It's scary to think that the perpetrator could have committed this crime and returned in time to help with the search for the girls.
My prayers are with their families as they mourn their children and begin the healing process. I also pray that the person(s) responsible are caught and justice served.
I was really holding out hope of a Jaycee Duggard-like situation going on here with the girls and that someone was just holding them captive but they'd be found alive.
I am very saddened by this discovery. But in some small way, I am glad the girls were found together and I take it to mean neither spent much time facing down their abductor alone. I hope they were able, in the end, to be of some small comfort to each other. I just read Ann Rule's new book which includes info on Susan Cox Powell's sons' murder by their dad. When their bodies were found, the boys were found holding each other's hands.
These girls seemed to be not only cousins but close friends who did a lot together. It is doubly sad to lose two children. But I am somewhat comforted by the fact that each of these girls had one of their best friends & cousin there with them so that they were never completely alone with the monster that did this and so that they weren't alone at the end.
Do they keep track of who is camping in the area, like maybe who might have been camping there at the time they went missing? Iirc I remember some of the earlier threads had a lot of speculation about people camping near the lakes.
I have to tell you that as heart breaking as the news is, I am in fear. we have a murderer of children walking around our community. I grew up here and have heard of Seven Bridges Park but never knew where it is located...my gut is telling me with the abduction taking place at Meyers Lake and those precious little girls being found at Seven Bridges Park, this is the work of a local. as a side note...many meth manufacturors make meth in wodded areas.
Do they keep track of who is camping in the area, like maybe who might have been camping there at the time they went missing? Iirc I remember some of the earlier threads had a lot of speculation about people camping near the lakes.
Confusion:
Dan's trial was just recently continued. The trial judge probably isn't going to put it off again. As to the plea deal, I don't know if it's still on the table or not. While RSOs are coming onto the radar, I am interested in seeing what Dan does next and if it tells us anything at all. The possible connection to his sudden wanting of a trial back in July has always intrigued me.
I am wondering about if the girls' clothes or other items belonging to them were found with the bodies. The bodies, it seems to me, would be skeletonized after nearly 5 months. But they knew almost right away - despite the fact that the no medical examiner or coroner or forensic anthropologist had viewed the remains yet yesterday - that these were likely Lyric & Lizzie.
I'm not sure this assumption would be made (and so widely publicized) based upon size of the remains only. There are other missing kids across America they could be (granted the location makes it more likely it's Lyric & Lizzie, but I doubt this was enough to go on without an expert examining the remains).
This makes me think their clothes (or some other items belonging to them) were found with/on the remains and gives me hope there will be some type of forensic evidence to tie to a perp (and use to put him away for a long, long time).
From what I have heard, the bodies were found with the clothing that the girls were last seen wearing. This is why, I suspect, that Heather Collins confirmed on FB that the bodies were the girls.
I'm not familiar with 7 Bridges. I've heard of it before, but that's it.
As for the man who died in downtown Waterloo on the same day: he was a good friend of mine years ago. I've seen him around town several times but our lives pulled us in opposite directions over the years. I know he struggled with substance abuse for many years (starting about the time I met him). He had great kids, was a positive influence in many, many people's lives. It is painful to know that his last moments were of desperation, pain, and anguish so deep. He would give a stranger the shirt off his back to help, but unfortunately was unable to help himself. We shared many good times, and I suppose monsters are good at concealing that side of themselves, but I just cannot see him being related to the disappearance in any way.
I, too, take comfort in knowing that the girls appear to have been together all along. Today is a very sad day here in Evansdale. My daughter's bus stop was somber, my son's pre-school was somber, we received a call last night that counseling would be available for our children at school.
It will be easier for the families to find some semblance of peace now that an important question has been answered, but there are still too many unanswered questions.
Thank you to the tireless efforts of so many on this site. Parents in Evansdale appreciate you helping solve this mystery.
From what I have heard, the bodies were found with the clothing that the girls were last seen wearing. This is why, I suspect, that Heather Collins confirmed on FB that the bodies were the girls.
I'm not familiar with 7 Bridges. I've heard of it before, but that's it.
As for the man who died in downtown Waterloo on the same day: he was a good friend of mine years ago. I've seen him around town several times but our lives pulled us in opposite directions over the years. I know he struggled with substance abuse for many years (starting about the time I met him). He had great kids, was a positive influence in many, many people's lives. It is painful to know that his last moments were of desperation, pain, and anguish so deep. He would give a stranger the shirt off his back to help, but unfortunately was unable to help himself. We shared many good times, and I suppose monsters are good at concealing that side of themselves, but I just cannot see him being related to the disappearance in any way.
I, too, take comfort in knowing that the girls appear to have been together all along. Today is a very sad day here in Evansdale. My daughter's bus stop was somber, my son's pre-school was somber, we received a call last night that counseling would be available for our children at school.
It will be easier for the families to find some semblance of peace now that an important question has been answered, but there are still too many unanswered questions.
Thank you to the tireless efforts of so many on this site. Parents in Evansdale appreciate you helping solve this mystery.
From what I have heard, the bodies were found with the clothing that the girls were last seen wearing. This is why, I suspect, that Heather Collins confirmed on FB that the bodies were the girls.
I'm not familiar with 7 Bridges. I've heard of it before, but that's it.
As for the man who died in downtown Waterloo on the same day: he was a good friend of mine years ago. I've seen him around town several times but our lives pulled us in opposite directions over the years. I know he struggled with substance abuse for many years (starting about the time I met him). He had great kids, was a positive influence in many, many people's lives. It is painful to know that his last moments were of desperation, pain, and anguish so deep. He would give a stranger the shirt off his back to help, but unfortunately was unable to help himself. We shared many good times, and I suppose monsters are good at concealing that side of themselves, but I just cannot see him being related to the disappearance in any way.
I, too, take comfort in knowing that the girls appear to have been together all along. Today is a very sad day here in Evansdale. My daughter's bus stop was somber, my son's pre-school was somber, we received a call last night that counseling would be available for our children at school.
It will be easier for the families to find some semblance of peace now that an important question has been answered, but there are still too many unanswered questions.
Thank you to the tireless efforts of so many on this site. Parents in Evansdale appreciate you helping solve this mystery.
I was really holding out hope of a Jaycee Duggard-like situation going on here with the girls and that someone was just holding them captive but they'd be found alive.
I am very saddened by this discovery. But in some small way, I am glad the girls were found together and I take it to mean neither spent much time facing down their abductor alone. I hope they were able, in the end, to be of some small comfort to each other. I just read Ann Rule's new book which includes info on Susan Cox Powell's sons' murder by their dad. When their bodies were found, the boys were found holding each other's hands.
These girls seemed to be not only cousins but close friends who did a lot together. It is doubly sad to lose two children. But I am somewhat comforted by the fact that each of these girls had one of their best friends & cousin there with them so that they were never completely alone with the monster that did this and so that they weren't alone at the end.
he is also looking asking for a change of venue. I believe out of 150 questionaires that went out to potential jurors, 26 had knowledge of his crimes and 61 had formed an opinion.
http://wcfcourier.com/news/evansdal...cle_abd83fb6-3d96-11e2-b810-0019bb2963f4.html
Yeah, I highly doubt it's going to have any high tech surveillance of people coming and going. Counties can't afford that.KCRG's map just now calls Seven Bridges a wildlife area.
Like John Coffey keeps saying in The Green Mile, he killed them with their love. D:Unfortunately, the fact they WERE together may have given the perp more power. He could not only threaten to hurt one of the girls to make her cooperate, but could ALSO threaten to do the same to her best friend/cousin. And more than likely, at least one of the girls had to witness what happened to the other.