Found Deceased GA - Tosha Herron, 36, Lavonia, 6 Oct 2016

[Gardener1850]

What really concerns me with this one is the constant selfie postings that late night/early morning.
Possible she could have been moving photos from one album to a next and each time they posted to fb.

ETA didn't see where they said the burning of the car was the result of the accident. I could have missed it.

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You're right it is like she couldn't decide what profile picture to use on fb. It looks like she is wearing different outfits so I don't think she took all those selfies that day.

Oh, I need to look more into the car. I guess I'm naive in just thinking this was a car accident. Good question on if the fire was from the accident or not.

I took another look at the pictures and the car was not burned at all as far as I can tell. It was just badly damaged. Here is an up close photo:

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/family-searching-missing-gwinnett-woman/nss68/

There are more pics of the car at this link: http://www.11alive.com/news/car-of-missing-gwinnett-woman-found-in-lumpkin-co/338862369

 

[Gardener1850]

Has anyone found social media for Tosha other than her fb?

I am working on a timeline.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

I took another look at the pictures and the car was not burned at all as far as I can tell. It was just badly damaged. Here is an up close photo:

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/family-searching-missing-gwinnett-woman/nss68/

There are more pics of the car at this link: http://www.11alive.com/news/car-of-missing-gwinnett-woman-found-in-lumpkin-co/338862369

I swore i read burned car?
And again imho she was either bringing pics over from somewhere else or moving them around. I like to take mine out of mobile uploads and put into the yearly album.

I will look for other social media.

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[Gardener1850]

I swore i read burned car?
And again imho she was either bringing pics over from somewhere else or moving them around. I like to take mine out of mobile uploads and put into the yearly album.

I will look for other social media.

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I figured out where the confusion came from about her car being burned. Fox5 originally had that as their headline and it is posted up above as the headline in the story Los posted. But when you go to the actual story the headline no longer says burned: http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/212340752-story

I think Fox5 got the headline wrong and instead of printing a retraction they just changed their headline. JMO.

 

[Gardener1850]

I swore i read burned car?
And again imho she was either bringing pics over from somewhere else or moving them around. I like to take mine out of mobile uploads and put into the yearly album.

I will look for other social media.

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Does anyone know if there is some app that auto uploads photos to fb over a period of hours? Because unless she had something like that she posted constantly, sometimes 2 photos per minute from 12:27 AM to 5:48 Am on Oct 7th. Unless she had a night job and went to sleep during the day after 5:48 (possible) she would have gone on this road trip on the evening of Oct 7th with no sleep. No sleep and driving in the mountains in an area you don't know well is a dangerous combination.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

Car of missing Gwinnett County woman found burned

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/212340752-story​

This is where I got burned. Either they retracted the original statement of burned or just a misunderstanding. It does appear burn from this pic but not in the closeup recent photo.

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[Gardener1850]

This is where I got burned. Either they retracted the original statement of burned or just a misunderstanding. It does appear burn from this pic but not in the closeup recent photo.

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Yes, I think they changed the title as it no longer says burned when you click the link. It's not your fault, I thought it was burned too until I started reading all the news stories for a timeline.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

That's a good thought, but IMO it's not very suspicious that she was in a wreck. The first post mentions she may have had a seizure. She was driving in a mountainous area.

Her phone last pinged in Lavonia, GA
She called her friend to say she was lost around Toccoa, GA
Her car was found near Blood Mountain in Lumpkin County, off 129 North
She was headed to Blue Rdige, GA

Take a look at a rough map of the locations here to get an idea of the terrain: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lav...5aa3712b310!2m2!1d-84.324087!2d34.8639719!3e0

Sadly, the area looks difficult to search.

Gardener on one msm posts it says the last contact was with friend on Oct. 7 and another says parents on Oct. 7th. Granted it could have been both but just wanted to share for the timeline.

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[Gardener1850]

Just from what I can see on her Facebook page without being a friend of hers, she was extremely busy posting and sharing pictures of herself all night long on the night before she went missing (i.e., the early morning hours of October 7). She was also reposting Memes about being strong and losing someone you love. Makes me wonder if she was going through something, like a break up.

I wonder if someone she loves died recently as one of the memes she posted literally said "When someone you love dies..."

 

[Gardener1850]

Gardener on one msm posts it says the last contact was with friend on Oct. 7 and another says parents on Oct. 7th. Granted it could have been both but just wanted to share for the timeline.

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Thanks I saw that it was both as well and it's unclear, IMO, if she actually saw her parents or she just called them. Getting ready to post the timeline in a few minutes.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

I imagine it must have been scary especially if it was dark at the time of the accident. I wonder what they found in her car. Did she take her purse or her phone, both? That might show what condition she was in afterwards and maybe dropped off in Gainesville. Possisbly she has a concussion. Maybe she ended up at a hospital father away near where whoever picked her up.

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[Gardener1850]

Tosha Herron Timeline
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7 Oct 2016, 12:27 AM – Tosha shares a set of 5 selfies she posted from Oct 5 on her facebook. After that, she goes on to post selfies every few minutes, sometimes 2 selfies in under a minute, for hours on end. She also shares a few memes. The selfies appear to be from different days as she has different outfits and different make-up/hair styles. The constant selfie posting lasts over 5 hours.

7 Oct 2016, 5:48 AM- Tosha posts her last selfie and updates it as her facebook profile photo.

7 Oct 2016, time unknown- Tosha last had contact with her parents at their Buford, GA home (Access WDUN).

7 Oct 2016, 6 PM- Tosha dropped off her 2 kids with her estranged husband in Lawrenceville, GA. The two had a verbal argument before she drove away. (Buford Patch). That was the last time Tosha was seen before leaving on a weekend trip to see a friend/friends in Blue Ridge, GA.

7 Oct 2016, 8 PM- Tosha last contacted her father (Gainesville Times).

7 Oct 2016, 8:12 PM- Tosha last contacted a friend to say she was driving and lost in Toccoa, GA.

7 Oct 2016, 11:30 PM- Tosha’s last phone ping was near exit 173 off I-85 North in Lavonia, GA.

7 Oct 2016, time unknown- Tosha was last “spotted” in Lavonia (according to Fox5 Atlanta—take with grain of salt as they may be referring to last cell phone ping).

7 Oct 2016, Evening- Her family first knew there was something wrong when she didn’t call her kids to say goodnight (Gwinnett Daily Post, 11Alive WXIA).

9 Oct 2016- Tosha’s father reported her missing.

12 Oct 2016, 10:40 PM- Tosha’s father found her car, a 2006 Nissan Altima, wrecked in a ravine on Blood Mountain, along Highway 129 North in Lumpkin County, GA.

13 Oct to 16 Oct 2016- LE searched the area around where Tosha’s car was found but found no sign of her; The search lasted all night long until 4:30 AM according to her sister.

13 Oct 2016- When LE went to examine the area and search for her they could see where she had crawled out of the car. There was not a lot of blood so they think she crawled out alive (Access WDUN).

15 Oct 2016- LE searched the area around where her car was found with dogs.

16 Oct 2016- Investigators declared the area of Blood Mountain cleared and Lumpkin County officially took over the missing person’s investigation (Access WDUN).

18 Oct 2016- Investigators report that they have had multiple leads and sightings of her in the Gainesville, GA area, specifically off of the Jesse Jewell Parkway, lots of people saying they've seen her, either a day or two ago (Access WDUN).

19 Oct 2016- WSB Radio reported the family passed out flyers (date/time unknown) around the area and was contacted by someone who claimed to have spotted her at a motel in Gainesville. Other tips have also come in making the same claims. None of the tips have proven credible (11Alive WXIA).

19 Oct 2016- Her father offered a $5000 reward for information (WSB Radio).

20 Oct 2016- Tosha’s sister posted photos of the wrecked car on facebook (Gwinnett Daily Post)

20 Oct 2016- Tosha’s sister posted a facebook update that said people had reported seeing Tosha in Gainsville, GA over the past week. The update also said she may have cut her hair short and dyed it black (Gwinnett Daily Post).

Other important details:

According to her father, Herron takes medication for a condition that can cause seizures. The family isn't sure if that may have been a contributing factor in the crash.

Family members fear someone may have abducted her after the crash, or that she may be somewhere and not know who she is.

Herron has two young children and an older son who just returned from a year's military tour in Africa.

Media links:
http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/10/459380/search-underway-for-missing-gwinnett-county-woman
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/119749/
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/212340752-story
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/missing-gwinnett-woman-car-found-ravine/k1Fym7BSfo6wa59ttCG1xN/
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/family-searching-missing-gwinnett-woman/nss68/
http://www.11alive.com/news/car-of-missing-gwinnett-woman-found-in-lumpkin-co/338862369
http://patch.com/georgia/buford/missing-gwinnett-woman-hasnt-contacted-family-weeks
http://www.wdef.com/2016/10/21/missing-gwinnett-womans-car-found-ravine/
http://www.wyff4.com/news/Crashed-c...-missing-mother-of-3-authorities-say/42199922
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/lo...cle_672acb33-56ee-5b1e-8b3b-2609264c74d7.html

 

[Gardener1850]

I imagine it must have been scary especially if it was dark at the time of the accident. I wonder what they found in her car. Did she take her purse or her phone, both? That might show what condition she was in afterwards and maybe dropped off in Gainesville. Possisbly she has a concussion. Maybe she ended up at a hospital father away near where whoever picked her up.

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If any of the sightings of her are credible I wonder if she really doesn't know who she is? But then, it's hard to imagine someone with amnesia would not approach someone by now and explain they are lost and don't know their name. I couldn't find anything in the press that said what was left in her car and if they found her phone/purse. Those are important details. If she knows who she is and is alive wandering around Gainesville, GA it makes me wonder if she or someone else pushed her car over the cliff. But then, LE said they "could see where she crawled out"--I take that to mean there was evidence she crawled out of the car like matted down grass and broken twigs, etc. It's pretty odd, IMO that the bloodhounds could not track where she went from there.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

Not a recent death but it seems she lost her sister and her sister's child and her mom within years.

ETA Those recent pics the night before don't appear to be arranging and organizing after taking a closer look.

As far as we know she was in the car alone?

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[LisaWL7TR]

If any of the sightings of her are credible I wonder if she really doesn't know who she is? But then, it's hard to imagine someone with amnesia would not approach someone by now and explain they are lost and don't know their name. I couldn't find anything in the press that said what was left in her car and if they found her phone/purse. Those are important details. If she knows who she is and is alive wandering around Gainesville, GA it makes me wonder if she or someone else pushed her car over the cliff. But then, LE said they "could see where she crawled out"--I take that to mean there was evidence she crawled out of the car like matted down grass and broken twigs, etc. It's pretty odd, IMO that the bloodhounds could not track where she went from there.

Great Timeline Gardener...Uh in the post above that I didn't quote.

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[Gardener1850]

Not a recent death but it seems she lost her sister and her sister's child and her mom within years.

ETA Those recent pics the night before don't appear to be arranging and organizing after taking a closer look.

As far as we know she was in the car alone?

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AFAWK. She could have picked someone up but I would think there would be evidence of that now that they have her car. I hope they dusted for prints, including on the outside of the vehicle.

 

[Gardener1850]

A few things that bother me:
The call to a friend to say she was lost around Toccoa at 8:12 PM and then the last ping of her phone near Lavonia at 11:30 PM. The map I posted on page 1, indicates she likely backtracked from Taccoa toward Lavonia. Was she driving in circles? That's a big chunk of time to be lost without making additional phone calls or pulling over and texting to ask for help. And her phone was still on and near Lavonia at 11:30 PM but she did not call her kids to say good night as she normally would. If she was planning to disappear, why not make a last call to her kids? Was it because they were with her estranged husband? And why not make more calls for help when she was that lost? I get lost a lot so I understand how someone could get really turned around in an unknown area, but that is a really long time to be lost without more attempts to get help. I wonder if they have asked around at businesses off that Lavonia Exit and checked cameras there?

 

[soanyway]

This cell ping timeline is concerning. According to the MSM attached, her friend said after speaking with her at 8:12 that she said she was 2 hours away according to the GPS (near exit 173 off I-85). But the Habersham Co. Sheriff's Department confirms that the last ping was at 11:30 near this same location. What evidence is there that "she" actually was heading west from there? Why would she be at the same location for 4 hours if she was headed to stay with a friend in Blue Ridge still 2 hours away? Her estranged husband posted on FB that there was a phone ping in Demorest at 9:00. Is there any confirmation to this? When someone asked the estranged husband if they were getting a divorce (as noted on by TH on her FB), his reply is "She was cheating on me. We were split up not filed anything yet. She had a lot of issues going on in her life." (yet his profile says "single"). IMO, statements like that aren't in the best interest of her children or family. He's shared his account at a ratio of 39:4 compared to her missing poster. I couldn't find any info on where the kids were, only that she last had contact with her parents in Buford. Does anyone know who had the kids that night?

http://wnegradio.com/missing-buford-woman-last-seen-in-lavonia/
http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/10/459380/search-underway-for-missing-gwinnett-county-woman

A few things that bother me:
The call to a friend to say she was lost around Toccoa at 8:12 PM and then the last ping of her phone near Lavonia at 11:30 PM. The map I posted on page 1, indicates she likely backtracked from Taccoa toward Lavonia. Was she driving in circles? That's a big chunk of time to be lost without making additional phone calls or pulling over and texting to ask for help. And her phone was still on and near Lavonia at 11:30 PM but she did not call her kids to say good night as she normally would. If she was planning to disappear, why not make a last call to her kids? Was it because they were with her estranged husband? And why not make more calls for help when she was that lost? I get lost a lot so I understand how someone could get really turned around in an unknown area, but that is a really long time to be lost without more attempts to get help. I wonder if they have asked around at businesses off that Lavonia Exit and checked cameras there?

 

[Gardener1850]

This cell ping timeline is concerning. According to the MSM attached, her friend said after speaking with her at 8:12 that she said she was 2 hours away according to the GPS (near exit 173 off I-85). But the Habersham Co. Sheriff's Department confirms that the last ping was at 11:30 near this same location. What evidence is there that "she" actually was heading west from there? Why would she be at the same location for 4 hours if she was headed to stay with a friend in Blue Ridge still 2 hours away? Her estranged husband posted on FB that there was a phone ping in Demorest at 9:00. Is there any confirmation to this? When someone asked the estranged husband if they were getting a divorce (as noted on by TH on her FB), his reply is "She was cheating on me. We were split up not filed anything yet. She had a lot of issues going on in her life." (yet his profile says "single"). IMO, statements like that aren't in the best interest of her children or family. He's shared his account at a ratio of 39:4 compared to her missing poster. I couldn't find any info on where the kids were, only that she last had contact with her parents in Buford. Does anyone know who had the kids that night?

http://wnegradio.com/missing-buford-woman-last-seen-in-lavonia/
http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/10/459380/search-underway-for-missing-gwinnett-county-woman

The Buford Patch reported that her kids were dropped off at her estranged husband's house:

According to the original missing-person report in Gwinnett County, Tosha dropped off her two children in Lawrenceville with her estranged husband at about 6 p.m. on October 7.

The two had a verbal argument and she drove away, the husband told police.

http://patch.com/georgia/buford/missing-gwinnett-woman-hasnt-contacted-family-weeks

I haven't seen any media/LE confirmation of a phone ping in Demorest. I also have not seen anything that says whether they found her phone in the car. I wonder if she (or someone else) could have thrown the phone out the window near that exit where it last pinged at 11:30 PM?

 

[Gardener1850]

Another thing that is strange is that when I map from Lawrenceville, GA to Blue Ridge, GA there are no suggested routes that go through Taccoa or near Lavonia. Even if she stopped at her parent's house in Buford first she would not be that far off route.

Map from Lawrenceville to Blue Ridge: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Law...5aa3712b310!2m2!1d-84.324087!2d34.8639719!3e0

Map of all locations mentioned: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Law...5aa3712b310!2m2!1d-84.324087!2d34.8639719!3e0