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Hi all! I live in the complex. It's amazing...that there is someone missing here and there's nothing to indicate it. I haven't seen flyers or anything. I did see a missing persons flyer at a gas station today about a mile down the road.
I would hope if I went missing my face would be plastered everywhere. As for the disappearance, I understand there are some families that do not communicate as much as others, but (aside from the BF) I also find it questionable that the brother hadn't reported her missing or anything sooner. I would hate to point the finger at him during this time, but I can not help but think that it seems odd she left his home, in Orlando, with her bf and was not seen or spoken to again. Seems that he would have been in contact with her, but who knows. The boyfriend is definitely suspicious. For him to have dropped her off, then never reported her missing is very strange. Possibly could have known she was not "missing"? Sad/scary all of the way around. Has anyone found any new information. The info provided by HCSO is so vague. I wonder if the BF and her got into any type of argument, what type of life she lived and people she associated with, where she worked, and her co-workers. I understand that sometimes you need to keep some cards hidden, but it just seems that there were so few details provided.
Not that it contains pertinent info but I found the link below while looking around online. At least gives a little more insight about her. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028295/00782
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Hi Cindi, thanks! I can't believe I hadn't found this site before. I found it while searching for info on Dana Boshell over the weekend, and was entertained to see that there were other people doing/finding all of the same info I was! Awesome!
Sorry about the link, not sure what happened there, but that's how I found her as well when I first went to it. I've lived here almost 3 years, it's a quiet, friendly neighborhood. I jokingly dubbed it "Melrose Place" because of how social everyone is. Most places I've lived you barely get to know your neighbors more than a casual hi/bye as you pass them outside, but here I've become friends with many of the residents. I don't believe I've ever seen her here, nor do I know anyone that knew her. I'm curious to know how long she'd lived here, but since she's more than likely a renter there's no info on that. I saw where someone had commented on a FB post (via one of the missing persons pages) that she seemed down when they'd see her around.
I've never been aware of major crimes occurring at any location I've lived, so I was pretty surprised to see there was a missing person that lived here. Can't believe there haven't been any flyers (management & residents post flyers for all sorts of things around the mailboxes) or anything asking for info or notifying us about the situation.
More info http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bn9/2012/10/26/deputies_hillsboroug.html
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Deputies are looking for a Hillsborough County woman missing under suspicious circumstances.
According to the sheriffs office, Dana Boshells family reported her missing on October 22.
Gloria Barich said she usually talked to Boshell, 38, every few days but no one in the family has seen or heard from her since the Fourth of July.
Barich said Boshell spent the day at her brother's house in Orlando with a male friend.
The Hillsborough County sheriff's office says that friend said they drove back to Boshells place in Tampa and he dropped her off.
"She has a very active checking account, banking account that has not been touched, zero activity since July 4th which is extremely unusual for her, said HCSO spokesperson Larry McKinnon. We know that in her apartment, all her clothes were there, all her personal belongings were there so it appears she's just plainly dropped off the face of the earth."
Barich said it's not like her daughter to disappear. She said at first they thought she might just be staying with friends but as time passed, they grew more concerned.
"It's just that mother's instinct that tells me something is wrong here because if she hadn't called me in three days I would go Dana hasn't called me. There's something unusual here," she said.
more at link....
So she was visiting the brother, with a male friend.
More info http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bn9/2012/10/26/deputies_hillsboroug.html
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The Hillsborough County sheriff's office says that friend said they drove back to Boshell’s place in Tampa and he dropped her off.
"She has a very active checking account, banking account that has not been touched, zero activity since July 4th which is extremely unusual for her,” said HCSO spokesperson Larry McKinnon. “We know that in her apartment, all her clothes were there, all her personal belongings were there so it appears she's just plainly dropped off the face of the earth."
Barich said it's not like her daughter to disappear. She said at first they thought she might just be staying with friends but as time passed, they grew more concerned.
"It's just that mother's instinct that tells me something is wrong here because if she hadn't called me in three days I would go ‘Dana hasn't called me. There's something unusual here," she said.
Going to your link I didnt see anything but then I clicked the search button and found this
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028295/00782/58?search=boshell
BBM .... Perhaps for my own clarity: they need to get to the bottom of the male friend/boyfriend. No? He was the last to see her. He said he dropped her off at her apartment on the way home from her brother's in Orlando. Did anyone ever see her after she was dropped off to confirm his story/timeline? Whether he's a POI or not, it would be nice to have that out of the way or at least addressed. If he's a POI /suspect, it would be helpful to see if the public can put them together at a given point on or after July 4th.
What route did they take driving back from Orlando to Tampa? Any highways with cameras to see if she was in the front seat? The poster who lives in the same neighborhood as Dana, are there cameras in or around the neighborhood?
Also strikes me as odd for the mom to say if she didn't talk to the daughter for three days, it was unusual. And they went three months? What's going on here???
I clicked this which brought me to Venice Gondolier article from June 2010, light hearted article about her bartending at a local pub. I can place it exactly. Never been but it looks hole-in-the-wall-ish (from the outside), not bad or anything. It's in a strip mall. I have no idea if she still works there or is living in Venice /SRQ. I did check out the pub's facebook page to see if they made any mention of her being missing and I didn't see anything.
Lotus...I agree with you. Nothing adds up. Going 3+ months without reporting her daughter missing is inconsistent with the tv interview where she indicates she talked to her daughter every few days.
I'm really disgusted with the lack of attention being paid to this case. I am the poster that lives in the same complex as Dana and I've still yet to see or hear anything about a missing tenant. I've also looked through the web to see if there have been any updates and haven't found anything. I understand people intentionally go missing all of the time but with her bank account activity going from being high activity to ZERO activity it seems this should be more at the forefront since that is a sign of foul play.
I don't understand why there's still so little information out there. I don't see how the bf wouldn't still be a POI, and if he has been cleared they should update the public (since HCSO is asking for the public's help). Sounds like he was the last person to see her. Doesn't make sense why he didn't report her missing...seems very suspect.
In regards to your question about cameras around the community she lived in...I am only 100% aware of cameras at the pool area. However, I also believe there is a camera at the gated entrance. Maybe that tape is on a loop or something so by the time she was reported missing the video was already taped over. This could also be the case with many businesses cameras that may have caught a glimpse of her, or the car, back in July.
More info http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bn9/2012/10/26/deputies_hillsboroug.html
"Barich said Boshell spent the day at her brother's house in Orlando with a male friend."
So she was visiting the brother, with a male friend.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/human-remains-found-in-wesley-chapel-woods/1261667
Posting this on potential missing persons in the bay area
Authorities Asking for Help to Find Missing Bay Area Woman, Disappeeared July 4th
October 26, 2012
video interview with Dana's mom: http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/279894/8/Authorities-Asking-for-Help-to-Find-Missing-Bay-Area-Woman
(Gloria calls the guy she was last with at her bro's - Dana's bf)
IMO- The "Boyfriend" may simply be a boy and a friend. ( see above quote ) She may have asked a friend to go with her to her brother's July 4th party- maybe she simply did not want to go alone. And she is at least separated, if not divorced. We are missing some players, some answers- and many months. I think some important info may be found in the months before July.
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/5UbpC
Map of the area where body was found. Body being found without clothing suggests either a female or the clothing was taken by some or one of the homeless that are in the area. Strange that people are living back in there and didn't KNOW about the body?
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TY for the map. Per a basic google maps direction search using your map and the address of her apartment complex (10003 Courtney Palms Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33619), it's about a half an hour drive her the apts to the area where the body was found. Looks very easy on, easy off I-75.
Hopefully they'll be able to make an ID and find answers for the family of whoever this lost soul is.
Everytime I try to multi-quote posts it gets screwed up, so let's see if this works.
In the video link (wtsp) the Det. and her mother both do say "boyfriend" multiple times, which I take to be significant other.. because they both used that term and more than once. But you're right-- we're missing just about everything here.
Det. McKinnon: "This case really concerns us because this woman basically has dropped off the face of the earth"
I'm concerned too!!! Where is Dana??
Thank you for transcribing what was said in the video- I am hearing impaired- so usually miss what is said and / or I just end up ignoring the clip - unless I can find a transcript or one of my awesome scannerettes from downstairs transcribes for me...especially bad are the voice overs- as I can't read their lips I was going by print media...