GUILTY FL - Virginia 'Jinny' Varnum, 44, stabbed to death, Lakeland, 12 Oct 2010

[ShowerSinger]

Lakeland Florida

The remains were found in a private wooded area near a business.

www.wesh.com/news/25590572/detail.html

 

[CarlK90245]

It sounds like she died recently if there was a foul odor.

 

[Claudette]

It sounds like she died recently if there was a foul odor.

Just about to say the exact same thing.

 

[Texas Mist]

Remains Found Likely Those of Missing Lakeland Woman

LAKELAND | The skeletal remains found behind a business Friday likely belong to a 44-year-old Lakeland woman who has been missing since Oct. 21, Lakeland police said Wednesday.

Investigators are awaiting DNA tests to confirm the body is that of Virginia "Jinny" Frances Varnum, 2245 New Tampa Highway, No. 1, officials said.
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While still unsure, detectives said clothing found with the remains is thought to belong to Varnum.

http://www.theledger.com/article/20101103/news/11035046

 

[CarlK90245]

Here's another article with a photo of Virginia "Jinny" Frances Varnum.

http://www.theledger.com/article/20...-Found-Likely-Those-of-Missing-Lakeland-Woman

 

[fhc]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...st-homicide-lakeland-20101105,0,4439213.story

Lakeland police arrest boyfriend in missing woman's killing
Police charged 36-year-old Monday Demarsh with killing his live-in girlfriend, 44-year-old Virginia Frances Varnum.


5:27 p.m. EDT, November 5, 2010

 

[OkieGranny]

From February 2013:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20130206/NEWS/130209600?p=1&tc=pg

A jury found a Lakeland man guilty Wednesday of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and trying to hide her body.

Circuit Judge Donald Jacobsen sentenced Monday Demarsh, 38, to life in prison for the killing of Virginia Varnum...

The 44-year-old woman's slaying has been a controversial subject for the Lakeland Police Department. During closing arguments, prosecutors acknowledged officers mishandled events surrounding Varnum's disappearance... Nortje told jurors that officers who responded were on the end of their night shift, and the threat wasn't taken seriously.