Police served a warrant and searched the home of Theresa and Christopher Lockhart on June 7 and June 8. The search of the home at this time has stopped, Blue said Friday, June 9.
Searches at other areas, such as a game area adjacent to a park-and-ride near the intersection of Centre and U.S. 131 will continue, he said. Police searched there with K9s and ATVs while other investigators worked at the Lockhart home Thursday.
"There's no foot print, no nothing," he said Friday about searches in the state game area to look for signs of Lockhart.
Police are trying to control the information that's released, he said, and plan to issue news releases with any significant developments. Portage police last sent a news release on June 7, when they began a search of the Lockhart residence.
1. Has it been confirmed how she notified the school of her absence?
2. And on which day was she last seen?
3. I presume it was at the gym?
4. The POI's peeping tom offenses are just odd!
[FONT=Lato, sans-serif]Wanted to put together a little map of key locations, you can view it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jaKDoDdgwb4QwG40pBtcoYqisJo&usp=sharing[/FONT]
Absolutely. Here in SE Michigan we had a highly publicized peeping Tom case a few years ago; the perp was a major creep named Christopher Filipek. I just learned that he was paroled in January, and knowing that makes me physically sick.Being a peeping Tom is always a serious charge to me......it's just the tip of the iceberg (after studying way too many true crime cases). Moo
Joan Mullowney, Theresa Lockhart’s sister, said she contacted Christopher Lockhart when she heard about her sister’s disappearance.
“He wasn’t very forthcoming with information,” Mullowney told HuffPost. “To be truthful, he seemed rather lackadaisical in his attitude ... definitely not the attitude of a loving husband whose wife is missing.”
“We conducted aerial searches, K9 searches and ground searches, which we are still doing,” Senior Chief Deputy John Blue of the Portage Police Department told HuffPost. Based on the information and lack of communication with the spouse ... [it] makes us suspect a homicide.
Authorities declined to comment on the audio recordings or the family’s suspicions.
They’re also tight-lipped about what they found when they served a search warrant on the Lockharts’ home last week. Detectives spent 30 hours combing through the residence, and were spotted using metal detectors in the yard.
“I don’t want to release any information as far as the results of that until we’re comfortable doing that,” Blue said.
As I just added Mr. Lockhart's place of employment to the map https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1jaKDoDdgwb4QwG40pBtcoYqisJo something struck me as a possibility. Pizer has a lot of (hunting/fishing game preserve like land) along Portage Rd. which the public can't use for recreation or any other purpose. Could he have used the private/somewhat secure, property as part of a "hide in plain sight" attempt? My understanding is that these properties have ponds located within very dense growth (similar to the nearby State game areas).
Portage Rd intersects with Centre St. Centre St. is a straight shot to the park and go. It would provide a good misdirection for those searching. The secluded Pfizer land (especially on the west side of Portage Rd. wouldn't be accessible to public search crews and probably somewhat difficult to obtain a search warrant for. The land is patrolled by Pfizer security but I do see cars along that stretch parked occasionally. Certainly plausable imo.