Found Deceased Canada - Shannon Burgess, 25, Calgary, 26 Nov 2014 - #1 *Arrest*

[dennisfedak81]

Why is a community search not being organized. Let's find Shannon! The cps does have good people but I know they are overworked and resources are difficult to come by. Time may be of the essence here. shannon must be found. this is no time for bureaucracy and delay. She could be trapped or injured or worse yet held captive and in danger and pain.

Let's bring Shannon home!

 

[Topcat]

Her sister was asked about medical issues during the press conference and she declined to answer.

I think that says a lot....

 

[dotr]

Interview with Shannon @ 0:55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTQkTM25xfY

"Hangout with Shannon Burgess, narrator of two of Tyche's audio books"

ETA "If people do want to stalk you" @ 19:15

 

[dennisfedak81]

Great find! This video will definitely help people identify her!!!!

 

[Lalalacasbah]

I was thinking last night about the time she was last seen, 12:30am Thursday.

*If* this case is domestic, why would her husband choose that day/time to say he last saw her? There was 5 days she was unaccounted for, he could've said Friday morning when he left for work or something like that, something more open-ended as opposed to placing himself at home with her in early a.m. hours. This almost makes me think he could be telling the truth.

I wonder if he went to bed at 12:30am and she stayed up, so that would be the last time he saw her. Did MSM/LE say she was outside at 12:30am? I don't recall this. I thought she was last seen at home, so maybe he saw her before he went to bed? Did she sneak out to go talk to someone else quickly? Or meet someone? Trying different angles here...

 

[Lalalacasbah]

I'm also curious who was at her Edmonton audition. Were these people she knew or strangers? Did she get a ride home to Calgary with someone from the audition? A new acquaintance? Maybe a mild flirtation?

 

[dennisfedak81]

These are good points. Maybe we have to give her ex the benefit of the doubt. Another question I have is what did Shannon say when she left. Does anyone have any idea as to what her plans were?

 

[LoisLane]

Interview with Shannon @ 0:55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTQkTM25xfY

"Hangout with Shannon Burgess, narrator of two of Tyche's audio books"

ETA "If people do want to stalk you" @ 19:15

Thanks for posting. That is a very long drawn out interview. I am still watching but I thought I would list some comments at the 20:00 mark...

-she has been taking her acting career more seriously the past year and a half. ( I think this video is from March 2014)
-SB can be reached through Details Talent and her gmail email.
- She refers to her now husband as fiance
-the interview is being done in her bedroom closet and she makes a comment that her phone is downstairs with her "boy" and the dog. That tells me that SB an JB lived together and were engaged at the time.

I feel bad for Shannon in this interview. It is very unorganized and long. I am not sure if it was supposed to be to talk about the books that she narrated and voiced-over, or if it is about how to do a video interview with all the technology and set-up, or is the interview about the other person and her fiddling around... If I was Shannon I would have been so upset after that, I imagine she had put so much effort into this as well she probably imagined a more professional interview... JMO.

 

[dotr]

Thanks for posting. That is a very long drawn out interview. I am still watching but I thought I would list some comments at the 20:00 mark...

-SB can be reached through Details Talent and her gmail email.
- She refers to her now husband as fiance

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Also, S mentions leaving cell phone, turned off in the basement with " boy and dog", wondering if Shannon still had a dog when she was last seen and if so, what was her usual dog walking route?
Kudos to S for keeping composure during interview..... imo.

 

[Lalalacasbah]

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Also, S mentions leaving cell phone, turned off in the basement with " boy and dog", wondering if Shannon still had a dog when she was last seen and if so, what was her usual dog walking route?
Kudos to S for keeping composure during interview..... imo.

Thanks for the reminder, we haven't discussed her dog! There's photos of her dog on her FB. Curious if the dog is hers or JBs? Interesting cell phone comment….turned off….maybe she did this often.

 

[LoisLane]

Thanks for the reminder, we haven't discussed her dog! There's photos of her dog on her FB. Curious if the dog is hers or JBs? Interesting cell phone comment….turned off….maybe she did this often.

The phone discussion in the interview was because the woman interviewing her had her phone ring and she said she had to take it... It was her furniture mover as she was to receive a delivery. The woman meant to leave the phone with her husband so that it would not disrupt the recorded interview and so SB replied that she had left her phone downstairs with "the boy and her dog". I don't think she mentioned at that point that it was turned off. I think she implied she may be waiting for a call as well and so her fiance has the phone if that happens.

The interviewer made reference to the furniture delivery a few times in the interview... Pretty tacky... I could almost feel SB's thoughts. She kept her cool though!

 

[dennisfedak81]

Pretty tacky interview. Im sure that's not what Sb was expecting. She does handle herself very well considering the extremely awkward situation. as said before this interview will be great to identify her.

 

[otto]

The interview, if one could call it that, was painful to watch. The interviewer did not have any questions, and seemed to be waiting for some sort of audience to bring questions to Shannon - but there was no audience. On the upside, it shows us who Shannon is. She seems to have a healthy reaction to the disorganized interviewer ... doesn't appear to be on medication, has a quick wit, and certainly doesn't appear to be someone contemplating ending her life.

Between March 2014, and now, she was married, but that marriage is now on the rocks. During the interview, they discuss more voice work at the end of the year, which is now, so there's no shortage of work. For me, that helps rule out any possibility of suicide. Much can change in 8 months, but Shannon seems upbeat even though the interview was obviously not a career boost ... I suppose what I'm trying to say is that she takes it in stride.

If suicide is off the table, that leaves: husband did something to her, she left the house after midnight and experienced an accident, or she was grabbed off the street in the neighbourhood ... none of which bodes well.

 

[dennisfedak81]

Unfortunately things seem to be pointing to the local and domestic direction. I wonder if police have thoroughly searched the car and husbands car as well as the residence and area. God, I sure hope so. Seems like a lovely girl. I doubt she is still alive but there is always a chance. Looking in Toronto and Vancouver is a diversion and will result in delay. I doubt she is in either of these places. She is here...in Calgary. Let's not have this like the lady whose remains were in the home for 2 years. That is police incompetence.!

 

[otto]

Unfortunately things seem to be pointing to the local and domestic direction. I wonder if police have thoroughly searched the car and husbands car as well as the residence and area. God, I sure hope so. Seems like a lovely girl. I doubt she is still alive but there is always a chance. Looking in Toronto and Vancouver is a diversion and will result in delay. I doubt she is in either of these places. She is here...in Calgary. Let's not have this like the lady whose remains were in the home for 2 years. That is police incompetence.!

There may be tips in Vancouver and Toronto, which means police have to follow up, but I very much doubt that Shannon left the city. This looks like a domestic situation, in part because the last sighting of her was in her house.

 

[dotr]

There does not seem to be any more public appeals from Shannon's family..
Thinking that a newly separated, young person might try to find a new romantic interest.
Would there be any reason to think S. encountered someone from either Vancouver or Toronto?

 

[dennisfedak81]

Remote possibility. But I doubt someone would come from Vancouver or Toronto with malicious intent. Way more eligible women in both of those Cities. The answer clearly lies closer to home. Either her husband or someone else local. Or remote possibility of an accident or suicide.

 

[Tricia]

As I sit here looking at my low calorie no fat, tastes like cardboard pizza, terrified to get on the scales, now is not a good time to make cracks about women's weight.

Just saying,

Sincerely,
Tricia Griffith
Co-owner
Websleuths.com

 

[Writerofwrongs]

The interview, if one could call it that, was painful to watch. The interviewer did not have any questions, and seemed to be waiting for some sort of audience to bring questions to Shannon - but there was no audience. On the upside, it shows us who Shannon is. She seems to have a healthy reaction to the disorganized interviewer ... doesn't appear to be on medication, has a quick wit, and certainly doesn't appear to be someone contemplating ending her life.

Between March 2014, and now, she was married, but that marriage is now on the rocks. During the interview, they discuss more voice work at the end of the year, which is now, so there's no shortage of work. For me, that helps rule out any possibility of suicide. Much can change in 8 months, but Shannon seems upbeat even though the interview was obviously not a career boost ... I suppose what I'm trying to say is that she takes it in stride.

If suicide is off the table, that leaves: husband did something to her, she left the house after midnight and experienced an accident, or she was grabbed off the street in the neighbourhood ... none of which bodes well.

I totally agree with everything here. Shannon comes across as very 'together' - she takes the chaotic style of the interview in her stride - she came across as easy going, professional and generally - nice. Not the type to be suicidal at all but then actors/actresses are known for being dramatic. Comedians are usually experts at hiding their own feelings/sadness (look at Robin Williams) so I don't think it is possible to tell really.

I do think that Shannon and her husband make an 'odd' couple - in that they are not two people I would necessarily put together. I have a sneaky feeling his world may have started and finished with Shannon, while Shannon had other things, and more importantly, other people in her life. It was a whirlwind romance that ended up making Shannon feel claustrophobic - so she just felt she had to get away. While I don't really believe Shannon would disappear for this long without making contact with her sister or family, I can see,if her ex-husband has been constantly at her telling her he loves her/wants to try again/can't live without her, why she may feel she has no other option but to disappear. She is not stupid, she would know if she wanted to truly 'escape' she would have to vanish into thin air. So her estranged husband cannot trace her.

When I divorced my husband, we had to share a home for 2 months while we sold it. The divorce had been my idea and he spent those 2 months trying to talk me around. He begged, he got mad, he threatened, he yelled, he sobbed. It was pure hell, just remembering it gives me the shivers and it was 12 years ago now. I am not the sort to disappear and leave my family bereft but if someone had offered me an out back then, I can't say I wouldn't have taken it.

 

[dennisfedak81]

Unless her family was in some way pressuring her to stay with with Jb I cannot see her severing all family ties. How could you treat your parents in this way? Almost no one would do this. She clearly did not have large financial resources and would be cutting off an important system of support. Everything points to a tragedy closer to home. They need to search the area and particularly the home she lived in. CSI style! Did I mention the ex's vehicle as well.