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This thread is to discuss details or anything related to the search on Taylor's Mountain in Thaxton, Virginia.
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Yes, the investigators, law enforcment and S&R have left the area. All of the "NO PARKING" signs the state had put up along the sides of the road, along with the chain and signs designating the parking area for law enforcement, have now been removed.
"On the side of Taylor's Mountain some seven or eight miles west of Bedford, near what is known as "The old Higginbotham place", is a natural phenomenon called "The Devil's Den'. It is a subterranean vent, and when first discovered - and even for many years after the War Between the States - it had a round opening about two feet in diameter. Logs and rocks dropped in could not be heard to reach the bottom. In later years the vent caved in and a big boulder covered the main opening. Since then some half dozen smaller vents have opened up around the boulder and through these hot air escapes. It is said by some who have visited the spot that the ground was covered with seven inches of snow and that immediately about "The Devil's Den" the grass was green and wild flowers were blooming."
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In the 1970s, before many people explored holes/caves for fun, a hole like the Devil's Den, or any other hole in the area, might be an easy place to dump a body since no digging would be required.
But the police may have already found the bodies and confirmed with DNA and are just not telling the public as they build their case.
It's also a long drive from Wheaton MD to that part of VA, 3 or 4 hours.
Criminals do stupid things under pressure, but I always thought bringing a body to or near one's own property, where they would question you, was dumb.
In the 1970s, before many people explored holes/caves for fun, a hole like the Devil's Den, or any other hole in the area, might be an easy place to dump a body since no digging would be required.
But the police may have already found the bodies and confirmed with DNA and are just not telling the public as they build their case.
It's also a long drive from Wheaton MD to that part of VA, 3 or 4 hours.
Criminals do stupid things under pressure, but I always thought bringing a body to or near one's own property, where they would question you, was dumb.
The only advantage I could see in burying a body on your own property is that there would be no random digging that would uncover it. If the Welchs buried bodies there, they could probably sleep well knowing they are not going to be discovered by campers, developers or someones dogs.
The trade off is that the body could be linked to you pretty convincingly.