Found Deceased TN - Veronica Machen Casciato, 48, Claiborne County, 6 April 2017

[inmyhumbleopinion]

I'm a former commercial pilot (who ended up going into Criminal Justice field) and have this software that can pull up historical weather. I pulled up the weather for the spot her car was found, timelined it roughly the time it would take to drive there from when she was last seen. There was a massive storm system over the area at the time, and it didn't just "pop up" she would have seen it building as she neared the area. No person who just wanted to hike would have gone out in that. The car's location may have nothing to do with it being a popular hiking spot. No one is going to leave their car to go hiking into the middle of thunderstorms and torrential rain.

Very good point. And welcome to Websleuths!

There are a couple of things I'm wondering about:
"Officials said they think the car may have been there for a couple of weeks now. They believe the car arrived there on either April 7 or April 8.

The TBI is currently inspecting the car and said they can not comment on any potential evidence collected."
"Search ends in Monroe County, LMU student still missing"
By Lauren Davis, David Ball | Posted: Wed 11:47 PM, Apr 19, 2017 | Updated: Thu 11:26 PM, Apr 20, 2017
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...ve-been-found-in-Monroe-County-419847593.html

I would like to why LE thinks Veronica's car got there on Apr. 7 or Apt. 8, rather than the 6th, the day she was last seen near campus. One possible reason I can think of is that is simply when the hunters remember being there and seeing it, and no one has reported seeing it on the 6th. Or do they have a specific reason to believe that the car was definitely not there on the 6th?

I also wonder about the possibility that Veronica did not drive the car there herself. I hope that if that is the case, LE has been able to obtain evidence that will help them identify the driver.

 

[moonriverfarm]

Bumping for Veronica

 

[Tulessa]

The husband of missing LMU student Veronica Casciato offered theories about what may have happened 20 days after her disappearance.


Casciato disappeared near the Lincoln Memorial University campus. Her car was found April 19 on Highway 165 and Eagle Gap Rd. in Monroe County.

As of Wednesday, investigators were still waiting on information gathered from cell phone records. They were also awaiting results from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's inspection of Casciato's car.

http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Mi...offers-theory-on-disappearance-420581223.html

 

[SeaEclipse]

The husband of missing LMU student Veronica Casciato offered theories about what may have happened 20 days after her disappearance.


Casciato disappeared near the Lincoln Memorial University campus. Her car was found April 19 on Highway 165 and Eagle Gap Rd. in Monroe County.

As of Wednesday, investigators were still waiting on information gathered from cell phone records. They were also awaiting results from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's inspection of Casciato's car.

http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Mi...offers-theory-on-disappearance-420581223.html

The lack of urgency in the husband's comments in the article seems very strange. I don't know what to think, exactly... but I wonder if their relationship was somewhat non-traditional? She lived elsewhere during the week and his first worry was that she left him (not that she was harmed or harmed herself or even had an accident). It just seems... strange.

 

[TigerLilly]

The lack of urgency in the husband's comments in the article seems very strange. I don't know what to think, exactly... but I wonder if their relationship was somewhat non-traditional? She lived elsewhere during the week and his first worry was that she left him (not that she was harmed or harmed herself or even had an accident). It just seems... strange.

ITA. Her students talk about her diversity and her husband shared that her kindness drives him crazy. I would have likes to have seen a plea from him or a sense of him missing her and wanting her to come home. Perhaps he isnt an emotional person...I just find his stating statistics odd when he had precious camera time to move the public to help find his wife.


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[BlkMtnGirl]

Veronica's Friends' FB page is reporting that they now have a possible clothing description. The last time she was seen (presumably on camera) she was wearing a brown knit sweater, jeans, blue socks and brown round-toed shoes. The camera caught her going into her campus room for 17 minutes before leaving the room again. She may have changed clothes, but "probably not," according to the page.

Has it been made known who is administering this FB page? At least one friend is adamant Veronica did not leave on her own. (Some drama on the page.)

Also, where are the cell phone records? Do ya'll think they should have been released by now?

 

[BlkMtnGirl]

Somehow missed this article before:
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...LMU-woman-speaks-to-Channel-8--420164123.html
Veronica's husband says he was interrogated and polygraphed by LE for "an entire day," and passed the polygraph questions with flying colors.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

ITA. Her students talk about her diversity and her husband shared that her kindness drives him crazy. I would have likes to have seen a plea from him or a sense of him missing her and wanting her to come home. Perhaps he isnt an emotional person...I just find his stating statistics odd when he had precious camera time to move the public to help find his wife.

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RBBM.

"It just drives me crazy ... but that's just who she is."

Maybe he is a fact-oriented- (i.e., mentioning a statistic), objective-, unemotional-type.

In my opinion, it's not exactly the nicest thing to say about someone - let alone your own spouse, who has been missing for weeks. Perhaps he is still in shock. It's almost impossible to tell without knowing him personally, but I find his statements rather unusual for someone in his predicament ... JMO.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Somehow missed this article before:
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...LMU-woman-speaks-to-Channel-8--420164123.html
Veronica's husband says he was interrogated and polygraphed by LE for "an entire day," and passed the polygraph questions with flying colors.

Thanks for posting this; I must have missed it, too.

Having watched both interviews, the thing that stood out to me the most is that he never once looks up or looks into the camera. Just an observation.

 

[doodles1211]

Somehow missed this article before:
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...ssed. Did LE say he passed? Just a thought.

 

[momrids6]

Thanks for posting this; I must have missed it, too.

Having watched both interviews, the thing that stood out to me the most is that he never once looks up or looks into the camera. Just an observation.

Imo, it is not a leap to believe your spouse has left you, when your middle age spouse chose to live on a college campus instead of at home while attending college

 

[BlkMtnGirl]

Veronica's sister speaks about their young adulthood.
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...peaks-out-and-shares-childhood-421219793.html

 

[Normancita]

BUMP!


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[momrids6]

[h=1]Sister of missing LMU student: "She has always believed that people are good"[/h]
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...peaks-out-and-shares-childhood-421219793.html

 

[Lin58]

Imo, it is not a leap to believe your spouse has left you, when your middle age spouse chose to live on a college campus instead of at home while attending college

It's at least 75 miles each way, and some hilly terrain, I'd not want my spouse making that commute every day during the winter so her living on campus isn't so unusual.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

"Friends of Veronica Casciato" FB page has posted:
"May 6th Update:
It has been a month since Veronica went missing. Her car was found parked at the Eagle Gap trailhead on the Cherohala Skyway and it is believed that she drove the car there herself.
Her phone records have been received and reviewed, but produced no leads. There was actually more data available than expected because a cloud app on her phone had preserved data that normally would have been overwritten. Her communications were exactly what you would expect...school assignments, chats with friends and family, knitting projects and social work.
The TBI are still collecting information from other accounts and social media platforms: emails, chat rooms, blogs, knitting forums, etc. Numerous interviews have been conducted and we appreciate everyone who has assisted in providing information to move the case forward.
Also, we are still hoping for a sighting or a tip.
If anyone following the page lives on either side of the Skyway, we would appreciate having fliers posted in those areas. The Claiborne County number on the fliers is fine, as they are still working jointly with the TBI on the case. The TBI number is 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Thank you to everyone who continues to follow, share, hope & pray. We will find her."
(BBM)
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfVeronicaCasciato/posts/1867056193319991

I also found this video today in which a reporter -the same one who also interviewed Veronica's husband a few days ago- interviews her sister, husband and -I believe- her dad. The video was uploaded nine days after Veronica was last seen. In it, her sister mentions that it was the keys to her home -not dorm room- that were found in her dorm, along with her iPad. She also says that for this reason, she does not believe Veronica was headed home: https://youtu.be/2fDa8ge_MIc?t=51s

 

[CookieM]

Has this been mentioned before? The hunter who spotted her car said when he saw it, there was a man and a woman inside the car.

[FONT=&quot]“The hunter was going to his favorite spot when he first saw the car,” Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones II said. “When he saw the car, he thought somebody had found his favorite spot and was hunting, but he said he saw two people, a man and a woman, inside the car and decided to turn around and leave.”
[/FONT]http://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_7bd92198-32db-5699-bf01-ed5685ce07db.html

That seems to be an important detail, but this is the only place I've seen the sheriff quoted as saying so.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Has this been mentioned before? The hunter who spotted her car said when he saw it, there was a man and a woman inside the car.

[FONT="]“The hunter was going to his favorite spot when he first saw the car,” Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones II said. “When he saw the car, he thought somebody had found his favorite spot and was hunting, but he said he saw two people, a man and a woman, inside the car and decided to turn around and leave.”
[/FONT]http://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_7bd92198-32db-5699-bf01-ed5685ce07db.html

That seems to be an important detail, but this is the only place I've seen the sheriff quoted as saying so.

Oh my goodness, I had never seen that before. And it has never been brought up on the "Friends of Veronica Casciato" FB page that I can tell. In fact, I wasn't even sure when Veronica's car arrived at the Eagle Gap location because all of the articles I had read said it had been spotted "several weeks earlier," "weeks ago," or "[Officials] believe the car arrived there on either April 7 or April 8," etc.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/miss...ssee-student-mother-veronica-casciato-n750311
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...ve-been-found-in-Monroe-County-419847593.html

And I have no reason to believe the information you found is inaccurate, since it's a direct quote from the local sheriff, coming from a local reporter. Maybe the reporter was one of the first to interview the sheriff before LE -possibly- decided to withhold certain information on how the car was found. Just a guess.

Assuming that the hunter's information is legitimate, I wonder if he was able to identify the woman in the car as Veronica, or if he noticed any other cars parked nearby, perhaps suggesting that she might have met up with someone there. Or if he didn't see any other vehicle, then that may indicate she had picked someone up, either someone she was familiar with or decided to help along the way and had no reason to fear, at least not when the hunter saw them ("[Sheriff Jones said] 'We asked the hunter if the woman he saw in the car appeared to be in distress or was being held against her will, but he said he saw nothing that indicated any of that.'"), and they had pulled over due to inclement weather.
http://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_7bd92198-32db-5699-bf01-ed5685ce07db.html

As a person who knows nothing about hunting, I find it interesting that the gentleman was actually hunting that day. As Lin mentioned upthread, it sounds like the weather that day in the area was atrocious. The highest wind speed of 24 mph was recorded, with the highest gust speed of 32 mph (the nearest location with available data is Chattanooga, which is a couple of hours to the SW of Eagle Gap and at a much lower elevation). There was even a wintry advisory out at the time.
http://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=mrx
https://www.facebook.com/NWSMorrist...704190160961/1441770015854366/?type=3&theater
Again, I don't know anything about hunting, so it may be completely normal to go turkey-hunting in that kind of weather.

But I really don't think Veronica would have gone hiking in that weather, so how did she -or at least her car- end up in Eagle Gap?

 

[moonriverfarm]

Wow. That changes things a bit.

 

[keeleydoll]

Oh my goodness, I had never seen that before. And it has never been brought up on the "Friends of Veronica Casciato" FB page that I can tell. In fact, I wasn't even sure when Veronica's car arrived at the Eagle Gap location because all of the articles I had read said it had been spotted "several weeks earlier," "weeks ago," or "[Officials] believe the car arrived there on either April 7 or April 8," etc.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/miss...ssee-student-mother-veronica-casciato-n750311
http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...ve-been-found-in-Monroe-County-419847593.html

And I have no reason to believe the information you found is inaccurate, since it's a direct quote from the local sheriff, coming from a local reporter. Maybe the reporter was one of the first to interview the sheriff before LE -possibly- decided to withhold certain information on how the car was found. Just a guess.

Assuming that the hunter's information is legitimate, I wonder if he was able to identify the woman in the car as Veronica, or if he noticed any other cars parked nearby, perhaps suggesting that she might have met up with someone there. Or if he didn't see any other vehicle, then that may indicate she had picked someone up, either someone she was familiar with or decided to help along the way and had no reason to fear, at least not when the hunter saw them ("[Sheriff Jones said] 'We asked the hunter if the woman he saw in the car appeared to be in distress or was being held against her will, but he said he saw nothing that indicated any of that.'"), and they had pulled over due to inclement weather.
http://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_7bd92198-32db-5699-bf01-ed5685ce07db.html

As a person who knows nothing about hunting, I find it interesting that the gentleman was actually hunting that day. As Lin mentioned upthread, it sounds like the weather that day in the area was atrocious. The highest wind speed of 24 mph was recorded, with the highest gust speed of 32 mph (the nearest location with available data is Chattanooga, which is a couple of hours to the SW of Eagle Gap and at a much lower elevation). There was even a wintry advisory out at the time.
http://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=mrx
https://www.facebook.com/NWSMorrist...704190160961/1441770015854366/?type=3&theater
Again, I don't know anything about hunting, so it may be completely normal to go turkey-hunting in that kind of weather.

But I really don't think Veronica would have gone hiking in that weather, so how did she -or at least her car- end up in Eagle Gap?

Turkey hunting in high winds is done but it's very hard because you can't hear them.


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