OK OK - Lauria Bible, 16, & Ashley Freeman, 16, Welch, 30 December 1999 *ARREST*

[wfgodot]

But they did
I mean, they left a body at an unsecured crime scene.

That's not just a little oopsie.

Still laughing. It's either laugh or cry here in Okla.

 

[iluvmua]

I grew up in Vinita, and everyone knows one another here. I also worked for the Tulsa Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from '06 to '08. I worked closely with Dr. R. Distefano and had some discussions about the case. Any info on the area or the parties involved or even ME reports I may be able to help with. Any questions are welcome.

hi, Was the trailer in a secluded area where you had to know where you were going to get to the Freemans trailer or was it visible from the road?

thanks

 

[Oriah]

hi, Was the trailer in a secluded area where you had to know where you were going to get to the Freemans trailer or was it visible from the road?

thanks

My understanding is that the home was in a secluded location, but visible from the road. But the road was pretty secluded also. Whether or not you would have to know where you're going? Not sure. But I would think you'd either know the area- or be driving around aimlessly and fall upon it. Helpful, huh?

Maybe a local could address that better- especially someone who was local during that time frame? Locals, help!

 

[M86]

My understanding is that the home was in a secluded location, but visible from the road. But the road was pretty secluded also. Whether or not you would have to know where you're going? Not sure. But I would think you'd either know the area- or be driving around aimlessly and fall upon it. Helpful, huh?

Maybe a local could address that better- especially someone who was local during that time frame? Locals, help!

I would love to know the exact location of where this happened... It's between Welch (and Blue Jacket) and Vinita... and it's along Oklahoma Highway 10... and it's along a creek...
I'm close enough to drive out there... If you have exacts, I'd love to go out there!

 

[Oriah]

I would love to know the exact location of where this happened... It's between Welch (and Blue Jacket) and Vinita... and it's along Oklahoma Highway 10... and it's along a creek...
I'm close enough to drive out there... If you have exacts, I'd love to go out there!

M86, do you know Rt 2 well?

 

[M86]

M86, do you know Rt 2 well?

It goes north out of Vinita towards Welch to the Kansas border... I've never traveled it though.

 

[amber1]

This really sounds like something suspicious...maybe a cover up ?

 

[BlithePlum]

I remember vividly when this happened -- probably because the girls were my age. I didn't know much at all about the case until reading through the posts here. Wow. So sad that after all this time we still don't have answers.

 

[M86]

It goes north out of Vinita towards Welch to the Kansas border... I've never traveled it though.

Oriah, if you have specifics on the trailer location, send them to me via private message. I would love to venture out that way to see exactly where this happened.

 

[M86]

Giving a bump to this baffling case....

 

[amber1]

i've always thought a cover up, obviously whomever killed the freeman family killed the girls as well, but why move them away from the scene, unless they were taken to another location short after where their lives ended? I feel so many people who know something are just sitting by. if you are continuing to do this, you are just as guilty as whomever committed this crime. There are 2 typed of people in the world: People who watch and people who step in and do something. if you know anything big/small, please do something.

 

[BlithePlum]

I was coming back from a trip this weekend and we drove past the area. Can't help but think of those young lives lost.

 

[amber1]

I was coming back from a trip this weekend and we drove past the area. Can't help but think of those young lives lost.

Agreed. It's so senseless to put their families through this, especially Lauria's mother.

 

[M86]

I was coming back from a trip this weekend and we drove past the area. Can't help but think of those young lives lost.

BlithePlum, do you know where the spot of the former trailer is? I'm in the area, and would love to just drive by and see where this took place.

 

[BlithePlum]

I don't know the exact location of the trailer, but I have some friends who live the area. I'll try to ask around and see what some of them may know.

 

[M86]

I don't know the exact location of the trailer, but I have some friends who live the area. I'll try to ask around and see what some of them may know.

I would appreciate that. I'm just curious, and I live only an hour and a half away from the Vinita/Bluejacket/Welch area. I think the trailer was NW of Welch, off of Oklahoma Highway 10 (I think north of it). I also remember reading it was near a creek.

 

[Penny Lane]

Has there been any breakthroughs on the ground search that Oriah was conducting? Does everyone feel that the girls are deceased and lie someone in the vicinity of where the trailer was?

 

[Oriah]

Has there been any breakthroughs on the ground search that Oriah was conducting? Does everyone feel that the girls are deceased and lie someone in the vicinity of where the trailer was?

No breakthroughs. But it's hard to go far in OK without finding remains- becomes a question then of tracking down ME's or coronors with the resources and desire to ID them. Namus is wonderful but completely bogged down. Partial remains could be sitting in a ME's lab for years, unidentified.
Very frustrating for family and loved ones, especially in this sort of case where the girls are presumed victims, and possibly not far from the crime scene.

 

[amber1]

Any possible matches for these girls?

 

[M86]

No breakthroughs. But it's hard to go far in OK without finding remains- becomes a question then of tracking down ME's or coronors with the resources and desire to ID them. Namus is wonderful but completely bogged down. Partial remains could be sitting in a ME's lab for years, unidentified.
Very frustrating for family and loved ones, especially in this sort of case where the girls are presumed victims, and possibly not far from the crime scene.

Unreal... I had no idea it was like that. Is this an Oklahoma problem? If so, it wouldn't surprise me.