Meet & Greet for New Members #2

[dotr]

Welcome to Ws all new members, dig right in!

 

[Laughing]

I had the same question. I'd like info on how to help with cold cases, also how to post cold case files as well as missing persons. Any help would be appreciated. I'm new, and I have a crazy yearning to help. It pains me to see families hurting, no closure. I want to do anything I can to help. Thank you

Find the Cold Case area from the opening page! You will figure the forum out quickly.

Many people check the Missing Persons threads, and compare the descriptions of the missing person -- height, build, location -- to unidentified remains.

Missing people have been identified by work here at Websleuths!

Check out Bennett Wall:

NM - NM - Bennett Irvin Wall, 23, Albuquerque, 1 Feb 1981

Bennett Irvin Wall Wall, circa 1984 Missing Since: February 1, 1981 Missing From: Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico Classification: Missing Sex: Male Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Date of Birth: January 11, 1958 Age: 23 years old Height: 6’3” (75 inches) Weight: 180 pounds Hair...

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The thread also shows some pitfalls, good to know early. Remember to post full names only when LE or main stream media use a full name -- otherwise stick with initials. We do not sleuth family members -- might look for a bit more information about them, but limit that and NEVER initiate contact with a family member, let LE do that.

Ask questions -- if you have a question, someone else probably wants to know as well.

Read carefully, though, so the question can be asked & answered & not asked asked asked asked....

Enjoy the camaraderie and the vibe & the teamwork!


@MadMcGoo is a rock star at this seek&find activity BTW.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Mapgirl]

Hi, I've just joined today and wanted to say hello to everyone!

I found your forum on a news article about web sleuthing and thought I would check it out. I currently work as a GIS Coordinator (basically I make maps for a living), I am 45 and live in a small Northern Canadian Town. I am dyslexic so if I have a few spelling mistakes please forgive me. Spell checkers work but if the word is a word just not the right one it will not flag it. Like will and well, both words I just don't always use either in the right places, but I do my best.

Well anyway happy to be here and hope to help where I can

 

[Sulamith]

Welcome Mapgirl!

 

[dalsglen]

Welcome Mapgirl we sure LOVE a map on here.

Please don't worry about spelling errors. My kindle likes to swap words, if will be become of, at will become it etc.

 

[k4lun4]

Hi, do you guys have a section for people looking for help with fatal hit and run investigations?

 

[meanmaryjean]

Hi, do you guys have a section for people looking for help with fatal hit and run investigations?

Welcome! I don't see a forum specifically for that. Perhaps use the search feature and make a list. If there's enough - the mods would probably consider it. You could also start a thread and drop the cases you find into it. Happy hunting!

 

[Laughing]

Welcome to Websleuths, @Mapgirl!

I love maps, too.

If you are ever in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, stop into The Map Room!

The Map Room

www.maproomcr.com

Cool maps on every wall, and good food.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Intheknowfosho]

I’m sort of new, been lurking since the mid 2000’s but now I’m coming out of the shadows. I work for an Arkansas prosecutor and specialize in family law. I also work for the Arkansas Justice Project as a Senior Contributor. Thanks for having me!

 

[wazdorf]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a few years now and finally decided to join. Hoping to help wherever I can!

 

[leuraman]

Hi everyone, I joined a few days ago. I am 70 year-old retired British cynic and love true crime mysteries. As a Yorkshireman I tend to speak my mind but in a respectful way and hope I can add a bit of healthy scepticism and common sense when things get too tunnel vision, based on a lifetime of experience. Interested in Claudia Lawrence case particularly as I live in York and feel strongly that her family deserve some answers. Also the Alistair Wilson doorstep murder in 2004 which I have only recently taken an interest in. Got time on my hands and very dogged attention to detail, looking forward to contributing!

 

[dotr]

Hi everyone, I joined a few days ago. I am 70 year-old retired British cynic and love true crime mysteries. As a Yorkshireman I tend to speak my mind but in a respectful way and hope I can add a bit of healthy scepticism and common sense when things get too tunnel vision, based on a lifetime of experience. Interested in Claudia Lawrence case particularly as I live in York and feel strongly that her family deserve some answers. Also the Alistair Wilson doorstep murder in 2004 which I have only recently taken an interest in. Got time on my hands and very dogged attention to detail, looking forward to contributing!

Welcome to Ws @leuraman, nice to have you here!
Threads..

UK - UK - Claudia Lawrence, 35, Chef, York University, 18 March 2009 #18

Hi, I'm brand new to this and have been studying the case as I live in York. I feel the opposite, there are too many wild conspiracy theories around people on CCTV. If, Claudia left for work that morning then she was snatched/attacked by a stranger or perhaps was the victim of a hit and run...

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UK - UK - Alistair Wilson, 30, murdered at home, Nairn, Scotland, 28 Nov 2004

No I never picked up on this, I'm sure in the documentary it only said that the envelope was empty and the name Paul was on the front of it. I think they did mention a blank piece of paper at some point. I picked up on it as I'd only heard mention of an empty envelope previously. Possible of...

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United Kingdom Crime Cases - Links to cases on Websleuths *No Discussion* #2

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/uk-marco-pannone-25-italian-beaten-outside-london-pub-an-in-a-coma.649194/post-17950306

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[CBistes]

Just joined a few days ago. Friends looking for people or information always came to me because I had a knack for finding people or information. People say I should become a private investigator, but no thanks. Joined because I lived in a county in Texas that has too many missing people. The latest person found was Carey Mae Parker. I knew her dad long after she had gone missing and lived on the Lake they found her car in. Now interested in the Michael Chambers case as remains have just been found near where his phone last pinged. I love watching the forensic shows on TV and who knows, I may somehow be able to throw something out there that helps brings closure to a family.

 

[dotr]

Just joined a few days ago. Friends looking for people or information always came to me because I had a knack for finding people or information. People say I should become a private investigator, but no thanks. Joined because I lived in a county in Texas that has too many missing people. The latest person found was Carey Mae Parker. I knew her dad long after she had gone missing and lived on the Lake they found her car in. Now interested in the Michael Chambers case as remains have just been found near where his phone last pinged. I love watching the forensic shows on TV and who knows, I may somehow be able to throw something out there that helps brings closure to a family.

Welcome to @Ws CBistes!
Ws threads..

Found Deceased - TX - Michael Chambers, 70, Hunt County, 10 March 2017 *found deceased 2023* #8

is the link to the Spotify podcast episode. Enjoy. :) Soccerfann, thank you for linking this. I listened and didn't learn anything new. Caroline (sp) his vp of the company, essentially kept him on track. If PK would let her speak w/out him, it's my opinion that we'd learn more. (But maybe...

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TX - Tx- Skeletal remains found near Lake Tawakoni

Skeletal remains were found yesterday near lake Tawakoni along with an old rusty bicycle close to the last known ping area of missing retired Firefighter, Michael Chambers. Local authorities are investigating. Multiple stories on facebook including from the man that found the body.

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[luckytxn1959]

Howdy I am 62 and born and raised in Houston area and still live between Houston and Galveston and very close to the Killing fields off. Calder Rd. Off of I-45. I know this area well.

I also grew up during the Dean Corll killings and I knew his last victim James Dreymala but he was more of my brothers friend than mine. I do remember well when he went missing his mother calling and asking if we knew where he was and I went to get my brother to talk to her and him telling her he didn't know where he was and would let her know if see him. She was heartbroken. Soon after Henley killed Corll and we found out what happened and were horrified and it still scars me.

Later I actually knew and served in the Army with a serial killer but believe he would probably be considered a spree killer by the name of Ronald Gray. Nobody liked him and most were scared of him. I was not and had stood up to his bullying but after finding the carnage he had inflicted maybe I should have. He was a nasty man and wish they would go ahead and finish his sentence of death but he is in a military death row so who knows.

I also almost caught a serial rapist that has been stalking my wife late 80's whose wife turned him in and wrote a book that was also made into a movie. It was a close call and lucky I was present when he tried to enter our place by back sliding doors. We had a gun and she was proficient with it and I surprised him when I opened the curtain and he saw me. He ran and by the time I opened and was able to get out he was gone. I looked all over but he got away. I shouldn't have taken that second to get my gun I guess but he was nabbed soon after. I made a police report but they put it as a creeper and wasn't till after we found out it was him. His name was James Bergstrom and his wife and author was Linda Bergstrom. Very lucky his wife figured out what he was and finally convinced the police what and who he was and they searched his vehicle and found his rape kit.

I been around for awhile and know about a few other crimes like the I can't believe it's yogurt murders and lived in New Orleans when another serial killer was operating. I always think evil is around.

Anyway thanks for having me around.

 

[cairennoid]

Hi everyone, I’m Cairenn. I think a few of you sleuths will know who I am already. Here to answer questions when I can and follow your findings here!

 

[hell_25666]

Hellou, I‘m helena from austria, 25. I found this forum on a comment on a missing persons subreddit. I thought I‘ll join, missing people, especially abductions, hit hard home because in 1998 my aunt was abducted by a horrible individual but was found alive almost 9 years later now we‘re whole again. So that’s what I wish for all the other missing people.

 

[Mad Hettie]

Hi, I'm an RN from the western US. After working in the PACU (recovery room) for a number of years, I worked with first time moms and families, going to their homes every week or so, from the time they discovered pregnancy until their first baby was two years old. I've got experience in helping victims get restraining orders, obtain custody, and deal with stalking, abuse, intimate partner violence, etc.

I now own a business at the center of community life, and employ mostly college kids. I still retain my RN license and when the business gets fully steady on its legs again (shakes fist at pandemic and looming recession -- lol) I'll get back to nursing.

I still keep a toe in the water by sitting on our local human trafficking team, of which I'm a long-time member. On our team, we bring together state patrol, ICE, social services, FBI, the DA, medical personnel, and educators to bring solutions to the incredibly complex issue of human trafficking.

I've been a long-time lurker here, like so many, and am glad to finally show up.

 

[dotr]

Hi, I'm an RN from the western US. After working in the PACU (recovery room) for a number of years, I worked with first time moms and families, going to their homes every week or so, from the time they discovered pregnancy until their first baby was two years old. I've got experience in helping victims get restraining orders, obtain custody, and deal with stalking, abuse, intimate partner violence, etc.

I now own a business at the center of community life, and employ mostly college kids. I still retain my RN license and when the business gets fully steady on its legs again (shakes fist at pandemic and looming recession -- lol) I'll get back to nursing.

I still keep a toe in the water by sitting on our local human trafficking team, of which I'm a long-time member. On our team, we bring together state patrol, ICE, social services, FBI, the DA, medical personnel, and educators to bring solutions to the incredibly complex issue of human trafficking.

I've been a long-time lurker here, like so many, and am glad to finally show up.

Welcome to Ws Mad Hattie and to the other fabulous new posters here, nice to ''meet'' you all!

Ws thread for HT.

SPOTLIGHT CASE - Human Trafficking Awareness Thread

Information on Human Trafficking in the Illicit Massage Industry by Polaris Project. Weblink leads to a document on the issue. Sent for in depth awareness of this issue inside the United States...

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[TheBlueBaron]

Good day,

I'm new here and I'm curious as to how exactly this forum works. I understand the basic premise; that it's about 'amater sleuths' discussing crimes and possibly attempting to find more information on them, but what I don't understand is how that works exactly, and I was hoping someone could give me an explanation that's a bit more detailed (the FAQs seemed to focus more on etiquette and rules for using the forums than on the specifics of their purpose).

If you're wondering what I mean by asking how these forums work and what their purpose is, allow me to give you an example. If someone were to post a situation of petty crime that had happened to them, along with all the evidence and knowledge they had about it in the interest of sharing a case that was currently unsolved, would that be ideal for opening up the forums to discussion about it and giving the sleuths here a chance to test their skills?

Or is this forum more about members looking at famous, more serious cases (not brought up by members) that have been in the news and gone unsolved?

Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if this question sounds silly; like I said, I'm new here and don't really know much yet.