Identified! CO - Lookout Mtn, WhtFem, 20-40, Windy Saddle Trail, May'14 - Sandra Mercado

[margarita25]

BBM Seems she is recently deceased?

If the woman was killed recently, at least we can rule out TF and ARS, as Travis Forbes and Austin Reed Sigg are both currently incarcerated, thank God.

 

[margarita25]

Links to Jefferson County cold cases, in case we need them for reference or case comparisons:

http://jeffco.us/sheriff/about/criminal-investigation/cold-cases/

 

[Rhino-Esq]

I just watched the Fox 31 video again- it is really strange how much evidence was underneath that car! What could have happened there before the car was parked there? Did the car belong to anyone involved?

http://kdvr.com/2014/05/08/hiker-finds-body-of-murdered-woman-on-lookout-mountain/

 

[Footwarrior]

Any indication of how far from the road the body was found?

 

[Oddsocks]

I just watched the Fox 31 video again- it is really strange how much evidence was underneath that car! What could have happened there before the car was parked there?

In the photo above of the police car, it looks like it has recently been raining. So maybe stuff was washed under the car?

 

[Rhino-Esq]

If the woman was killed recently, at least we can rule out TF and ARS, as Travis Forbes and Austin Reed Sigg are both currently incarcerated, thank God.

I was just reading up on Amy Ahonen and your thoughts on possible ARS connection. Shudder...

 

[spamelope]

Margarita, how did I know I'd find you here? lol Also, at 16, she's younger than the minimum age, but Aquaria Cortez is missing from Wheat Ridge. I think it's recent since they used the word body instead of "remains".

 

[margarita25]

In the photo above of the police car, it looks like it has recently been raining. So maybe stuff was washed under the car?

Again, good eye, Odd Socks. Yes, it has been raining here all day.

 

[Rhino-Esq]

Margarita, how did I know I'd find you here? lol Also, at 16, she's younger than the minimum age, but Aquaria Cortez is missing from Wheat Ridge. I think it's recent since they used the word body instead of "remains".

Link to Aquaria Cortez's thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243057

 

[margarita25]

I was just reading up on Amy Ahonen and your thoughts on possible ARS connection. Shudder...

Yes, I think TF and ARS are both possible suspect candidates IF Amy's death was the result of foul play, which I think its possible it was. LE has not ruled Amy's death a homicide, but as we know, only partial remains were found, and over a large area, likely as a result of the September flooding. (I might just be too closely connected to Jessica's case, though, hence my tendencies to lean towards ARS in Amy's case.)

Now I'm not so sure about anything with these recent developments of the murdered woman found today. Who knows, though, maybe nothing is connected to anything and everything is just one big coincidence.

Seems LE is really on this one.

We'll see where this one goes.


jmo

 

[margarita25]

Margarita, how did I know I'd find you here? lol Also, at 16, she's younger than the minimum age, but Aquaria Cortez is missing from Wheat Ridge. I think it's recent since they used the word body instead of "remains".

Link to Aquaria Cortez's thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243057

Thanks for posting. I had not seen this.

 

[margarita25]

Any indication of how far from the road the body was found?

Not that I've seen so far.

 

[margarita25]

The age is estimated to be between 25 and 40 here (and dark hair):
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10525211&postcount=16


And 20 and 40 here (and brown hair):
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10525090&postcount=1


<I have seen age estimates be off in other cases. Maybe this one will be more accurate if the victim is recently deceased. jmo>

 

[margarita25]

Thanks Carl for updating the title appropriately.

Glad to see everyone here.

 

[margarita25]

I wonder if anyone who recently went jogging or hiking hasn't made it home yet.

 

[margarita25]

Adding Aquaria to the list of some of the unsolved in the area and CO just in case. Thanks again Rhino and Spamelope. :square:


Missing / Nicole Silvers:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242138



Found Deceased / Amy Ahonen:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144226



Missing / Kara Nichols:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189790




Missing / Kim Remmel:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181902




Missing / Kelsie Jean Schelling:
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198715




Missing / Aquaria Cortez:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243057

 

[spamelope]

The woman who was found in her wrecked car after 5 days had been reported missing by her family, but I never heard about it until she was found. It seems a lot don't make the media. I'd say Aquaria is the only recent one missing with brown hair, Nicole's is red. I think this is someone we haven't heard about yet. MOO.

 

[margarita25]

The woman who was found in her wrecked car after 5 days had been reported missing by her family, but I never heard about it until she was found. It seems a lot don't make the media. I'd say Aquaria is the only recent one missing with brown hair, Nicole's is red. I think this is someone we haven't heard about yet. MOO.

Agreed.

 

[sophiebelle]

Since the officer who found her said she was stabbed, I doubt she's been there long. How could he tell that with just bones, unless the knife was still there? My guess it's somebody who hasn't been missed yet, not reported yet, or just someone who hasn't made it to the media. I would think, unless it's not a well hiked area, this just happened.

 

[Footwarrior]

Since the officer who found her said she was stabbed, I doubt she's been there long. How could he tell that with just bones, unless the knife was still there? My guess it's somebody who hasn't been missed yet, not reported yet, or just someone who hasn't made it to the media. I would think, unless it's not a well hiked area, this just happened.

The Windy Saddle trailhead is a popular area. Unless the body was far off the trails or well hidden, I doubt it had been there for more than a few days.