FL FL - St Johns Co, off FL-207 near Silver Lane, Body in Woods, Jun'19

[Gardener1850]

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of human remains in the woods off Florida 207 near Silver Lane.

The Sheriff’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit was called to the area near the entrance to the Silver Creek senior living community and about 1½ miles west of U.S. 1 Sunday night after someone called in to say they thought they had found a body, officials said.

Sunday’s search was called off due to darkness and with very dense and swampy terrain. Searchers returned to the area Monday.

Body found in St. Johns County woods

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Deputies said a neighbor first spotted the body on Sunday, but that the body had likely been there for days.

Action News Jax Courtney Cole went back into the wooded area, to give you a look at the where investigators spent hours collecting evidence. Cole discovered a pretty expansive homeless camp.

At this time, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has not confirmed if the person found is from the homeless community.Cole also spoke to a neighbor who said she wants more details about this investigation— for the sake of her family’s safety.

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The wooded area off of Silver Lane and SR-207, directly across the street from the Silver Creek Senior Living Community, is where the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office spent hours investigating on Monday.

On Monday night, the Silver Creek Senior Living Community sent this statement:

Silver Creek Senior Living Community is saddened to learn that a body was found near our St. Augustine facility. While we and our residents have no connection to the situation, we recognize that the deceased is likely to have loved ones who will be deeply affected by their loss. We will keep all who are involved in our thoughts and prayers.

- Peggy Landon

Read More: ST JOHNS COUNTY: Body found in woods off State Road 207

 

[PayrollNerd]

St Johns County Sheriffs Office Facebook post

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

 

[PayrollNerd]

I don't see any updates but I'm sure the medical examiner is busy.

 

[WildLifeLover]

I don't see any updates but I'm sure the medical examiner is busy.

Here we are on October 11, 2019 with no updates on this yet. I live just a few blocks from there and have contacted LE and media outlets with zero response.

 

[b741ma]

Here we are on October 11, 2019 with no updates on this yet. I live just a few blocks from there and have contacted LE and media outlets with zero response.

I know. There's no NAMUS page yet. It's very strange.

 

[Onaliv]

Is it possible they identified this person and determined cause of death to be natural causes and just closed the book? Strange there’s been no follow ups

 

[PayrollNerd]

Is it possible they identified this person and determined cause of death to be natural causes and just closed the book? Strange there’s been no follow ups

Possible but I would expect a NamUS page so the remains could be tracked and identified. Unless the family was easy to find and asked for no media.

 

[mrz]

Silver Creek Senior Living Community is saddened to learn that a body was found near our St. Augustine facility. While we and our residents have no connection to the situation, we recognize that the deceased is likely to have loved ones who will be deeply affected by their loss. We will keep all who are involved in our thoughts and prayers.

- Peggy Landon

Not necessary, and so kind of words!

 

[Mysteries1974]

I wish there were updates on this case. The body was found on the State Road 207, near where Martha Lambert disappeared

 

[Mysteries1974]

I wonder if they’ve made an identification of the remains? They were found in close proximity to the area 12 year old Martha Jean Lambert disappeared from in 1985.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder if they’ve made an identification of the remains? They were found in close proximity to the area 12 year old Martha Jean Lambert disappeared from in 1985.

It does seem unusual that after a year there’s been nothing.

 

[Armchair63]

Martha jean lambert what really happened

Clipping found in The Miami Herald published in Miami, Florida on 1/3/2010. Martha jean lambert what really happened

www.newspapers.com

 

[PayrollNerd]

Martha jean lambert what really happened

Clipping found in The Miami Herald published in Miami, Florida on 1/3/2010. Martha jean lambert what really happened

www.newspapers.com

Oh perfect. Thank you! I copied in the OCR text at the bottom and it's always weird formatting but easier to read than the article sometimes.

CRIME Girl’s 1985 disappearance solved S3 A 24-year-old missing person case is solved after a man confessed to accidentally killing his sister but the girl’s mother is convinced she was kidnapped ST AUGUSTINE — (AP) -Authorities in northeast Florida say they’ve closed the 24-year-old case of a missing seventh-grader but the girl’s mother says she doesn’t believe it Martha Jean Lambert vanished near her St Augustine home on Nov 27 1985 'Her mother Margaret Pichon says she remains convinced that the 12-year-old girl was kidnapped However the St Johns County Sheriffs Office said Friday that Pichon’s son David Lambert has confessed to accidentally killing his sister in an argument Sgt Chuck Mulligan said Lambert told police that he panicked and buried the girl in a shallow grave Lambert was 15 at the time The State Attorney’s Office decided not to charge Lambert with manslaughter after prosecutors considered his age at the time the statute of limitations manslaughter charges had in 1985 and “other mitigating circumstances” Mulligan Martha Jean ’s disappearance was the county’s longest-rurtning missing person investigation said Investigators had considered Lambert a suspect but they had no evidence nor a confession until sheriffs detectives Sean Tice and Howard Cole III reopened the case in June Lambert now 38 had previously told investigators that he last saw his sister as she walked off to play When Tice and Cole interviewed him again last summer Lambert told them he and Martha Jean were arguing near the old Florida Memorial College site over $20 he refused to give her the detectives said The girl punched him in the face and Lambert said he shoved her backward Her head landed on a piece of metal sticking out of th ground he told the detectives “D Lambert stated when he lifted Martha up there was a large hole in the back of her head and blood was pouring out” Tice wrote in the offense report “D Lambert stated he initially called out for help hoping that someone would be walking by and hear his cries” Lambert told the detectives that he dug a hole 3 feet deep and laid Martha Jean in it “He was terrified” Tice told The St Augustine Record “He was terrified of his Mama Still is” Pichon says the sheriffs office just wants the case closed Authorities still haven’t found her daughter’s remains though crews searched the site Lambert indicated in his recent interviews Demolition at the site over the past 24 years “is believed to have removed or scattered any remains that may have existed” sheriff s officials said Pichon told The Florida Times-Union that Lambert "makes up tales” to get attention Mulligan said investigators believe Lambert is telling the truth ‘We certainly understand the complexity and the difficulties these situations bring on a family” Mulligan said “These are his words” Martha Jean’s disappearance was the county’s longest-running missing person investigation 25C&a