GUILTY NH - Krista Dittmeyer, 20, Conway, 23 April 2011 - #1

[KaylynnCouture]

Video of her mother on The Today Show

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42778844

Heartbreaking interview.

 

[WhyaDuck?]

The child's father has been ruled out as a suspect in the disappearance.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...abandoned-toddler-daughter.html#ixzz1Kjf0lMLa

 

[amysmom]

This could mean that he was arrested in July, but posted bail/bond to get out on his own recognizance. Krista and KA could have continued dating until he was sentenced in January, which is when her family said they broke up.

~JMO~

sbm

That's exactly how it did go down..He began serving his sentence in Jan.

 

[CuriousHousewife]

I guess "break up" is a way to describe it.

 

[Bodhi]

I think when they were searching on the first day they were looking for a living Krista and so they search a wide area as fast as possible, hoping she is lying unconscious somewhere. But after a couple of days they look more into the ponds and lakes as a recovery effort. Poor sweetheart, Bless Her Soul.

That seems likely to me, Katydid!

The priority in a missing person case is finding the person alive. After an initial sweep of the immediate area for an injured person, finding the person alive requires investigation. If the missing person is already deceased, recovery of the body can wait until locating a living person is investigated.

I hate to hear such easy dismissal of the police efforts. It may seem obvious to those outside the investigation that this pond should have been searched earlier. I understand it's frustrating: we all want answers right away! But it seems like the Conway PD has conducted this investigation correctly to me. If this was my loved one, I'd rather police do everything possible to rescue her rather than recover her.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Body Found at Cranmore Mountain May Be Krista

Conway Police taped off a wide area at the base of Cranmore Mountain shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning as part of their search for missing mother Krista Dittmeyer.

A call went out on the scanner that there was a possible body in the snowmaking pond, according to witnesses. The police are not commenting to the press until this afternoon at a 3 p.m. press conference.

Snipped:http://www.unionleader.com/article....rticleId=a9c76781-29c5-4566-9aeb-3035f9f82cbd

 

[amysmom]

IF Kristy is dead is it possible she was running from someone & fell into the pond & drowned? That scenario would be so much easier to take then IF she was raped & violently murdered.

eta..still NOTHING at all on HLN

 

[amysmom]

Live Video: Police Search Conway Pond

POSTED: 9:51 am EDT April 27, 2011
UPDATED: 9:51 am EDT April 27, 2011


Read more: http://www.wmur.com/video/27687143/detail.html#ixzz1KjlROZSF

 

[IWannaKnow]

Yeah, I just bounced back over there and noticed it was off, thought it could be me, guess not :-(

I'm glad on one hand that they found her. It is terribly hard to prosecute without a body. Also just the worry and stress on the family. If indeed this is Krista, but I can't imagine what else it could be. Would have been nice if it had been a different outcome however.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://twitter.com/#!/sunjournal

sun journal's twitter

 

[CuriousHousewife]

I worry for the psyche of her young child. As I mentioned before, the fact that she sleeps with her mother at night indicates a strong attachment. For the nighttime arrangement to stop suddenly AND for the mother to disappear altogether from the picture sounds very traumatic to me.

 

[CuriousHousewife]

http://twitter.com/#!/sunjournal

sun journal's twitter

I know that it's all about the "scoop", but shouldn't LE be the one to make this announcement?

 

[amysmom]

Yeah, I just bounced back over there and noticed it was off, thought it could be me, guess not :-(

I'm glad on one hand that they found her. It is terribly hard to prosecute without a body. Also just the worry and stress on the family. If indeed this is Krista, but I can't imagine what else it could be. Would have been nice if it had been a different outcome however.

You could see one of the cops staring over at the camera before it went off..Have we heard if a crime scene van or one of those vehicles that transports the body is there?

How often is it ever a good outcome? :banghead:

 

[nursebeeme]

I know that it's all about the "scoop", but shouldn't LE be the one to make this announcement?

exactly! ITA... that is why I didn't post the "quote"....

 

['Ailina]

I know that it's all about the "scoop", but shouldn't LE be the one to make this announcement?

Agreed 100%. Happens too many times, and it adds insult to injury for the family. If something happened to my loved one, I'd want to hear it straight from LE, not on Twitter or FB or the news or from the grape vine. I'm all for complete coverage, but this is SACRED information. If it needs to be legislated to preserve a set protocol, so be it. JMO.

 

[amysmom]

We've got the Royal Wedding all over the news as if everything in the world is hunky-dory..Give me a break! That's just fantasy! Especially noticeable & annoying on a day like today.

 

[CuriousHousewife]

Agreed 100%. Happens too many times, and it adds insult to injury for the family. If something happened to my loved one, I'd want to hear it straight from LE, not on Twitter or FB or the news or from the grape vine. I'm all for complete coverage, but this is SACRED information. If it needs to be legislated to preserve a set protocol, so be it. JMO.

Exactly. I know for a fact if one of my friends/family caught a scoop like that on Twitter, they'd have called me already and I'd be hearing unconfirmed death reports before LE even had the chance to call and confirm or explain.

 

[carbuff]

Are they still calling it a "snowmaking" pond?

I just love how LE assured us there was NO WAY she was in any "water" around there. :maddening:

The snowmaking pond looks like it's farther away from the initial search area. But I could be reading the map wrong.

Boston Channel 5 says, "An earlier report that appeared on TheBostonChannel.com erroneously said that a body had been found in the search."

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/27687189/detail.html

 

[amysmom]

Exactly. I know for a fact if one of my friends/family caught a scoop like that on Twitter, they'd have called me already and I'd be hearing unconfirmed death reports before LE even had the chance to call and confirm or explain.

Most reputable media sources will wait for LE confirmation before reporting something like this..That's probably why so few are doing it right now.

 

[amysmom]

The snowmaking pond looks like it's farther away from the initial search area. But I could be reading the map wrong.

Boston Channel 5 says, "An earlier report that appeared on TheBostonChannel.com erroneously said that a body had been found in the search."

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/27687189/detail.html

I clearly recall LE talking about this 'snowmaking' pond tho..I've been trying to find something related to it (article or video or pc) but am having no luck.