OK OK - Carina Saunders, 19, Oklahoma City, 28 Sept 2011

[mysticrose]

I have been following this story since it broke:

Victim found behind grocery store identified


BETHANY, Okla. -- There is a big break in a disturbing case out of Bethany. Late last week we told you human remains had been found inside a duffle bag. That bag had been discarded behind a grocery store.

At the time, police didn't know the identity of the victim. Late Monday evening, Bethany Police announced they have identified the female victim. She's 19-year-old Carina Saunders, a graduate from Mustang High School. Now they're issuing a plea for information about the young woman as they search for her killer. Saunders' family reported her missing with the Oklahoma City Police on september 28th

http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor...cery-store-identified-20111018,0,428698.story

 

[mysticrose]

Candlelight Vigil Planned For Bethany Teen Killed, Found In Bag

BETHANY, Oklahoma -- Friends and family members are grieving the death of a 19-year-old Carina Saunders. Bethany police identified the teenager as being the one who's body was found stuffed into a duffle bag and left in field outside a grocery store near N.W. 23rd Street and Rockwell Avenue.

A Facebook page called "Come Home Carina" was created shortly after the teen went missing

http://www.news9.com/story/15722135/candlelight-vigil-planned-for-bethany-teen-killed

 

[mysticrose]

Friends recall Oklahoma City woman

BETHANY — The body found in a duffel bag behind a Homeland store is a missing Oklahoma City woman.

Carina B. Saunders, 19, was identified using dental records Monday afternoon, Bethany Police Chief Phil Cole said

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20111018_12_0_BETHAN195603

 

[mysticrose]

RIP Carina ........

 

[mysticrose]

Mother of woman whose body was found in duffel bag in Bethany told Oklahoma City police she was ‘terrified'

BETHANY — The mother of a 19-year-old woman whose dismembered body was found in a duffel bag told police Sept. 28 she was “terrified that something has happened to her daughter,” and a cousin reported threatening text messages, according to Oklahoma City police reports released Tuesday.

Carina B. Saunders' body was found Thursday by animal welfare workers checking for feral cats behind the Homeland at NW 23 and Rockwell Avenue.

http://newsok.com/mother-of-woman-w...article/3614631?custom_click=headlines_widget

 

[mysticrose]

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/CarinaComeHome

 

[CatFancier]

Oklahoma City police have asked for assistance in locating a 21-year-old man.

Cody Perez was last seen on Oct. 10 after being dropped off at Platt College at Memorial Road and May Avenue.

Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/29521286/detail.html#ixzz1bBPKBMcB

 

[wfgodot]

Gory murder, POI on the lamb. Three Daily Oklahoman articles document the case:

Mother of woman whose body was found in duffel bag in Bethany told Oklahoma City police she was ‘terrified'

BETHANY — The mother of a 19-year-old woman whose dismembered body was found in a duffel bag told police Oct. 10 she was “terrified that something has happened to her daughter.”

Also, a missing 21-year-old man is now believed to be connected to the case.

Carina Saunders' body was found Thursday inside a duffel bag in a field behind the Homeland at NW 23 and Rockwell Avenue. Four days earlier, her cousin reported receiving threatening text messages involving Saunders, according to an Oklahoma City police report.
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Friends recall Oklahoma City woman whose body was found in duffel bag

One previous POI turned self in for questioning; the other may be California-bound:

Bethany police say Tweed no longer ‘person of interest' after interview

Lengthy articles, two with videos, at links above.

The deceased: Carina Saunders, 19.

 

[marycarney]

Every mother's nightmare. How sad.

 

[deelytful1]

WOW! Lots more going on here than meets the eye...
Hope they catch this animal soon.

 

[Tugela]

Wouldn't surprise me if he turns up dead somewhere as well.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

*sigh* when is this crap going to end??

 

[JeannieC]

The Juggaloos, Clowns, and Culinary Art School. Please tell me this man has never been to Ohio!

 

[JeannieC]

So sad. This beautiful young girl dismembered..............I hope and pray they find the person responsible and soon!

 

[JoeFromLB]

POI Cody Perez, 21, is being sought by police:

http://newsok.com/bethany-police-sa...article/3614933?custom_click=lead_story_title

Perez had not gone to work or school for a week and had a paycheck waiting for him at the Olive Garden on Memorial Road, Laraway stated in the report filed Monday.

On his Facebook page, Perez calls himself a Juggalo, which is how fans of the musical group Insane Clown Posse refer to themselves. The band's lyrics are controversial as they touch on themes such as cannibalism, murder and necrophilia. Many of Perez's Facebook friends are fans of the band, and photos on Saunders' Facebook page show her wearing an Insane Clown Posse T-shirt.

Perez is shown on a Facebook page photo holding a hatchet.

He has a lengthy criminal history out of Tulsa County including assault and battery on a Department of Juvenile Affairs employee, possession of a stolen credit card and larceny from a house.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://newsok.com/person-of-interes...ders-may-have-sold-his-knives/article/3615212

BY BRYAN DEAN and TIFFANY GIBSON
Published: October 20, 2011

BETHANY — A person of interest in the Carina Saunders slaying reportedly sold his set of culinary knives to a local pawnshop the day he was reported missing.

 

[Filly]

The Juggaloos, Clowns, and Culinary Art School. Please tell me this man has never been to Ohio!

What's up with ICP and Ohio?

Meanwhile Perez sold his culinary knives to a pawn shop for $50.00.

http://newsok.com/family-friends-mo...ticle/3615836?custom_click=pod_headline_crime


Culinary knives have to cost way more than at least $100.00, right?

Poor girl. RIP pretty Carina.

 

[beachlvr0810]

This is horrible!!!! The one thing that really gets on my nerves is when I read stupid things like this: " Medical examiner's spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday an autopsy had not been completed, but Saunders' death has been ruled a homicide.".....well why WOULDN'T they rule this a homicide! Carina didn't do this to herself and I'm sure she didn't pass away from natural causes out in a field and some good samaritan stranger decided to do this and put her in a duffle bag!!

 

[CatFancier]

Carina Saunders was remembered at a Friday memorial service in Bethany as police continued to investigate her killing.

The Oklahoman reports (http://bit.ly/mPik4b ) that Bethany Police Chief Phil Cole said the agency is still looking for 21-year-old Cody Perez of Oklahoma City as a person of interest.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8cf6f04f13284737baf7f88ef97e471d/OK--Body-Found-Bethany/

 

[wfgodot]

Bethany police say Cody Perez is no longer a person of interest in woman's slaying

BETHANY — Cody Perez, who was called a person of interest in the killing of Carina Saunders, has been questioned by police and released. He is no longer a person of interest, police chief Phil Cole said.
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Police said culinary arts student Perez, 21, of Oklahoma City was interviewed by Bethany police Sunday at police headquarters.

Perez told investigators that his family members had mistaken the victim for a girl he had brought to their residence. Investigators were able to verify Perez's story and Perez was released.

Cole said investigators think Perez left the state for reasons unrelated to the investigation.
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more at Daily Oklahoman link above