Hannah Graham: Body Recovered, 18 Oct, 2014 **Awaiting Forensic Confirmation** #5

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UPDATE: @HenryGraff reports: police at Old Lynchburg Rd. crime scene say they've been told the area will likely open up this afternoon.
10:12am - 24 Oct 14
 
not finding that tweet. was trying to pull the link for you. Only tweet I could find from that source was from the 20th and says

VDOT Culpeper @VaDOTCULP · Oct 20

Rt. 631 (Old Lynchburg Rd) in Albemarle Co. will remain closed today and likely tomorrow for police investigative work.
https://twitter.com/VaDOTCULP

 
UPDATE: @HenryGraff reports: police at Old Lynchburg Rd. crime scene say they've been told the area will likely open up this afternoon.
10:12am - 24 Oct 14

So which is it? I give up lol
 
This just popped up on my twitter feed

VDOT Culpeper ‏@VaDOTCULP 7m7 minutes ago
@VaDOTRVA @robrymond Rt 631 is closed indefinitely for police investigation into #HannahGraham disappearance.

https://twitter.com/VaDOTCULP

"Closed indefinitely" I think that gives us an idea of the scale of investigation down on Old Lynchburg Road/Walnut Creek Park area
Which is it? Hoosgirl just posted a tweet that said "likely open this afternoon."

I can't handle having exact opposite reports about the crime scene!
 

Virginia Tech hosts Hannah Graham vigil: Students join together, remember Harrington
by Emily Kern and Kristen Cugini and Sara Rourke | Oct 23 2014 | 10/23/14 1:58am
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2014/10/tech-hannah-graham-vigil?_h=ebabee58-eada-4264-9dca-9268f1c519dc

Virginia Tech Holds Candlelight Vigil for Hannah Graham and UVa Community; 'We Are All Cavaliers Tonight'
By Russell Westerholm, Oct 23, 2014 03:33 PM EDT
http://www.universityherald.com/art...va-community-we-are-all-cavaliers-tonight.htm

Griff Jenkins of Fox, On the Record, catches "fascinating" new clue
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/10/21/record-goes-inside-home-suspect-hannah-graham-disappearance

"Attorney Ray Morrogh... tells Peggy Fox that authorities are trying to bring" him "to Fairfax next week to face attempted murder, abduction and sex assault charges."
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2014/10/24/jesse-matthew-fairfax-county-va-attempted-murder-sex-assault/17827111/

DNA in Va
http://wamu.org/news/14/10/24/virginia_considers_thorny_question_should_it_collect_dna_from_all_convicts


The 5 things people get wrong about Alexis Murphy and Jesse Matthew
BY ALIX BRYAN, UPDATED AT 01:46AM, OCTOBER 24, 2014
http://wtvr.com/2014/10/23/the-5-things-people-get-wrong-about-alexis-murphy-and-jesse-matthew/comment-page-1/
 
Which is it? Hoosgirl just posted a tweet that said "likely open this afternoon."

I can't handle having exact opposite reports about the crime scene!

I'm inclined to believe Henry Graff, the road people may not yet have been informed?
 
I'm inclined to believe Henry Graff, the road people may not yet have been informed?

Second that. Henry's probably right. VDOT (VA Dept of Transportation) tends to move slowly in all things... IMO. :)
 
"I felt like I needed to call... It hurt my heart to know that it took so long." 'Second guessed himself "Why didn't I stop?" How fortunate, this gentleman did the brave right thing to help find Hannah Graham, "put in that call," as Katie Brook reports. (sorry if repeat, from ~7:30, last night)
http://www.wset.com/story/26879046/man-who-called-in-tip-that-led-to-human-remains-recounts-story

Hokies reach out http://www.wsls.com/story/26882074/va-girl-makes-appearance-on-today-show

catching up. thanks

<BBM from article>

RE: &#8220;I noticed even more buzzards. Just something stuck with me,&#8221; said Pugh.


So Pugh called in a tip, saying it could be nothing but he felt like he needed to report it.

13 days later, search crews found human remains.


Thanx for sharing, FindHG... It is sad that the official receiving this critical tip by MR Pugh placed it on the bottom of the stack.. When there is a recovery search for a missing victim of a likely serial killer and a tip is called in that there is more than 30 black headed vultures/scavengers circling property that has been abandoned for years. You would think that an immediate follow up would be in order.. Why wasn't it?

If not for the instincts of Chesterfield PD Lt. combined with a touch of divine intervention. Who knows if and when the remains would have been discovered..
 
fwiw.. and to add Neal Augenstein retweeted Henry Graffs tweet about it reopening an hour ago

Neal Augenstein retweeted
NBC29 @NBC29 · 59m 59 minutes ago
UPDATE: @HenryGraff reports: police at Old Lynchburg Rd. crime scene say they've been told the area will likely open up this afternoon.
......................

Neal Augenstein &#8207;@AugensteinWTOP 15m15 minutes ago
@VaDOTCULP 631 between where and where please

https://twitter.com/AugensteinWTOP

VDOT Culpeper Verified account
&#8207;@VaDOTCULP
@AugensteinWTOP Rt 631 (Old Lynchburg Rd) is closed between Red Hill Rd and Plank Rd. It closed last Sat; no estimate on reopening.

Neal Augenstein &#8207;@AugensteinWTOP 11m11 minutes ago
@VaDOTCULP very helpful. thanks.

https://twitter.com/VaDOTCULP
 
Question:

I remember when Morgans remains were found that they said even though a cause of death couldn't be determined because of the condition (at least they have never released a cause of death), that DNA was recovered from the body...I remember this very clearly because up to that point the case was sort of stalling. And when they first found her body, they wondered if they would find any useful evidence. And then they were able to find DNA.

Months later (spring time) there was all the talk about the familial DNA testing, as someone had posted links earlier, Morgan's family was very vocal about this. I'm assuming the original DNA found with the body had been run through a more standard database by this point, and hadn't come up with hits.

So then all this talk about familial DNA and how they are going to try this in the Morgan Harrington case, then fast forward a few more months, it must have been summer or fall (2010), and then you get the Fairfax connection and the police sketch being passed around Cville (which didn't happen until after I had left Cville, and I left in June.)

So my question I guess is sort of in regards to whether it was the standard DNA data search that led to the Fairfax connection....or if it was the familial DNA search that led to the Fairfax connection?

We know JLM is charged with the rape in Fairfax, so I guess we can assume it 100% his DNA they have on record up there. But if the DNA connection with Morgan is more familial could that explained why charges aren't filed yet in that case?

Ever since Morgan vanished local lure, has always suggested that it was a local, and more people knew things then were speaking.

I wish we knew what was found in JLM car and apartment that linked him forensically to Morgan? I wonder if anyone in his family, such as his father has a criminal record...perhaps a cousin?

I think JLM is guilty as heck....but I'm not sure all his crimes were solo ventures....any thoughts?
 
The following Atlanta, GA homicide victim was located burned beyond recognition. She was identified within 24 hours via dental records. Yet, here we are six days later and only silence from ACPD... Why?

Body in burned car in Athens identified as murdered Atlanta woman
By JOE JOHNSONupdated Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 11:05pm
The body that was found Wednesday in a burned-out car in east Athens, GA was identified Thursday by authorities as 23-year-old Darla Gibbons of Atlanta.

Mike Ayers, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Athens regional office, said investigators were able to learn that Gibbons was the registered owner of the car through its vehicle identification number.
Ayers said investigators obtained Gibbons&#8217; dental records to assist in identifying her.

<sniped - read more>
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-ne...-identified-autopsy-determines-atlanta-womans
 
Med Examiner may need time if the jaw bones were missing;then he has to use bone marrow samples ,from my understanding this could take 7-10 days to extract and identify the DNA
 
The following Atlanta, GA homicide victim was located burned beyond recognition. She was identified within 24 hours via dental records. Yet, here we are six days later and only silence from ACPD... Why?

Body in burned car in Athens identified as murdered Atlanta woman
By JOE JOHNSONupdated Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 11:05pm
The body that was found Wednesday in a burned-out car in east Athens, GA was identified Thursday by authorities as 23-year-old Darla Gibbons of Atlanta.

Mike Ayers, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Athens regional office, said investigators were able to learn that Gibbons was the registered owner of the car through its vehicle identification number.
Ayers said investigators obtained Gibbons&#8217; dental records to assist in identifying her.

<sniped - read more>
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-ne...-identified-autopsy-determines-atlanta-womans

I am wondering whether the remains were not, in fact, Hannah. If that's the case, LE would be quiet while they search and excavate the area to determine whether other victims' remains were also there. That's all I can surmise. It would seem they would have said already one way or another.

Of course, I am just speculating...
 
No a little shorter. It wasn't grown out in the back the way it was in the link picture.

Sorry for not feeling comfortable including the picture guys, just trying to protect the other people in the photo. I don't mean to frustrate you.


If you have paint or a similar type program, you could also try obscuring the other faces if that helps.[/QUOTE]

Totally fair and admirably discreet of you. Thank you. Can you tell if he was costumed that night, in the picture? Can you tell what he was dressed as, if not his old usual self?
 
The following Atlanta, GA homicide victim was located burned beyond recognition. She was identified within 24 hours via dental records. Yet, here we are six days later and only silence from ACPD... Why?

Body in burned car in Athens identified as murdered Atlanta woman
By JOE JOHNSONupdated Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 11:05pm
The body that was found Wednesday in a burned-out car in east Athens, GA was identified Thursday by authorities as 23-year-old Darla Gibbons of Atlanta.

Mike Ayers, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Athens regional office, said investigators were able to learn that Gibbons was the registered owner of the car through its vehicle identification number.
Ayers said investigators obtained Gibbons&#8217; dental records to assist in identifying her.

<sniped - read more>
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-ne...-identified-autopsy-determines-atlanta-womans

The teeth might not be intact. Someone yesterday posted photos of what happens to bodies after vultures feed on them - they get picked apart, even the teeth get pecked away. Everything might be in pieces (sorry to be graphic).

Edit: Here's one of the links: http://www.startribune.com/nation/141898073.html
Edit2: Here's a better link: http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/...on-human-corpse-in-texas-body-farm-experiment

Ghostwheel's post: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...nfirmation**-5/page32&p=11126571#post11126571
 
If you have paint or a similar type program, you could also try obscuring the other faces if that helps.

Totally fair and admirably discreet of you. Thank you. Can you tell if he was costumed that night, in the picture? Can you tell what he was dressed as, if not his old usual self?[/QUOTE]
Agree with the programs that can blur out the otgers, or crop them out completely. You could even crop them out using instagram.
 
NBC29 &#8207;@NBC29 1h1 hour ago Charlottesville, VA

UPDATE: @HenryGraff reports: police at Old Lynchburg Rd. crime scene say they've been told the area will likely open up this afternoon.
 
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