GUILTY MT - Lori Bray, 57, left Cedar Ridge Casino, car found, Laurel, Yellowstone Co., 1 Oct 2019 *ARREST*

[GuyfromCanada]

PRESS RELEASE October 2, 2019

The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a person who was reported missing from the Laurel Area.

Lori Bray (57), was last seen leaving the Cedar Ridge Casino in Laurel at approximately 12:30 am, Tuesday morning. Her Car was located later that morning near the intersection of Buffalo Trail and Laurel Airport Rd. She has not been seen since. Anyone with information about Lori should call the Sheriff’s Office at 406-256-2929 as soon as possible.

Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office

UPDATE: Sheriff asks for help in case of missing Laurel woman

 

[GuyfromCanada]

A friend of the missing woman, Shannon Strong Martin, said Bray was last seen on video surveillance leaving her workplace at Cedar Ridge Casino in Laurel at 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday.

Search underway for missing Laurel woman

 

[bwt42]

Friends, family, concerned strangers turn out to search for missing Laurel woman

Searches

 

[Occam's Zebra]

Another article. Friends, family, concerned strangers turn out to search for missing Laurel woman

They found her jacket down the road from where her car was. She has 2 rescued pit bulls and dotes on them; would never leave them alone.

Found an FB account in her name with postings about rescued pit bulls, all recent, and nothing else.

 

[The Night Watchman]

The active searches only a day after her disappearance suggest that LE suspects foul play. Which I interpret as LE has a suspect in mind; they knew of a situation with Lori and someone else. IMO.

Facebook (from Occam's post)-
Lori Bray

 

[The Night Watchman]

Friends, family, concerned strangers turn out to search for missing Laurel woman

At the search, longtime friend and former co-worker Shannon Plotner waited to get started, and kept Bray’s pit bull Mack on leash.
Plotner was suspicious of Bray’s disappearance because she had seemingly left her two dogs, Mack and Nikki, at home alone. That was entirely unlike her, as Bray typically doted on her two rescued pit bulls; "they were her whole world," she said.

“It’s sad to say that I have no hope that she’s alive,” she said. Plotner described Bray as kind, honest and always eager to help out.

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WTF? I guess everyone in Yellowstone County knows what happened, why, and who did it.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

1 hr ago
“A body of a woman was found Wednesday evening in a rural area outside of Laurel, Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder said.

Authorities have not identified the body.

In an emailed press release, Linder said the body was not in the same area where a search party looked for a missing woman Wednesday morning at Buffalo Trail Road.“
Body found outside of Laurel

 

[JerseyGirl]

BREAKING: Body found outside of Laurel

No ID yet.

 

[GraceG]

The active searches only a day after her disappearance suggest that LE suspects foul play. Which I interpret as LE has a suspect in mind; they knew of a situation with Lori and someone else. IMO.

Facebook (from Occam's post)-
Lori Bray

She worked at the casino according to the first MSM report so she likely wasn't leaving with money she won. According to local News Source "The Laurel Outlook" a man was seen getting into her vehicle with her. Laurel woman missing

 

[Dre]

She was last seen leaving work at 1230am and then a search was started in the morning? That’s incredible reaction time... I hope the man was visible enough on camera to be identified

 

[SoulSapiency]

She was last seen leaving work at 1230am and then a search was started in the morning? That’s incredible reaction time... I hope the man was visible enough on camera to be identified

She went missing Tuesday morning around 0030, and then the search was coordinated on Wednesday morning around 1000. She'd been missing almost 36 hours.

 

[SoulSapiency]

Is the Casino on Federal land?

Good question. I don't believe so. Here in Montana, casinos are everywhere. I think they're on private land, but don't know if there's something that makes casinos Federal by default or something.

 

[The Night Watchman]

Missing woman found dead near Laurel

Missing woman found dead.

 

[?mysterian?]

Missing woman found dead near Laurel

Missing woman found dead.

From your link:
Woman found dead near Laurel


"The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office has announced the discovery of a deceased female in a rural area just outside of Laurel."<snip>

<snip>"Investigators were on scene, but the body has not yet been positively identified. The sheriff’s office will not release any more information until the ID has been made and relatives can be notified."

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Title of article seems misleading, IMO. Sheriff's office hasn't released ID of the located body yet.

 

[The Night Watchman]

Title of article seems misleading, IMO. Sheriff's office hasn't released ID of the located body yet.

I was pointing out that the article title was changed from earlier, to now state that Lori was found dead.

They didn't change the article text, and may not until an official ID is made. But everyone there knows that it is Lori, IMO.

 

[SoulSapiency]

I was pointing out that the article title was changed from earlier, to now state that Lori was found dead.

They didn't change the article text, and may not until an official ID is made. But everyone there knows that it is Lori, IMO.

The article title still says, "Woman found dead near Laurel," but the URL includes "missing".

People have been saying they hope it's not her, and while I feel for them that it would be tragic for her to be deceased, I also know that it would be more horrible for it to be a second victim.

 

[The Night Watchman]

Haha, they changed it again and dropped the “Missing” from the title.

 

[The Night Watchman]

Woman's body found near Laurel leads to homicide investigation

A body found near Laurel Wednesday has led to a homicide investigation, and an autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning, according to Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder.

The body was found Wednesday by a man riding his ATV in a wooded area near Yard Office Road and Ridge Drive near Laurel, the sheriff said.

Linder said Thursday afternoon that without confirmation from the medical examiner he cannot confirm whether the body found is that of Lori Bray, a 57-year-old woman who has been missing since early Tuesday morning.

The search for Bray has been put on hold since the discovery of the body, Linder said.

Wednesday night, a press release described the body as female.

 

[The Night Watchman]

Images attached. Casino, location of her car when it was found (C), and where a body was found (B).

I would suspect the perp in this homicide is staying at or lives in the trailer park near where the body was found. Probably doesn't have a car, as Lori's car was left within walking distance of the body and trailer park.

Reminds me of the Hania Noelia Aguilar case.

 

[mlhenn]

Search underway for missing Laurel woman

As you scroll down the article, there is a screenshot of one of her friend’s Facebook pages with an interesting update...hopefully a verified source will follow shortly.