In relation to the location where the body might have been found this information should be handy.
This is the water level, (elevation above sea level), of Lake Wanapum,
as measured at the forebay to the powerhouse at Wanapum dam. Wanapum Lake is the reservoir / section of the Columbia River in front of the Crescent Bar home where MC's body was found.
//WAN/HF//IR-MONTH/IRXZZAZD/ (
WAN stands for Wanapum Dam)
(
HF = ELEVATION, PROJECT POWERHOUSE FOREBAY)
09FEB2010, 1500; 570.420 (
Tuesday, Feb 9th at 3 pm - MC goes missing)
09FEB2010, 1600; 570.150
09FEB2010, 1700; 568.810
09FEB2010, 1800; 568.510
09FEB2010, 1900; 568.630
09FEB2010, 2000; 568.960
09FEB2010, 2100; 569.000
09FEB2010, 2200; 569.350
09FEB2010, 2300; 569.640
09FEB2010, 2400; 569.300 (
Tuesday midnight)
10FEB2010, 0100; 568.750
10FEB2010, 0200; 568.740
10FEB2010, 0300; 568.310
10FEB2010, 0400; 568.260
10FEB2010, 0500; 568.530
10FEB2010, 0600; 568.450
10FEB2010, 0700; 567.980
10FEB2010, 0800; 568.270
10FEB2010, 0900; 568.770
10FEB2010, 1000; 568.960
10FEB2010, 1100; 569.180
10FEB2010, 1200; 569.420 (
Wednesday noon)
10FEB2010, 1300; 569.330
10FEB2010, 1400; 569.470
10FEB2010, 1500; 569.270
10FEB2010, 1600; 569.190
10FEB2010, 1700; 569.110
10FEB2010, 1800; 568.940
10FEB2010, 1900; 568.840
10FEB2010, 2000; 568.580
10FEB2010, 2100; 568.520
10FEB2010, 2200; 568.400
10FEB2010, 2300; 568.300
10FEB2010, 2400; 568.480 (
Wednesday midnight)
11FEB2010, 0100; 568.400
11FEB2010, 0200; 568.710
11FEB2010, 0300; 568.660
11FEB2010, 0400; 567.790
11FEB2010, 0500; 567.630
11FEB2010, 0600; 567.340
11FEB2010, 0700; 566.630
11FEB2010, 0800; 566.740
11FEB2010, 0900; 567.160
11FEB2010, 1000; 567.030
11FEB2010, 1100; 567.550
11FEB2010, 1200; 567.810 (
Thursday noon)
11FEB2010, 1300; 567.940
11FEB2010, 1400; 568.050
11FEB2010, 1500; 568.110
11FEB2010, 1600; 567.900
11FEB2010, 1700; 567.500
11FEB2010, 1800; 566.910
11FEB2010, 1900; 566.740
11FEB2010, 2000; 566.840
11FEB2010, 2100; 567.150
11FEB2010, 2200; 567.490
11FEB2010, 2300; 567.660
11FEB2010, 2400; 567.760 (
Thursday midnight)
12FEB2010, 0100; 567.410
12FEB2010, 0200; 567.190
12FEB2010, 0300; 567.410
12FEB2010, 0400; 567.300
12FEB2010, 0500; 567.620
12FEB2010, 0600; 567.380
12FEB2010, 0700; 566.760
12FEB2010, 0800; 567.310
12FEB2010, 0900; 567.620
12FEB2010, 1000; 567.570
12FEB2010, 1100; 567.800
12FEB2010, 1200; 567.920 (
Friday noon)
12FEB2010, 1300; 567.930
12FEB2010, 1400; 567.710
12FEB2010, 1500; 567.530
12FEB2010, 1600; 568.320
12FEB2010, 1700; 568.260
12FEB2010, 1800; 568.000
12FEB2010, 1900; 567.850
12FEB2010, 2000; 567.760
12FEB2010, 2100; 567.550
12FEB2010, 2200; 567.650
12FEB2010, 2300; 568.320
12FEB2010, 2400; 567.620 (
Friday midnight)
13FEB2010, 0100; 567.410
13FEB2010, 0200; 567.900
13FEB2010, 0300; 568.410
13FEB2010, 0400; 568.090
13FEB2010, 0500; 568.070
13FEB2010, 0600; 568.080
13FEB2010, 0700; 567.630
13FEB2010, 0800; 567.580
13FEB2010, 0900; 567.430
13FEB2010, 1000; 567.210
13FEB2010, 1100; 566.840
13FEB2010, 1200; 567.400 (
Saturday noon)
13FEB2010, 1300; 567.410
13FEB2010, 1400; 567.410 (
Saturday 2 pm - MC's body found)
Water level down 3.01 feet
as measured at the dam starting at 3 pm Tuesday until 2 pm Saturday (approximately when body was found). Not sure how directly that relates to the water level just off shore for the Crescent Bar property, but being water it should be somewhat proportional.
ETA: It appears these measurements may be more accurate for the water level off the CB property than I first believed. I just did a Google Earth check of the elevation of the water level. It shows up as 573 feet just above Wanapum Dam and 574 feet just below Rock Island Dam. That's a 1 foot elevation change over a nearly 35 mile long reservoir. Since our science class thought us that water cannot be compressed, it really appears that the above measurements should be nearly the same throughout the entire reservoir.
Just pulling some figures now:
From Tuesday 10 pm to when body found -- water level down ... ... ... 1.94 feet
From Wednesday 10 pm to when body found -- water level down ... ... .99 feet
From Thursday 10 pm to when body found -- water level down ... ... ... .08 feet
From Friday 10 pm to when body found -- water level down ... ... ... ... .24 feet
There was also a (approximate) 4 hour window of "high" water Saturday morning, (highest being 3 am of 568.410), this may or may not have been evident at shores of Crescent Bar. This "high" would make all water levels measured before this time down
a minimum of exactly 1 feet from when the body was found.
Therefore, if the feet were in the river "water" at 2 pm Saturday, another foot of water could have been "covering" the body only 11 hours before. IMO, I don't think a foot of water would be enough to allow the body to float freely -- which IMO would have been the way someone would have left the body - floating hoping it would be taken downstream - as opposed to just lying on the rocky shoreline with feet in the river "water" - if, IF, this is the location the body was even found in.
A body being pushed out in the river water is an unknown theory for me and I've only searched out this information in the hopes of solidifying some type of theory in the coming, well, months - I guess it's gonna be.
Also, if this was the method the suspect attempted to use to dispose of the body, it appears he was "unlucky" to have attempted it during one of the higher water levels, (Tuesday thru early evening Wednesday appears water level was still "high" for this to easily occur. It still might have been "high" enough thru Thursday at 3 am or even sporadically during "high" water levels the rest of the week to be able to leave only the feet in the river "water" when the body was found.)
Sidenote: Although, "HL = ELEVATION, NATURAL LAKE" appears to be available data at other dams, it didn't appear to be available for Wanapum. Other measurements that are available for Wanapum Dam were:
QR = DISCHARGE, RIVER OUTFLOW
QG = DISCHARGE FROM POWER GENERATION
QS = DISCHARGE, SPILLWAY
HT = ELEVATION, PROJECT TAILWATER STAGE
VU = GENERATOR, STATUS (HOURLY)
The above data came from
here. After sniffing around
here and
here.