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Mike McGuire never met Jesse Patchin. Never visited the former Waterloo West student's home. Never watched the young man perform in show choir or marching band.
But the way Patchin apparently died bothers McGuire.
Authorities believe James Raymond, 24, murdered Patchin over a drug deal in October. They have searched again and again for his remains without success.
"I thought it was strange they could charge some guy with murder without having a body," McGuire said.
Like many people, McGuire wonders where the 20-year-old's body lies. And he wants Patchin to have a proper burial. The father of three daughters, McGuire can imagine the pain of losing a child.
As someone who wants help, McGuire, 64, also searches for Patchin using a skill he claims often unlocks the unknown.
Since childhood, he has been a dowser --- someone who maintains they can plug into an energy source for guidance. The technique dates to biblical times, and thousands of people continue to use dowsing, also called water witching. They maintain they can locate lost objects and natural resources, such as underground water.
McGuire, a retired respiratory therapist, got out a map in his home in Iowa City and held a crystal over Waterloo. Then asked: Where is Jesse Patchin? Where is Jesse Patchin?
He was shown the way by a blue string dangling from to the rock, held by a snip of tape. From Waterloo, the strand traveled south and then west on U.S. Highway 20. Past Dike to Fern.
That is where McGuire feels Patchin will be found.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/11/27/news/top_story/4934394acb96fb57862570c600175d06.txt
Nearly 50 volunteers, on foot and using all-terrain vehicles, searched muddy fields and drainage ditches in vain Saturday, looking for the body of Jesse Patchin of Waterloo.
Patchin, 20, has been missing since Oct. 1. Authorities believe he was murdered somewhere in Floyd County. Patchin's brother-in-law, Blaine Buenger of Norwalk, organized Saturday's search with the approval of law enforcement.
"We told the sheriff's office what we were going to do," said April Buenger, Blaine's wife. "We said, 'If you think this is way off whack, we hope you'd tell us.' They didn't tell us not to do it," she said.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/11/20/news/regional/2e7642410f28ef31862570bf00152524.txt
But the way Patchin apparently died bothers McGuire.
Authorities believe James Raymond, 24, murdered Patchin over a drug deal in October. They have searched again and again for his remains without success.
"I thought it was strange they could charge some guy with murder without having a body," McGuire said.
Like many people, McGuire wonders where the 20-year-old's body lies. And he wants Patchin to have a proper burial. The father of three daughters, McGuire can imagine the pain of losing a child.
As someone who wants help, McGuire, 64, also searches for Patchin using a skill he claims often unlocks the unknown.
Since childhood, he has been a dowser --- someone who maintains they can plug into an energy source for guidance. The technique dates to biblical times, and thousands of people continue to use dowsing, also called water witching. They maintain they can locate lost objects and natural resources, such as underground water.
McGuire, a retired respiratory therapist, got out a map in his home in Iowa City and held a crystal over Waterloo. Then asked: Where is Jesse Patchin? Where is Jesse Patchin?
He was shown the way by a blue string dangling from to the rock, held by a snip of tape. From Waterloo, the strand traveled south and then west on U.S. Highway 20. Past Dike to Fern.
That is where McGuire feels Patchin will be found.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/11/27/news/top_story/4934394acb96fb57862570c600175d06.txt
Nearly 50 volunteers, on foot and using all-terrain vehicles, searched muddy fields and drainage ditches in vain Saturday, looking for the body of Jesse Patchin of Waterloo.
Patchin, 20, has been missing since Oct. 1. Authorities believe he was murdered somewhere in Floyd County. Patchin's brother-in-law, Blaine Buenger of Norwalk, organized Saturday's search with the approval of law enforcement.
"We told the sheriff's office what we were going to do," said April Buenger, Blaine's wife. "We said, 'If you think this is way off whack, we hope you'd tell us.' They didn't tell us not to do it," she said.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/11/20/news/regional/2e7642410f28ef31862570bf00152524.txt