IL IL - Veronica Blumhorst, 21, Mendota, 20 Sep 1990

[Cubby]

raying: Prayers said for a quick recovery for Todd and praying answers come soon in Veronica's case.

 

[STANDREID]

Into thin air 23 years ago this month. She got home but apparently not to the entry of her residence and with no evidence of struggle - very bizarre.

I have to wonder if she met someone at work, liked them and had them follow her home from work so that they could go on a date. If that was the case, then the presumed killer could be almost anyone. The evidence indicates that she went with someone willingly - wonder if the store had a cam.

Unless I missed something, I don't see any evidence that she went straight home either. That's the assumption but, unless her parents heard the garage door shut and looked at the clock, then how do we know?

 

[:+:MrTT:+:]

My name is Todd and I am Veronica's brother. First of all, thanks to everyone who is concerned about finding her. I have seen links to her Facebook on here, but I also have made a full website for her as well. Here is a link: http://toddblumhorst.wix.com/veronica . This page has a lot of early articles and what we have done to search for her from the paranormal to canine cadaver dog searches.

I wanted to ask for your help and some ideas on the cadaver dogs and searching for an old grave in a wooded area with ground radar. There was a location that I always had strange feelings when I went there and several paranormal and weird events have happened here before when I was there or when I had "ghost hunters" working on her case (their videos are on her full website under The Paranormal Investigation)

In September of 2012 I secured a volunteer organization who used cadaver dogs. They went to the boyfriend's old home (nothing there) and then these woods. The dogs (2 canines) both indicated in two areas of these woods; one of the dogs were nationally certified the other had been prior but due to the handler getting an injury it was not currently certified nationally.

This past Sunday (06/02/13) they took three dogs (2 nationally certified) and hit in one of the areas again. She said they were extremely interested in this area. Ironically, it is the same spot where the heavy paranormal videos were taken. You will see me in a 2010 video getting touched- it is this spot.

I have a bad relationship with the police handling her case. They made many many errors early on in the case. It has been years since I have even heard from them. I did call them Monday and gave him the information we had, the Lt. sounded optimistic. There is an FBI agent as well that is on her case, I also let him know to ensure the information was followed up.

I just want information that would be helpful to me to make sure they are doing what they need to do in her case. Does ground penetrating radar work well in areas with dead underbrush? I have photos of the woods if you wanted to see what it was like in there. I think 5 cadaver dogs focusing on one area is a great indication from all I have learned about their work. What do you all think? Credible? It has now been 23 years almost, I just want to find her remains. We know she is gone. She needs justice.

We know who did it as well, but since there is no body, then no crime happened. This spot that the dogs indicated would make total sense for him to dispose of her there. It is close to the farm he lived on at the time.

Posting things as i think of them. So please don't respond until you see DONE EDITING in the edit box.

From your link i assume she left behind her purse and the video she rented before she left the store? And her keys? Where they there?

Found my answers but mentioned nothing about the car keys?

from the doe network...
Blumhorst left work at Super Value Grocery Store, her vehicle, a blue 1989 Chevrolet Corsica, was found parked in the garage of her residence just four blocks away from her place of employment the following morning but her boyfriends class ring, the video, her purse and work smock have never been recovered.

I may find the answers as i continue. If I do i will edit the above it able to.

Any surveillance video from the store?
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qxrxzm7k5mf5&lvl=16&dir=0&sty=b&form=LMLTCC

I just finished watching the paranormal videos. All I have to say about that is sometimes the one being looked for, is not the one that will be found. For there are others that want to come home to. They should ask to speak to others that have been in that realm longer, and ask them to help find the one there looking for. The elders as i refer to them have been there awhile and understand how things work from that realm. Someone whom has not been there for an extended period of time my not on there own be able to communicate on our level, and this is where the elders come in.

The search in 2012 with the dogs, are they searching the same woods as in the paranormal videos?

Theories abound as to whether her disappearance may be connected to other cases around there.

So she gets home, parks in the garage, gets out locks the doors, close the garage door has with her her purse video and keys and instead of going in the house she leaves with someone. The other worker at the store, i did-not see it mention she seen your sister chatting with any one in the lot before leaving. Since they both left at the same time, one would assume she was followed home the four blocks by someone, or someone was already at her house knowing what time she was getting off.

If there was a struggle seems she would have dropped something. But nothing was reported being found. Even to this day those items are still missing. I know whom is suspected of this, though has not been charged with any crime.

But your not posting for the WHO, WHAT and WHY. But the WHERE.
They did a good job in searching over the years, and found no items scatter here or there as far as we know. Nothing that would indicate a direction of travel. Its my hunch, you find her you find the items missing, because there all together in one place.
If this was premeditated, I have not read anywhere about a possible motive. What motive would one have to make her disappear without a trace? What could she had done to become missing?...If she is buried, a plot was dug before her disappearance.

Are there any cemeteries around there at the time?
Where they checked to see if any fresh graves were there when she became missing.
I posted before about this on another case, That some killers would find a fresh grave and remove the top layer of it and place the body inside and cover it back up and no one would notice a thing. Its a good way to hide a body if you have the time to dig at night with the intent of putting someone in it very shortly so not to be discovered.

If they have not, I would take those dogs that snif for remains and take them to the cemeteries arouind there and see if they alert to anything. Let the dogs snif her clothing etc, incase they may pick up on the items that were never recovered also.

 

[STANDREID]

I see that the store where she worked changed from a Super Value to a Save-A-Lot. It was torn down early this year and rebuilt on the same site. I wonder what the bar closing times were in Mendota. She had just turned 21 two weeks before she vanished.

 

[sfbaynancydrew]

I just checked out Todd's page and I looked at the paranormal section. This seriously freaked me out--I SWEAR I see a face in the bottom picture of the blown up orbs. The one on the right. I wasn't looking for it, it just jumped out at me. Creepy.

Prayers to you Todd for whatever health issue you're going through. I'm so sorry for the loss of your sister, I hope the family gets some answers.

 

[Miss Chevious]

One of the strongest opinions people have (I do not know what the police think, since they have not ever been forthcoming with theories) is that she voluntarily went with someone who showed up at her home, or was waiting at her home, just as she was returning from work. (It's been said that her relationship with her boyfriend was volatile.) She had just been to the doctor. Don't know if that is pertinent.

Very shortly after her disappearance, there was a large concrete pad poured at her boyfriend's family farm. As far as I know, it has never been torn up due to lack of foundation for an appropriate search warrant to do so.

The boyfriend's statement after the disappearance was considered strange and somewhat suspicious by her loved ones. But, since no trace of her was found, there we no grounds to go further with him.

Just as a creepy aside, I rented an apartment from the boyfriend's father for about a year. The kid used to come and mow the yard. However, this was about four years before Veronica's disappearance.

(This entire posted is just based on speculation and MOO.)

And please continue prayers for Todd. His medical condition is very serious. Many are concerned that the continued push to solve Veronica's case will dwindle without him.

 

[ToddB]

No one in the family knows where the first pic (looks like drivers licencse photo though, but not sure) You said you couldn't find much info on her. Here is her website that has the whole thing there. There is a link to her FB Memorial page. Here is her website: http://toddblumhorst.wix.com/veronica

 

[ToddB]

Thank you everyone for your input. I am normally on top of her case, but I was recently diagnosed with a rare genetic cancer and now have been hospitalized / in a rehab to learn to walk again for about 2 months. Her case is very important to me but now I have to fight for my life to heal and continue in my search.

Yes, there were a few abductions in the area tat year. Her case isn't attached to any of those. I have the police report and the interview the boyfriend gave was extremely strange and he goes up to the line od admission, but always said that "i could have...." he stated he had memory lapses often- we never noticed any kind of memory loss in the 6 months we knew him. We know who, probably why, but we have no body and no evidence attaching him to the crime.

We think he waited in his car behind our house that had 3 other large garages surrounding it so he was hidden. They were getting along at the time as well...so we thought. Her purse, movie, and smock are all missing as well. S he went willingly with whoever she went and would NOT have gone with a stranger.

Wear looking int other ways to get ground penetrating radar in there and a way to bypass the police that have her case.

 

[Coldpizza]

Stay strong and positive ToddB, we recently had a member that finally found her sister that had been missing since 1999. She also had problems with the investigative aspect but justice will finally be served. Here is her thread if you would like to read :

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197502&highlight=Sherry+leighty


Please take care of you, and the ground penetrating radar sounds promising.

 

[Kimster]

Todd, I enjoyed reading about how she was a joy to her customers. I love people like her at my favorite stores! I can't understand why anyone would want to hurt her. :tears:

 

[McSpy]

No one in the family knows where the first pic (looks like drivers licencse photo though, but not sure) You said you couldn't find much info on her. Here is her website that has the whole thing there. There is a link to her FB Memorial page. Here is her website: http://toddblumhorst.wix.com/veronica

Is any DNA available for comparison? I noticed that there were bodies found early in the investigation in the area, but the police did not feel matched Veronica.

There was a case in Florida where a teenage girl disappeared. A body was found close to where she went missing, but the police did not believe it was her. Decades later they re-examined the body and found they were wrong. The body was the girl's, who disappeared.

Either way, DNA would be helpful if something should turn up.

 

[CanManEh]

I wonder if LE has checked into local RSO's that like young girls .The reason i say that is because of her stats she was tiny 5 foot and only 100 pounds a RSO Might have mistaken her for a younger school age girl because of how small she was. Just a Thought....

 

[pdxmama]

Is any DNA available for comparison? I noticed that there were bodies found early in the investigation in the area, but the police did not feel matched Veronica.

There was a case in Florida where a teenage girl disappeared. A body was found close to where she went missing, but the police did not believe it was her. Decades later they re-examined the body and found they were wrong. The body was the girl's, who disappeared.

Either way, DNA would be helpful if something should turn up.

Hi McSpy - The Doe Network says that DNA is available. Here is the link:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2372dfil.html

 

[STANDREID]

Perhaps I missed it but has the title of the video been released? I assume it was VHS tape since Beta was pretty much done by then. There were a few video rentals that were carrying the 12" LaserDisc format then but they were pretty rare - I only know of one around here. DVD was still about 6 years in the future. I don't know of any stores that carried them but there were some rarer formats back then also like movies on 8mm tape and CD-i.

 

[Cyan]

I just checked out Todd's page and I looked at the paranormal section. This seriously freaked me out--I SWEAR I see a face in the bottom picture of the blown up orbs. The one on the right. I wasn't looking for it, it just jumped out at me. Creepy.

Prayers to you Todd for whatever health issue you're going through. I'm so sorry for the loss of your sister, I hope the family gets some answers.

I saw that as well.. and it's not /I] a happy face..

 

[sfbaynancydrew]

I saw that as well.. and it's not /I] a happy face..

Glad I'm not losing my mind, I swear it was clear as day.

 

[Montjoy]

Perhaps I missed it but has the title of the video been released?

'Stella'.

 

[STANDREID]

'Stella'.

OK thanks. Well, that seems benign enough.

 

[Cyan]

Glad I'm not losing my mind, I swear it was clear as day.

Freaked me out enough that about two seconds after I saw it, I closed it out.

 

[Really?]

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