Dec. 20, 2005
More than 20 years after Dottie Caylor disappeared, police again returned to her Greer Avenue home Monday for a search that seemed focused on looking for her body.
While city crews used a backhoe and shovels to dig up most of the back yard and a portion of a cement patio, crime scene technicians worked inside the house. Three cadaver-detecting dogs also were used.
The outside search did not uncover any remains, although Dottie's dog, which died shortly before Dottie disappeared in June 1985, was unearthed. Officials did not reveal the type of search being done inside the home, but classified it as "forensic."
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On Monday, Messick said the digging was done in areas recommended by the experts who conducted the radar search, and in areas the dogs showed interest in. The dogs were loaned to the investigation by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's department and law enforcement agencies in Reno, Nev.
Crews pulled up boards on a deck and removed two slabs of concrete. They also brought in a back hoe to dig along the side of the house and a portion of the rear yard. Then they turned their attention to the patio area.
Police served a search warrant on the home early Monday, asking the renters -- the Caylors still own the home, although Jule Caylor has lived in Utah for the past 20 years -- and asked them to stay away for the day.
"It just means she's not here," Messick said, commenting on the day's search. "There has been a question that has always been asked: 'Was the home searched thoroughly?' And now it has been."
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/crime_courts/13448086.htm
Looks like house, on 1737 Greer Ave, was sold only a couple of weeks ago by (whom I presume to be) Jule’s daughter.
I wonder what came of Dottie’s sister Diane filing a lawsuit to be named executor of Dottie’s estate:
At stake is Dottie's personal property and her share of the Concord home, which Jule has held on to all these years.
Seems like Jule may have “held on to [the house] all these years” to keep any evidence close to his chest.
I believe he’s 86 now. The sands of justice are running out.
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