If there's a homeless camp nearby, then it probably is a homeless person like the last time. It's so sad that someone can die in that situation and no one even knows or cares that they're deceased.
So far, there's nothing to rule out Lauren. I know the chances are slim, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Giddings family.
FWIW, this article states "a rib".
http://www.therepublic.com/view/sto...9897ec40474d/GA--Skeletal-Remains-Discovered/A different description here:
http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/Skeletal-Remains-Found-In-East-Macon-141479433.html
the quote looks to say "as well as rib and leg bones", remove "and Leg" and the quote would read "as well as rib bones", more than one. Well, I dont' know what kind of condition the torso was in but I would think removing ribs was pointless................that's just mo, I was thinking more on the lines of dismemberment to make the task easier in ridding or moving the body, not as a whole. Removing ribs seems unusual in mo and keeping torso mostly in tact. I would NOT know why or why not, however.
WARNING -- graphic --sorry!! I guess we don't know (from anything released to the public) at which point the lower portion of the torso was severed, tomkat. I know I have heard speculation that it was done in such a manner as to detach areas that might have held evidence of sexual assault (this is only speculation, as far as I know, though of course the authorities and probably others do know the particulars). And even then, a cut would have to be very high up to include a rib (or rather, ribs) wouldn't it...? Although -- just for "making the task easier", as you said -- I guess there would be a point just under the ribs where the only bone the perp would have to cut through would be the spine... but still, it wouldn't seem likely to include ribs ...?
Tried hard to make this as non-graphic as possible, but it is just impossible not to be somewhat graphic, it seems, to discuss it at all. So I went back to the first of my post and appended the warning.
I hope we will hear something about the analysis of these remains very soon -- so that we can know if this is Lauren and/or so that maybe some other person can be identified and laid to rest more appropriately. I'm sure local media is keeping a close eye for any developments on this.
Rest in peace, Lauren, and anyone else whose remains these may be, and may God comfort any families/loved ones waiting for news...
I was in Macon Saturday visiting my parents. My sister & I drove by the apartment complex just to see where it was. I was quite frankly surprised by A. How small it is and B. How close to the street and the college it is. I really really hope they have more evidence that we have been told to put this guy away. Haven't seen any news lately.
read more at: http://www.macon.com/2012/03/13/1944510/source-all-forensics-testing-in.htmlSource: All forensics testing in Giddings case now complete
Though the death penalty case against alleged dismemberment killer Stephen McDaniel has been in a legal holding pattern, in part because of a judge’s heart surgery, behind-the-scenes developments in recent weeks show progress. ...
Backwoods, you're an angel! I've been sitting here reading over the thread and feeling so discouraged that the case has reached a standstill, and hoping one of you locals would alert us to some news. And here you are...:cupcake:
I'm sure there will be a new link soon.
In a prosecution that could lean heavily on dozens of potential pieces of evidence that Macon police collected last summer and sent to FBI and GBI labs, all forensic testing and analysis is now complete, a source familiar with the investigation told The Telegraph on Tuesday.
No evidence has made a connection between Giddings severed limbs and the skeletal remains found last week -- a skull, ribs and leg bones -- behind a Gray Highway shopping center.
Aw, BW, I'm sorry that happened, but what a trooper you are! Alerting us before you've even finished reading. Maybe they're just updating the story and it will be back online later. :crossfingers:
Here it is...
Yep, and it does answer our question about whether or not all the forensics were in, IF the source is accurate. That's big news, in a way, for those who assumed LE didn't have any evidence against McD. It still doesn't tell us what LE has, if anything, but at least now we know they were awaiting results.
The statement about the remains is interesting. I don't want to read too much into it, but it suggests the possibility that the remains could be Lauren's. In other words, the type of bones found do not eliminate LG as a match. Then again, it's probably the reporters looking for a story. I just hope her family has not been left to wonder.
As I was driving yesterday, past that Walmart where remains were discovered this past week, I was thinking..............IS ANYONE LOOKING FOR THE REMAINS. I remember that LE did NOT want Giddings family to search SMcD grandfathers land and did not want the family to. Has that been resolved as to WHY no search can occur there or if there will be?? Also, has there been ANY OTHER Searches?? Or is it that LE hopes that someone will stumble across her remains??! I mean really, what's the likelihood of that? It took 20 years from someone to find that young girls remains in Fort Valley just recently ! I 'm still curious about that place down off MLK near the paper mill plant and the river that I mentioned earlier. Is LE taking clues from this site and others? If she's in the river, it could be a year or 20 before a bag pops up from the depths and no telling where it could go downstream too. Just frustrating, it seems LE wont' do any more and wont' allow the family to. I'm sure there are reasons........??