So from one pretty girl to the other, I say this. Your description is true for ALL careers. If you are pretty AND smart, you are a threat. Therefore, you will be held down in your career path, harassed, lied about and to, and basically punished for being born pretty. The trick to surviving is to not be your best self. However, some of us are just a bit too feisty and don't let that sort of crap dictate who we are. I strut it all baby. I let them be jealous haters. I let them say things behind my back. And I let them stay in their little menial jobs while I excel, grow, flourish and climb the ladder solidly, fairly and with my head held high. Oh, and I keep a paper trail, biches. Karma is a beautiful thing, and so is whistle blowing. Just sayin'.
And Thank your Family for Serving! 
Not to be morbid, but would they be able to tell the body is female after almost a month of decomposition?
There is a more recent woman missing from Danville, KY--Desiree Sparks. I posted the stories to her thread too: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-Desiree-Sparks-22-Danville-22-September-2016
Prayers for the families--someone is about to find out their loved one is deceased
Not to be morbid, but would they be able to tell the body is female after almost a month of decomposition?
There is a more recent woman missing from Danville, KY--Desiree Sparks. I posted the stories to her thread too: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-Desiree-Sparks-22-Danville-22-September-2016
Prayers for the families--someone is about to find out their loved one is deceased
One thing I find interesting is that Clarksville, KY is approximately a half hour north of Fort Campbell, where as Clarksville, TN -where she was supposed to appear in court- is about a half hour south of Fort Campbell. My guess is that it would be much easier for TN authorities to locate and arrest Shadow at her place of employment -Fort Campbell- than in Clarksville, KY. Yet, her car was found in Nashville, which is an additional hour drive to the southeast from Clarksville, TN. Distraught, perhaps Shadow made an impulsive decision to drive to Nashville to catch a bus back to CA, thinking she might as well go AWOL now, rather than to face a possible conviction in civilian court and/or court-martial; after all, the two previous arrest warrants did nothing, leading her to believe that no one would come after her this time, either (maybe not the TN authorities, but I would think that the Army personnel would). Maybe on her way to the bus station, however, she calmed down a bit, and started to doubt her decision, causing her to do something extreme, like taking her own life (speaking of which, does Shadow own a gun, and if so, has the gun been located?). Another possibility, as you mentioned, is that she was harmed by someone, likely a stranger, which, generally speaking, would be less likely, IMO. Either way, sadly, I do not believe that Shadow is alive any more
