MO MO - Melissa Peskey, 40, shot and killed, Boonville, 13 Dec 2018

[Laughing]

Yeah, it would be a really bizarre and sad coincidence, wouldn't it? But if there really was a random person(s) driving erratically and shooting at drivers, the victim could have been anybody on the road.

And, if the statistically likely POI is involved -- did the shooter wait around to observe the resultant crash, and determine if the kids were OK? Call 911 & describe the car & location when the car stopped moving?

I don't remember -- who alerted LE to the car off I-70?

 

[Mr Obvious]

Another case in Waterloo is very similar. Again it happened in a wooded area and the victim was shot in the neck.
Reward offered in Waterloo car shooting that took woman’s life | NorthIowaToday.com

 

[Mr Obvious]

And she was from the Kansas City area.
Former Kansas City area softball standout killed in Iowa highway shooting

 

[carbuff]

Huh, that's weird.

 

[Laughing]

And she was from the Kansas City area.
Former Kansas City area softball standout killed in Iowa highway shooting

Not finding a link, but earlier today noticed an MSM report that this was currently considered a hunting accident/stray bullet.

 

[Mr Obvious]

Not finding a link, but earlier today noticed an MSM report that this was currently considered a hunting accident/stray bullet.

Do people hunt at 2:30am in April? I know they shoot Coyotes at night with high power rifles certain times of the year.

 

[Jethro4WS]

Not finding a link, but earlier today noticed an MSM report that this was currently considered a hunting accident/stray bullet.

Waterloo Police haven't come to any kind of conclusion at this point.
NEW DETAILS: Adam Kimball, injured in highway shooting, talks about Micalla

 

[NanZDrew]

And, if the statistically likely POI is involved -- did the shooter wait around to observe the resultant crash, and determine if the kids were OK? Call 911 & describe the car & location when the car stopped moving?

I don't remember -- who alerted LE to the car off I-70?

I don't recall that information being released, but since she was on the phone with her sister when she was shot, it could have been her sister that notified LE.

 

[Gardenista]

Not sure if we have any friends/family members in here, but I saw a post in a FB group about the case that an ABC 17 reporter wants to do a story on Melissa and she'd like input. Here is her FB page: Olivia Gerling

 

[Jethro4WS]

Not sure if we have any friends/family members in here, but I saw a post in a FB group about the case that an ABC 17 reporter wants to do a story on Melissa and she'd like input. Here is her FB page: Olivia Gerling

That reporter has a brief story up right now. Don't know if more will be added to it as it is a very sparse and nothing new.
Woman's death remains mystery after five months

 

[Jethro4WS]

This is interesting. Have to learn more about what was going on - information is sparse at the moment.

Shootings injured 2 before high speed chase with Missouri trooper led to fatal crash

The incident began around 7 a.m. when Missouri Highway Patrol received a call that a northbound motorist on Interstate 35, near Cameron, had fired shots from his car and had wounded people in separate vehicles, according to Sgt. Jake Angle, a spokesman for the highway patrol.

The responding trooper picked up the shooter speeding north on I-35 and tried to pull him over. The driver refused to stop and fired several shots at the trooper, who returned gunfire, Angle said.

The pursuit ended moments later when the shooter lost control of his car, rolled over and crashed. The driver was found pinned beneath his car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.​

 

[Timekeeper65]

Well well Jethro. That is interesting.

 

[Laughing]

Doesn't look like the two locations are very close -- but yeah the similarities are spooky.

About 2 hours driving time per MapQuest.

 

[Jethro4WS]

Well, they identified the shooter in the linked story above that took place on I-35 near Cameron.
Suspect identified in officer-involved shooting on I-35 near Cameron

Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Julian Santiago-Cruz, 26, of Guadalupe Nuevo Leon, Mexico, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

It is unknown why Santiago-Cruz was in area, but Sgt. Jake Angle, with the patrol’s Troop H, said “the suspect fired at the troopers,” on Friday.

“The trooper returned fire,” he said.

Angle said Santiago-Cruz was in the United States on a visa, but he didn’t confirm which type.​

 

[Timekeeper65]

Well, they identified the shooter in the linked story above that took place on I-35 near Cameron.
Suspect identified in officer-involved shooting on I-35 near Cameron

Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Julian Santiago-Cruz, 26, of Guadalupe Nuevo Leon, Mexico, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

It is unknown why Santiago-Cruz was in area, but Sgt. Jake Angle, with the patrol’s Troop H, said “the suspect fired at the troopers,” on Friday.

“The trooper returned fire,” he said.

Angle said Santiago-Cruz was in the United States on a visa, but he didn’t confirm which type.​

Hmmmm. Doesn’t sound related to the MP case. What do y’all think?

 

[carbuff]

Hmmmm. Doesn’t sound related to the MP case. What do y’all think?

Unless he had random need to shoot at people when he was driving. I wonder how long he's been in the area, or if he was there before?

It's certainly an odd coincidence, but it is quite a distance away.

 

[Laura456]

I was thinking of this today....have the children been asked what happened? (Apologies if already mentioned)

 

[Laughing]

I was thinking of this today....have the children been asked what happened? (Apologies if already mentioned)

Hopefully they were so sound asleep, the car gradually slowed & rolled to a stop on the shoulder without waking them.

IIRC they are living with Dad.

 

[Laura456]

Any updates?

 

[misgrn]

"CHATSWORTH—Family and friends of Chatsworth native Melissa Peskey are raising funds to be offered as money reward for any information given related to Peskey’s murder.

More than $2,200 of a $10,000 goal has been raised so far via an onlie GoFundMe page.

“We are raising money to build a reward for the person or people who come forward with information that leads to the arrest of our beautiful daughter, sister, mother and friend. She deserves justice,” said a statement from the Facebook event page for the fundraiser.

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The highway patrol has not said when the gunshot occurred — whether it was fired before or after the SUV crashed — because of the ongoing investigation.

Law enforcement also has not re--vealed where on her body Melissa was shot, what kind of firearm was utilized in the shooting and whether her vehicle was moving at the time the shooting occurred."

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Melissa Peskey's death still unsolved