OK OK - Lauria Bible, 16, & Ashley Freeman, 16, Welch, 30 December 1999 *ARREST*

[Niner]

Thank you for the updates, @Niner!

 

[cass523]

This video related to Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman is posted on a news site for Ashley Johnson Barr. I don't know if this video tells old information or new.

09/18/18 AT 5:00 AM
Man Found With Ashley Johnson-Barr's Phone Charged In Missing Alaska Girl's Case

 

[Brubeck]

Latest search for missing Welch girls yields no evidence

MIAMI — No credible evidence was found in a daylong search of a rural area in northern Ottawa County on Wednesday for the remains of two missing and presumed dead teenagers, Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible.

A tip from a person, who reported possibly seeing a clandestine grave in the area, led local and state agents along with cadaver dogs from K9 Search Oklahoma to two undisclosed locations on Dec. 28, 2017, in the far northeast corner of Oklahoma and southeast corner of Kansas.

A drone was used to survey the rocky, hilly and snowy terrain while the dogs hit on a couple of sites.

Weather-related issues forced the search into a months-long hiatus.
..
Wednesday’s search was the latest disappointment in an 18-year-old mystery. Investigators have searched locations in Ottawa County where bones were discovered in a field. Divers have searched Grand Lake and a water-filled quarry in Chelsea. Cameras have been dropped into abandoned wells in Chetopa, Kansas, and abandoned mines and mining areas in Picher and Galena, Kansas.
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[Brubeck]

Missed opportunities: Two girls went missing from Welch almost two decades ago. Why did it take so long for law enforcement to name their killers when there were so many clues early on?
Tulsa World
'Not impossible': In first in-depth interview, cold-case investigators explain why they haven't given up on finding two missing Welch girls

 

[Niner]

Here's a timeline - but of course I can't read it....

Welch timeline

can someone give a 10% synopsis please? TIA!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Here's a timeline - but of course I can't read it....

Welch timeline

can someone give a 10% synopsis please? TIA!

Slightly off topic:
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[imstilla.grandma]

http://social.newsinc.com/media/json/69017/34148844/singleVideoOG.html?type=VideoPlayer/16x9&trackingGroup=69017&videoId=34148844#.W6-FywcutSc.facebook

VIDEO: Search for missing girls

Nothing credible - Daylong search devoid of evidence

PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News

UPDATE: Police uncover ‘extremely valuable’ information in 18-year-old case of missing teens

Latest search for missing Welch girls yields no evidence - News - The Miami News-Record - Miami, OK

Continued again – Busick murder trial prelim pushed back - News - The Miami News-Record - Miami, OK

Hearing for suspect in Welch girls' disappearance pushed back to December

Search Resumes for Bodies of Missing Welch Girls

Missed opportunities: Two girls went missing from Welch almost two decades ago. Why did it take so long for law enforcement to name their killers when there were so many clues early on?

 

[Niner]

Some reason have double post...

 

[flightybird]

Today is the day...the preliminary hearing sounding docket was due to start at 9 AM CST today (about 6 and a half hours ago) Hopefully there is some new news before the day is over with.

Case to move forward against man accused in cold case murders of Oklahoma teens

 

[flightybird]

Ugh, no such luck this go-round, either. We're now looking at February 22nd.

High profile cold case delayed again

 

[GuyfromCanada]

It's now an entire generation ago that Lorene Bible's 16-year-old daughter Lauria was abducted and murdered.

Jay and Lorene Bible were blessed already with 16 grandchildren to share their holidays when Lauria went missing the night of Dec. 29, 1999.

Today, the Oklahoma couple can boast of 18 great-grandchildren. Yet this year, just as it has been for the past 19 years, the joy of the holidays for the Bible family remains tempered by the loss of Lauria.

Families, investigators still resolved in search for missing girls' remains

 

[fidgeypie]

Following this thread. So sad that they still haven't been found and still no justice

 

[fidgeypie]

Following this thread. So sad that they still haven't been found and still no justice

 

[Hobgoblinmarket]

Outrageous the private investigators solved this within several months yet it took another almost two decades to get arrests.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Medium tries to help find missing Welch girls

 

[Jim_M]

Ugh, no such luck this go-round, either. We're now looking at February 22nd.

High profile cold case delayed again

I am guessing/hoping that the Preliminary hearing is still set for Feb 22?

Ronnie Busick preliminary hearing was rescheduled for February 22.

Snip...

Police say Busick kidnapped and killed Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman back in 1999 in Welch.

 

[Ragnarok]

I am guessing/hoping that the Preliminary hearing is still set for Feb 22?

Ronnie Busick preliminary hearing was rescheduled for February 22.

Snip...

Police say Busick kidnapped and killed Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman back in 1999 in Welch.

20 years is a long time for justice.

 

[Niner]

Friday, February 22nd:
*Prelim Hearing (@ 9am CT) - OK – Danny (40) & Kathy Freeman (37), their daughter Ashley (16) & her friend Lauria Bible (16) (Dec. 29-30, 1999, Welch; girls have not been found) - *Ronnie Dean Busick (66/37 @ time of crime) was arrested (4/22/18) & official charged (4/30/18) with 2 counts of first-degree murder with malice aforethought or accessory to 1st degree murder, 2 additional counts of 1st degree murder, 2 counts of kidnapping, and 1 count of first-degree arson or accessory to 1st degree arson. $1M bond.
Two other men, Warren Philip "Phil" Welch II (61) died in 2007 & David A. Pennington (56) died in 2015, are implicated in the deaths but have themselves died.
5/11/18: The state is also seeking a hearing seeking the excusing of the endorsements of witnesses, who are only identified by initials in the probable cause affidavit. The case was continued to July 13, when a preliminary hearing will be set.
7/13/18 Update: A preliminary hearing for Busick has been set for 9/14. 9/14/18: Next hearing on Dec. 21.
12/21/18 Update: Defense says Busick is incompetent to stand trial, asks Judge to have mental evaluation done on his mental status. Preliminary hearing rescheduled for 2/22/19.

 

[Niner]

Docket:
2/22/19 CM: NO CR; JUDGE GARDNER PRESIDING. ISAAC SHIELDS FOR THE STATE. DEF PRESENT WITH ATTY GRETCHEN MOSLEY AND GREGG GRAVES. CASE SET ON THE PHSD ON 4/12/19 AT 9AM.


Hearings:
02/22/2019 9:00am PRELIMINARY HEARING SOUNDING DOCKET
Completed : 02/22/2019 Code: X

04/12/2019 9:00am PRELIMINARY HEARING SOUNDING DOCKET


link: "STATE OF OKLAHOMA vs. BUSICK, RONNIE DEAN " (CF-2018-00056) | On Demand Court Records