CA CA - Westlake Village, HispFem 18-30, UP11249, pregnant, in parking lot, Jul'80

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[Melt71]

Oh my... the discussions around the potential fears of the baby's father (around 20mins in the Alta video). If only he understood how valuable his information could be and that he isn't at risk of arrest in her death.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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[Springrain]

Thank you @imstilla.grandma for posting videos. I'm working through the Alta one. Very valuable insight there. Steve Rhods think that Chouest kidnapped Shirley Soosay from Hanford, dumped her in Kern County, then Chouest continued south, kidnapped Westlake Village Jane Doe from Los Angeles (rather than from Visalia as previously thought) and dumped her in the high school parking lot.

Oh my... the discussions around the potential fears of the baby's father (around 20mins in the Alta video). If only he understood how valuable his information could be and that he isn't at risk of arrest in her death.

It's unfortunate. We know he was not culpable in her murder, that was Chouest's disgusting, vile action that he had nothing to do with. I understand he is probably afraid, but Chouest is (THANK GOD) in jail for the rest of his pathetic life, we know he had nothing to do with it; the right thing is to come forward and tell whatever he knows. JMO.

 

[Tired Professor]

Thank you @imstilla.grandma for posting videos. I'm working through the Alta one. Very valuable insight there. Steve Rhods think that Chouest kidnapped Shirley Soosay from Hanford, dumped her in Kern County, then Chouest continued south, kidnapped Westlake Village Jane Doe from Los Angeles (rather than from Visalia as previously thought) and dumped her in the high school parking lot.



It's unfortunate. We know he was not culpable in her murder, that was Chouest's disgusting, vile action that he had nothing to do with. I understand he is probably afraid, but Chouest is (THANK GOD) in jail for the rest of his pathetic life, we know he had nothing to do with it; the right thing is to come forward and tell whatever he knows. JMO.

I was a bit surprised hearing that too. I thought it was certain Shirley was picked up at a bar in Lemoore but if that info came from Chouest then maybe it wasn’t accurate anyway.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Thank you @imstilla.grandma for posting videos. I'm working through the Alta one. Very valuable insight there. Steve Rhods think that Chouest kidnapped Shirley Soosay from Hanford, dumped her in Kern County, then Chouest continued south, kidnapped Westlake Village Jane Doe from Los Angeles (rather than from Visalia as previously thought) and dumped her in the high school parking lot.



It's unfortunate. We know he was not culpable in her murder, that was Chouest's disgusting, vile action that he had nothing to do with. I understand he is probably afraid, but Chouest is (THANK GOD) in jail for the rest of his pathetic life, we know he had nothing to do with it; the right thing is to come forward and tell whatever he knows. JMO.

i wish LE would give him those assurances and promise to conceal his identity.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I was a bit surprised hearing that too. I thought it was certain Shirley was picked up at a bar in Lemoore but if that info came from Chouest then maybe it wasn’t accurate anyway.

it could have been a misspeak, hanford and lemoore are close to each other.

 

[Springrain]

i wish LE would give him those assurances and promise to conceal his identity.

I will say, I was surprised when the interviewer brought that up and he said he hadn't considered it. Seems like that would be a logical thing to consider.

I agree though.

 

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Hopefully shes identified soon.

 

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[faithx]

Alta Journal @AltaJournal

In Alta's Winter 2022 issue, Louise Farr wrote about the murders of two women found stabbed to death in Kern and Ventura Counties.

The mystery of their identities long plagued Ventura County District Attorney’s Office cold case investigator Steve Rhods, who spent years helping to find their killer, Wilson Chouest.

Since the story ran, the body of one victim, eventually known to be Shirley Ann Soosay, was returned from a Bakersfield cemetery to Canada’s Samson Cree Nation reservation, where she was buried on May 28.

“We finally have our Shirley home,” her niece, Violet Soosay-Wolf, who spent decades looking for her aunt, wrote in an email to Farr. “She’s in her final resting place with her mom, dad, siblings, grandparents. We can move on knowing where she is now.”

Just this week, DNA Doe Project familial genealogy research led investigator Rhods to a Texas man.

A possible second cousin once removed, he is willing to have his DNA tested if it will help Rhods inch closer to determining the identity of the other victim, known as Jane Doe Ventura County and nicknamed Lyra Jade.

Rhods believes that Lyra Jade lived in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and might have met her killer at Tiny Naylor’s, the defunct drive-in that once sat at the corner of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.

“Wilson told me he met a young girl there, and I think he was telling me about Jane Doe Ventura,” Rhods told Farr.

Rhods hopes for a similar resolution to the Jane Doe Ventura County case as that of Shirley Ann Soosay’s. “This woman went missing, and for some reason no one contacted authorities. She’s lying in a cemetery here in Camarillo, and we’d like to return her to her family.”

6:09 PM · Jun 4, 2022

 

[Tired Professor]

Alta Journal @AltaJournal

In Alta's Winter 2022 issue, Louise Farr wrote about the murders of two women found stabbed to death in Kern and Ventura Counties.

The mystery of their identities long plagued Ventura County District Attorney’s Office cold case investigator Steve Rhods, who spent years helping to find their killer, Wilson Chouest.

Since the story ran, the body of one victim, eventually known to be Shirley Ann Soosay, was returned from a Bakersfield cemetery to Canada’s Samson Cree Nation reservation, where she was buried on May 28.

“We finally have our Shirley home,” her niece, Violet Soosay-Wolf, who spent decades looking for her aunt, wrote in an email to Farr. “She’s in her final resting place with her mom, dad, siblings, grandparents. We can move on knowing where she is now.”

Just this week, DNA Doe Project familial genealogy research led investigator Rhods to a Texas man.

A possible second cousin once removed, he is willing to have his DNA tested if it will help Rhods inch closer to determining the identity of the other victim, known as Jane Doe Ventura County and nicknamed Lyra Jade.

Rhods believes that Lyra Jade lived in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and might have met her killer at Tiny Naylor’s, the defunct drive-in that once sat at the corner of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.

“Wilson told me he met a young girl there, and I think he was telling me about Jane Doe Ventura,” Rhods told Farr.

Rhods hopes for a similar resolution to the Jane Doe Ventura County case as that of Shirley Ann Soosay’s. “This woman went missing, and for some reason no one contacted authorities. She’s lying in a cemetery here in Camarillo, and we’d like to return her to her family.”

6:09 PM · Jun 4, 2022

How great that they have found such a close potential match! I thought Chouest was claiming to have picked VJD up at a college in Visalia, now it’s a drive-in near McArthur Park… good grief… again I would put little stock in anything that guy has ever said! I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out later that he abducted her from somewhere other than southern (or even central) California.

 

[Springrain]

Rhods believes that Lyra Jade lived in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and might have met her killer at Tiny Naylor’s, the defunct drive-in that once sat at the corner of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.

“Wilson told me he met a young girl there, and I think he was telling me about Jane Doe Ventura,” Rhods told Farr.

RSBM~

Great info if it is true and Chouest isn't spreading more lies from his disgusting mouth. It fits in with what we know about her. Breaks my heart to think of this poor prefnant woman going to a drive-in to get a burger, or whatever, and then meeting his horrid fate.

 

[hafom8840]

Alta Journal @AltaJournal

In Alta's Winter 2022 issue, Louise Farr wrote about the murders of two women found stabbed to death in Kern and Ventura Counties.

The mystery of their identities long plagued Ventura County District Attorney’s Office cold case investigator Steve Rhods, who spent years helping to find their killer, Wilson Chouest.

Since the story ran, the body of one victim, eventually known to be Shirley Ann Soosay, was returned from a Bakersfield cemetery to Canada’s Samson Cree Nation reservation, where she was buried on May 28.

“We finally have our Shirley home,” her niece, Violet Soosay-Wolf, who spent decades looking for her aunt, wrote in an email to Farr. “She’s in her final resting place with her mom, dad, siblings, grandparents. We can move on knowing where she is now.”

Just this week, DNA Doe Project familial genealogy research led investigator Rhods to a Texas man.

A possible second cousin once removed, he is willing to have his DNA tested if it will help Rhods inch closer to determining the identity of the other victim, known as Jane Doe Ventura County and nicknamed Lyra Jade.

Rhods believes that Lyra Jade lived in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and might have met her killer at Tiny Naylor’s, the defunct drive-in that once sat at the corner of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.

“Wilson told me he met a young girl there, and I think he was telling me about Jane Doe Ventura,” Rhods told Farr.

Rhods hopes for a similar resolution to the Jane Doe Ventura County case as that of Shirley Ann Soosay’s. “This woman went missing, and for some reason no one contacted authorities. She’s lying in a cemetery here in Camarillo, and we’d like to return her to her family.”

6:09 PM · Jun 4, 2022

I really hope this all ends up being of use in identification. This has gone on for far too long.

And I’m curious: what does Lyra Jade mean

 

[carbuff]

I really hope this all ends up being of use in identification. This has gone on for far too long.

And I’m curious: what does Lyra Jade mean

I think it's the name of a character in the Final Fantasy game series. I don't know why someone decided to give her that nickname, though. Lyra Jade | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

 

[CarlK90245]

I think it's the name of a character in the Final Fantasy game series. I don't know why someone decided to give her that nickname, though. Lyra Jade | FINAL FANTASY XIV, T

DDP has nicknames for all their Does (often just names of fictional characters), which are used in our private discussions. Someone came up with Lyra Jade, though I don't remember who came up that name or why. Ordinarily, those nicknames are never revealed to the public, but in this instance Steve Rhods referred to her by the internal nickname when talking to the author of the story.

 

[carbuff]

DDP has nicknames for all their Does (often just names of fictional characters), which are used in our private discussions. Someone came up with Lyra Jade, though I don't remember who came up that name or why. Ordinarily, those nicknames are never revealed to the public, but in this instance Steve Rhods referred to her by the internal nickname when talking to the author of the story.

Thanks, that makes sense that you'd use more humanizing names. The commonly used location names make it easier to keep track of which case is being discussed, but it's not kind to the unidentified people who've already lost so much of their humanity.

 

[hafom8840]

DDP has nicknames for all their Does (often just names of fictional characters), which are used in our private discussions. Someone came up with Lyra Jade, though I don't remember who came up that name or why. Ordinarily, those nicknames are never revealed to the public, but in this instance Steve Rhods referred to her by the internal nickname when talking to the author of the story.

Well it is better than just using X County John/Jane Doe which honestly doesn’t really give them any character

 

[Springrain]

I'm not sure about the apparent video game where the Lyra Jade name came from, but I actually think it's quite pretty and suits her well.