Found Deceased MT - Rita Maze, 47, Wolf Creek, 6 Sept 2016 #1

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  • #641
I wonder how nearby the blood and money were..
"There was blood on the ground and a $20 bill nearby."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rita-ma...-claims-of-montana-woman-found-dead-in-trunk/

Wait, there was a $20 bill outside the car on the ground? Weird. I hope they dusted for prints. I also want to know where the blood was found in relation to the car. There are images of the car being towed away where you can see the trunk. I didn't see any blood on the outside of the car, but of course it may have dried or not be visible if it is only on the bottom side.
 
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Questions over kidnap claims of woman later found dead in trunk

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Police are calling into question the account of a Montana woman who called her family Tuesday and said she had been kidnapped and was in the trunk of her car. She was later found dead in the car 325 miles away near Spokane International Airport in Washington, but authorities in Washington say they’re not convinced her death wasn’t a suicide.
 
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We probably won't learn much news because the Feds don't leak as much as local LE does. Seems like the Feds take over a lot of cases lately. jmo
 
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Keys in the ignition and the doors were all locked. All of a sudden, that strikes me as odd in and of itself. It appears to have been important to someone that the car and its contents remain secure until it was found by the authorities.


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  • #645
Here's a new slant....Daily Mail says she was visiting relatives in Helena and when she called her husband at 11:25 am she said she was on her way home but might stop in to visit her mother. ?????? So where does the sick mom come in and what relatives was she visiting? Or is it all bunk? Sheesh................JMO
 
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We probably won't learn much news because the Feds don't leak as much as local LE does. Seems like the Feds take over a lot of cases lately. jmo

I think in this case it's because it crosses three state lines. Years ago a similar crime local to me was handed over to the feds for that reason. There was some controversy about whether or not the feds taking control meant the kidnapper could face capital punishment because WV doesn't have the death penalty.
 
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I think in this case it's because it crosses three state lines. Years ago a similar crime local to me was handed over to the feds for that reason. There was some controversy about whether or not the feds taking control meant the kidnapper could face capital punishment because WV doesn't have the death penalty.

Wouldn't the FBI have been called in as soon as it appeared to be a kidnapping? If it turns out that kidnapping wasn't involved would they stand down and leave it to the local LE in the states concerned?
 
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Here's a new slant....Daily Mail says she was visiting relatives in Helena and when she called her husband at 11:25 am she said she was on her way home but might stop in to visit her mother. ?????? So where does the sick mom come in and what relatives was she visiting? Or is it all bunk? Sheesh................JMO

That can't be right.

I can't even begin to decipher what they mean.
 
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I do agree with that. When my husband's 24 year old nephew committed suicide with a shotgun it was one of the best times of his life or so we thought. He had just been promoted at work. He was engaged and soon to be married to his girlfriend of 4 years. In fact the night he committed suicide they went out to a movie and a dinner and discussed their wedding plans. She said he was very happy and upbeat telling her how he wanted different things to be in their wedding. Like usual, he kissed her goodnight and 45 minutes later he lay dead in his elderly grandparents front yard.

He had called his grandmother telling her he needed to come out and talk with her. He called around midnight and she told him she would wait up for him. His grandfather was still asleep. She waited by the door and turned the outside lights on for him. They lived in a very rural area on a farm so it took him about 30 minutes to get there. She saw him pull up in his truck and she could hear the music coming from it but he parked way over at the side of the yard instead of pulling up to the garage like he always did. As she waited she heard a tremendous boom. Everyone from the south knows the sound of a shotgun. She ran and got his Papa up and they rushed outside. The yard was dark on that area of their vast yard so his grandfather had to get his vehicle and shine the lights in that direction to see him. She called 911 and it took them 30 minutes to get there. He was immediately dead and torn all apart yet they still held him until the EMTs and Sheriff arrived. It ruined both of their lives and they were never the same again.:( They had practically raised him all of his life.

I still wish to this day that he would have gone to his own apartment to do it if that was what he was determined to do. He made them victims and they never mentally healed or recovered from what they saw and the grandson they lost. They were in their 70s then. It seemed like such a cruel self centered thing to do to the very two that cared about him the most.

We went through everything he owned even his phone, computer and never could find a reason for what he decided to kill himself.

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That's brutal. The not knowing why has to be heartbreaking and confusing. I'm so sorry for your loss. The poor grandparents [emoji24][emoji24]


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  • #650
Whose fingerprints are on the gun and who was seen on camera (every bank ATM has them) withdrawing the cash?
 
  • #651
I also read that her birthday is this Sunday.......fwiw. JMO
 
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I do agree with that. When my husband's 24 year old nephew committed suicide with a shotgun it was one of the best times of his life or so we thought. He had just been promoted at work. He was engaged and soon to be married to his girlfriend of 4 years. In fact the night he committed suicide they went out to a movie and a dinner and discussed their wedding plans. She said he was very happy and upbeat telling her how he wanted different things to be in their wedding. Like usual, he kissed her goodnight and 45 minutes later he lay dead in his elderly grandparents front yard.

He had called his grandmother telling her he needed to come out and talk with her. He called around midnight and she told him she would wait up for him. His grandfather was still asleep. She waited by the door and turned the outside lights on for him. They lived in a very rural area on a farm so it took him about 30 minutes to get there. She saw him pull up in his truck and she could hear the music coming from it but he parked way over at the side of the yard instead of pulling up to the garage like he always did. As she waited she heard a tremendous boom. Everyone from the south knows the sound of a shotgun. She ran and got his Papa up and they rushed outside. The yard was dark on that area of their vast yard so his grandfather had to get his vehicle and shine the lights in that direction to see him. She called 911 and it took them 30 minutes to get there. He was immediately dead and torn all apart yet they still held him until the EMTs and Sheriff arrived. It ruined both of their lives and they were never the same again.:( They had practically raised him all of his life.

I still wish to this day that he would have gone to his own apartment to do it if that was what he was determined to do. He made them victims and they never mentally healed or recovered from what they saw and the grandson they lost. They were in their 70s then. It seemed like such a cruel self centered thing to do to the very two that cared about him the most.

We went through everything he owned even his phone, computer and never could find a reason for what he decided to kill himself.

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That is one of the saddest stories I've ever heard! 😭

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  • #653
That can't be right.

I can't even begin to decipher what they mean.

I also read that last night but can't remember where. Or maybe it was today? :scared:
 
  • #654
Here's a new slant....Daily Mail says she was visiting relatives in Helena and when she called her husband at 11:25 am she said she was on her way home but might stop in to visit her mother. ?????? So where does the sick mom come in and what relatives was she visiting? Or is it all bunk? Sheesh................JMO

I've read that several times today too, and not the DM.

It says it here too but slightly different, here it says to see her Mom 'again'

Rita’s daughter Rochelle Maze, told KHQ that her mother was in Helena Monday to visit family. She stayed overnight.

On Tuesday, she got in a car and started driving, called her husband around 11:25 a.m. and said she would go back to Helena to see her mom again.


http://www.myfoxspokane.com/fbi-confirms-no-person-of-interest-in-rita-maze-case/?platform=hootsuite
 
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This article says she was shot twice: http://ijr.com/2016/09/690271-mom-f...re-death-now-police-arent-sure-it-was-murder/

Despite being found in her trunk and shot twice, the New York Daily News reports that authorities are not ruling out that Rita's death may have been a suicide. Currently, the case is qualified as a "death investigation" rather than a "homicide investigation."

Sloppy journalism or did they learn new info? All other sources report a single gunshot wound and 2 shell casings. :scared:
 
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