Found Deceased WA - Cheryl DeBoer, 54, Mountlake Terrace, 8 February 2016 #3

[saengseon]

if you could take pics of the gravel path and other paths to the park on both sides of the woods, please do so if you feel inclined. also, some people that arent local think you can see into the other side of the culvert (the woods and sign side) from the road, so that would be nice, too. (at the "hill" as a local said it, on that road facing the culvert, can you see into the culvert?). Thank you for the flowers, if i was in the area i would strongly consider placing some. also, oo photos of the pull in at the woods/sign side of the culvert would be appreciated. i know this is a lot and do not expect anything as this is just a favor. thank you

https://www.google.com/search?q=vet...ch&q=veterans+memorial+park+mountlake+terrace

The first dozen or so.

 

[J. Brannagh]

CD and MD went to High School Together and both graduated the same year. They married 2 years out of high school. They have been married for almost 34 years. If you look at his facebook page they seem to do everything together. Hunt, Fish, Ride horses. Very Outdoorsy, always together. From what I gather they were very close, best friends.

 

[cs2012]

https://www.google.com/search?q=vet...ch&q=veterans+memorial+park+mountlake+terrace

The first dozen or so.

that doesnt really detail where the path begins and ends in relation to the park, and how it is today, but thank you

 

[PLT]

I've been trying to think of ways she could have been murdered without there being outward, obvious signs of it. A cause of death and manner of death was never announced. Maybe it's because they don't know, maybe it's because they don't want us to know.
Right after the M.E.'s report came out about the self inflicted cuts on her fingers, they immediately shifted into "We have to send samples in for testing and tox results" mode. Was the cause of death simply not obvious or definitive, or was this a delay tactic ?

There's things I can think of that might make it extremely hard to establish a cause of death, here's a few of them:

Being suffocated with a plastic bag or something wrapped around the head.
Drowning.
Poison being injected or swallowed.
Electrocution.

Of course in almost all of the above methods, the person would have to either be restrained or unconscious so that no defensive wounds would be obtained. I'm sort of approaching this from the perspective that the M.E. was unable to establish a cause and manner of death, so he sent all the evidence off for further testing.

If they are just withholding information for the hell of it and writing everything off to the "ongoing investigation", then it's a moot point anyway.

Any other methods you guys can think of that would go largely undetected and depend almost solely on tox reports and extensive testing to expose ?

This is not so much an undetected method ....but what about determining how an injury occurred ? Maybe internal injury or blunt force injury (fall vs. attack)

 

[cluciano63]

If she fell, she would likely have other signs, bones broken, scrapes, bleeding etc...jmo.

 

[cs2012]

I have pseudarthrosis of the clavicle bone/side of my neck area. It means a fracture occurred, during a car accident. The only sign is my neck stiffness/pain, and a lump if I point it out. I never had a bruise, scrape, bled, etc. The ct was clear the day of the wreck. After my car wreck, I couldn't move my neck and was given physical therapy. After several years, I noticed a lump in my neck, got an ultrasound, and evidently the ct had missed it which sometimes occurs due to hairline fractures. It is possible to have a fractured neck or other injuries without outer injuries.

 

[Treelights]

CD and MD went to High School Together and both graduated the same year. They married 2 years out of high school. They have been married for almost 34 years. If you look at his facebook page they seem to do everything together. Hunt, Fish, Ride horses. Very Outdoorsy, always together. From what I gather they were very close, best friends.

I don't have a facebook, by choice. The reason why I posted about him earlier was that he posted on the acceptable Missing/Celebrating facebook page for Cheryl, of which is public so I was able to view it (not view his facebook, but his post on the facebook page for Cheryl) He has not spoken in MSM nor has the family mentioned much at all about him in the press conferences and MSM.
I am glad that they were close best friends.
I feel for him and the family.
IMOO.

 

[Seatowner]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/


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[Yvettea]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/

Would someone post some detail from this article. I can't access it.

 

[DatelineFan]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/


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From your link:

Pickard said police are being cautious about what information is released because detectives don’t want to damage the integrity of the investigation.

“We want to do what we can to hold sensitive information back until we see the phone, computer and lab results,” he said.

 

[Seatowner]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/


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Police await forensic results in death of Mountlake Terrace woman

Originally published February 24, 2016 at 6:06 pm Updated February 25, 2016 at 2:29 pm
A missing-person sign shows Cheryl DeBoer, who disappeared Feb. 8, in Mountlake Terrace. Her body was found several days later. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
A missing-person sign shows Cheryl DeBoer, who disappeared Feb. 8, in Mountlake Terrace. Her body... (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times) More
Mountlake Terrace police concede they’re withholding information in the death of Cheryl DeBoer but say it’s to maintain the integrity of the investigation. “These things take time,” police say.

By Christine Clarridge
Seattle Times staff reporter
Mountlake Terrace police concede they’re holding back on releasing “sensitive information” about the death of Cheryl DeBoer until toxicology and forensic analysis of her computer and cellphone records are complete.

“These things take time. They don’t happen like they do on TV,” Cmdr. Kevin Pickard said Wednesday.

Pickard said investigators are still waiting for complete laboratory results from the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office, including the toxicology report that will determine whether DeBoer had drugs or alcohol in her system at the time of her death. In addition, he said, a forensic analysis of computer records and a track of her cellphone use before her death are not yet complete.


In the meantime, police continue to investigate her death as a homicide, while not ruling out other possibilities.

DeBoer, 53, was reported missing by her husband after she failed to show up at work in Seattle on Feb. 8.

According to police, DeBoer, an employee at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was supposed to meet a friend at the Mountlake Terrace Park & Ride lot and carpool to Seattle. But her friend received a text from DeBoer’s cellphone around 7 a.m. indicating she had to return home for her employee ID badge.

Police said DeBoer’s badge was found at her house after her disappearance.

Her car was found later that afternoon near the intersection of 58th Avenue West and 234th Street Southwest on a street where commuters often park.

According to police, blood was found on the passenger seat and a portion of the passenger side door.

Her cellphone was not found.

Her fully clothed body was discovered almost a week later in a culvert about a mile and a half from the transit center.


After an autopsy police said that DeBoer had small cuts on her fingers that appeared to be self-inflicted.

Pickard said police are being cautious about what information is released because detectives don’t want to damage the integrity of the investigation.

“We want to do what we can to hold sensitive information back until we see the phone, computer and lab results,” he said.


Police have said that it appears DeBoer’s phone was turned off shortly after her friend received the text.

Police say DeBoer’s husband took a polygraph test and has been eliminated as a potential person of interest.

In the meantime, police cautioned commuters and others to be careful.


Pickard said police are not trying to be cagey by releasing only small pieces of information. He said he suspects that once the investigation is concluded, people will understand why some information was withheld.

“We want closure, too,” he said. “We want it for the community and most of all for the family.”





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[DatelineFan]

The rules state that we can only post 10% of the article, FYI. @seatowner

 

[TeaTime]

I do not believe this was a suicide, not for one second. I do not believe that Cheryl left her car and walked over a mile to crawl into a culvert in broad daylight at a busy intersection to kill herself. This is preposterous to even speculate.

This was murder and the whole situation is very sensitive to the family. It must be painful to hear that the public is demanding answers to satiate their natural curiosity but LE is treating the family with kindness and respect. They are not releasing any information to the public until they have finished analyzing all the evidence. We will just have to wait.

I also suggest that they may have a suspect in mind: a lover; someone infatuated with Cheryl or Mike; or someone who feared being exposed for wrong doing at Hutch, which could be quite sensitive. It could be some nut who flew into a rage because Cheryl scored a parking spot that they wanted. I do not think for a second it was some random druggie vagrant from the woods who then marched or carried Cheryl to the culvert. And, when they find this person, they will find Cheryl's blood in a very inconspicuous place in their vehicle. I believe she intentionally left her DNA (blood from her fingers) behind.

As for her husband not speaking about her murder or about his wife, I've lost 2 loved ones and could only whisper 'My Darling' when speaking of them for perhaps a year after their deaths, maybe more. I could not say their names or even hear their names without falling apart. I was incapable of speaking at their service, I could barely breath or stand. I can't judge anyone for how they handle their grief and certainly will not judge their love or the sincerity of their pain by whether they spoke publicly of them at a service or not.

 

[margarita25]

Would someone post some detail from this article. I can't access it.

Police await forensic results in death of Mountlake Terrace woman
Mountlake Terrace police concede they’re withholding information in the death of Cheryl DeBoer but say it’s to maintain the integrity of the investigation. “These things take time,” police say.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/

"Mountlake Terrace police concede they’re holding back on releasing “sensitive information” about the death of Cheryl DeBoer until toxicology and forensic analysis of her computer and cellphone records are complete.

“These things take time. They don’t happen like they do on TV,” Cmdr. Kevin Pickard said Wednesday.

Pickard said investigators are still waiting for complete laboratory results from the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office, including the toxicology report that will determine whether DeBoer had drugs or alcohol in her system at the time of her death. In addition, he said, a forensic analysis of computer records and a track of her cellphone use before her death are not yet complete."

*more at link

 

[margarita25]

"In the meantime, police continue to investigate her death as a homicide, while not ruling out other possibilities."

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/

 

[margarita25]

"Pickard said police are being cautious about what information is released because detectives don’t want to damage the integrity of the investigation.

“We want to do what we can to hold sensitive information back until we see the phone, computer and lab results,” he said."

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...n-continues-as-police-await-forensic-results/

*more at link

Eta: sorry just saw datelinefan posted the same thing

 

[Ibiz]

Not much has changed I suppose.

 

[Seatowner]

The rules state that we can only post 10% of the article, FYI. @seatowner

Ah, sorry. Was posting in half sleep state last night.


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[Dushi]

Her cellphone was not found


That clears up that question

 

[cluciano63]

Jmo, but I just do not see LE requiring to wait for tox results if they know this is a homicide. I really doubt she was poisoned but jmo. I think they are at a loss as to how she died, both cause and manner, and are hoping for some sort of tox results to at least determine cause.
Jmo