LA - Jaren Lockhart, 22, New Orleans, 5 June 2012 - #1

[Knox]

Have to head out, be checking back later. My thoughts are with Jaren's family and friends.

 

[PeggyAnnMcKay]

I have to admit - I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't it be easy for LE & the coroner to say definitely whether it is Jaren or not? All it would take would be her family/friends describing the tattoos she has on her torso. Why is DNA necessary to say for sure? What am I missing?

 

[Isabelle]

I have to admit - I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't it be easy for LE & the coroner to say definitely whether it is Jaren or not? All it would take would be her family/friends describing the tattoos she has on her torso. Why is DNA necessary to say for sure? What am I missing?

Could be a rule/law that says if face identification cannot be made, then DNA is necessary. Dunno. I guess more than one person could have the same tattoo.

 

[JDB]

I have to admit - I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't it be easy for LE & the coroner to say definitely whether it is Jaren or not? All it would take would be her family/friends describing the tattoos she has on her torso. Why is DNA necessary to say for sure? What am I missing?

Because there is always a chance of someone having the same tattoos. That is why they need to do the DNA

 

[resqx]

Who is it that is heading to NO?

"The Hancock County Sheriff's Office sent investigators to New Orleans in this case. The coroner said a positive identification is pending DNA test results. Those are expected next week."

http://www.wwltv.com/home/Womans-torso-found-on-Bay-St-Louis-beach-157994445.html

 

[PeggyAnnMcKay]

Could be a rule/law that says if face identification cannot be made, then DNA is necessary. Dunno. I guess more than one person could have the same tattoo.

Because there is always a chance of someone having the same tattoos. That is why they need to do the DNA

Makes sense. I guess my thinking is if someone is "covered" in tattoos, then the likelihood of someone else having the same tattoos (who is also missing) is extremely slim.

But you're right - it is better to be safe than sorry. No need to get someone's hope up (or down) with misinformation.

 

[ellabella]

Looking at photos from the clubs facebook page, numerous girls(I thought at firstit was same girl in different outfits but in a few they are together) have the same hip tattoos(look like pistols possibly?)

 

[sweetly1]

she only has 5 different tattoos on her torso, the hip tattoos are sparrows

 

[TheTruthWillOut]

"The Hancock County Sheriff's Office sent investigators to New Orleans in this case. The coroner said a positive identification is pending DNA test results. Those are expected next week."

http://www.wwltv.com/home/Womans-torso-found-on-Bay-St-Louis-beach-157994445.html

Next week? That seems a long time.

I know that a urgent test is said to be able to be performed in about 8 hours here.

Can't the lab rush it through or do they have to do them in order?

 

[ellabella]

Sorry to clarify, I realize Jaren has the sparrows(which are lovely.. I have a thing for birds so I love bird tattoos) just was commnting on the common tattoos thing. Sparrow tattoos are fairly popular as of late in general, though the others seem fairly distinguishable.

My thoughts are with you and your family/friends.No matter what that is someones daughter/friend/etc. who isn't coming home, whether it is Jaren or not.

 

[justwannahelp]

so when they say a positive ID is pending, does that mean that they think it's her, but they have to be SURE via DNA??

 

[SurfieTX]

so when they say a positive ID is pending, does that mean that they think it's her, but they have to be SURE via DNA??

In this case with the body being dismembered, they have to be sure via DNA, in my opinion.

There is a recent case here on WS with similar circumstances, Kelly Moriarty.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161152&

 

[missgulfsouth]

Has there been any word on the POI?

 

[Eileen730]

Has there been any word on the POI?

I dont believe so!

Who was the last to see her?
BF?

 

[missgulfsouth]

He saw her last - unless she was picked up by a cab - she never made it to her job. Preliminary results from autopsy indicate it is her, awaiting positive DNA match...just read on WLOX website.
http://www.wlox.com/story/18741436/coroner-torso-may-be-missing-new-orleans-woman

 

[resqx]

Investigators said the torso had several distinct body piercings. At first, they would not say if the torso had any tattoos, but later admitted there were.

http://www.wwltv.com/home/Womans-torso-found-on-Bay-St-Louis-beach-157994445.html

 

[missgulfsouth]

resqx - Very useful information about the tides in this article!! Praying an arrest is imminent.

 

[JurysOut]

He saw her last - unless she was picked up by a cab - she never made it to her job. Preliminary results from autopsy indicate it is her, awaiting positive DNA match...just read on WLOX website.
http://www.wlox.com/story/18741436/coroner-torso-may-be-missing-new-orleans-woman

So we don't know that she made it to work?

I'm a little behind, sorry

 

[bessie]

I see LE now says the torso does have tattoos. Then this rather cryptic statement.

We're working with the tattoos, to see if we can determine, if that helps us eliminate, if we come across anything that's similar and we feel it meets all the criteria or characteristics that we're looking for," said Sheriff's Investigator Glen Grannan.

http://www.wwltv.com/home/Womans-torso-found-on-Bay-St-Louis-beach-157994445.html

I had all but ruled out Jaren last night because there was no mention of tattoos. Knowing that now, the location would indicate Jaren. A body placed into the water at the Rigolets or Lake Catherine could certainly wash ashore in Bay St. Louis. Not to mention, extreme eastern New Orleans is well known to locals as the area where victims' bodies are often found.

 

[missgulfsouth]

We know that she did not make it to work because reports say the last to see her was her boyfriend who said she got a cab, but no one has come forward to say they picked her up...which is why I'm strongly leaning to the theory that she never got a cab/never left house.
My opinion only.