Deceased/Not Found KY - Andrew Compton, 18, Sullivan U student, 28 Oct 2010 *G. O'Bryan guilty*

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Bright and early Friday morning, search crews once again arrived at the Rumpke landfill in Medora, Indiana to look for the body of 18-year-old Andrew Compton.

The recent Carmel grad and college freshman was allegedly murdered by 40-year-old Gregory M. O'Bryan of Louisville. O'Bryan claims the teen died during sex and he got rid of the body in a TV box and disposed of it in a dumpster. Authorities believe Andrew's body ended up in the Jackson County landfill.

Friday is day four of their search. Investigators have told Fox59 they feel they owe it to Andrew and his family to find his body so he can return home. So far though, the search has come up empty.

http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-crews-continue-to-search-for-b-111210,0,1201574.story

as of noon... still no Andrew... :-(
 
It's possible that Andrew could have died during sex and O'Bryan didn't intend to kill him - that's occurred in cases before.

I hope they find Andrew's body so his family has some sense of closure. I hope they also find it soon so that forensic evidence isn't lost. While it's possible that Andrew could have died accidentally or from natural causes, I don't really feel that's the case.
 
nursebeeme said:
his brother said this ((I dare you not to cry))

~snip~

We must remember him for how he lived his life and for the things he loved to do. Those who knew him well recognized what clearly made him special for each one of us. For me, he was my younger brother who I begged to make me cookies every weekend when I was home from school. Then while he was making them I would sneak into the kitchen with a spoon, grab some cookie dough out of a bowl and make a dash for the safety of my room being chased by him. His dream was to be a chef, and even though he won't be able to finish that dream in life, his legacy will live on in the lives he touched.

~unsnip~

I am gonna go ahead and go where no one else really has yet.. but Andrew's sexual orientation and the method with which he chose to meet people has NOTHING to do with what happened to him really!

How many of you have posted on a dating website? Or know someone who has met their significant other on the internet?

What is wrong here is that Andrew met an ANIMAL on the internet!

I feel so badly for what happened to you Andrew! I wish you could have found the love of your life instead of finding your end there. I am so very sorry for the live you couldn't lead and so very sorry for the family that must be missing you so horribly.

rest in peace Andrew.
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Just had to quote this again because it's so true, and I completely agree.

I haven't posted in quite awhile, but this case especially is getting to me because I'm a local and went to Sullivan, and now work in this area.

I completely agree that sexual orientation has nothing to do with it, and the fact that he met him on the internet has nothing to do with it...there are psychos out there. Period. It just as easily could've been a woman that Andrew met, or it could've been a young woman who found a crazy guy, or another another woman for that matter. He could've met this guy at a bar/club, or somewhere else. I and several people I know have met friends/significant others online, and my cousin and several friends have met their spouses that way. Andrew could've, and should've, found love or friendship, but unfortunately didn't. He just happened to find a psycho, which could've happened to anyone, no matter what sexual orientation they had or how they met the person. I just hate that some people seem to be focusing on those things and not the fact that an 18 year old kid who should've had his entire life ahead of him won't get that chance now, which is really the only part that matters.

I agree with everyone who said something is off with this guy's story. Young people (especially 18 year olds!) usually don't just randomly die during sex. Obviously, it's possible, but if there were some sort of medical issue I'd think there'd be some sort of signs/symptoms first...difficulty breathing, headache, dizziness, some type of pain, something. Wouldn't you call 911 at that point? And even if he did die suddenly without any warning/symptoms, you call someone, you don't get rid of his body and pretend it didn't happen until the cops show up at your door. It just seems like kind of an unlikely story to me. It would make sense, too, if he's lying about the dumpster story, and doesn't want the body found because he's afraid that an autopsy would prove it was murder.

I just hope he's found soon so his family can have some kind of peace.
 
AnaTeresa said:
It's possible that Andrew could have died during sex and O'Bryan didn't intend to kill him - that's occurred in cases before.

I hope they find Andrew's body so his family has some sense of closure. I hope they also find it soon so that forensic evidence isn't lost. While it's possible that Andrew could have died accidentally or from natural causes, I don't really feel that's the case.
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It's possible, but it doesn't make sense as to why he didn't just call 911 if there was no foul play at hand. The two were both of legal age and there would have been no crime. It doesn't make sense to dispose of a body when you know that doing so is illegal. I think he disposed of the body to hide whatever evidence there was of what caused Andrew's death. People who commit these terrible crimes know that there is so much evidence available from a deceased person that they will be caught and convicted. The one thing that puzzles me is why he would admit to having sex with Andrew after he was deceased? Why would he admit to something like this? Sorry for bringing that gruesome thought up.
 
nursebeeme said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86M5d354hfw&feature=player_embedded#!

THEY CANNOT CALL OFF THE SEARCH! they need to further investigate! it is obvious this animal could have lied to them on where he was dumped!
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Yes, that is what I fear at this point also. This guy has every reason to lie about what he did with Andrew. He doesn't want them to find the body obviously. LE is in a tough predicament. Do you trust what this guy is saying and keeping searching? My oh my what a job to search in a landfill for a body.

http://www.wthr.com/story/13493784/search-for-murdered-teens-body-enters-fourth-day
 
Soul125 said:
It's possible, but it doesn't make sense as to why he didn't just call 911 if there was no foul play at hand. The two were both of legal age and there would have been no crime. It doesn't make sense to dispose of a body when you know that doing so is illegal. I think he disposed of the body to hide whatever evidence there was of what caused Andrew's death. People who commit these terrible crimes know that there is so much evidence available from a deceased person that they will be caught and convicted. The one thing that puzzles me is why he would admit to having sex with Andrew after he was deceased? Why would he admit to something like this? Sorry for bringing that gruesome thought up.
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I hate talking and thinking about this, but it's an unfortunate part of reading about these cases for so long... my opinion on why he confessed to having sex with Andrew after he died is to explain away the semen that the police will find in or on Andrew's body. He wants it to appear that Andrew died of natural causes during sex, which IMO isn't the case and Andrew was killed afterward. Hope that makes sense, I have a cold which is causing my brain to operate on half power :)
 
sc2714 said:
I hate talking and thinking about this, but it's an unfortunate part of reading about these cases for so long... my opinion on why he confessed to having sex with Andrew after he died is to explain away the semen that the police will find in or on Andrew's body. He wants it to appear that Andrew died of natural causes during sex, which IMO isn't the case and Andrew was killed afterward. Hope that makes sense, I have a cold which is causing my brain to operate on half power :)
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Why not just say they had sex prior to Andrew's death? That would explain any semen found. How would LE or the ME be able to determine if the semen was placed there pre-mortum or post-mortom?

They have sex, Andrew dies afterward, there will still be semen present.

O'Bryan has sex with Andrew after he dies and there will be semen there also. If O'Bryan never said anything about having sex with Andrew after he died who would have know?

I think the key word when the news first broke is that O'Bryan told LE Andrew died during or while he was having sex with him. Andrew might of died and O'Bryan didn't realize it until after he was finished. Hence continued to have sex after he was dead. If Andrew would have died from rough sex (hemorrhage, rupture) then it could be considered a crime and O'Bryan didn't was to face that if he called 911 and disposed of the body.
 
Joe Friday said:
Why not just say they had sex prior to Andrew's death? That would explain any semen found. How would LE or the ME be able to determine if the semen was placed there pre-mortum or post-mortom?

They have sex, Andrew dies afterward, there will still be semen present.

O'Bryan has sex with Andrew after he dies and there will be semen there also. If O'Bryan never said anything about having sex with Andrew after he died who would have know?

I think the key word when the news first broke is that O'Bryan told LE Andrew died during or while he was having sex with him. Andrew might of died and O'Bryan didn't realize it until after he was finished. Hence continued to have sex after he was dead. If Andrew would have died from rough sex (hemorrhage, rupture) then it could be considered a crime and O'Bryan didn't was to face that if he called 911 and disposed of the body.
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how about if he choked him? there will be evidence!

we need to find his body!

rest in peace andrew
 
nursebeeme said:
how about if he choked him? there will be evidence!

we need to find his body!

rest in peace andrew
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it would be virtually impossible for a healthy young man like Andrew to die during a sex act unless there was an intoxicating substance or a dangerous practice such as asphixiation (or a combination).

as for there being evidence of strangulation, I did not want to be the one to say it, but if Andrew were placed in a dumpster, the real possibility or probability exists that his body could have been compacted, which might make a post-mortem exam useless, unless toxicology revealed chemicals.

this is so horrible I cannot even imagine what the family is going through.
 
webrocket said:
it would be virtually impossible for a healthy young man like Andrew to die during a sex act unless there was an intoxicating substance or a dangerous practice such as asphixiation (or a combination).

as for there being evidence of strangulation, I did not want to be the one to say it, but if Andrew were placed in a dumpster, the real possibility or probability exists that his body could have been compacted, which might make a post-mortem exam useless, unless toxicology revealed chemicals.

this is so horrible I cannot even imagine what the family is going through.
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amen! he was murdered! And all the more reason to push to find his body.. and not just rely on the ruminations of the lunitic who killed him.

It kills me that they may have spent three days in that landfill and the psycho disposed of him elsewhere.

it makes me sick.

This perp is obiously only concerned about his own living space... and.. despite what mental state he is in.. convinced he will be able to get it back! (((not)).. so who is to say where he put Andrew...

we need lots of prayers here... for we really do need to find Andrew. For successful prosecution we need to.

all websleuthers send your prayers up...
 
The cases I'm familiar with where a young, healthy person has died during sex often involve risky practices, such as asphyxiation or other forms of breath play or BDSM. It's possible that Andrew could have been interested in these practices, and fell in with a malicious dom or even an incompetent one who didn't know what he was doing.

Based on O'Bryan's behavior, I'm leaning more towards malicious behavior, rather than negligent or accidental death. I'm doubtful it was drug or alcohol related, from what we know of Andrew.
 
AnaTeresa said:
The cases I'm familiar with where a young, healthy person has died during sex often involve risky practices, such as asphyxiation or other forms of breath play or BDSM. It's possible that Andrew could have been interested in these practices, and fell in with a malicious dom or even an incompetent one who didn't know what he was doing.

Based on O'Bryan's behavior, I'm leaning more towards malicious behavior, rather than negligent or accidental death. I'm doubtful it was drug or alcohol related, from what we know of Andrew.
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Andrew did not have to voluntarily ingest any drugs. he may well have taken a drink but who knows what was else in it.
 
True, but I feel if O'Bryan had drugged him, he would have simply reported that Andrew OD'd. It would have been easy for him to spin as an action of Andrew's that went bad. I feel like there is significant physical evidence on Andrew's body that indicates force was used, which is why O'Bryan disposed of it.
 
In the event that the body isn't ever found, do they have a strong case against O'Bryan if they decide to try him for capital murder?

Can someone be convicted of capital murder in Kentucky if a body isn't ever found?
 
If he confessed to murdering Andrew?? I would think so....but I also think there is a GOOD reason he confessed the second LE brought over a search warrant. I think there was evidence left in the apartment. MOO.
 
Soul125 said:
Yes, that is what I fear at this point also. This guy has every reason to lie about what he did with Andrew. He doesn't want them to find the body obviously. LE is in a tough predicament. Do you trust what this guy is saying and keeping searching? My oh my what a job to search in a landfill for a body.

http://www.wthr.com/story/13493784/search-for-murdered-teens-body-enters-fourth-day
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My sister is one of the recruits they brought in to help. I never thought she could do something like that but, she's a lot tougher than I imagined. So, so, so proud of her.
 
Soul125 said:
The one thing that puzzles me is why he would admit to having sex with Andrew after he was deceased? Why would he admit to something like this? Sorry for bringing that gruesome thought up.
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O'Bryan is on Social Security Disability. It makes me wonder if it is because of mental illness.
 
Per Andrew's brother:

Update: November 13, 2010 1:24 AM

Just wanted to let everyone know that while the media suggests the search for Andrew's body is over or soon will be, we have been told directly by the police they will be continuing searching for many days.

http://mypage.iu.edu/~comptode/Updates.html
 
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