MS MS - Rebecca Paulk, 26, Lauderdale County, 7 Sept 2015

[Jndrchc]

I have noticed several people have asked about the husband/ex-husband. Rebecca was legally still married though she and her husband have not been together in quite some time. The local police have questioned both he and the ex-boyfriend and cleared them of any wrongdoing in this case.

We (where Rebecca lives) are a close community and are just praying for her return - one way or the other.

 

[Angelswing]

Agreed!!!!
Since I am not personally familiar with Rebecca or family, I wonder if she had familiarity, event etc (purpose of location in meridian/why not?)
My prayers for a safe recovery go out to Rebecca and her family. 🙏

 

[Angelswing]

Additionally, husband or ex- boyfriend as "suspects" would not explain items left in vehicle. I would think that they would both be in her " contacts" (showing interaction) therefore I would not think that either would leave such searchable evidence behind.
Just my thoughts.

 

[steelman]

This young woman, Rebecca is a victim of someone or something.
If drugs were involved, I don't believe any "drug involved" suspect would leave anything of value behind ( purse, phone, computer, or car if it was drivable).
My guess is that suspect was either unknown ( with weapon) to the victim or was someone that she did not view as a threat (ie leaving her belongings) and familiar with the area of Meridian and Whynot (and it's residents).
I cannot imagine her willingly leaving her phone, purse, etc. leaving me to consider that maybe she took said items with her and they were later returned to vehicle by the suspect, at which time her vehicle was moved.
Any thoughts on this ?

Just from an outside viewpoint, I think someone was trying to hide her vehicle back in the woods when it got stuck.

This person wasn't interested in her stuff because:

A ) What faster way is there to get noticed than to be walking down the road carrying all that stuff ??

B) If she met with foul play, the person involved certainly doesn't want anything in his possession that would tie him to her.

C) If two people were involved, the same reasoning above still applies, plus it would explain how the person driving the car made it back to town. If the tailing vehicle stayed on the pavement, then there would only be one set of tire tracks found in the mud, which apparently is the case as far as I know.

D) The only scenario I can see where she would deliberately leave all the electronic gadgets in the car and take off would be if she drove off the road herself and got stuck, then walked back over to the road and waved down a ride. This theory is a hell of a stretch, because if someone flagged me down along the highway that had gotten themselves stuck, I would be inclined to drive over to where the vehicle was, or at least walk over to it, and see if I could help them get it unstuck. That means there would be other tire tracks and other footprints there besides hers.

If she had left all of her things there and started walking back towards town, she would've locked up the car, hidden the expensive items from view, and still taken her keys, purse, money, and a cellphone.

That car was dumped there.......while being hidden, and I don't think this is your typical greedy dumb criminal doing it either, he was careful.

 

[Angelswing]

Much agree steelman
Additional thoughts
More than 1 suspect would: increase the chance of being caught- people talk
Decrease the probability of leaving valuables ( which can always be sold/traded without names, receipts etc) leading me to believe that "suspect" is financially stable.
2. Have been on Ponds Rd years ago,
It was gravel then. If it still is, there would be no tire tracks unless vehicle left the gravel and there was little to no traffic on that road even during the day.
Possible friend or family of a Labor Day cook out in the area of Ponds Rd?

 

[Cardinal47]

Have there been any pictures of the place the car was found?

Is this a lovers lane or place to get high kind of area?

Seems early on I read it looks like a place somebody was trying to hide her car. Kind of off the road and ditched kind of place.

 

[Jndrchc]

Agreed!!!!
Since I am not personally familiar with Rebecca or family, I wonder if she had familiarity, event etc (purpose of location in meridian/why not?)
My prayers for a safe recovery go out to Rebecca and her family. 

I have heard the rumors but I don't know if anyone really know WHY Becca was in Meridian that day.

 

[Jndrchc]

Have there been any pictures of the place the car was found?

Is this a lovers lane or place to get high kind of area?

Seems early on I read it looks like a place somebody was trying to hide her car. Kind of off the road and ditched kind of place.

It was off of an old logging road in the woods in a ditch.

 

[Yvettea]

It was off of an old logging road in the woods in a ditch.

So a really out-of-the-way type place - literally ditched!

 

[steelman]

It was off of an old logging road in the woods in a ditch.

I take it you are a local to that area.

Could you look at this map I made up and possibly pinpoint a little closer where her car was located ?
You'll see a box on the map that you can click on, with a description of approximately where I think her car was found. You can click on the different icons for detailed information.

You can zoom the map in and out with the center wheel on your mouse to get a super close view of the roads and homes. Left click and drag to move the map around on your screen.

I made this map up to help get a better overview of the area. We know her car was found off of Ponds road, but so far nobody knows exactly where it was found, that's sort of what I'm trying to figure out.
Thanks.

Map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zAAmDUXJe_aE.k9pqeOixHU7Q&usp=sharing

 

[los2188]

Search Ongoing in Several States for Missing Woman Rebecca Henderson Paulk

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/miss...missing-woman-rebecca-henderson-paulk-n435136

 

[Angelswing]

It is a very rural area. For example: narrow Gravel roads. Houses are sparse. Older homes and residents and most grow their own vegetables. Plenty of wooded area for hunting.
road signs are not plentiful and no streetlights. So, after sundown it's dark. I can see it being described as an old logging road, it's not much more than that.

 

[Tealgrove]

It is a very rural area. For example: narrow Gravel roads. Houses are sparse. Older homes and residents and most grow their own vegetables. Plenty of wooded area for hunting.
road signs are not plentiful and no streetlights. So, after sundown it's dark. I can see it being described as an old logging road, it's not much more than that.

So perhaps only known to a local?

 

[MotherOcean]

The visitors' section of the Missing Rebecca Paulk Facebook page has two photographs of the search party from yesterday. You can see that this looks like quite a desolate area. I assume this is near where her car was found. I wish LE would tell us about footprints, tire patterns, evidence or not of multiple vehicles, etc.

 

[Angelswing]

That's quite possible. I was with someone from meridian who was going to see family in Whynot. And we turned left at the Whynot fire dept.
That caught my attention, along with Meridian and when I started reading up and googled... I have been on Ponds Rd. several times.

 

[Cardinal47]

That's quite possible. I was with someone from meridian who was going to see family in Whynot. And we turned left at the Whynot fire dept.
That caught my attention, along with Meridian and when I started reading up and googled... I have been on Ponds Rd. several times.

Not sluething you but who would use that road and where does it lead too?

Almost sounds to me like it's somebody local knowing out of the way roads like that.

 

[Cardinal47]

I hope this works. Pond Road, Meredian, MS.



Well it doesn't. Not sure how to bring over a map so go to mapquest.com. Type in Ponds Road, Meredian, MS and it will pop right up.

http://www.mapquest.com/#a7109ad648bb2fe4e63a9f5c

 

[steelman]

It is a very rural area. For example: narrow Gravel roads. Houses are sparse. Older homes and residents and most grow their own vegetables. Plenty of wooded area for hunting.
road signs are not plentiful and no streetlights. So, after sundown it's dark. I can see it being described as an old logging road, it's not much more than that.

Not exactly the type of place a young pretty girl in a passenger car would want to venture into by herself, is it ?

 

[kdg411]

http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Investigators-End-Search-at-Poissos-Property-329834331.html

Investigators End Search at Poisso's Property
Updated: Mon 3:59 PM, Sep 28, 2015

Lauderdale Co., Miss. Investigators are continuing to follow leads in the search for a missing Alabama woman, but they say right now there is no new information in the case.

Rebecca Paulk's family says they last saw her around Labor Day. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department has been investigating a man believed to be connected to Paulk - John Possio. Investigators say they found surveillance video with Paulk and Poisso together after her disappearance, but Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun says a search of Possio's property only turned up some misdemeanor offenses,

"The search warrant that was served this past Thursday, the search of that area at this point is concluded with nothing found of substance that will aid us at this time in the investigation," Calhoun says.

Calhoun says Poisso is still in the jail for those misdemeanor charges as of Monday evening. Paulk's family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to her being found.

 

[MotherOcean]

Descriptions of where her car was found remind me of the places where young people go "mud-riding". This is quite the popular recreational activity in rural Alabama and Mississippi. It sounds like a local dumped the car, for sure. Hunting, horseback riding, four wheelers... any number of activities could have first drawn a person to such a place.