We had minor snow accumulations on 12/6 then not again until 12/21 when the snow fell in copious amounts until 1/2/13. Around the early part of Feb 2013 there was very little snow in the area. Even on Center Rd before the winter pattern reloaded.
The searches in early Jan were mainly east of Norwich with one being near the area where the phone was found. I'm sure these areas were based on what they had to go on at the time. When you have 4-4.5 hour window that's a huge area to search.
At that time there appeared to have been no crime committed as far as we know or don't know. That's just it we don't know what LE had or didn't have but they had ideas.
RE: At that time there appeared to have been no crime committed as far as we know or don't know.
thefox, investigators should have suspected that foul play was involved when GR found her cell phone discarded and JR's dad found her van with a quantity(?) of blood inside, and with excessive mud on the exterior, imo.
In cases originally suspected of being benign as was JR's, when additional information suggests the missing person is at high risk. A sense of urgency should have been recognized by investigators, and appropriate actions taken.. Discouraging volunteer searching for a missing mother of 3 was not an apropriate action, imo..
Imo, the CCSO's media management strategy is nonexistent.. Seems, total silence is their only strategy, which may be the catalyst for the many rumors, speculation, and conjecture in this case..
http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x1503756987/Report-Blood-found-in-missing-womans-van
February 22, 2013
Report: Blood found in missing woman's van
By Joe Mahoney
The Daily Star
Police found blood stains inside the minivan Jennifer Ramsaran was said to be using when the 36-year-old mother of three left her Chenango County home Dec. 11 and never returned, according to a woman assisting Ramsarans husband.
Cynthia Caron, president of a New Hampshire-based organization called LostNMissing Inc., provided that detail to The Daily Star on Thursday, confirming she learned it from Ganesh Remy Ramsaran, who married Jennifer Ramsaran after the two met at the State University College at New Paltz.
Ganesh Ramsaran said he did not personally see the blood in the vehicle, but was advised by investigators that a quantity of blood was in the van after it was located in Norwich by Jennifer Ramsarans father, Thomas Renz, while he was searching for his daughter.