GUILTY PA - Bonnie Sweeten for staged abduction, swindle, Upper Southampton, 2009

[DairyGirl]

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6832725

Action News has learned late Tuesday investigators are examining a Cadillac in Hunting Park with front end damage. Police say it was laced with silver paint, which is consistent with Sweeten's 2005 Denali.
Action News was the only one at the scene as police converged on the Cadillac on North Marshal Street near Venango Street.
Upon opening the trunk, they did not find anything linking the car to the kidnapping, but the police did take the vehicle away for further investigation.
Residents

 

[Tonia]

This cadillac is a fairly new one and i would think there would be a handle inside the trunk to open it from the inside but i could be wrong. On the video above it shows LE looking in the trunk of the car and it looks pretty new. I don't know,this story is just weird. Also alot of commenters have said that this street that they were "kidnapped" on is a very busy road especially in the daytime,just looks like someone would see this.

 

[Tonia]

A different article i found:

The fender-bender happened before 2pm at Street Road and Second Street Pike in Upper Southampton Township.

FBI special agent JJ Klaver says 38-year-old Bonnie Sweeten called 911 and told dispatchers she was calling from the trunk of a black Cadillac, where she was huddled with her daughter, Julia Rakoczy (above). Sweeten said two men had forced her and her daughter into the trunk after their sedan rear-ended her SUV.

Sweeten's cell phone signal was lost in the area of the 200 block of South 12th Street in Center City -- more than 20 miles away from the scene of the reported accident.

"We've been in contact with a lot of people. I believe that she's estranged from her husband so we are talking to a lot of different people to try and get as much information as we can about where she and her daughter may be."

http://www.kyw1060.com/Police-Investigate-Possible-Kidnapping-after-Fende/4472995

 

[DairyGirl]

I remember when I lived in L.A. I was warned about people who would intentionally rear end people and when they got out of their vehicles they would rob them. I wonder if this could be something like that?

 

[SuziQ]

This cadillac is a fairly new one and i would think there would be a handle inside the trunk to open it from the inside but i could be wrong. On the video above it shows LE looking in the trunk of the car and it looks pretty new. I don't know,this story is just weird. Also alot of commenters have said that this street that they were "kidnapped" on is a very busy road especially in the daytime,just looks like someone would see this.

How do you rear end a car and put two people in a trunk on a very busy road and no one see? You'd think there would have been someone behind them to get a plate.

I've been trying to find good coordinates for a google streetview and no luck so far.

 

[Tonia]

How do you rear end a car and put two people in a trunk on a very busy road and no one see? You'd think there would have been someone behind them to get a plate.

I've been trying to find good coordinates for a google streetview and no luck so far.

I agree! I tryed to but im not really good at that stuff. I have faith in you Suzi:blowkiss:

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

I live in this area....I was 1/4 mile away from the first reported abduction site TODAY which was Street Road (132) and 2nd Street Pike (232) and then changed to Central avenue---maybe a half mile away....

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

Thank you for starting this thread..was going to do one but don't know how...I will get you some links as to the location. Link to my local paper--and its decent--is below:
http://www.couriertimesnow.com/

our 24 hour news radio

http://www.kyw1060.com/Police-Investigate-Possible-Kidnapping-after-Fende/4472995

 

[STEADFAST]

According to this article, this is the route (?)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6832725

A Where the accident happened.

B Where the phone pinged.

C Where the Cadillac was found

Map link:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Central+Ave&daddr=1200+Walnut,+Center+City,+PA+to:3580+N+Marshall+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19133+(Import+DPS)&geocode=FfSVZAIdjKqH-w%3B%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.007747,-75.138695&sspn=0,359.980688&ie=UTF8&ll=40.057578,-75.048294&spn=0.248588,0.617981&t=h&z=11

 

[SuziQ]

The video indicates that LE is working on something....I hope so. This just sounds really bad as in it may not end well.

 

[nursebeeme]

dudes.... this is tfu!

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

http://philadelphia.citysearch.com/...hampton_pa/upper_southampton_police_dept.html

Map of Upper Southampton police station...if you look W on Route 132 aka Street Road that takes you to Route 232 --maybe a half mile--the initial reports put the accident there...if you go a few blocks East...you will see Central avenue...the 2nd alleged incident site...

 

[SuziQ]

You know those gas stations have serveillance cameras.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Central+Ave&daddr=1200+Walnut,+Center+City,+PA+to:3580+N+Marshall+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19133+(Import+DPS)&geocode=FfSVZAIdjKqH-w%3B%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.007747,-75.138695&sspn=0,359.980688&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=40.146394,-74.995015&spn=0,359.997607&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.146446,-74.995107&panoid=qW3tZGJQPElay3lT9TeNig&cbp=12,229.91,,0,5

ETA: Evidently you have to drag the street view guy over to the A then click on the window that pops up.

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

Are there any witnesses to this accident, or is all the information coming from mom who's calling?

WPVI reported she made 7 calls--one or two of them lengthy...and LE was able to gain information....

 

[STEADFAST]

It's really such an odd, confusing scenario. There have been others this week that feel "different," too. This is at least the third one that has seemed off to me in the past couple of days for one reason or another. I guess I haven't "seen everything" like I thought I had.

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

You know those gas stations have serveillance cameras.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Central+Ave&daddr=1200+Walnut,+Center+City,+PA+to:3580+N+Marshall+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19133+(Import+DPS)&geocode=FfSVZAIdjKqH-w%3B%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.007747,-75.138695&sspn=0,359.980688&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=40.146394,-74.995015&spn=0,359.997607&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.146446,-74.995107&panoid=qW3tZGJQPElay3lT9TeNig&cbp=12,229.91,,0,5

ETA: Evidently you have to drag the street view guy over to the A then click on the window that pops up.

a 232/132 there is a walgreens, grant's funeral home, gas station--forget name now--starbucks, BOA---the police station is about 1/2 mile away and right by Central Ave--the 2nd reported location...across from Police station/Library--there is a 711 and an Amoco...I believe it is..

Street Road (Route 132) is 4 lanes and has a fairly heavy traffic load.....higher at rush hours--can get fairly congested---but steady flow all day...they also initially thought her 9 month old sister was with them....

I am reeling as I literally LIVE here...go to that starbucks and walgreens....

Surreal

 

[FifthEssence]

According to this article, this is the route (?)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6832725

A Where the accident happened.

B Where the phone pinged.

C Where the Cadillac was found

Map link:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Central+Ave&daddr=1200+Walnut,+Center+City,+PA+to:3580+N+Marshall+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19133+(Import+DPS)&geocode=FfSVZAIdjKqH-w%3B%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.007747,-75.138695&sspn=0,359.980688&ie=UTF8&ll=40.057578,-75.048294&spn=0.248588,0.617981&t=h&z=11

I'm orginally from Philly, the area where the Cadillac was found is ROUGH! North Phila. was tough 25 yrs ago.

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/loc...2009/may/27/search-on-for-9-year-old-mom.html

updated at 2:00 a.m.

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

I'm orginally from Philly, the area where the Cadillac was found is ROUGH! North Phila. was tough 25 yrs ago.

Kensington is still the badlands...rough--LOTS of drugs and lots of well-healed suburban kids go there for drugs..my friend is a daycare director there and its sad....

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

Another good local article...

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090527_Mom_abducted__daughter_missing.html