Found Deceased IN - Jacqueline Watts, 33, Columbus, 3 March 2017

[Jabarn]

This is so weird, the circumstances around her apparent accidental death. That being said, I expect it to disappear from the news after the news conference tomorrow. RIP Jacqueline and prayers to the family during this difficult time.

 

[margarita25]

Excellent that they do not think she died at the hands of that monster.

Thanks for the updates everyone.

 

[Momma2cam]

For those who are wondering, the river is actually much deeper upstream before the dam (as in you can't touch and I'm 6') where she most likely entered (directly across from where her car was parked/through the woods).

The pictures we've seen today are downstream after the dam and it's much shallower there.

I've never been to that river but having canoed many rivers in Michigan, I suspected it was much deeper in many areas. Thanks for sharing your local knowledge.

Whatever the circumstances, I'm sure this is very devastating to your community. Thoughts with you all.

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[margarita25]

Suglo, God Bless You for that!

I understand where you are coming from.

I am mindful of seagulls in shopping center parking lots, stray dogs [I try to lure them with dog treats (but they have been well-schooled by their owners not to "fall for it")], and even try to avoid hitting squirrels at all costs (like driving on ice, you should turn in the direction of the squirrel -- he'll go the opposite way!).

(Turn in the direction of the squirrel, hee hee, never heard that one before!

And yes, Alexwood, my new avatar is my little Baby. His name is Dobby, he is a newborn giraffe, born last week at the Denver Zoo. http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?330904-Denver-Zoo-quietly-welcomes-newborn-giraffe

I think Jacqueline would've loved him too.

RIP Jacqueline.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

http://fox59.com/2017/03/05/jacquel...d-for-monday-police-do-not-suspect-foul-play/

They do not suspect foul play so it seems like the accident theory will be the correct one. She seems to have truly been a beautiful and kind soul. I hope that knowing there is such goodness in this world can help give her family and friends (and those who feared the worst here on WS) some comfort. May she rest in peace.

 

[alexwood]

Hmm--just noticed there appears to be a bar located just about where her car was found. High Bar 2441 Riverside Drive.
ETA: Or a little further north?
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I looked at a google photo of this business and it sits far off the road with many trees in front of it. (It doesn't look like a dive bar.) Maybe it has a security camera.

Okay, totally thrown off. I was thinking in terms of a "sand" bar.

 

[JeannaT]

Just curious if they also said no foul play suspected in the case of the two girls?

It is just that: 1) it doesnt seem there is a place to "fall in" to either drown or not be able to get out and die of hypothermia

No. Once the remains were found, it was obvious there was foul play. At first though, when the girls were missing, I think they believed they went on an adventure. Once the bodies were found it was clear it was murder.

 

[Etilema]

Okay, totally thrown off. I was thinking in terms of a "sand" bar.

Sorry--yes, the body was found on a sand bar. The post you quoted was talking about a drinking bar on the road near where her car was found. Two different bars.


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[LietKynes]

Sad.
But at least her family knows exactly what happened ! (I'd want to know)

I am supposing accident , or suicide.
RIP, Jacqueline.

 

[Hiandmighty]

So strange still how she wound up that far from car, and how her body wound up on the other side of the weir.

Can the locals tell us how much water goes over the wier? Ot through it?

 

[kelsie]

Really can't fathom it being simply "accidental" with her car running and her flashers on with the passenger door open. So confused.

 

[LietKynes]

Really can't fathom it being simply "accidental" with her car running and her flashers on with the passenger door open. So confused.

RSBM

Something made her leave that car--- b/c LE feels she left her car under her own volition. So maybe she wanted to die somewhere familiar ?
Some people choose to end their lives in a familiar area where they had good memories from before. Just saying. IMO.
I, too, wonder what she was doing by that river.

 

[Hiandmighty]

In looking around at the comments on the internet, it seems plenty of people are having trouble believing it was not foul play.

I'm having trouble getting it together on how she went over the weir. We saw the pics from today. Not possible.

 

[Hiandmighty]

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Here's some more photos from my visit to the Flatrock River site in Columbus this afternoon.

How did she go over, especially if she was wearing a jacket etc? There isn't much water going over.

 

[MaryG12]

Hmm--just noticed there appears to be a bar located just about where her car was found. High Bar 2441 Riverside Drive.

ETA: Or a little further north?


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I saw that on the map, too.

You don't suppose she stopped for a drink, picked up the wrong person who said he maybe needed just a short ride down the road, and --?

The big problem I see is this:

If any "dog chasing" factor is completely removed from this case, and there is no evidence of suicide (which I highly doubt; I could be wrong, but...), then the third alternative is a strong possibility.

And it would also explain why her car was left running, the blinkers turned on, purse and cell phone left behind.

 

[alexwood]

I no longer subscribe to the "she may have been chasing a stray pet" theory.

And there really is no such thing as a safe neighborhood anymore - at least not when my mother died and I spent the last few years of her life living with her. Once she passed away I was staying the night with in the house - the same one I was a child growing up in.

It was pretty dark out, nighttime, I had just gone to bed trying to fall asleep.

My bedroom was in the front of the house and I was still awake, my instinct telling me to be mindful of my surroundings.

I heard a car park across the street, footsteps up the driveway, and a knock on the door. Yes, between 10 PM and 11 PM at night during the week.

Then I hear the doorbell.

I finally hear the words from a man standing on the other side of the front door:

"I ran out of gas. Can you help me?"

This, in a residential section, nearest gas station 3 miles away.

My hand was on the gun on the bedstand. Yes, it was loaded.

Heard his footsteps go back to his car and leave. No, he had not run out of gas at all.

And I remained silent, no lights on during the entire time, still in bed, thinking about what just happened.

My mother's obituary in the local papers mentioned the address!!!!

To make matters worse, it also had to mention her husband (Dad) who passed away a few years earlier.

My husband and I have talked the serious issues over, including death, and we have both agreed to not have any obits in the papers, no funerals (we will be getting cremated, ashes spread somewhere), no addresses mentioned.

Yes I was scared as hell at the time that strange man approached the front door, something which has never before happened in our neighborhood.

But I had a loaded gun in hand, all lights out, extremely silent.

Had I made the wrong move I could have been killed.

True event.

O.K. So, the obit. said that your mother had passed away. Gave the address of the house. Also stated that your mother's husband (your father) had predeceased her. Since you had spent the last few years living there with your mother before she died, I assume that it was someone who knew that you would be left all alone in that house since your mom had passed away. Is this what you were thinking? What motive would that man have had to kill you?

 

[alexwood]

RSBM

Something made her leave that car--- b/c LE feels she left her car under her own volition. So maybe she wanted to die somewhere familiar ?
Some people choose to end their lives in a familiar area where they had good memories from before. Just saying. IMO.
I, too, wonder what she was doing by that river.

Extremely bizarre scenario (IMO)!

 

[abr]

Wow--so both her car and her body were found super close to her parents' home.


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I thought for sure it must be foul play, but with it being so near her parents, I am leaning towards suicide. It is almost like it was a message to them. Maybe she took a bunch of pills and then went near the water? I hope that I am wrong. The car door being open and the engine running does not fit this scenario, though.

IMO

 

[Momma2cam]

In looking around at the comments on the internet, it seems plenty of people are having trouble believing it was not foul play.

I'm having trouble getting it together on how she went over the weir. We saw the pics from today. Not possible.

I think we should let it go. They said they have reason to suspect no foul play and will be sharing at the press conference tomorrow, possibly pending confirmation from the autopsy. I don't know how it is helpful to anyone to continue speculating foul play when LE has now apparently corroborated other "rumor" that foul play is not involved. JMO.

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[MaryG12]

O.K. So, the obit. said that your mother had passed away. Gave the address of the house. Also stated that your mother's husband (your father) had predeceased her. Since you had spent the last few years living there with your mother before she died, I assume that it was someone who knew that you would be left all alone in that house since your mom had passed away. Is this what you were thinking? What motive would that man have had to kill you?

Motive?

I'd say in the middle of his robbing the family home. Which never happened to us, knock wood.

And considering how active my mother was in our community, doing volunteer work of all kinds, fairly prominent in the community, dad being a state policeman from many years back.

The point I am trying to make is this:

When my parents passed away, the suburb I grew up in changed a lot. Sure, our neighborhood was one of the better ones, on the outskirts on the town near the next town's line. House break-ins were not uncommon in town though rare in our neighborhood.

In fact the phrase "casing the joint" was commonly used back then.

Like I said, Dad was a state policeman and most safety rules I learned from him.

Never open the door for anyone you don't know, and especially at night.

He even used to say, there are only 2 kinds of people out at night: the criminals, and the police.