NV NV - Lindsay Marie Harris, 21, escort missing then murdered on 5/4/05, legs found near Springfield, IL, 5/23/05, Henderson

[imstilla.grandma]

Weeks after the 21-year-old went missing from Henderson in 2005, a woman’s legs were found in a grassy field off of a highway near Springfield, Ill.


Three years passed before authorities found a match for DNA evidence from the legs.

“It does bring them relief,” said Janice Grieshaber, a family friend and spokeswoman.

“They have some ability to have a service and to feel like they’re bringing Lindsay home.”

Lindsay Harris disappeared on May 4, 2005. Her rental car was abandoned in the desert on the southern end of the valley, and her credit cards were unused.

After her disappearance, Martha Harris and her husband, Robert, who live in the small town of Skaneateles, N.Y., found out about their daughter’s other life as an escort working on the Strip.

Family grieves, yet feels relief

www.reviewjournal.com

Cops removed a disturbing portrait of a blond woman’s face with dark pupils and bruising below the eyes from the suspects’ house.

Gilgo Beach investigators remove creepy portrait of battered woman from Rex Heuermann’s home

The disturbing artwork taken by police Monday features a blond woman’s face with dark pupils and bruising below the eyes.

nypost.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Harris disappeared from Henderson in 2005. Her legs were found in Nevada, but her body was later found in Springfield, Illinois — similar to the two-location discovery of Karen Vergata on Long Island. Vergata had been a Jane Doe, but she was recently identified. Her murder has not, so far, been connected with Heuermann.

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www.crimeonline.com

 

[tlcya]

I live in Springfield. I recall when remains were found not far from town on I-55 near the Divernon exit ('bout 20 miles from town proper). It was shocking.

Lindsay Marie Harris, a 21-year-old woman who disappeared from a Las Vegas suburb in May 2005. Her legs were discovered along the interstate south of Springfield 2 1/2 weeks later.
Severed legs found 3 years ago finally identified

Harris was last seen alive on May 4, 2005, on a bank camera in Henderson, Nevada.

About two weeks later, on May 21, two severed legs were found on Interstate 55 near Divernon, Illinois.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/tv-show-to-feature-cold-case-where-severed-legs-found-on-i-55

 

[tlcya]

At one point they were looking at another man as the possible perp but could never tie him to Harris
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Neal Falls, of Springfield, Oregon, was carrying axes, a shovel and bleach when he was killed July 18, and authorities said Monday he had been stopped, interviewed or investigated by police in at least 20 states.
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Henderson police spokeswoman Michelle French said they are checking into any possible Falls connection to the 2005 disappearance of 21-year-old Lindsay Harris. She was the subject of a massive search, and her family from central New York helped comb the desert area where her rental car was last seen 30 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. The case appeared on an episode of "America's Most Wanted." Leg parts were identified as hers through DNA testing three years after they were found off Interstate 55 near Divernon more than 1,600 miles away.
Man killed by escort linked to severed legs found near Divernon in 2005

Man Killed by Prostitute in W. Va. Could Have Ties to 2005 Divernon Case | WTAX 93.9FM/1240AM

There were other women who disappeared off the strip around the same time whose remains were also found along stretchs of highway
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"I know she (Harris) was a prostitute, but nobody deserved that," Lacey says. "I really think there is somebody with a conscious out there who might give us some information. Maybe we'll get a break."

Between March 2003 and April 2006, four known Las Vegas prostitutes -- Harris, Misty Saens, Jodi Brewer and Jessica Louise Foster -- disappeared under similarly suspicious circumstances.

Three of the women were dismembered and their remains dumped off of remote stretches of highway. Two of them were found near industrial areas, and the body of the fourth woman, Jessie Foster, has never been found.
Rodney Hart: Pittsfield investigator hopes segment on 'America's Most Wanted' will bring new leads

It will be interesting to see if Rex is linked to any of these Vegas victims

 

[imstilla.grandma]

At one point they were looking at another man as the possible perp but could never tie him to Harris
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Neal Falls, of Springfield, Oregon, was carrying axes, a shovel and bleach when he was killed July 18, and authorities said Monday he had been stopped, interviewed or investigated by police in at least 20 states.
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Henderson police spokeswoman Michelle French said they are checking into any possible Falls connection to the 2005 disappearance of 21-year-old Lindsay Harris. She was the subject of a massive search, and her family from central New York helped comb the desert area where her rental car was last seen 30 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. The case appeared on an episode of "America's Most Wanted." Leg parts were identified as hers through DNA testing three years after they were found off Interstate 55 near Divernon more than 1,600 miles away.
Man killed by escort linked to severed legs found near Divernon in 2005

Man Killed by Prostitute in W. Va. Could Have Ties to 2005 Divernon Case | WTAX 93.9FM/1240AM

There were other women who disappeared off the strip around the same time whose remains were also found along stretchs of highway
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"I know she (Harris) was a prostitute, but nobody deserved that," Lacey says. "I really think there is somebody with a conscious out there who might give us some information. Maybe we'll get a break."

Between March 2003 and April 2006, four known Las Vegas prostitutes -- Harris, Misty Saens, Jodi Brewer and Jessica Louise Foster -- disappeared under similarly suspicious circumstances.

Three of the women were dismembered and their remains dumped off of remote stretches of highway. Two of them were found near industrial areas, and the body of the fourth woman, Jessie Foster, has never been found.
Rodney Hart: Pittsfield investigator hopes segment on 'America's Most Wanted' will bring new leads

It will be interesting to see if Rex is linked to any of these Vegas victims

I’ll bet you my wooden nickel he is…

 

[DS2021]

Harris disappeared from Henderson in 2005. Her legs were found in Nevada, but her body was later found in Springfield, Illinois — similar to the two-location discovery of Karen Vergata on Long Island. Vergata had been a Jane Doe, but she was recently identified. Her murder has not, so far, been connected with Heuermann.

Rex Heuermann: Vegas Officials Looking at 5 Potential Victims of Long Island Serial Killer Suspect

The mother of a woman who disappeared in Las Vegas 20 years ago thinks her daughter could have been a victim of Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann. Heuermann owned a timeshare in Las Vegas, as CrimeOnline previously reported, and officials there are looking to see if any unsolved...

www.crimeonline.com

Someone on another site pointed out that Rex had an email with "Springfield" in it

 

[DS2021]

Does anyone know what color her hair was when she died?

 

[willy wagtail]

Someone on another site pointed out that Rex had an email with "Springfield" in it

They need to keep looking at Rex and the timeshares vacation times

 

[snooptroop88]

There is a call logged in RH's records on the superseding bail application to a location in Illinois that is 60 miles north of Springfield IL and about 80 miles north of Divernon IL, where part of Lindsay's remains were recovered. There is a shooting range (Divernon Sportsman's Club) just on the outskirts of Divernon.

Her remains were off I-55. If one were driving to Massapequa from Divernon (or vice versa), one would take I-55.

 

[snooptroop88]

Was anyone else aware that Lindsay Harris was from upstate New York? I'm seeing on multiple sources that she was raised in Skaneateles NY and graduated from Skaneateles High School. Skaneateles is in Onandaga County and west of Syracuse. I see on one site it's considered the "Jewel of the Fiver Finger region." It's right on a lake and has its own Jones Beach on that lake. There are multiple gun clubs in the region and it's noted for Canada goose hunting. Waterfowl hunt running September through January. Her obituary says she was born in Long Island and baptized in Patchogue. The obituary notes her family lived in Patchogue until they moved to Skaneateles in 1986.

That's interesting.