiple ground searches and executing numerous search warrants. Our detectives have meticulously collected and analyzed extensive records, data, and evidence in an efforts to locate the victim and to identify the suspect responsible for her disappearance.

This includes the discovery of multiple sources of surveillance video showing a person of interest walking from Kassanndra Cantrell’s abandoned vehicle to a nearby parking garage. The person of interest was seen leaving the parking garage in a truck and our detectives were able to obtain a license plate of the truck. The person of interest in the video was identified as an ex-boyfriend of Cantrell; he was also the registered owner of the truck seen in the video.

On September 1, 2020, our detectives were assisted by our SWAT Team and a team of forensic investigators from the FBI in executing a search warrant at a residence in the City of Tacoma belonging to the Cantrell’s ex-boyfriend. Investigators located the ex-boyfriend’s truck at the residence and it was taken was processing by investigators.

Utilizing GPS data obtained from Cantrell’s ex-boyfriend’s truck, this morning our detectives conducted a detailed ground search of the areas along Chambers Creek Road W. in University Place. At approximately 2:00 p.m. our detectives found a set of human remains that were wrapped and disposed of over a steep hillside along Chambers Creek. Search & Rescue Team members from our department and the Tacoma Police Department performed a high-angle ropes operation to recover the remains, which are believed to be Kassanndra Cantrell (pending official confirmation from the Medical Examiner’s Office).

Following today’s discovery, members of our SWAT Team arrested Cantrell’s 37 year old ex-boyfriend at his residence in the City of Tacoma. He will be booked into the Pierce County Jail on murder charges.

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Kassanndra Cantrell: Body of missing pregnant woman found in Pierce County; suspect arrested

Sept 23, 2020
Published 6 hours ago
Updated 18 mins ago
Pierce County
Q13 FOX

Dudley told detectives he started that morning at Costco before returning home to do some “spring cleaning” which already made detectives suspicious. But it was his next confirmed movements that were a huge piece of the puzzle. Just after 8 a.m., surveillance video showed Dudley’s truck pull into this parking garage at the Tacoma Dome Station. Warrants say he parked, took a bike out of the car, and rode off. Four hours later, a video showed Cantrell's white Mazda parked near the train station, being driven by a man wearing latex gloves that documents say fit Dudley’s description. The man in the video is seen walking towards the parking garage, and not long after, Dudley’s truck pulls out of the garage and drives away.

The video is a significant piece of evidence, as detectives know that Cantrell was still alive when Dudley’s truck was captured being parked in the garage around 8 a.m. A neighbor’s security footage also captured Cantrell's car leaving her Parkland neighborhood around 8:30 a.m., and records show Dudley sent her a text just before 9 a.m.

From there phone data records state Cantrell and Dudley’s phones were at his Tacoma home. About an hour and a half after she appeared to arrive, according to phone records, Dudley places a call to his home security company, ADT. Detectives note shortly after, he texted his wife the power was also temporarily out and said "don’t freak out if the ADT cams are down."

An hour later, Dudley’s phone shuts off, but Cantrell's doesn’t. The data shows it leaves Dudley’s home and travels to the train station where at the same time her car is dropped off. And when Dudley’s truck is captured leaving the train station not long after, records show her phone traveled with it. The phone's final destination point recorded was at 12:45 p.m. in an area similar with Owen Beach, where divers would later find it buried in sea kelp on the ocean floor.

About 45 minutes after investigators believe Cantrell's phone was thrown in Puget Sound, Dudley’s phone turns back on and places him at his residence. He texts his wife at 2:30 p.m. seemingly about the security cameras being back on, and just prior, texting his employer asking about sealant, a substance used for sealing and filling gaps and cracks. Dudley mentions to his boss he’s doing work in his basement. One week later, FBI forensic technicians would search his home, detecting blood in various areas of the basement and also in his truck.
 
Pierce Co Sheriff@PierceSheriff

The arrest follows this afternoon's discovery of remains believed to be Kassanndra Cantrell, which were found by our detectives utilizing data obtained from the suspect's truck. Detectives located the remains over a steep hillside along Chambers Creek Road in University Place.







6:00 PM · Sep 22, 2020
 
Kassanndra Cantrell: Body of missing pregnant woman found in Pierce County; suspect arrested

Sept 23, 2020

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But when it came to the father of the child, her best friend told detectives Cantrell initially was hesitant to tell Dudley because he reportedly didn’t want children. He initially made a comment that stuck with her when they dated over a decade ago, stating “if any girlfriend of his got pregnant and wouldn’t get an abortion, he would sue to get full custody, just to spite the mother for having the child.”

This information piqued the interest of detectives. But the first break in the case came five days after Cantrell disappeared, when Tacoma Police discovered her white Mazda parked near the Tacoma Dome train station, with the keys inside. Armed with that evidence and the information about her pregnancy, detectives went to Dudley. But he was adamant he hadn’t seen or spoken to Cantrell in years and seemed shocked anyone would think otherwise. He told investigators his current relationship was his priority, and he wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize that.

But detectives already had the phone records that proved his claims of a non-existent relationship with Cantrell wasn’t true. Detectives had a hunch this was just the beginning of a tangled web of lies, with warrants stated his behavior was extremely suspicious based on the circumstances. When they confronted Dudley with this information and suspicions he did something to Cantrell, Dudley denied it-and then stopped answering all questions. From there it was technology that did all the talking and helped form a chilling timeline since August 25th, the day Cantrell was last seen alive, until now.
 

"I just need my baby back home, so she can have her baby." Those were the words of Kassanndra Cantrell's mother one month ago when her only daughter first disappeared. The pain she and Kassanndra's loved ones are feeling after getting confirmation that won't be happening is unimaginable. Search warrants outline the case against Kassanndra's ex-boyfriend and show the horrifc crime appears to have been carefully crafted, and the evidence is extensive.
 
A memorial is starting across the street from where detectives recovered the body of Kassanndra Cantrell in University Place— She was last seen Aug. 25th.
An ex-boyfriend, Colin Dudley, is in custody facing murder charges. #Q13FOX

More from the scene: https://facebook.com/Q13FOX/videos/2770191359915676/?vh=e&extid=amHF7qlNUwCdifd4&d=n

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https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1308793148936605698
 
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