It surprises me that no one saw any oil or gas floating on the surface over the years.
Would a decomp smell rise above the water?
I don't find someone running the tag on that SUV after the fact of her disappearance strange at all. They were 'sleuthing'. The lady and her SUV are missing, so look in the computer and see if there has been an accident or any other kind of sighting in another county or in another state. IMO
Also, it says the skeletal remains were in the backseat and scattered in the vehicle. Once that vehicle is under water, the outside pressure of the water against the doors and windows will make it impossible to open either doors or windows. You can't get out, period, you'd better get them open before you are under water or you will drown. She either climbed back there trying to find a way out or she floated back there. That being said, how did the sneaker with bones get out of the car??? Or maybe a window was partially open but not enough for a person to get through, and that would account for fish and turtle activity.
Yes, it makes you wonder how many other missing people are in lakes, rivers, ponds, etc. A lot IMHOO. :waitasec:
It's not unknown, however, for checks to be run by authorized agencies on the behalf of an individual who asks; not strictly on the up-and-up at all times.
Wonder if LE has gotten anywhere in this case...can't find anything new.
I don't remember reading this article, although posted on 10-26...says they'll enter it into database.
http://www.newson6.com/story/158859...g-person-database-on-foot-found-in-tulsa-pond
A foot in a retention pond isn't going to be any challenge at all," said Dr. Robert Allen, OSU Forensic Sciences. "It's fresh; it hasn't been out exposed to the elements long enough."
Channel 6 did an update about her daughter today:
http://www.newson6.com/story/159187...man-refuses-to-let-tragedy-break-apart-family
Medical examiners have confirmed that remains found in a submerged SUV on Oct. 28 are those of Sheila Sharp, and investigators now suspect that she was murdered, Tulsa police said Friday.
The remains - discovered at the bottom of a retention pond inside a 1997 Ford Expedition that belonged to Sharp when she disappeared in 2006 - showed signs of surgeries that matched those on Sharp's medical records, police said.
Also from your link:http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialpr...tid=450&articleid=20111119_11_A1_CUTLIN510770
Remains in pond ID'd as missing Tulsa woman; foul play suspected
More at link. They have a person of interest.
So far I haven't read anything that indicates there were remains from more than one person.Authorities believe that the foot was Sharp's, but DNA tests have yet to confirm that, Walker said.
Medical examiners did not find a left foot in the SUV, he said.
Since the discoveries, investigators have interviewed Sharp's family and friends with "varying degrees of cooperation," including some who refused to talk, Walker said.
Such a sweet Story about a family that survived a horrible Loss!
My heart breaks for the MANY Families of the Missing boys, girls, men and women in America Today...
Who is taking the lives of the UNUSUALLY High Numbers of the Missing?
What is being done to solve the MANY Cold Cases?
When will the families have closure for their Loss of a Loved One?
Where are the murders hiding their victims..So Sad??
Why ARE the MISSING PEOPLE in America not given the Law Enforcement time to solve their cases?
How do these terrible things keep happening to so MANY wonderful people?
Dear God ..Please Bring Home the Many Missing Children and Adults..their families Need Some Closure!
Dear God..Please be with the family of Shelia Sharpe in their time of Grief!
The murder of a Tulsa woman whose remains were found in a vehicle submerged in a retention pond years after she went missing is still unsolved despite police believing they know who killed her.
The now-stagnant investigation into Sheila Sharps slaying stayed focused on a man police have suspected since around the time they found her 1997 Ford Expedition at the bottom of the pond near Fifth Street and Mingo Road in 2011.
Information gleaned from interviews with Sharps family and friends pointed detectives to the man, who was seen with her five years earlier on Valentines Day, when she disappeared. The mans identity was never released to the public, but police had described the killer as someone Sharp likely knew and trusted.
Although the case remains active, Walker now says a lack of evidence has stopped the investigation in its tracks.
Theres just no physical evidence to link him to the crime at this point, Walker said. Until someone comes forward with some evidence that we can match to a suspect, were kind of stuck.