Found Deceased MT - Rita Maze, 47, Wolf Creek, 6 Sept 2016 #1

[bluesneakers]

Gun was found in the trunk.

http://www.krem.com/mb/news/local/s...-found-dead-died-from-gunshot-wound/315606109

I wish they would tell us whether or not it was hers.

Authorities also located a black semi-auto handgun and two casings in the trunk

 

[Inthedetails]

In the video here you can clearly see the rear driver's side window is busted out. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...killed-single-gunshot-wound-article-1.2783793

So the carjacker left the keys and purse in the car, and locked the doors before killing a woman in the trunk, leaving the gun and casings behind?

Edited to add...and he shot her while she was on the phone (with LE), but he didn't take or wreck the phone?

 

[DatelineFan]

OT - I have been worthless at being productive today, and I blame this thread!

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[Inthedetails]

I wish they would tell us whether or not it was hers.

Just a hunch, but I would think a criminal would want to keep the gun.

jmo

 

[JaimeInLA]

Is there anyone left still believing the carjacker story?

 

[eucalyptuz]

Just a hunch, but I would think a criminal would want to keep the gun.

jmo

Yep, would want to keep a gun. Would want to keep the car. Doesn't need a hostage. Does not need to add murder to any charges....Something smells.

ETA: if my instinct is wrong on this I might have to retire from websleuths and keep away from rest stops...

 

[Doghairrules]

"Dutton said there is a person of interest in the case and that authorities are looking at a surveillance video from a convenience store.....

FBI media spokesperson Sandra Barker said the federal law enforcement agency was working in conjunction with the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office but would not confirm FBI agents were investigating a specific person of interest connected to the murder."

Also in the article is info from co-workers and family about Rita. She sounds like a very nice person with a loving family and community. She does not seem to be someone who would be targeted, so I'm thinking random violence or suicide. Either way, tragic and sad.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/st...ed-montana-woman-found-dead-spokane/89960296/

Why do we think it might be suicide? Wasn't she in the trunk? I feel like I missed something today. Tia!


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[Inthedetails]

Why do we think it might be suicide? Wasn't she in the trunk? I feel like I missed something today. Tia!


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Review the thread. We've been on a journey today with this case. Still not entirely clear what happened.

 

[bluesneakers]

Just a hunch, but I would think a criminal would want to keep the gun.

jmo

That's what I think too and they would know if it was hers almost immediately. So why not tell us?

 

[Gardener1850]

This says her gun was a .9mm Ruger: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...killed-single-gunshot-wound-article-1.2783793

Rochelle Maze, 23, says her mother told her she was afraid her abductor had access to the .9-mm Ruger pistol that she kept in the car, though authorities did not comment on what weapon was used to kill her.

Any gun experts here? Is that a semi-automatic weapon?

 

[Inthedetails]

Yep, would want to keep a gun. Would want to keep the car. Doesn't need a hostage. Does not need to add murder to any charges....Something smells.

ETA: if my instinct is wrong on this I might have to retire from websleuths and keep away from rest stops...

Me too.

 

[Inthedetails]

This says her gun was a .9mm Ruger: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...killed-single-gunshot-wound-article-1.2783793



Any gun experts here? Is that a semi-automatic weapon?

Appears to be:

http://www.basspro.com/Ruger-SR9c-Compact-Synthetic-Black-SemiAuto-Pistol/product/10218664/

 

[Gardener1850]

Just a hunch, but I would think a criminal would want to keep the gun.

jmo

Have you never seen the Godfather? "Leave the gun, take the cannoli"

**Although since they found shell casings it means they didn't even bother to take the cannoli

 

[eucalyptuz]

Report says woman found in trunk was shot; person of interest ruled out

Though officials were pursuing a person of interest who was seen on surveillance footage, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said the individual has been ruled out.

"They had a still shot from a convenience store that they worked to find the person of interest. It was not somebody that was involved in this case," he said Thursday afternoon.

http://helenair.com/news/crime-and-...cle_4e1d2f5c-897c-5ce5-86c1-4f09eb4329eb.html

 

[Tillicum]

This says her gun was a .9mm Ruger: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...killed-single-gunshot-wound-article-1.2783793



Any gun experts here? Is that a semi-automatic weapon?

Yes it is.

 

[Gardener1850]

Report says woman found in trunk was shot; person of interest ruled out

http://helenair.com/news/crime-and-...cle_4e1d2f5c-897c-5ce5-86c1-4f09eb4329eb.html

Well that is even more strange.

 

[dyannaON]

I do wonder if she staged this for insurance purposes. I feel horrible typing it but it is crossing my mind. Jmo.


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[Tillicum]

Two shell casings in the trunk. Officer heard shots. One gunshot wound. Hmmm :thinking:

 

[bluesneakers]

Yep, would want to keep a gun. Would want to keep the car. Doesn't need a hostage. Does not need to add murder to any charges....Something smells.

ETA: if my instinct is wrong on this I might have to retire from websleuths and keep away from rest stops...

In that carjacking from 2015 the suspect eventually let the couple out and then abandoned the first car after it was damaged, then he abandoned the second one he'd carjacked and fled on foot. The first couple were only kidnapping victims temporarily and the second family he forced out of the car before taking it.

So he left the car, I don't know if kept his gun but he didn't shoot any of the carjacking victims.

I also don't know if he took the cannoli.

 

[cady]

I do wonder if she staged this for insurance purposes. I feel horrible typing it but it is crossing my mind. Jmo.


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Something is hinky...her daughter on Nancy Grace did not seem stressed at all....JMO