Found Deceased MI - Venus Stewart, 32, Colon, 28 April 2010 - # 6 *D. Stewart guilty*

[Natal]

I think that's why he stood across the street during the search.

JMO

More likely it was because LE had the property sealed off during the search.

 

[mtrooper]

Sorry, I have been lurking for a while and I just had to ask if anyone knows if the LE has pinged his phone records from that day to see where he was. I hear there will be a search tomorrow meeting at the park in Colon. I am thinking about going down to it, but I am thinking if he had a reciept for twine, tarp, and a shovel then we need to be looking in the woods (which that could very well be the plan and this is just the meeting spot). But it would be nice to see a map of where Venus was living in realtion to where his parents are living. I believe I read some where that the supplies were bought in Ohio?

 

[Kimberlyd125]

They don't have evidence that she was abducted though, the best they can say is that she is gone, possibly abducted.

But they are saying they found EVIDENCE that links him, I'm thinking the word evidence is kinda pointing to the fact a crime was committed.

No matter how you look at it, DS looks guilty.

 

[Natal]

Hmmm...well, they located DS the evening of the abduction and then they located the truck two days later IIRC. I have still seen conflicting reports of where it was actually parked-both two streets away and in a space at the apartment complex.

I feel pretty certain they impounded the vehicle when they found it-they probably didnt have to get DS' permission to look at it if he was/is not on the title. They might have had to get a warrant to seize the other car however.

DS didnt cooperate at all, right? So it seems unlikely he gave permission for any of the searching that was done....

Now, what might be the delay in having the truck arrive in MI? I cannot think of any, unless they are just misleading the public and the POI.

They would have needed a warrant if they didn't have the owner's permission and/or it was allegedly legitimately not in the owners possession.

 

[Natal]

But they are saying they found EVIDENCE that links him, I'm thinking the word evidence is kinda pointing to the fact a crime was committed.

No matter how you look at it, DS looks guilty.

Until they say what it is, that could mean anything. Evidence is material collected, it could be evidence of guilt, evidence of innocence or evidence of nothing.

 

[believe09]

They don't have evidence that she was abducted though, the best they can say is that she is gone, possibly abducted.

Aren't they calling this an abduction? :waitasec:

 

[believe09]

They would have needed a warrant if they didn't have the owner's permission and/or it was allegedly legitimately not in the owners possession.

Unless they asked her family for permission, right? I think they impounded it and did the warrant anyway because of the chain of custody....

 

[Natal]

The day that they seached DS parents house, they had the driveway blocked off with a state trooper, so he probably was told to stay across the street, BUT , he should have just kept driving IMHO if he came home and saw the house was being searched.

If you had nothing to hide, why would you run away? If he came and then left, people would be interpreting that as guilt. People have decided that he is guilty so no matter what he does it will be interpreted as evidence of guilt or inappropriate behaviour.

 

[Natal]

Unless they asked her family for permission, right? I think they impounded it and did the warrant anyway because of the chain of custody....

The family didn't own the vehicle, VS and/or DS did, so only those two could give permission.

 

[truckengirl]

With him standing across the street during the search, it tells me he is a total control freak. If he is that much of a control freak that he had to watch the search then there is no way he could stay 600 miles away during the investigation, that is why he moved back to his parents home so he could be close and keep an eye on the investigation. This makes me think her body is somewhere not far from his parents home or not far from where she vanished. He had to be close to see if they are getting close to finding her and he could not do that 600 miles away. This reeks of guilt to me IMHO.

 

[PickieChickie]

Michigan State Penal Code - Penalties - Kidnapping​

750.349 Kidnapping; "restrain" defined; violation as felony; penalty; other violation arising from same transaction.
Sec. 349.

(1) A person commits the crime of kidnapping if he or she knowingly restrains another person with the intent to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Hold that person for ransom or reward.

(b) Use that person as a shield or hostage.

(c) Engage in criminal sexual penetration or criminal sexual contact with that person.

(d) Take that person outside of this state.

(e) Hold that person in involuntary servitude.

(2) As used in this section, "restrain" means to restrict a person's movements or to confine the person so as to interfere with that person's liberty without that person's consent or without legal authority. The restraint does not have to exist for any particular length of time and may be related or incidental to the commission of other criminal acts.

(3) A person who commits the crime of kidnapping is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.

(4) This section does not prohibit the person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law arising from the same transaction as the violation of this section.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.349 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 159, Eff. Aug. 24, 2006

SOURCE: http://law.onecle.com/michigan/750-michigan-penal-code/mcl-750-349.html

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Aren't they calling this an abduction? :waitasec:

Yes they are. They've called this an abduction since the beginning,
IMO they have a lot on this guy.

 

[believe09]

DS interests me a lot. He has quite a few legitimate reasons for being in MI-the two most important are his children of course. Then there is the disappearance of his wife.

Now, he is holding up the investigation by being non cooperative. Until LE can clear him, they cannot move past him. They are applying quite a bit of pressure to him, so it was sensible of him to lawyer up if there was anything in the last few months he has done that might make him look like a candidate for this crime. Like a transcript of a phone call where he is talking about solving his issues with his wife via a .357.

Except, he is talking to the media periodically. Except, he is appearing at the search of his parents home.

He has to get a grip. He has to lay low and keep on chugging along to get custody of his children and to let things unfold without him if that is how he wants to play it. I mean, it is an either or situation....at least, that is how I see it.

He is looking to me like a man who cannot control himself. JMO.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Not being able to control himself may have been the issue to begin with.

JMO

 

[spamelope]

This is a boon to the prosecution. So far, there are at least 5 crime scenes. Most cases only have one or two, so MSP has to be chuckling with delight over just how stupid this guy is.
I'd be looking in the St Joe's river. The house sits directly on it, so all he had to do was walk a shorter distance to it rather than go all the way across the street back to the truck. And there would be less of a chance of people seeing him since the street is very busy at that time of day with school buses, people going to work and to school.

 

[truckengirl]

Not being able to control himself may have been the issue to begin with.

JMO

ITA and it is eating him alive knowing that they are getting closer and closer to the truth. I am wondering if the dogs smelled decomposition on something from the home of his parents. Someone like him that is such a control freak has to keep something to remind himself of what he did to her. Could be something as simple as her wedding ring or maybe one of her hairs fell on him after she died and they found it on something of his in his parents home and the dogs picked up the smell of decomp, etc.

 

[Amster]

Did LM get the fortress built, yet? Will he and his wife be allowed to bring their conceal/carry to the court? Will they have bodyguards? As dangerous as DS seems to be, I hope there is tight security.

 

[Marinemom]

What really puzzles me is how someone could have snatched her (and according to police, engaged in a struggle) --- and yet no one saw or heard a thing.

Apparently that is not so unusual.

O/T - my daughter was brutally murdered in her own apartment in her bedroom by an intruder that came into the apartment in the night and she had a roommate sleeping across the hall that never even woke up! The murderer even went back and forth into the kitchen to retrieve a knife from there and used that on my daughter AFTER he had already stripped her, strangled her, and bound her up. Imagine that - the roommate said she never even woke up?????

sorry...I've never bought it, but 'apparently' it happens.....:snooty:

 

[Marinemom]

He may have been visiting home, or friends in the great lakes area that weekend, we don't know.

...................talk about a 'victim of circumstance'??? :waitasec:

Poor DS should have picked a different weekend to 'visit friends'. Now he 'looks like a POI'. :waitasec:

......I think...'NOT'.

 

[noZme]

Marinemom,
I am so sorry for your loss. Parents who have experienced the ultimate sadness & are able carry on, are the bravest & stongest people among us. God bless you.