Remains Found in Area After LE/SAR Searches

[JMapes]

Didn't see if Katelynn Berry had been mentioned yet, but feel she meets the criteria, having been found very near her home after both aerial and foot searches.

Missing December 21, 2021.

Found January 20, 2021 outside near her home.

Found Deceased - MT - Katelynn Berry, 26, last seen @ home, suspicious, Sidney, 21 Dec 2021 *Reward*

 

[drama_farmer]

Brandon Lawson

This was a very popular case in the true crime community. His remains were found within a one-mile radius of where his truck ran out of gas.

 

[PhoneJockey]

Lucas Hernandez from Wichita, KS

Found Deceased - KS - Lucas Hernandez, 5, Wichita, 17 Feb 2018 #34

Flowers speaking to all the lovely posters here for our sweet sweet Lucas. Lucas was part of a family full of love. He didn't need a whole new family. Thank you. I so wanted to say what you did but I knew you would come around. It means so much more coming from you. You and your entire family...

www.websleuths.com

 

[Seattle1]

KIELY RODNI, 16, TRUCKEE, CA

Body found in submerged car 'more than likely' Kiely Rodni, the missing California teen, authorities say

Law enforcement officials believe the body found in a submerged vehicle Sunday is "more than likely" that of Kiely Rodni, the missing 16-year-old last seen almost three weeks ago at a campground party in Northern California, authorities said Monday.

www.cnn.com

“Last night we did receive some information of the recovery of the vehicle that we’ve been searching for and it was located inside Prosser Lake,” Moon said at a Monday news conference. “It was located within a search zone that we have been searching since the very beginning of our operation.”

Kiely Rodni was recovered from Prosser Lake Reservoir on Sunday, Aug 21, 2022 by the volunteer water search team Adventures with Purpose of Oregon.

CA - CA - Kiely Rodni Missing From Party Near Prosser Family Campground in Truckee since 8 Aug 2022 #5

https://fb.watch/f3HWH3WW4U/ For some reason this video is sideways which made viewing difficult. At 15:55 the question about how many bodies is asked and at 16:07 a woman and then a man get up and walk out. Their leaving didn't seem to be connected to the question to me. JMO.

www.websleuths.com

 

[Curiousobserver]

Selena Not Afraid

Found less than a mile from where she went missing in an open filed that had been searched multiple times

Body found near Montana rest area confirmed to be Selena Not Afraid, missing since New Year's Day

A U.S. Interior Department team found Selena's body Monday morning during a grid search southwest of an I-90 rest area.

www.nbcnews.com

Found Deceased - MT - Selina (Selena) Not Afraid, 16, I-90 rest area between Billings & Hardin, 1 Jan 2020

Selina Shelley Faye Not Afraid, 16, was last seen at a I-90 rest area between Billings and Hardin around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Not Afraid is described as a five foot nine inches tall, 133 pound Native American female. She was last seen wearing a black coat, grey sweater, blue jeans, and grey ankle...

www.websleuths.com

 

[cocomod]

I remember a case I followed here on WS several years ago. A car crashed off of the road, a search ensued. No body was found, and many theories abounded. However, a couple of years later, the body was found just right near the crash site. I have been searching google, but since my memory fades and I don't have a name, a state, or even a year, I can't find this particular case!! I am now frustrated and will probably remember in the middle of the night! Haha

I just remember how incredibly frustrated we all were that the body was found right where the car had crashed!

 

[Seattle1]

OH - EMILY NOBLE

DELAWARE, Ohio – The day the Westerville Police Department announced Emily Noble’s remains were found Chief Charles Chandler told reporters that the area where her body was found had been searched three times.

OH - Emily Noble, 52, Westerville, 24 May 2020 *husband not guilty*

WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Police in Westerville are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman. Police said 52-year-old Emily Noble was last seen around 9 a.m. on Monday. Noble is 5-feet tall, weighs 100 pounds, and has brown eyes and brown hair Police looking for missing 52-year-old...

www.websleuths.com

 

[bombardier]

Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier
Arnold (20) and Ruby (18) lived in Lake Andes, South Dakota, and were both part of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. On December 11, 1992, a vehicle they were in hit a patch of black ice and overturned. Both of them exited the car and did not return. LE, led by the local Sheriff, family members, and a local man on horse walked the surrounding area several times over the next few weeks (including at a point where the weather had warmed and all the water had dried up) but found nothing.
On March 10, 1993, a motorist found Ruby floating in meltwater located 75 feet from the accident site. She was heavily decomposed. The water was pumped and Arnold was found, 15 feet away from his girlfriend, under 4feet of water, less decomposed. The medical examiner determined that they both died of hypothermia.
Confused about not finding them earlier, the local state attorney stated "One, they weren't there after the accident. "Two, all of a sudden the bodies show up March 10 and 11." Family members, however, thought that LE were just making excuses for their shoddy police work and had deliberately not searched fully due to the missing being natives. However, they also believed that the bodies had not been there since December.
This case is still open. "I believe they were placed in the ditch after they passed away someplace else," the sheriff maintained upon his retirement. "I do know that they weren't there in January. It's pretty hard to prove somebody was murdered when you don't have any evidence to prove it."


possibilities that led to this outcome:
-they truly were the victims of foul play and had been moved back to that location in March
-they were in that location all along and, despite being well searched, weren't found, likely due to being underwater
-law enforcement exaggerated how well they had searched and their negligence led to them not being found

 

[bombardier]

Rodney Letterman (linking to posts from his websleuths thread because much of the MSM material has not been archived). This one is a bit tentative because I don't think LE/SAR has ever straight up come out and say they searched this area before.
Letterman was last seen at Devil's Den State Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas on August 28, 2017. He was hiking on the Butterfield Trail with a friend when, at about 12:00 p.m., Letterman wasn't feeling well (I believe he had high blood pressure?) and sat down to rest. He had left his blood pressure medicine in the car, so his friend went back to get it for him. When he returned, Letterman was gone.
The search included 127 workers and volunteers who searched 4000 acres (6 square miles) surrounding the Butterfield Trail.
His skeletal remains, in multiple pieces, were found February 25, 2019, 3 miles from the visitor's center on private property. Per this image used by MSM, the area his skull was found appears to also be ~3 miles from the trail head and very well might have been in the search radius.


The website StrangeOutdoors, which IMO is 411-esque and thus skewed towards creating a good creepy story as they are subscription-based, states "Park officials did re-evaluate search records and found the area where these remains were found was searched back in 2017. So Rodney managed to get to the spot after the searchers departed." However, because they do not cite their sources, I cannot confirm this.

 

[bombardier]

Found Deceased - CA- Damond Lazenby 19, last seen 4am, clothes found outsd running car in Port Chicago area, last phn ping Chev Sta on Willow Pass, Concord, 1 Jan 2023

https://www.ktvu.com/news/family-friends-plead-for-help-in-locating-missing-east-bay-teen Highlights from article: He is from Pittsburg, CA 19 years old 6' 3" tall and about 160 lbs, brown eyes " Last seen wearing gray sweatpants with black stripes. He could have been wearing a "Rugrats"...

www.websleuths.com

Damond was reported missing Jan 1 when his car was found running and abandonned, with a flat tire, near an overpass. The search included drones, foot patrols, all-terrain vehicles, search and rescue canines, volunteers, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department’s Search and Rescue Team, and resources from the California Office of Emergency Services.
On Jan 7, a motorist spotted the body just below the shoulder of the road, who contacted police who subsequently informed family who were already searching in the area. He was found in an area that had already been searched.
While police believe that Damond was killed in a hit and run (and have a suspect vehicle), family believe foul play is involved and his body was thrown from a car days after his disappearance. They are querying this due to his clothes being clean despite recent storm activity.

This is an ongoing case and the autopsy is pending.

(imo - this is not the first time that family and LE disagree about the possibility of foul play, and I understand the 'allure' of foul play in that it makes the loved one's death feel more pointed and able to be avenged. I do not have access to scene photos but I am assuming that, if there had been recent rain followed by a dry period, his body and clothes could have been washed clean and air dried?)

 

[PommyMommy]

Wow, I didn't know this thread existed and just stumbled across it! What a great idea. I have a couple of lists but this is the only one ready to go with links. It's specific to searches that included K-9's. Can't wait to read through this thread.

Lilia Aucpania, NY - 2015
Body Found in Woods Believed to Be Missing Sagaponack Woman | The East Hampton Star
She was found hanging from a low-lying branch, in a heavily wooded area that had been previously searched by officers, as well as K-9 units.

Iaron Brooks, IL 2016
Man Missing Since Christmas Eve Found Dead With Multiple Gunshot Wounds: Autopsy
The Chicago Police Department confirmed that officers and a K9 search unit had previously searched the area where Brooks' body was found and said it had also searched several other locations.

Ben Keita, WA - 2016
A Muslim Teenager Was Found Hanging And The FBI Is Now Reviewing The Case
A search team with a K-9 unit was unable to find his body when the area was previously searched.

Juanita Coffield, VA - 2019
Remains of Chesapeake woman who disappeared in 2017 identified
Chesapeake police, Virginia Department of Emergency Management crews and hundreds of K-9 teams, aviation teams and trackers from multiple states had previously searched for Coffield near a road that neighbors reported she'd been seen walking along.

Ethan Christopher Spradling, WV - 2018
Sheriff's office investigating after human remains found in Kanawha County
The K-9 group had previously searched the area with detectives working a missing person case.

 

[PommyMommy]

Christina Morris, TX - missing 2014, remains located 2018

'How did we miss her?' Area where remains of Christina Morris were found had been searched before

ANNA -- Volunteers looking for kidnap victim Christina Morris had searched three times in the wooded area where she was eventually found. Police...

www.dallasnews.com

Volunteers looking for kidnap victim Christina Morris had searched three times in the wooded area where she was eventually found. Police searched there several times, too.

So when a work crew spotted her skeletal remains in plain sight on Wednesday, the heartbroken searchers couldn't help but ask themselves: "How did we miss her?"

"We were right there," said RO, one of the coordinators for the dedicated group of searchers known as Team Christina. "There's gotta be more to it than we just missed her ... we were very thorough in our searches."

GUILTY - TX - Christina Morris, 23, Plano, 30 August 2014 - #41 *Arrest*

A year later, no sign of Christina Morris By Valerie Wigglesworth | Staff Writer Published Aug. 28, 2015 Not knowing takes its toll on Christina Morris family with every passing week. Sunday will mark one year since she went missing from The Shops at Legacy in Plano after a night out with...

www.websleuths.com

 

[bombardier]

Found Deceased - TN - Danielle Owens, 16, last seen on trail or highway, Greeneville, 11 Dec 2022

Family and friends gather in Hardin Park to hold a vigil for missing 16-year-old, Danielle Owens. The Greeneville Police Department says the original report for Danielle was filed November 17, 2022. This is when they considered her missing and entered her into their records. Family and friends...

www.websleuths.com

Roberts says Owens had been missing for almost two months.
She says her family and police searched the cornfield a week before Owens’ body was found.
“She was not there,” said Roberts. “I can prove it.”

Will be following this one; not much known but some worrying details. I think it may be possible the body was moved but idk

 

[Seattle1]

19 Feb 2023

Police searching for missing U.K. mom Nicola Bulley said Sunday they had found a body.

A body was recovered from the River Wyre close to where Bulley went missing, Lancashire Police said. The body has not yet been formally identified, but Bulley's family has been informed.

UK - Nicola Bulley, St Michaels on Wyre (Lancashire), Jan 27, 2023 *MEDIA, MAPS, & TIMELINES - NO DISCUSSION*

even though I read about missing persons on WS frequently, I was unaware of this research: Suicidal Behavior and Alcohol Abuse - PMC - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC2872355 by M Pompili · 2010 · Cited by 517 — Alcohol abuse may lead to suicidality through disinhibition...

www.websleuths.com

 

[#JUSTICE4WILDER]

Skeletal remains of man missing since 2013 found less than 5 miles from where he vanished

Human skeletal remains found in a wooded area has been identified by authorities as belonging to Christopher Story, a man who suddenly went missing almost 10 years ago.

abcnews.go.com

 

[#JUSTICE4WILDER]

Skeletal remains of man missing since 2013 found less than 5 miles from where he vanished​

His remains were found in a wooded area not far from where he lived

 

[PommyMommy]

Ronald Henry, WI - 2023

Missing man Ronald Henry's family says his body was found in rural Grant County

Ronald Henry, the man who went missing from a farmhouse in Grant County in December, was found dead in the woods near the farmhouse Sunday, his sister Tytiana Henry told

www.wkow.com

The discovery ends an extensive search of the area that lasted weeks and involved multiple agencies.

WI - WI - Ronald Henry, 34, was doing farm work at a home, suddenly went missing, Platteville, Grant Co., 5 Dec 2022

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — A larger aerial and ground search soon will be done for a man missing from Platteville nearly one month after his disappearance. The Grant County Sheriff's Department announced this morning that officers are preparing to do another area search in the next week for Ronald...

www.websleuths.com

 

[bombardier]

Jayden Robker

Found Deceased - MO - Jayden Robker, 13, on a skateboard, Kansas City, 2 Feb 2023

Kansas City police were asking the public for help Monday to find a 13-year-old boy missing since Thursday from the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood in the Northland. Jayden Robker was last seen around 3 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Northwest Plaza Drive and Northwest Plaza Avenue...

www.websleuths.com

Went missing on Feb 2nd. Searches include a canvas by family + Group Against Crime members, and a canvas by Kansas City PD which included drones. On March 10, his body was found in a pond in a wooded area behind some apartments, which is ~1 mile from where he was last seen. FBI and US Marshal's now investigating. No further information released.


some reasons I think he was missed for over a month:
-misidentification as a runaway lessened the police's interest in searching initially
-the body wouldn't have been seen once it had sunk due to the depth of the pond
-as he wasn't a young child/autistic and water-seeking/under the influence when missing, people wouldn't immediately guess he'd be found in water so their focus was elsewhere

 

[PommyMommy]

Drexyll Tolstoy, NY - 2023

Six-month search for Manhattan tattoo artist ends steps from his Midtown workplace; ‘There the whole time,’ says devastated mom

Drexyll Tolstoy, 26, was discovered in the rear of 39 W. 32nd St., a 17-story commercial building that houses the tattoo shop that employed him, his mother said Saturday. He went missing six months ago.

www.nydailynews.com

A family’s six-month search for a missing Manhattan tattoo artist ended when cops found his decomposed body steps from where he was last seen, his devastated mother told the Daily News.

“How was he found right there? He was there the whole time,” Kellie Tolstoy told the Daily News on Saturday. “He’s been laying there for six months.”

NY - NY - Drexyll Tolstoy, 26, Upper West Side, 26 Sep 2022

Upper West Side Man Has Been Missing For Almost A Month, Police Say [...] Drexyll Tolstoy, 26, was last seen on Sept. 26 around 9:25 p.m. near 39 W. 32nd St., police said. The address is the location of Black Fish Tattoo, which appears in a bio for an Instagram page that seems to belong to...

www.websleuths.com

 

[bombardier]

Found Deceased - UK - Jesus Moreno, 41, Spanish co-founder of Piglove Brewing Co in Leeds, W Yorks, last seen getting bus to Harrogate at 6.17am, 1 Aug 2022

The owner of a Leeds company has urged his missing business partner to 'reach out in any way he can' after he boarded a bus to Harrogate with no phone during the early hours of Monday morning. Jesus Moreno was last seen at 6.10am on August 1 at Leeds bus station and was said to be 'in good...

www.websleuths.com

Jesus Moreno was last seen on August 1, 2022, leaving a bus and walking towards a nearby bridge and wharf (caught on CCTV). Searches included heat guns, divers, dog searches,and specialist marine and underwater search officials. 8 months since DLC, police reported that "every possible line of inquiry had been exhausted".
His case was featured on Channel 5's Vanished: The Hunt for Britain's Missing People on April 13 2023. The day after it aired, another search team was deployed to the area around the wharf and found Jesus's body. The timing is a bit odd, as on the surface it looks like full police interest wasnt triggered until his case went public on Channel 5...