Found Deceased MI - Lily Camara, 28, did not show up for an event, Ferndale, Oakland Co., 2 Jul 2019

[NervousNellie]

Wow, that is concerning. Wonder what the full story is there. Animal cruelty is not good.

I can't know what the charge was about (of course), but she was trying to sell pit bull puppies on her Facebook page last year -- "in time for Christmas." So I have wild guesses I won't share, but I guess that is all any of us have with regard to the charge.

 

[otto]

I can't know what the charge was about (of course), but she was trying to sell pit bull puppies on her Facebook page last year -- "in time for Christmas." So I have wild guesses I won't share, but I guess that is all any of us have with regard to the charge.

Selling puppies before they were old enough to be on their own?

 

[indicolite22]

I'm still playing catch-up on this local case that I knew nothing about until Channel 4 news at 6:00 last night. I've read this thread and media reports linked herein (I don't do social media). It does seem like Lily's and the late boyfriend's deaths could be related. I'm also curious about the possibility that the vehicle crash on the east side (with gunshot victims) has some connection to Lily's death. Hopefully, details will emerge within the next few days. I will probably learn more here than from local media coverage

My comment was based on what I could glean from her social media. It may turn out that both deaths were gang related. Both Lily and her bf seemed to have been involved in the same type of business that carried a certain degree of risk.

 

[bears10]

The victim's Linkedin page says she worked for Rover.com. and describes her job:

Board dogs in my home, provide dog daycare and check-in on pets of all species in the client's home, providing food, exercise and attention. Competent at providing care for both young and senior animals, disabled animals and administering medications. Experience caring for livestock and farm animals, especially horses.

Missing Ferndale Woman's Body Found; Homicide Suspected

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I wonder if LC was licensed to care for animals in her home? Maybe the charge had something to do with her not having proper credentials for in-home pet care.

Per LC's LinkedIn profile, she had an impressive curriculum vitae for someone her age.

 

[Gardenista]

"Right now we just don't want to jeopardize the investigation. We're working with law enforcement if it's always sensitive; we don't want to say something if it's going to be somebody else's case or vice versa," Ferndale police Sgt. Baron Brown told us.

On Sunday, police learned her body had been found somewhere other than Ferndale, but police aren't saying where just yet.

Edited after I read the whole article


Police say Ferndale mother found dead likely victim of homicide

 

[Gardenista]

Charli Rose, spokesperson for the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, said the body was found in Wayne County, but declined to give a specific location.

But that same day, according to Detroit police, a body "burned beyond recognition" was discovered by firefighters responding to a house fire in the 14000 block of Young on the city's east side. A Detroit police spokesperson said the description of the body only listed a white female, possibly in her early 20s, but had no further information on whether there was a connection to the Ferndale case.


Ferndale mom last seen dropping off child at parents' Ann Arbor area home

 

[otto]

Burned body is not in Wayne County.

Also, if her body was burned, I'm guessing it would take more than a day or two to identify the body. She was identified fairly quickly after she was reported missing.

 

[Gardenista]

Burned body is not in Wayne County.

Also, if her body was burned, I'm guessing it would take more than a day or two to identify the body. She was identified fairly quickly after she was reported missing.

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I think the casino she was going to is on your map.

 

[Gardenista]

Burned body is not in Wayne County.

Also, if her body was burned, I'm guessing it would take more than a day or two to identify the body. She was identified fairly quickly after she was reported missing.

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Wait. You think the burned body is not in Wayne county? It looks like it would be to me, but I'm not sure how to get the street and county outline on the map

Google Maps

 

[otto]

I think the casino she was going to is on your map.

Yup. It looks like she was fairly close to the Casino - where she planned to attend an event - when she was murdered.

 

[otto]

Let me try again with the map. You're right! My mistake, apologies. The burned body is in Wayne County.

 

[scriabina]

Yes, the burned body was in Wayne County, and Wayne County is also where Lily's slain boyfriend was found. A very sinister and deadly area.

A burned body would explain why it took longer to ID the victim.

 

[otto]

Yes, the burned body was in Wayne County, and Wayne County is also where Lily's slain boyfriend was found. A very sinister and deadly area.

A burned body would explain why it took longer to ID the victim.

The body was in the morgue when she was reported missing at 1PM on Friday, July 5. On Sunday, July 7, the body was identified. That's no more than 1-2 days.

If the body was burned, wouldn't identification of a body take more time? That is, dental records or something with the victim's DNA would be collected. That information would be compared with the body. She was reported missing on a Friday, and identified on a Sunday. Would dental record or DNA comparison be done that fast on the weekend? That's the one point that makes me doubt that she was a burn victim.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Ferndale woman's body was found in vacant Detroit house

The body of a 28-year-old Ferndale woman was found inside a vacant house on Young Street on Detroit's east side two days after she'd been reported missing, a Wayne County Medical Examiner's spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

The grisly discovery came on Sunday — the same day Detroit police say firefighters found the badly-burned body of a white female in her early 20s inside a vacant house, also on Young Street. A Detroit police spokeswoman said Tuesday she couldn't confirm the identity of the woman's body...

 

[Lore Listener]

Ferndale woman's body was found in vacant Detroit house

The body of a 28-year-old Ferndale woman was found inside a vacant house on Young Street on Detroit's east side two days after she'd been reported missing, a Wayne County Medical Examiner's spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

The grisly discovery came on Sunday — the same day Detroit police say firefighters found the badly-burned body of a white female in her early 20s inside a vacant house, also on Young Street. A Detroit police spokeswoman said Tuesday she couldn't confirm the identity of the woman's body...

WOW. So bodies of 2 20-something white women found in abandoned houses on the same street on the same day? This is bizarre.

 

[scriabina]

WOW. So bodies of 2 20-something white women found in abandoned houses on the same street on the same day? This is bizarre.

The way I interpreted it, the author of the article was putting 2 and 2 together -- that while there were two separate reports of young women's bodies found on July 7 in vacant houses on Young St., those two victims were probably one and the same.

Question would be, why are LE being so secretive about this in particular? They've said Lily is probably a victim of homicide, that she was found deceased in a vacant house on Young ST, so why not also say she is the burned victim? Or are there really two victims? If the latter, then again, why not acknowledge definitively that two young women were found in the area on the same day? It's all very mysterious.

 

[NervousNellie]

The way I interpreted it, the author of the article was putting 2 and 2 together -- that while there were two separate reports of young women's bodies found on July 7 in vacant houses on Young St., those two victims were probably one and the same.

Question would be, why are LE being so secretive about this in particular? They've said Lily is probably a victim of homicide, that she was found deceased in a vacant house on Young ST, so why not also say she is the burned victim? Or are there really two victims? If the latter, then again, why not acknowledge definitively that two young women were found in the area on the same day? It's all very mysterious.

That was my take also, but I know we are just speculating.

(But I guess it could indeed be the reporter was putting 2 and 2 together, or it could be that the reporter lacks the skills to write a coherent article. We all know that happens A LOT.)

 

[Lore Listener]

That was my take also, but I know we are just speculating.

(But I guess it could indeed be the reporter was putting 2 and 2 together, or it could be that the reporter lacks the skills to write a coherent article. We all know that happens A LOT.)

Yeah, I almost posted, "Wait, WHAT am I reading here?!"

This section was what made me think the author is referencing two separate victims: "The grisly discovery came on Sunday — the same day Detroit police say firefighters found the badly-burned body of a white female in her early 20s inside a vacant house, also on Young Street." (BBM) Combine that with the plural "victims" in police spokeswoman Crawford's statement: "They’re still investigating a body found at that location, but we can’t confirm the names of victims.”

It absolutely could be incoherent writing however. I've read it multiple times now and I'm super confused. And I'm in grad school; I have pretty decent reading comprehension.

 

[Rosegold68]

theres many vacant houses on that long street...many!