GUILTY MA - Abducted Woman Rescued & 3 Bodies Found In Springfield, May 2018 *arrest*

[MassGuy]

One of the Boston station's broadcasts mentioned that he had been in New Jersey two years ago. They didn't say for how long, but implied there's investigation going on there. I don't see that included in the article they posted on their website however. Did anybody else read that somewhere?

3 bodies found at home of former N.J. ex-con identified, more could be in ground
He grew up in New Jersey and his criminal record there goes back atleast 20 years.

 

[carbuff]

3 bodies found at home of former N.J. ex-con identified, more could be in ground
He grew up in New Jersey and his criminal record there goes back atleast 20 years.

Thank you!

 

[Pandit]

Reports one body was 'beneath' the shed so there's been an attempt at burying or organisation at some point.

"One body was recovered from the basement, one from the garage and one beneath a shed, sources have told The Republican."

'I was afraid one of those bodies may be my sister,' says family member of America Canales, found at Stewart Weldon's Springfield home

 

[creepcrusher]

I'm guessing the one beneath the shed is the one that's been there the longest.

 

[DexterMorgan]

His girlfriend should know more than the mom. They have 2 kids together and he probably is the type to show or tell her of his misdeeds in order to keep her scared.

 

[MassGuy]

I'm guessing the one beneath the shed is the one that's been there the longest.

There’s a good chance. The police have been digging around for days now and the fact that nothing has leaked in regards to the discovery of more bodies, increases the likelihood that there may only be the 3 there. I’m just curious to see what means he took to conceal the bodies.

 

[Pandit]

There’s a good chance. The police have been digging around for days now and the fact that nothing has leaked in regards to the discovery of more bodies, increases the likelihood that there may only be the 3 there. I’m just curious to see what means he took to conceal the bodies.

The ground radar guy has left apparently, so no bodies in the ground we know of and the theory he was leaving corpses lying about because he ran out of room in the yard isn't valid.

The corpse in the garage I saw somewhere was wrapped in plastic, one under the shed whatever that means and I'm thinking now maybe the one in the basement might have been in this storage cupboard with a heavy looking door. This looks like it could be the basement.

 

[MassGuy]

The ground radar guy has left apparently, so no bodies in the ground we know of and the theory he was leaving corpses lying about because he ran out of room in the yard isn't valid.

The corpse in the garage I saw somewhere was wrapped in plastic, one under the shed whatever that means and I'm thinking now maybe the one in the basement might have been in this storage cupboard with a heavy looking door. This looks like it could be the basement.

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Wow. Yeah, that looks like a decent place to temporarily hide a body. As far as the ground radar guy, they generally do a sweep of the property and then provide a report of “hot spots” in which crime scene techs should look. They don’t participate in the actual excavation other mark the locations, so his leaving doesn’t mean that he didn’t find anything. Regardless, it doesn’t look like the search turned up more bodies.

 

[Jennifer17]

Wow. Yeah, that looks like a decent place to temporarily hide a body. As far as the ground radar guy, they generally do a sweep of the property and then provide a report of “hot spots” in which crime scene techs should look. They don’t participate in the actual excavation other mark the locations, so his leaving doesn’t mean that he didn’t find anything. Regardless, it doesn’t look like the search turned up more bodies.

Not at that house, anyway.

 

[4SAM]

I agree, he could have more bodies in the places he lived in the past

 

[carbuff]

Does anybody know how to search property listings in Massachusetts to find out whether he's connected to other properties in the area?

 

[Shin Masamura]

Does anybody know how to search property listings in Massachusetts to find out whether he's connected to other properties in the area?

Who is Stewart Weldon? A closer look at the man who had bodies of missing persons at his home
This has some of the properties listed in the captions

 

[BUF]

Police, with K9, visit kidnapping suspect Stewart Weldon's former Westfield address

A man doing yard work shortly after 1 p.m. at 112 Main St. said officers, including a police dog, spent a short period of time at the multi-family property. The man, who said he was the landlord, said police went inside a unit once rented by Weldon's mother.

 

[BUF]

Underground imaging report from Stewart Weldon's Page Boulevard home complete, DA's office says

On June 1, police and the district attorney's brought in a private contractor with Radar Solutions International, a Waltham-based firm. Throughout the day, a technician took what amounted to painstaking sweep of the property with ground-penetrating radar equipment. Investigators dug holes in the yard, apparently based on the technician's initial analysis.

Additional announcements about new discoveries at the property have not been made.


Wonder if any more bodies were discovered?

 

[MassGuy]

Underground imaging report from Stewart Weldon's Page Boulevard home complete, DA's office says

On June 1, police and the district attorney's brought in a private contractor with Radar Solutions International, a Waltham-based firm. Throughout the day, a technician took what amounted to painstaking sweep of the property with ground-penetrating radar equipment. Investigators dug holes in the yard, apparently based on the technician's initial analysis.

Additional announcements about new discoveries at the property have not been made.


Wonder if any more bodies were discovered?

The media is all around the house so we’d know if they removed any further victims. It doesn’t necessarily mean they haven’t found any though.

 

[BUF]

The media is all around the house so we’d know if they removed any further victims. It doesn’t necessarily mean they haven’t found any though.

Yeah, you would think, but they have really been tight lipped about the investigation since the initial discovery of the three bodies...and seeing the photo of all of those dug up areas after the ground penetrating radar instrument was used really makes you question if any more were found. No one has come out and said that there were just the three either.

 

[MassGuy]

Yeah, you would think, but they have really been tight lipped about the investigation since the initial discovery of the three bodies...and seeing the photo of all of those dug up areas after the ground penetrating radar instrument was used really makes you question if any more were found. No one has come out and said that there were just the three either.

Yeah, I’m not saying they haven’t found anything, just that we’d almost certainly know if other bodies were removed because it’s the coroner who does that and uses a specific vehicle in order to do it.

 

[Gussified]

Search of Springfield Property Where 3 Bodies Found Ends

“A search of a Massachusetts property where the remains of three women were found last week has ended, according to authorities.

The Hampden County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday no additional remains were found during the search of a Page Boulevard home in Springfield, which belongs to the mother of a man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing another woman who was found in his car during a traffic stop.” bbm

 

[MassGuy]

Friend of Page Boulevard victim Kayla Escalante: 'I can't wrap my head around such evil in this world'

A bit more information on the youngest victim.

 

[Gardener1850]

Friend of Page Boulevard victim Kayla Escalante: 'I can't wrap my head around such evil in this world'

A bit more information on the youngest victim.

Some quotes:

SPRINGFIELD -- Kayla "Kay" Escalante joined a group canvassing the streets of South Hadley and Holyoke for a missing teenager in 2016, according to posts on social media.

The teen for whom they searched, Brianna Cuoco, turned up dead in the Connecticut River that year. Her death was ruled a drowning, according to the state medical examiner's office.

"Kay combed the streets with our team of volunteers and went door to door knocking and looking for any possible leads or answers for (Cuoco's) whereabouts as well as the following days," one woman posted to Escalante's Facebook page, which went quiet in December but exploded with activity from others after news of her death became public.

"She lived with me for a time, but she was never home and I was working out of town, so we didn't have much contact," he said, declining further comment at the request of his ex-wife.

All of the victims were mothers. Escalante has a 3-year-old daughter.

Escalante's history, like those of the other victims, has emerged as complicated.

More at link.

My summary of the rest: Kay moved to Florida several years ago (around 2012?) and then back to MA again (sometime after 2014?). She struggled with drugs. She posted about being 90 days clean and sober in 2014. Someone who knew her since childhood said he had no idea who Weldon was or how he knew Kay-- the quote from the friend was: "No, dude, this guy was a complete stranger".