Warning: interview is over an hour long. Here are some tidbits based on my interpretation.
link:
http://www.wftv.com/video/26171628/index.html
Listening to Joe Jordan's interview. TE searcher who said he was at the site before the body was found. He said the water was knee deep and he saw a pink baby blanket and a cooler. He didn't go any farther than that. Going over TE sheets (field activity reports (FAR) that he completed in September, 2008). He was in a team (with him at the time).
We searched the area (about 5 feet from the road). Over time if people had to leave, their name was crossed off the FAR.
Lori Cree (sp) found what she believed was a mound (pointing 5 feet from the road before it ditches down -- and Lori wanted us to look at it. Near that mound we found a bag with some towels (cloth of some sort), male shoes. Item was flagged and later on in the day there was another team searching behind the school (with a cadaver dog). He took the dog to smell the baby blanket, cooler, and bag.
How far did the group go down the ditch. Only 2 people went into the water, along with sherriff deputy and dog. How much water? about knee deep in water. Dog and sherrif went into water (dog had water up to belly).
Bag was in entryway on the side of the road -- not in water. He can't say if someone else came back from TE to check the flagged items. He was told not to touch or pick anything up.
He wrote on the form to go back when the water receded and re-check. Most of the searchers (on that day were searching behind the school).
Said dog wouldn't be able to "pull anything" because of the water.
More soon -- lot's of I don't knows and parking questions...
Mel
