Found Deceased CT - Laelcira DeLima, 53, Danbury, 20 Oct 2017 *car found*

[iulia]

Charley Project page Laelcira Pereira DeLima – The Charley Project

 

[GraceG]

but if she was going to see a family member, why would she have been reported missing?

Because she never called OR arrived.

 

[JerseyGirl]

DeLima, 53, of Danbury, was last seen by her family around 5 p.m. on Oct. 20, 2017.

She was last seen wearing a black V-neck shirt and blue jeans, according to authorities.

DeLima left her Danbury residence driving her red Honda which was located unoccupied on Nov. 7, 2017 at the Putnam Diner in Patterson, N.Y.

The car had apparently been there for some time before employees at the diner contacted police.

Police renew call to find Danbury woman missing 2 years

 

[vermontaigne]

Remains found by hunter in woods adjacent to Putnam Diner parking lot where her car was discovered weeks after she disappeared thought to be hers. Strange that they didn't locate them at the time they discovered her car, IMO.

 

[Gardener1850]

Another link:

A human skull was discovered by a hunter in the woods behind a diner in Patterson, N.Y. — at the same location a missing Danbury woman’s car was found abandoned in 2017, according to published reports.

[...]

Police have not yet identified the remains, a forensic process that can take days if not weeks.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said he had heard Monday that authorities found a skull across the Connecticut line in N.Y., but he could not infer anything about the missing person case.

“If we were investigating, I’d tell you — but wherever the body is found, it’s their case,” he said.

Boughton said any confirmation about the identity of the remains would have to come from the Putnam County coroner.

Human skull found behind diner where missing Danbury woman’s car was abandoned

 

[GraceG]

Remains found by hunter in woods adjacent to Putnam Diner parking lot where her car was discovered weeks after she disappeared thought to be hers. Strange that they didn't locate them at the time they discovered her car, IMO.

It sounds like just the skull was located. The rest of the remains could have been outside the search area. Animals frequently move remains, sometimes a surprising distance and the skeletal elements can usually reveal evidence of animal scavenging. I hope her family has some closure in this case.

 

[mlhenn]

It sounds like just the skull was located. The rest of the remains could have been outside the search area. Animals frequently move remains, sometimes a surprising distance and the skeletal elements can usually reveal evidence of animal scavenging. I hope her family has some closure in this case.

Sheriffs confirm human remains found where CT woman went missing

She said a 35-year-old Carmel resident spotted the skull on Feb. 1 while he was out examining a new hunting area, and called police around 11:34 a.m. that day. Authorities then found the rest of the skeletal remains while combing the area.
A jacket and several other articles of clothing were also found, the captain said.
Orotolano, the spokeswoman from the Putnam County Sheriff’s office, said all of the remains were found in a 30-foot radius. investigators believe the body was disturbed by animals, and the remains were not found in a grave, she said.

Investigators did not recover a weapon from the scene, and did not find any type of note, Ortolano said.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Confirmed to be Laelcira.

Police ID Body in Patterson | The Highlands Current

 

[MissMYB]

RIP

 

[mlhenn]

Police ID Body in Patterson | The Highlands Current
FOUND DECEASED
Confirmed: Remains identified as LD

Officials have identified a skull and bones found in Patterson on Feb. 1 as the remains of a Danbury resident who went missing in October 2017.

 

[MissMYB]

Thinking of this lady and hoping for answers and justice.

 

[evilwise]

If nothing else, some of these cases can really teach a person what they should personally take responsibility to do if a loved one goes missing because they can't necessarily count on law enforcement to do it. In this particular case the evidence suggests she died immediately so even tracing her route (if her destination was known/suspected) probably wouldn't have saved her but it sounds like her body was near enough to her car that it could have been found by even a small search party. Lots of evidence lost.

Between the apparent indifference from the diner staff and lackluster response of local law enforcement one might almost suspect the location was selected for those reasons but it still smells like a crime of opportunity to me. Maybe she stopped to eat but the diner was closed and she was taken in the lot.

 

[MissMYB]

If nothing else, some of these cases can really teach a person what they should personally take responsibility to do if a loved one goes missing because they can't necessarily count on law enforcement to do it. In this particular case the evidence suggests she died immediately so even tracing her route (if her destination was known/suspected) probably wouldn't have saved her but it sounds like her body was near enough to her car that it could have been found by even a small search party. Lots of evidence lost.

Between the apparent indifference from the diner staff and lackluster response of local law enforcement one might almost suspect the location was selected for those reasons but it still smells like a crime of opportunity to me. Maybe she stopped to eat but the diner was closed and she was taken in the lot.

This is a bafflng case.

 

[sjd17]

Is there any speculation as to whether this was a natural death or a homicide?

 

[Jmoose]

Is there any speculation as to whether this was a natural death or a homicide?

I was wondering the same thing. There hasn’t been anything in the local news about her death, so it appears likely that the authorities have no evidence at all that she was murdered. I always suspected that she committed suicide, but that is just my own speculation.

 

[PrivateInspector007]

"Police are investigating but said there is no indication of foul play."

Danbury Woman Who Disappeared Nearly Two and a Half Years Ago Found Dead

 

[sjd17]

I just hope her family has some closure.

 

[MissMYB]

Wow, seems odd to me that she would chose this place to self harm. Not really buying it. IMHO

 

[evilwise]

Wow, seems odd to me that she would chose this place to self harm. Not really buying it. IMHO

There's nothing to buy. There's no evidence because apparently nobody really looked very hard for her which in itself suggests she was not really loved, and that is sad - but to me is the best circumstantial evidence suggesting suicide. Alternately she may have been loved but her loved ones knew when she disappeared that she had killed herself and that's why they didn't search very hard for her or amplify the story in the media. I suppose it could be that the only family she had murdered her and successfully staged it to fly under the radar but from what little evidence we have and from the tone of law enforcement that seems much less likely to me.

 

[MissMYB]

There's nothing to buy. There's no evidence because apparently nobody really looked very hard for her which in itself suggests she was not really loved, and that is sad - but to me is the best circumstantial evidence suggesting suicide. Alternately she may have been loved but her loved ones knew when she disappeared that she had killed herself and that's why they didn't search very hard for her or amplify the story in the media. I suppose it could be that the only family she had murdered her and successfully staged it to fly under the radar but from what little evidence we have and from the tone of law enforcement that seems much less likely to me.

Valid points