GA - Theresa Parker, 41, Lafayette, 21 March 2007 - #2

[petra]

“Volunteers familiar with the Ridgeway community in south Walker County are welcomed and are asked to assemble no later than 8 a.m.,” Wilson said.

Volunteers are asked to assemble at Ridgeway Baptist Church at 1594 Ridgeway Road in LaFayette. They will be searching through rough terrain with dense vegetation and are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing, he said.

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_...&pnpID=730&NewsID=810615&CategoryID=3511&on=1

Thanks for the link Chico-

Hoping that saturday's search finds some answers for family and friends.
Also want to pass on kudos and thoughts for all the searchers involved.

It has been way too long.

 

[chicoliving]

~snip~

In an effort to understand the mind behind the man who said in an interview that he is being persecuted by investigators and that he thinks he knows where his wife is but declined to offer specifics, the Messenger contacted Dr. Eric Hickey, a renowned criminologist who teaches criminal psychology at California State University, Fresno.

Hickey reviewed twice the Fox 5 video with Parker and also read some of the many articles, Sound Off blog entries and other background information about the case on the Internet.

~snip~

What is your overall impression of the interview with Sam Parker?

One of the most interesting things was that whenever he was asked about his wife he would almost immediately turn it around to himself. He was extremely evasive, and in his manner of speech he was trying to structure his responses toward being the victim. He threw out a lot of meaningless statements, and his body language was very defensive with the folding of his arms and being very fidgety.

From an interview standpoint it was pretty softball. It seems like there were a lot of questions that didn’t get asked.

Such as?

Well, I’m not extremely familiar with the case, but points about his friend Ben Chaffin’s false statements would have been good to address.

more at link
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_...&pnpID=730&NewsID=810904&CategoryID=3511&on=1

 

[angelmom]

Praying for some news of Theresa tomorrow, and for the safety of the searchers!

 

[SewingDeb]

Great article Chico. Good find!

 

[chicoliving]

A group of about 75 searchers fanned out in rugged terrain south of LaFayette, Ga., on Saturday morning to try to find "clues" to the mysterious disappearance of Walker County 911 operator Theresa Parker.

Allen Padgett of Walker County Emergency Services told volunteers gathered at Ridgeway Baptist Church, "We are confident there may be clues here."

He said the search site is "within the last signal area of her cell phone."

Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said the property is owned by a timber company from Rome, Ga.

He said evidence in the case had pinpointed the site, but he could not give details.

~snip~

Mr. Padgett told the searchers to be on the lookout for a cell phone - or a piece of a cell phone.

He also urged them to watch out for a Georgia driver's license.

Ms. Parker's cell phone and driver's license have not been located.

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_108321.asp

 

[chicoliving]

~snip~

Camp said the search would concentrate on roads accessible by vehicle and within 100-200 feet of those roads. “We’re looking for anything that might be personal effects that belong to Theresa Parker. It could be a handbag, a driver’s license, a cell phone.”

At a pre-search briefing, search coordinator Allen Padgett of the North Georgia Search & Rescue Team held up various parts of a cell phone to give an idea of how small objects could be. “Get your eyes primed to look for these small objects.”

~snip~

The meticulous search process consisted of teams of 8-10 people slowly picking their way along at just beyond arm’s length.

The searchers were instructed to turn around after each step and comb the ground they had just looked over from another perspective. “Statistics say that if you don’t turn around you can miss 40 percent of the things you’re looking for,” Camp said. “We are looking for a needle in a haystack, so time is not crucial today. We’re not in a race.”

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_...&pnpID=730&NewsID=811541&CategoryID=3511&on=1

 

[rd_jfc]

That's interesting that they can pinpoint an area now, when in the beginning they said the cell phone carrier couldn't pinpoint the signal within 40 square miles.

Are the GPS references otoh posted the other day something they came to find out about from the cell phone carrier, and GPS locations were transmitted? I will have to check into GPS signal transmission from the GPS enabled cell phones.

Or they knew it all along. I hope so, and they were sandbagging. Good call.

rd

 

[TaylorJ4]

A group of about 75 searchers fanned out in rugged terrain south of LaFayette, Ga., on Saturday morning to try to find "clues" to the mysterious disappearance of Walker County 911 operator Theresa Parker. But the hunt proved fruitless.

Randy Camp, Walker County fire chief said after six hours of searching, "Unfortunately, we didn't find anything. It's disappointing. We want to bring some closure to this case."

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_108321.asp

 

[TGIRecovered]

I would be interested to know if LE has consulted with any agency or individual who may have records of seismic activity in the area during the window of opportunity for disposal of the body.
I believe that Sam may have used expolsives to destroy or conceal evidence.
I've seen him quoted on at least two seperate occasions using the word "impolde" when answering questions relating to Teresa's disappearance. Once, he speculated that pressures of being found to be having an affair caused her to impolde. As far as I know there was no affair except in Sam's imagination. During his last TV interview Sam said that he felt as if he would implode due to pressures of being a suspect.
Anyone here know how much C4 it would take to create an explosion strong enough to register if siesmic activity were being monitored in the area? Do coal mining companies monitor this on a regular basis?

Susan

 

[concernedperson]

I would be interested to know if LE has consulted with any agency or individual who may have records of seismic activity in the area during the window of opportunity for disposal of the body.
I believe that Sam may have used expolsives to destroy or conceal evidence.
I've seen him quoted on at least two seperate occasions using the word "impolde" when answering questions relating to Teresa's disappearance. Once, he speculated that pressures of being found to be having an affair caused her to impolde. As far as I know there was no affair except in Sam's imagination. During his last TV interview Sam said that he felt as if he would implode due to pressures of being a suspect.
Anyone here know how much C4 it would take to create an explosion strong enough to register if siesmic activity were being monitored in the area? Do coal mining companies monitor this on a regular basis?

Susan

I don't have an answer for you but those are excellent observations and that theory should be checked out completely.

 

[TGIRecovered]

Thank you very much, cp.

Do we have any geologists in the crowd? Miners? Geniuses of seismic trivia?

Susan

 

[TGIRecovered]

Since we've started a new page, here is my original post with the question about seismic activity:

I would be interested to know if LE has consulted with any agency or individual who may have records of seismic activity in the area during the window of opportunity for disposal of the body.
I believe that Sam may have used expolsives to destroy or conceal evidence.
I've seen him quoted on at least two seperate occasions using the word "impolde" when answering questions relating to Teresa's disappearance. Once, he speculated that pressures of being found to be having an affair caused her to impolde. As far as I know there was no affair except in Sam's imagination. During his last TV interview Sam said that he felt as if he would implode due to pressures of being a suspect.
Anyone here know how much C4 it would take to create an explosion strong enough to register if siesmic activity were being monitored in the area? Do coal mining companies monitor this on a regular basis?

Susan

 

[OnTHEotherHAND...]

I live about 5 miles from the Parker marital residence. In the last 20 years I have crawled in and out of every cave hole I could find within 100 miles. I find it highly unlikely that SP, or anyone else for that matter, could predictably blast a cave hole shut without being immediately discovered. There are people in the caves 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

Blasting limestone is an inexact science at best. Even someone that does it day in and day out knows that when you set off a charge, anything can happen. Its way too unpredictable to use as a method for permanently hiding a body. And, when a charge is set, and you are underground, it is obvious. Someone is gonna go looking for the idiot trying to bury them alive.

Walker County is remote, relative to the big city. But, if you were to set a blast in the middle of no where, in the middle of the night, every nosey neighbor within 50 miles of ground zero is going to know it. And, they are gonna be yaking about it and finding out what it was.

Besides, the C4 that was found in SPs locker had been there as long as the dirty socks and petrified ham sandwich that kept it company. I really do believe that to be true. It was no big deal when someone gave it to him and he just thumped it into his trashy locker hole.

Heres what I think. There are dozens, if not hundreds of old wells and sink holes in this area. The typical one would be in the middle of some thick-assed briars. Maybe an old piece of tin lay on top, maybe not. If a rabbit dog were to step in the wrong place, all you would hear is a fading howl. These holes can go straight down for a hundred feet before hitting the water table.

Something goes down, it don’t come back up. The aquifers are huge, deep and inaccessible. It’s like having a door to hell. Something could get going down there and end up 20 miles from the drop point in a matter of hours. Even if you knew for a fact that something went down the hole, you aint never gonna find it. You just aint .

No digging. No explosions. No evidence. Just….. Gone.

That is what I think. I don’t have any idea where Mr. Sam’s hole might be, but I would bet he’s got one.

Here one minute and gone the next.

Otoh.

 

[Salem]

Something goes down, it don’t come back up. The aquifers are huge, deep and inaccessible. It’s like having a door to hell. Something could get going down there and end up 20 miles from the drop point in a matter of hours. Even if you knew for a fact that something went down the hole, you aint never gonna find it. You just aint .
Otoh.

Ahhh..... but water has a funny way of giving back what it has taken after awhile....... So, IMO, if this is what happened, I would believe that one day (probably not any time soon) she would turn up. At least it gives me some hope that she might.

Salem

 

[TGIRecovered]

I live about 5 miles from the Parker marital residence. In the last 20 years I have crawled in and out of every cave hole I could find within 100 miles. I find it highly unlikely that SP, or anyone else for that matter, could predictably blast a cave hole shut without being immediately discovered. There are people in the caves 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

Blasting limestone is an inexact science at best. Even someone that does it day in and day out knows that when you set off a charge, anything can happen. Its way too unpredictable to use as a method for permanently hiding a body. And, when a charge is set, and you are underground, it is obvious. Someone is gonna go looking for the idiot trying to bury them alive.

Walker County is remote, relative to the big city. But, if you were to set a blast in the middle of no where, in the middle of the night, every nosey neighbor within 50 miles of ground zero is going to know it. And, they are gonna be yaking about it and finding out what it was.

Besides, the C4 that was found in SPs locker had been there as long as the dirty socks and petrified ham sandwich that kept it company. I really do believe that to be true. It was no big deal when someone gave it to him and he just thumped it into his trashy locker hole.

Heres what I think. There are dozens, if not hundreds of old wells and sink holes in this area. The typical one would be in the middle of some thick-assed briars. Maybe an old piece of tin lay on top, maybe not. If a rabbit dog were to step in the wrong place, all you would hear is a fading howl. These holes can go straight down for a hundred feet before hitting the water table.

Something goes down, it don’t come back up. The aquifers are huge, deep and inaccessible. It’s like having a door to hell. Something could get going down there and end up 20 miles from the drop point in a matter of hours. Even if you knew for a fact that something went down the hole, you aint never gonna find it. You just aint .

No digging. No explosions. No evidence. Just….. Gone.

That is what I think. I don’t have any idea where Mr. Sam’s hole might be, but I would bet he’s got one.

Here one minute and gone the next.

Otoh.

Sounds like you know what you are talking about otoh. Thanks for the info, I'm glad we have your "local" input!
If a blast is unlikely, I guess I'm back to hoping Sam either finds Jesus and confesses or finds a drinking buddy and blabbers.
Any volunteers?
Evangalize or anesthetize?

Susan

 

[christine2448]

Sounds like you know what you are talking about otoh. Thanks for the info, I'm glad we have your "local" input!
If a blast is unlikely, I guess I'm back to hoping Sam either finds Jesus and confesses or finds a drinking buddy and blabbers.
Any volunteers?
Evangalize or anesthetize?

Susan

I volunteer, but I choose the good 'ole fashion torture method....yes?

 

[TGIRecovered]

I volunteer, but I choose the good 'ole fashion torture method....yes?

Whatever works christine! He's too messed up to keep quiet forever...I'm surprized he's lasted this long!

Susan

 

[OnTHEotherHAND...]

How about this:

Elect me president and I guarantee my first order of business...

I would have Sam Parker tied to a polygraph machine designed to deliver a small shock to the genitals upon detection of a lie. The shocks would become increasingly severe as each lie was registered. If Sam could answer questions for 1 hour without being shocked, I would have the entire country apologize to him and all citizens would have to send him 1 dollar.

Oh, the best part... Nancy Grace would lead the interview. She would have 2 hours to ask Sam anything under the sun. Sam could either become a multimillionaire or execute himself via high voltage where it counts.

Prime Time. No Commercials. What a deal.

otoh

 

[TGIRecovered]

I personally believe that with Sam Parker, "liquor is quicker"!He seems to have an alcohol problem already and he is probably trying to avoid drinking too much so he won't slip up. Unfortunately for him, he won't be able to stay sober as long as this thing is hanging over head. I just hope he doesn't "implode" before he says something to lead to Teresa' wherabouts!Susan

 

[rd_jfc]

Well how many of those volunteers did we lose down one of those holes? None I hope.

So either all the acres weren't searched or there aren't any holes on those acres.

Either way, the job's not done.

rd