NJ Body found in refrigerator, Belleplain State Forest, 22 Dec 2024 (Laura Leigh Hughes) *Arrest*

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There is an article in the Press of Atlantic City with the headline “Lower Township man charged with obstruction in case linked to body found in fridge”. I am unable to open as it’s behind a paywall. Does anyone subscribe and have access? If not, I’m sure another source will be posting as well.
 
  • #62
Additional research is proving the same mat is available at WalMart so it does not appear to be exclusive to the Physical Therapy business. It was the first that appeared on reverse image.

Something interesting that popped up in my research on both the tattoo and the symbols on the mat referenced Latvian culture. I just don’t think the mat is a specialty and most likely mass produced.


Not sure why the link says robot or human but it’s the link to the mat for sale at WalMart.

Also, according to ChatGPT, see the following analysis on the necklace. It most resembles the constellation Crux, aka the Southern Cross as described below.

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It doesn’t resemble the southern cross, due to the angle it hangs from it looks far more like the Pleiades, which is in the Taurus constellation.
 
  • #63

A Cape May County hiker who discovered the body of a woman in a park last week is charged with obstruction in the case.

John Tyrrell, 46, called police Dec. 22, after he found the unidentified woman's remains in a refrigerator while hiking in Belleplain State Forest.

Quite a bit more in the article.
 
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Additional research is proving the same mat is available at WalMart so it does not appear to be exclusive to the Physical Therapy business. It was the first that appeared on reverse image.

Something interesting that popped up in my research on both the tattoo and the symbols on the mat referenced Latvian culture. I just don’t think the mat is a specialty and most likely mass produced.


Not sure why the link says robot or human but it’s the link to the mat for sale at WalMart.

Also, according to ChatGPT, see the following analysis on the necklace. It most resembles the constellation Crux, aka the Southern Cross as described below.

View attachment 554597
Chat GPT is full of BS, the Southern Cross is the most recognisable constellation in the southern hemisphere sky, and that is nothing like it.

I would have recognised it instantly if it was, it's on our flag and the flag of our neighbour New Zealand, and much of our merchandise for national holidays and sporting teams and events.

The Southern Cross is made up of four very bright stars set in a cross and one less bright star inset amongst them.
 
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Coles notes:
cops alleged he was in the area of the fridge & he would not turn over his phone
John Patrick Tyrrell, 46 from North Cape May
- obstruction and failure to allow fingerprinting
- released from jail following detention hearing today w/conditions
- must check in with the courts weekly
- must stay away from Belleplain State Forest area during the investigation
 
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That is scary to think you could end up in jail after doing the right thing and notifying LE that you found a body. Are LE thinking he was actually involved with putting the woman there? Otherwise, I don't understand why they would want to see his phone.
 
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Quite a bit more in the article.

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...Shim argued for Tyrrell to be held in jail during a detention hearing Monday, noting he is a registered Megan’s Law offender.

That charge is 22 years old, with no violations since, Tumelty argued. He also noted that his client is properly registered
.
 
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Chat GPT is full of BS, the Southern Cross is the most recognisable constellation in the southern hemisphere sky, and that is nothing like it.

I would have recognised it instantly if it was, it's on our flag and the flag of our neighbour New Zealand, and much of our merchandise for national holidays and sporting teams and events.

The Southern Cross is made up of four very bright stars set in a cross and one less bright star inset amongst them.
bolding emphasis mine, I just wanted to comment that, yeah, Chat GPT is a nonsense machine that pulls from the internet at large and is prone to what I believe are called "hallucinations," where it starts making facts up from half-understood forum posts. I don't want to shame anyone since the technology is advertised as some sort of new problem-solving space-age technology, but it absolutely just yanks what it can from web results. There are plenty of examples of ChatGPT and similar programs instructing people to poison themselves and etc over basic questions.
 
  • #72
There’s another woman missing with a black koi fish on her right shoulderblade .She had another tattoo on her arm but since we don’t know the exact state of the body that doesn’t rule her out…

but she went missing far away. But maybe can’t hurt to put her out here.

Michelle Longoria Villarreal, 38, was last seen Jan. 31, 2014 walking on Highway 173 near Farm to Market 1333 towards Jourdanton, Texas. Family said Villarreal was supposed to get a ride in the area.
Villarreal is listed at 5-feet-3, weighing 130 pounds, with curly brown hair, brown eyes and a mole on her forehead. She has a heart tattooed on her right arm with the name "Chelsea" in the middle. A black koi fish is tattooed on her right shoulder blade.”



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  • #73
That is scary to think you could end up in jail after doing the right thing and notifying LE that you found a body. Are LE thinking he was actually involved with putting the woman there? Otherwise, I don't understand why they would want to see his phone.
Definitely an odd twist in the case. Gut reaction is he's not related to the body in the refrigerator but evidence of other crimes on his phone given his reticence in turning over the phone.
 
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...Shim argued for Tyrrell to be held in jail during a detention hearing Monday, noting he is a registered Megan’s Law offender.

That charge is 22 years old, with no violations since, Tumelty argued. He also noted that his client is properly registered
.
And here's why:

Man sentenced in corruption-of-minors case - The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

Odd, the article refers to the sex (between a 24- and a 15-year-old) as "consensual", even though the guilty plea was for "involuntary" deviate sexual intercourse. I get that it was written in 2003, but "children can't consent" was well understood long before that.

He isn't in the NJ or PA registries.
 
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Definitely an odd twist in the case. Gut reaction is he's not related to the body in the refrigerator but evidence of other crimes on his phone given his reticence in turning over the phone.
this. Although, this guy doesn't look like the hiking, nature enthusiast type so it makes me wonder what he was doing in the forest to begin with. My first thought was his phone contains evidence of CSAM. At first I wondered if he was concerned his phone would provide info about the victim or his locations that might lead back to identifying the victim but LE could get that with a warrant and don't need his physical phone to do that. So now I am thinking it is images on the phone :(
 
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That is scary to think you could end up in jail after doing the right thing and notifying LE that you found a body. Are LE thinking he was actually involved with putting the woman there? Otherwise, I don't understand why they would want to see his phone.
It shouldn't have been asked for, and the warrant not granted, if they didn't suspect that he was involved. Then again, this is Jersey; we've got the most corrupt and intrusive state government in the country (except MAYBE Illinois). The article mentions that he's barred from entering Belleplain State Forest, but that's because it's still a crime scene (the whole park?). If everyone's barred from entering, they might not suspect that he's involved; if only he is, it's more likely. It's certainly reasonably to not want to give cops your phone, and shouldn't have been considered suspicious.
 
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It shouldn't have been asked for, and the warrant not granted, if they didn't suspect that he was involved. Then again, this is Jersey; we've got the most corrupt and intrusive state government in the country (except MAYBE Illinois). The article mentions that he's barred from entering Belleplain State Forest, but that's because it's still a crime scene (the whole park?). If everyone's barred from entering, they might not suspect that he's involved; if only he is, it's more likely. It's certainly reasonably to not want to give cops your phone, and shouldn't have been considered suspicious.

He really does appear to have been harassed to me.
Why couldn't the judge turn that around.?

I would like to know more about his previous offense, of 22 years ago. The article above is behind a paywall...
Can someone read the article and provide some details...
thanks in advance.
 
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this. Although, this guy doesn't look like the hiking, nature enthusiast type so it makes me wonder what he was doing in the forest to begin with. My first thought was his phone contains evidence of CSAM. At first I wondered if he was concerned his phone would provide info about the victim or his locations that might lead back to identifying the victim but LE could get that with a warrant and don't need his physical phone to do that. So now I am thinking it is images on the phone :(

He really does appear to have been harassed to me.
Why couldn't the judge turn that around.?

I would like to know more about his previous offense, of 22 years ago. The article above is behind a paywall...
Can someone read the article and provide some details...
thanks in advance.
The one I linked above is from 2003 and not behind a paywall. I wouldn't let the cops have my phone, either, without a warrant; it's nothing a rational person wouldn't do, just like refusing a polygraph. I don't even like my wife going through my phone (and I have no interest in going through hers).
 
  • #79
I can see where they would want to eliminate him, since he was the finder, and surely fingerprints and cell data would be part of that process. When they looked him up, they would have found the old charges, plus some more recent ones, as well, of a different nature. But it would be voluntary on his part, and it sure doesn’t feel like obstruction, imo.

I wish we could get a photo of the fridge…old or new? In working order? Clean or rusty? At any rate, the tattoos are apparently quite clear, and the mat and pendant don’t look especially worn/old. This looks like a recent missing woman or girl. Someone is missing her.
 
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I can see where they would want to eliminate him, since he was the finder, and surely fingerprints and cell data would be part of that process. When they looked him up, they would have found the old charges, plus some more recent ones, as well, of a different nature. But it would be voluntary on his part, and it sure doesn’t feel like obstruction, imo.

I wish we could get a photo of the fridge…old or new? In working order? Clean or rusty? At any rate, the tattoos are apparently quite clear, and the mat and pendant don’t look especially worn/old. This looks like a recent missing woman or girl. Someone is missing her.
Eliminating him is fine, just get a warrant first. They wouldn't have tried skipping that step if he had a lawyer with him at the police station.
 

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