Found Deceased OK - Caitlyn Rose Case, 33, Traveling from Louisiana to Colorado, vehicle abandoned in Fort Towson, 5 Aug 2022

[903burner]

I'm suspicious she wasn't ever near Lewisville TX or Gainesville TX. Since police never released sightings of her at those locations, like what @WingsOverTX said, I'd be suspicious that her card was used in those locations, but she was never there (though OSBI hasn't said that).

The long amount of time between Bogota TX and Paris TX makes me wonder if she found trouble SE of Paris.

I read the OSBI post as implying there was intent to put the car into water at the Kiamichi. I wonder if after Paris TX, her car was headed to Pat Mayse via FM79 and then they discovered there's game wardens around that area (including at night) and decided to try to put the car in the water at the Kiamichi instead of at Pat Mayse.

FYI: There are only 2-game wardens serving the entirety of Lamar County.

 

[903burner]

Hmm I so wish it was clear enough to see if anyone else was inside her vehicle at that point .

Very curious. Thanks for that link!

Would anyone with better photo editing skills than I be able to enhance this area of the photo? Peculiar to me why this photo was released... why not the photo of her walking in?

This may be an anomaly ... Photo is bad quality, appears to me, though, there may be a passenger.

 

[abby_normal]

Would anyone with better photo editing skills than I be able to enhance this area of the photo? Peculiar to me why this photo was released... why not the photo of her walking in?

This may be an anomaly ... Photo is bad quality, appears to me, though, there may be a passenger.

Yeah I think i see what you are referring too but I also agree the photo isn't clear enough and that could just be light reflections or something. Wish I had the skills to enhance it but unfortunately I do not . IF that indeed is the silhouette of another person does it look to you like they are in the driver's seat or the back seat poking their head between the front seats? Just pure speculation MOO

 

[cenazoic]

appears to me, though, there may be a passenger.

I dunno, I don’t see it (them). It reminds me of the Keiley Rodni thread yesterday where some people could see a car in Prosser Reservoir in a frame of a video.

It’s an odd photo (the whole car looks weirdly flattened to me, not to mention CRCs rear), and like you said, why not show a front view?

 

[TheDerkster]

Looking back at the OSBI post, it mentions that shortly after 7PM, her cellphone(s) pinged at the Pattonville towers, and a tower south of Paris. I’ve found a website that maps out cell towers and circled a radius between them. Does this mean that, since her phone(s) were never mentioned pinging anywhere else, her cellphone(s) were last live/located in this area?
Source: Paris, TX Cell Towers & Reception Map | CellReception.com

 

[cenazoic]

Does this mean that, since her phone(s) were never mentioned pinging anywhere else, her cellphone(s) were last live/located in this area?

No, per Namus;

“During CASES's last call with her father she was traveling northbound on Hwy 271 in the Bogata TX area. Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours. At 2117 hours a license plate reader captures her leaving Paris in a northwesterly direction on FM 79. A short time later her cellphone begins hitting cell towers in Choctaw County Oklahoma.”

 

[TheDerkster]

No, per Namus;

“During CASES's last call with her father she was traveling northbound on Hwy 271 in the Bogata TX area. Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours. At 2117 hours a license plate reader captures her leaving Paris in a northwesterly direction on FM 79. A short time later her cellphone begins hitting cell towers in Choctaw County Oklahoma.”

Oops, I overlooked that part. Thank you for the catch!

 

[cenazoic]

Now you’ve got me pondering that quote from Namus, @TheDerkster !

“Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours.”

Possibly this is missing a word: “…after the call HAD she continued north…”

Could that imply Pattonville area was last ping after call with father in Bogata?

Or could be implying wherever the car went, it wasn’t up 271?

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“A short time later her cellphone begins hitting cell towers in Choctaw County Oklahoma.”

Was her phone off between Bogata/Pattonville til Oklahoma?

Where would a phone start pinging in Choctaw County - while still in Texas, near Red River, or after crossing the bridge?
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“At 2117 hours a license plate reader captures her leaving Paris in a northwesterly direction on FM 79.”

Where was her car for 4 hours?

Is there a way around Paris such that you don’t go into city limits, but can reach FM 79? Or are there other plate reader sightings in Paris which LE just haven’t revealed?

 

[903burner]

Is there a way around Paris such that you don’t go into city limits, but can reach FM 79? Or are there other plate reader sightings in Paris which LE just haven’t revealed?

Yes. I posted about this last night.

 

[903burner]

Would anyone with better photo editing skills than I be able to enhance this area of the photo? Peculiar to me why this photo was released... why not the photo of her walking in?

This may be an anomaly ... Photo is bad quality, appears to me, though, there may be a passenger.

Based on SM, CRC was in Black Hawk, Colorado as recently as July with family.

 

[TheDerkster]

Now you’ve got me pondering that quote from Namus, @TheDerkster !

“Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours.”

Possibly this is missing a word: “…after the call HAD she continued north…”

Could that imply Pattonville area was last ping after call with father in Bogata?

Or could be implying wherever the car went, it wasn’t up 271?

…

“A short time later her cellphone begins hitting cell towers in Choctaw County Oklahoma.”

Was her phone off between Bogata/Pattonville til Oklahoma?

Where would a phone start pinging in Choctaw County - while still in Texas, near Red River, or after crossing the bridge?
…

“At 2117 hours a license plate reader captures her leaving Paris in a northwesterly direction on FM 79.”

Where was her car for 4 hours?

Is there a way around Paris such that you don’t go into city limits, but can reach FM 79? Or are there other plate reader sightings in Paris which LE just haven’t revealed?

Makes you wonder! There is a cell tower right as you get on 109 that it could have pinged from before crossing into Oklahoma.

If someone was trying to avoid being detected and dump the car in a secluded area where nobody would find it (at least for awhile), why would they have her cellphone inside the car where it could be tracked?

 

[903burner]

Makes you wonder! There is a cell tower right as you get on 109 that it could have pinged from before crossing into Oklahoma.

If someone was trying to avoid being detected and dump the car in a secluded area where nobody would find it (at least for awhile), why would they have her cellphone inside the car where it could be tracked

I haven’t seen mention of a ping off this tower. The only way the vehicle ends up at this location from 271N, without further detection, is down OK109.

 

[Sarah7778]

Where is the reason they believe she was in Gainesville and Lewisville stated? I am very familiar with parts of the area between the two so this was catching my eye, but i do not know where that information is? was it card use or video or something else? Its strange how she would end up all the way over there.

 

[diggndeeperstill]

No, per Namus;

“During CASES's last call with her father she was traveling northbound on Hwy 271 in the Bogata TX area. Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours. At 2117 hours a license plate reader captures her leaving Paris in a northwesterly direction on FM 79. A short time later her cellphone begins hitting cell towers in Choctaw County Oklahoma.”

If you compare and contrast that Namus statement and the OSBI statements there are some interesting takeaways. I will bold what I mean.
From Namus:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

During CASES's last call with her father she was traveling northbound on Hwy 271 in the Bogata TX area. Cell tower hits after the call indicated that she continued north on hwy 271 toward Paris, Texas her estimated arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours.

Versus OSBI latest press release:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED IN SEARCH FOR MISSING LOUISIANA WOMAN from Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation : Nixle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (August 19, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is releasing additional information in the Caitlyn Case investigation in ...

nixle.us

Case’s last known location was in the Bogata, Texas area on August 5, 2022 at approximately 5:00 p.m. She was traveling northbound along Highway 271 towards Paris, Texas. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on August 5, Case’s cellphones registered on cell towers at Pattonville, Texas and a tower located south of Paris.

(So we see a change from "she" to "Case's cellphone(s)").
First OSBI release:

OSBI ASSISTING WITH INVESTIGATION OF MISSING LOUISIANA WOMAN from Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation : Nixle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT TOWSON, Okla. (August 13, 2022) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has been requested to assist in a multi-state missing person ...

nixle.us

Case communicated with family members during her trip until they lost contact with her on August 5, 2022. At that point, she was traveling on Hwy 271 between Paris, Texas and Hugo, Oklahoma.
...
Based upon the current investigation, law enforcement is aware that Case traveled through North Texas stopping at convenience stores in Mt. Pleasant, Gladewater, Lewisville, Gainesville and Paris, Texas between August 4-5, 2022.
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Case has no contacts in Southern Oklahoma and her whereabouts are unknown.

Here we see a change from believing Case stopped at convenience stores IN PARIS, to "arrival time in Paris would have been approximately 1800 hours".

We also have the change from between Paris and Hugo to last known location is Bogota, TX

Based on Caitlyn's Facebook we know she is an engineering tech for a casino. Is it possible she stopped at a few casino's along the way? Or even game rooms as Texas is known for? Log in or sign up to view

1. I think it is key why she took so long to get to the Bogota, TX area. It should have been a straight 6 hour drive from Houma, LA and why did she even drive in that direction?

2. Her other stops are odd and important. It sounds like the OSBI is on top of those. I hope if she did stop at some casinos on the way that those tribal entities are being cooperative with video.

3. They tell us she has no contacts in S. Ok, but they say nothing about TX.

4. Did she know someone in the Bogota or Mt. Pleasant area that she may have picked up the night before and taken to the other two stops (Gainsville, and Lewisville) before returning them back home the next day and things went wrong after? There is a very large casino resort just outside of Gainesville here: Home

5. Did she spend the night somewhere? Or just have long stops?

I hope answers are forthcoming for the family. It is certainly not a good-sounding situation IMHO.

 

[WingsOverTX]

Where is the reason they believe she was in Gainesville and Lewisville stated? I am very familiar with parts of the area between the two so this was catching my eye, but i do not know where that information is? was it card use or video or something else? Its strange how she would end up all the way over there.

Welcome to Websleuths @Sarah7778!

Unfortunately nothing from LE or media reports clarifies 1) if she & her vehicle were actually seen in these cities (vs. maybe use of AA credit card in her name) or 2) what places she visited on Aug. 4th vs. 5th or 3) did she stay somewhere overnight on the 4th or was she driving the entire trip until she disappeared.

It would be helpful to know what backs up her "presence" in all the "stops" to understand the WHYs.

Now that they have stated they don't think she was in her vehicle after it left the Bogata area on the 5th although there were phone pings after that, it seems like LE could have a more targeted physical search for her.

We know some helpful pieces to this puzzle but the gaps in what has been released leave red flags flying without explanation.

MOO
Open to correction of any misstated facts!

 

[WingsOverTX]

Makes you wonder! There is a cell tower right as you get on 109 that it could have pinged from before crossing into Oklahoma.

If someone was trying to avoid being detected and dump the car in a secluded area where nobody would find it (at least for awhile), why would they have her cellphone inside the car where it could be tracked?

If she had more than one phone as the latest OSBI release states, maybe she has/had one with her & one remained in the car somewhere unobserved by the person(s) who took her car?

 

[WingsOverTX]

HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUSPECTED

Search for missing Houma woman underway in Oklahoma

CHOCTAW COUNTY, Okla. (WGNO) — The car of a missing Houma woman was found in the Kiamichi River near Fort Towson, Okla. after her family hadn’t heard from her in days. According to the …

www.google.com

Case’s uncle, Randy Case, said she was heading to Colorado and giving her father frequent updates. When her dad stopped hearing from her, he flew to Oklahoma to search the woods with law enforcement.

Randy Case said, nothing else in the car was touched, leading him to believe this was a human trafficking case.

 

[diggndeeperstill]

Welcome to Websleuths @Sarah7778!
Unfortunately nothing from LE or media reports clarifies 1) if she & her vehicle were seen in these cities or 2) what places she visited on Aug. 4th vs. 5th or 3) did she stay somewhere overnight on the 4th or was she driving the entire trip until she disappeared.

It would be helpful to know what backs up her "presence" in all the "stops" to understand the WHYs.

Now that they have stated they don't think she was in her vehicle after it left the Bogata area on the 5th although there were phone pings after that, it seems like LE could have a more targeted physical search for her.

We know some helpful pieces to this puzzle but the gaps in what has been released leave red flags flying without explanation.

MOO
Open to correction of any misstated facts!

It is splitting hairs really, but technically they did not say "they don't think she was in her vehicle after it left Bogata". They just said it was the last known sighting of her. Going back to the press release it reads:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED IN SEARCH FOR MISSING LOUISIANA WOMAN from Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation : Nixle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (August 19, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is releasing additional information in the Caitlyn Case investigation in ...

nixle.us

Special Agents have determined that 33-year-old Case’s last known location was in the Bogata, Texas area on August 5, 2022 at approximately 5:00 p.m. She was traveling northbound along Highway 271 towards Paris, Texas. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on August 5, Case’s cellphones registered on cell towers at Pattonville, Texas and a tower located south of Paris.

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on August 5, 2022, Case’s vehicle traveled around the south loop of Highway 286 in Paris to FM 79 where it proceeded in a northwesterly direction from Paris. Shortly afterwards, the vehicle is believed to have traveled north in an unknown path headed to Oklahoma. After entering Oklahoma on Highway 271, the vehicle then turned east on Highway 109 south of Grant, Oklahoma.

At this point in the investigation there is concern that someone other than Case was in control of the vehicle.


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Problem is we really don't know what they mean as far as WHEN & WHERE someone else was in control of the vehicle. In control of her vehicle technically could mean she was still in the vehicle too. Forgive me, I tend to be very specific so things don't derail down the road.

 

[WingsOverTX]

It is splitting hairs really, but technically they did not say "they don't think she was in her vehicle after it left Bogata". They just said it was the last known sighting of her. Going back to the press release it reads:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED IN SEARCH FOR MISSING LOUISIANA WOMAN from Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation : Nixle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (August 19, 2022) – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is releasing additional information in the Caitlyn Case investigation in ...

nixle.us

Special Agents have determined that 33-year-old Case’s last known location was in the Bogata, Texas area on August 5, 2022 at approximately 5:00 p.m. She was traveling northbound along Highway 271 towards Paris, Texas. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on August 5, Case’s cellphones registered on cell towers at Pattonville, Texas and a tower located south of Paris.

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on August 5, 2022, Case’s vehicle traveled around the south loop of Highway 286 in Paris to FM 79 where it proceeded in a northwesterly direction from Paris. Shortly afterwards, the vehicle is believed to have traveled north in an unknown path headed to Oklahoma. After entering Oklahoma on Highway 271, the vehicle then turned east on Highway 109 south of Grant, Oklahoma.

At this point in the investigation there is concern that someone other than Case was in control of the vehicle.


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Problem is we really don't know what they mean as far as WHEN & WHERE someone else was in control of the vehicle. In control of her vehicle technically could mean she was still in the vehicle too. Forgive me, I tend to be very specific so things don't derail down the road.

I appreciate the specificity. I think it is important to explore the potential meaning(s) of each statement.

Sure hope they find her soon.

All this wondering and parsing over the bits of info released by OSBI may help but on-the-ground searches are needed now IMO.

As the days beyond Aug. 5th accumulate, concern escalates.

MOO

 

[spiritkiss]

Would anyone with better photo editing skills than I be able to enhance this area of the photo? Peculiar to me why this photo was released... why not the photo of her walking in?

This may be an anomaly ... Photo is bad quality, appears to me, though, there may be a passenger.

I lightened it up on my phone did contrast. Could be someone inside car or stuff in bkseat. I guess if i put it in lightroom i could really tell but that would be a whole evening i do not have at this poi t. But does seem like someone or something is in back seat. Hard to tell