GA - Theresa Parker, 41, Lafayette, 21 March 2007 - #2

[concernedperson]

OTOH, you seemed to have some pretty interesting theories regarding this case. My question is have you spoke to LE about any of this? The sheriff appears to be an open and capable person and maybe some of your ideas would interest him. Just a thought.

 

[gagal]

Yes, that's what the water treatment plant is so that's why I said it would definitely hide the smell b/c it already smells awful. There are also a lot of chemicals added to it daily to break down the "materials" quickly - not pleasant stuff to think about. I'm afraid of a lot of what ontheotherhand has to say too - I'm scared that SP or whoever is responsible has not just hidden the body but done away with it in this way or some other way such as burning it. Right around the same time of Theresa's disappearance there was the guy, I think in Atlanta, that actually admitted to killing his girlfriend and completely burning her entire body including bones on 2 barbecue grills on his 2nd story patio in an apartment complex so nothing is impossible. They say SP was burning leaves and sort in his yard the next day after Theresa disappeared plus there was the mysterious fire in Ringgold after her disappearance. Just too many ways to think of. I hope he didn't find a way to dispose of her completely so that she can be brought home and justice can be served but the longer we wait the harder it gets to have faith. I'm from this area too and I sure wish you would share your thoughts and theories w/ me ontheotherhand. You can email me.

 

[scandi]

OMG, Thinking of those HOGS has me reeling! Ick. I wonder how one could find out if these chemicals could dissolve bone, and how long it would take. OTHEotherHAND, I wish you'd go talk to the Sheriff too!

I'll PM Samiya, she might know about putting a body in a sewage treatment facility pond, and what would happen. Such an awful thought. God Bless Teresa for what she might have endured!


The likely candidate you're talking about OTOH, same profession I bet, age, demeanor, etc? Have you talked to anyone about this? Hurry up girl and get that theory formulated! LOL ;} Scandi

 

[rd_jfc]

The number of women who disappear when they seem to have become inconvenient as an ex is disturbingly too frequent.

I wish we didn't have to add any more threads for these cases, but we keep having to add them.

Only one woman ran away that I know of, the Runaway Bride. And there was no known disagreement, she had an upcoming wedding, and she was only gone three or four days before seeking help.

There were thoughts she was kidnapped, but her husband to be was doing all he could to help find her, and it just was not in the mold of a disappeared ex.

The rest rarely turn up. We are lucky that Laci floated up soon after her baby for justice to be done there.

Speaking of floating up, being weighted down in a water treatment pool is such a temporary hiding of the body that it couldn't seriously be considered as a place to dispose of a body.

As far as I can tell, landfills have been where most disappeared women have been found, or they were headed there. Only one that I can remember was actually buried in the woods, that being Sue Ann Ray a ways south of Lafayette, closer to Atlanta, and that ex had help from a relative.

Many of the rest are left lying in out of the way places, shallowly concealed. One, a young woman from Columbus, Ohio, was found off a country road within a couple of weeks. Another young woman from Columbus was found only a few miles away by a river by a hunter.

She had disappeared six years earlier.

rd

 

[angelmom]

Okay, y'all are totally freaking me out. Water treatment plants and 800 lb hogs! Oh my!

I really hope Theresa is in Vegas with a new name and a red wig.

OTOH, I would really like to see someone, anyone, compile those stats and actually give a crap about all of these missing people.

 

[TGIRecovered]

How far is it to the nearest crocodile? Seems like a croc or two might do the job more quickly than big pigs, judging by the size of the mouth.

Are there any exotic animal places nearby? Maybe a boa constrictor with a really large lump?

Susan

 

[scandi]

Okay, y'all are totally freaking me out. Water treatment plants and 800 lb hogs! Oh my!

I really hope Theresa is in Vegas with a new name and a red wig.

OTOH, I would really like to see someone, anyone, compile those stats and actually give a crap about all of these missing people.

Yes Angelmom, There are posters on this board by the score that do care about each and every missing person. They only have so much time to study and help, but am sure they include them all in their prayers.

You were being facetious, right!

I am too sickened by the thought of Huge Hogs or sewage, much less Alligators or Crocs {if you read the next post} doing away with Teresa. I'm not quite there yet. If you murder someone, even if you are a psycopath, I think you would take the easiest way out when it comes to disposal. That would be ditching a body in the trees or a deep body of water. Would you want to even go near those Hogs yourself, and you couldn't just leave her there for them to walk over to. Someone might see her.

I just hope they are still intently working on this case, and also hope there have been no major messups in the investigation.

 

[DEPUTYDAWG]

Boy, this case seems to be losing interest fast, huh? Actually, I guess that's like a lot of missing persons cases, unfortunately.

I continue to hope Theresa is found soon!

 

[angelmom]

Yes Angelmom, There are posters on this board by the score that do care about each and every missing person. They only have so much time to study and help, but am sure they include them all in their prayers.

You were being facetious, right!

I am too sickened by the thought of Huge Hogs or sewage, much less Alligators or Crocs {if you read the next post} doing away with Teresa. I'm not quite there yet. If you murder someone, even if you are a psycopath, I think you would take the easiest way out when it comes to disposal. That would be ditching a body in the trees or a deep body of water. Would you want to even go near those Hogs yourself, and you couldn't just leave her there for them to walk over to. Someone might see her.

I just hope they are still intently working on this case, and also hope there have been no major messups in the investigation.

Scandi, I didn't mean us!!! I know there are people who care, because obviously there wouldn't be a Websleuths and all the other sites without people who care. I just meant that if those particular statistics were compiled into an easy-to-digest 7th grade reading level press release for the general media and someone did a tour of all the morning shows like they do about tax reform or the latest new drug for allergy relief then maybe the public would care and then maybe the politicians would care a little more and then LE would have the time and resources and manpower they need (and the cooperation) to find some of these people. Also, I think if we actually had those statistics, it would be harder to say, "Oh, most women who run off come home eventually," or "She's probably in Vegas asking for a twist of lime in her martini right now."

Sorry to offend anyone! Least of all you!!!

 

[gagal]

Boy, this case seems to be losing interest fast, huh? Actually, I guess that's like a lot of missing persons cases, unfortunately.

I continue to hope Theresa is found soon!

It's sad but I'm thinking the same thing. I read less and less about it everyday. I guess there is just nothing new to report. I come to the boards everyday and most of the time there is nothing new to read. I'm a news junkie anyway and get too involved in cases, but this case being right in my backyard it is really too close to home and I guess you could say I have become obsessed with it. I think about Theresa and her family everyday and just wish we could find out what happened to her. It is so sad to know that these people are out there everyday feeling so hopeless. I can't imagine what they must be going through. If she isn't found, I can't imagine how this community can just go on without knowing. How can someone walk free for this? I know in my heart that they will face punishment in another life but I want to see Theresa brought home and justice served.

 

[gagal]

Here is a post from the Walker County Messenger in Theresa's hometown that I thought I would share - pretty story and one that is true and serves to reminds us that there is another life after this.

Posted by Proudnanna:
"You will all be seeing dragonflies in relation to Theresa. I just wanted everyone to understand the story behind it:

The Dragonfly Project - Created in 2002
When an 11-year old friend of Anne Marquardt Brooker died of a brain tumor, Anne sent his family this story. The story so moved the family with its "Message of Hope" it inspired Anne to create a nonprofit corporation that would reach out to others who were grieving the loss of a family member or friend. Anne is now 15 and continues to lead the organization in its mission to offer a message of hope and encouragement to those in need.

I thought we all could use some encouragement. The story...

In the bottom of an old pond lived some grubs who could not understand why none of their group ever came back after crawling up the lily stems to the top of the water. They promised each other that the next one who was called to make the upward climb would return and tell what had happened to him. Soon one of them felt an urgent impulse to seek the surface; he rested himself on top of a lily pad and went through a glorious transformation which made him a dragonfly with beautiful wings. In vain he tried to keep his promise. Flying back and forth over the pond, he peered down at his friends below. Then he realized that even if they could see him they would not recognize such a radiant creature as one of their number.

The fact that we cannot see our friends or communicate with them after the transformation which we call death is no proof that they cease to exist.

I hope all will attend the vigil tonight and show the word that Walker County is not a bad place, that we are all a family and we will fight for our family no matter the cost.

Theresa, we will find you and we will never give up. He may think he got away with it, but God will prove He is the almighty.

God bless you and your family."

 

[DEPUTYDAWG]

It's sad but I'm thinking the same thing. I read less and less about it everyday. I guess there is just nothing new to report. I come to the boards everyday and most of the time there is nothing new to read. I'm a news junkie anyway and get too involved in cases, but this case being right in my backyard it is really too close to home and I guess you could say I have become obsessed with it. I think about Theresa and her family everyday and just wish we could find out what happened to her. It is so sad to know that these people are out there everyday feeling so hopeless. I can't imagine what they must be going through. If she isn't found, I can't imagine how this community can just go on without knowing. How can someone walk free for this? I know in my heart that they will face punishment in another life but I want to see Theresa brought home and justice served.

Agree 100%!

 

[rd_jfc]

Because Theresa was a 911 dispatcher, and given that Tara Grinstead also was never found, both having small Ga. town cops as ex's, I am positive the GBI stepped in immediately and gave its fullest attention to finding Theresa in those critical early hours of her disappearance.

Problem is, because Theresa had taken some time off to move out of her house to an apartment in another town away from the ex, her disappearance wasn't known for sure by her family for a couple of days. Even had they known a day earlier, for example if one of them were to accompany Theresa to the bank for a meeting with the ex to transfer ownership of the house to him, and known that she didn't make the meeting, I doubt anything different could have been done.

I am also positive that no one gave any credence to the ex saying that an overnight bag is missing and that she is always going off on trips, which is why he says he didn't check on her not showing up at the bank to meet him.

No, the only thing not known is where her body is. That she also shares with Tara Grinstead. After exhaustive searches, there is little to report except noting anniversaries and searching some more, somthing the silent ex's decline to participate in, or in the rare occurrence when one did, are making a call to a secret girlfriend claiming they are in Paris.

rd

 

[angelmom]

Here is a post from the Walker County Messenger in Theresa's hometown that I thought I would share - pretty story and one that is true and serves to reminds us that there is another life after this.

Posted by Proudnanna:
"You will all be seeing dragonflies in relation to Theresa. I just wanted everyone to understand the story behind it:

The Dragonfly Project - Created in 2002
When an 11-year old friend of Anne Marquardt Brooker died of a brain tumor, Anne sent his family this story. The story so moved the family with its "Message of Hope" it inspired Anne to create a nonprofit corporation that would reach out to others who were grieving the loss of a family member or friend. Anne is now 15 and continues to lead the organization in its mission to offer a message of hope and encouragement to those in need.

I thought we all could use some encouragement. The story...

In the bottom of an old pond lived some grubs who could not understand why none of their group ever came back after crawling up the lily stems to the top of the water. They promised each other that the next one who was called to make the upward climb would return and tell what had happened to him. Soon one of them felt an urgent impulse to seek the surface; he rested himself on top of a lily pad and went through a glorious transformation which made him a dragonfly with beautiful wings. In vain he tried to keep his promise. Flying back and forth over the pond, he peered down at his friends below. Then he realized that even if they could see him they would not recognize such a radiant creature as one of their number.

The fact that we cannot see our friends or communicate with them after the transformation which we call death is no proof that they cease to exist.

I hope all will attend the vigil tonight and show the word that Walker County is not a bad place, that we are all a family and we will fight for our family no matter the cost.

Theresa, we will find you and we will never give up. He may think he got away with it, but God will prove He is the almighty.

God bless you and your family."

I love this story! I used it years ago when I was teaching first grade and I had the unenviable task of telling our class of a little boy we had been praying for who had died after being badly burned in a fire.

Later, dragon flies had a special meaning to me after the losses of our precious babies, and our support group read this story at the dedication of an angel statue and memorial garden. The following Mother's Day, my mom gave me a shimmering ornament of a dragon fly, which hangs from my rearview mirror.

You would be amazed at the number of people who ask me about it and want one...all who have lost someone they love. What a special way to remember that Theresa is with her loved ones, even if they can never find her. My heart goes out to them.

 

[scandi]

Good Morning Angelmom,

You didn't offend me. As I started writing the post I realized I wasn't getting your true message, which is why I said you must have been writing a bit with tounge and cheek.

Now I see what you were really trying to say, and it is true that the average citizen might not be really that concerned with those who go missing. A lot of them are found or come home on their own like you say.

Then there are the small groups like WS and others where people show their care and concern by trying to do something about the problem.

I think the memories of Elizabeth Smart and Ben Ogelsby being located sticks in the mind of the public, which is why they don't think a missing person's case is that serious some times.

With Teresa we all care about her.
The case is slipping into oblivion with no news coming out. But we will stick in there, thinking about her and doing what we can!

:blowkiss: Scandi

 

[gagal]

I read on 2 different boards that on news channel 9 they said that when the GBI was called on they didn't expect to find Theresa alive.......interesting fact although sad and not surprising at the same time. I'm curious as to what evidence they found in the beginning that led them to this conclusion???? Anyone see this on the news?

 

[gagal]

I read on 2 different boards that on news channel 9 they said that when the GBI was called on they didn't expect to find Theresa alive.......interesting fact although sad and not surprising at the same time. I'm curious as to what evidence they found in the beginning that led them to this conclusion???? Anyone see this on the news?

ok, correction - they said it wasn't on news channel 9, but from a very reliable source that said this is what came from GBI.....sorry for the confusion guys. The 2nd post where I read this said that this was an interesting fact "after watching news channel 9" so I thought that is where she got her info but I asked just to make sure b/c I couldn't find it on their site and she said no, she got it from a "very reliable source"???

 

[chicoliving]

~snip~

Buzz Franklin, the district attorney for Walker County, recused his office from Theresa Parker's case because of potential conflicts.
Franklin wrote, Parker's estranged husband, Sam Parker the now fired Sergeant from the LaFayette police department is "a close friend of my chief investigator...as well as others in the office."

Franklin continued, "evidence suggests Theresa Parker may have been killed by Sam Parker although no body has been found."

http://www.newschannel9.com/articles/parker_11745___article.html/attorney_theresa.html

 

[rd_jfc]

<i>for example if one of them were to accompany Theresa to the bank for a meeting with the ex to transfer ownership of the house to him...</i>

I need to correct that, it was to finalize the splitting of the equity of the home with him.

Wait a minute, now I see in another article what she was referring to, that she was selling her interest in the property to him.

On March 28, Walker County Messenger reported:

""The couple bought and put a double-wide trailer on about an acre given to Theresa by Caruthers, who said that with the pending divorce Theresa had agreed to sell Sam her interest in the land and the trailer home.

“They were supposed to close the deal at the bank on Friday (March 23) but of course she wasn’t around,” Caruthers said.""

and on March 30, it was reported this way:

"The couple was scheduled to meet at The Bank of LaFayette on Friday to finalize the splitting of the equity in their house for the divorce, according to Theresa’s mother Claire Caruthers."

end quote

So splitting the equity was another way of saying she was selling her interest to him.

So no correction after all.

If the ex was said to be financially ok due to his father's recent death, was Theresa to have shared in that inheritance? How financially tempting would it have been for the ex to inherit her part of their property instead, and her part of his father's inheritance, along with her life insurance?

It may not have been entirely loss of control over her that led to her demise.

rd

 

[chicoliving]

I read on 2 different boards that on news channel 9 they said that when the GBI was called on they didn't expect to find Theresa alive.......interesting fact although sad and not surprising at the same time. I'm curious as to what evidence they found in the beginning that led them to this conclusion???? Anyone see this on the news?

Dunno....but I keep going back to the FNC reporter at the "scene" saying that forensic evidence from the house and patrol car was sent to the lab. I'm not sure I'm clear on which home or both of them.

Where was the patrol car during this time of question? Early in the AM the truck was at the home then later on her car was there. Nothing's been said about the patrol car or where it was during this time. I would assume it was at his home but who knows? Did they ever really search the truck? Maybe when it was there during some of the searches it was searched then?