OR - Brooke Wilberger, 19, Corvallis, 24 May 2004 - #1

[lurkalot]

If you go to http://www.findbrooke.com/ there is a template for the buttons in adobe format...just print them off on a color printer...

 

[Anngelique]

The LE is now trying to back pedal and dismissing Evan's step-sister's claims. However, they have not dismissed that he is a person of interest. I guess this news agency got their report before she had spoke with the LE even though she had an appt to speak with them the next morning.

I still have faith this is the direction this case should go. After he was arrested I found myself feeling very strong that he was the person who abducted Laci. The same feeling I had about Scott Peterson and Mark Hacking.

I sure hope the Wilberger's find out the truth about Brooke and find some healing.

Here is the link to the newest update...

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71655

 

[gardenmom]

The LE is now trying to back pedal and dismissing Evan's step-sister's claims. However, they have not dismissed that he is a person of interest. I guess this news agency got their report before she had spoke with the LE even though she had an appt to speak with them the next morning.

I still have faith this is the direction this case should go. After he was arrested I found myself feeling very strong that he was the person who abducted Laci. The same feeling I had about Scott Peterson and Mark Hacking.

I sure hope the Wilberger's find out the truth about Brooke and find some healing.

Here is the link to the newest update...

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71655

Did anyone notice the end of the article where it talks about dirt disturbed in the basement? I didn't understand the reference at first, but it sounds like this is where the sister thinks Brooke will be. I hope they are checking it out.

 

[Anngelique]

Did anyone notice the end of the article where it talks about dirt disturbed in the basement? I didn't understand the reference at first, but it sounds like this is where the sister thinks Brooke will be. I hope they are checking it out.

If you go to www.katu.com you can see a video today about the dirt and the basement. She does think he could have taken her to a basement at a house they once lived in. She showed Eric Mason (My neighbor of about 2 blocks away) this basement and there is a fresh patch of concrete there. The sister said she remembers it as a hole and now there is concrete. The LE said the concrete is not new enough and discounted it as even a possibility. You can see the basement, the dirt, and the concrete if you watch the video at the link above.

They also said a few of Evan's friends said he had those scratches before Brooke went missing and that he filed a mugging report. However, Eric Mason asked the deputy have you ever seen a man, especially a mugger, scratch up another man in a fight. She said no.

I am very confused. It seems like he could be the right person but if the scratches and black eye and cut lip was there before Brooke went missing, maybe he tried another abduction. But I believe that if it was at all possible, Brooke put up a huge fight. This man does not have an alibi, he attempted another abduction a block away, he is a meth addict, he exposed himself earlier to women and he has serious issues. I just want this family to find some news, this not knowing has got to be killing them. (it is killing me and I am not even related... just care too much)

 

[englishleigh]

I don't see why they are so quick to dismiss Jessica Caywood's claims...if I were the Wilberger family I would demand that LE follow up on that concrete patch in the basement. I'm like you, Anngelique, I'm past ready for some answers for this family!!

 

[Anngelique]

Here is something very interesting. According to this article the girl Evan's tried to kidnap and was arrested for the attempt... LIVED in the same apartment complex that Brooke was taken from. How strange is that?


http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71754

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A KATU News investigation has found more strange connections between Aaron Evans and the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger.
Evans, who is accused for an attempted kidnapping near the OSU campus, was arrested after stalking a woman in a Ross Dress for Less store.

That woman confirmed to KATU's Eric Mason that she lived in the same apartment complex that Wilberger disappeared from.

She said she is unsure why Evans picked her out of all of the other women in the department store that day.

They also stated that...

The owner of a rental house in North Albany told KATU that a cadaver dog was used to pick up possible scents in the basement of the house that Evans had access to at the time of Wilberger's disappearance.

This is just 2 snips from this article and you can also find a video at the link above.

I sure hope we find answers and can bring Brooke home.

 

[K777angel]

I was in Corvallis yesterday with another Mom visiting our kids who go to OSU and we had a very strange experience I want to share. I am not saying in any way that this has something to do with Brooke's disappearance, but in this town every little oddity is suspect.

My friend and I had 3 college kids in the van with us and we went to a shopping mall not far from campus. When we came out of the store and were walking to my van, we noticed 2 police cars with lights flashing surrounding this car parked right next to mine. There was a guy standing next to the car and they were talking to him. One of the police vehicles was a big rig with "Supervisor" on it.
This guy was probably in his early 30's. He was standing there in broad daylight and sunshine with a t-shirt, black socks and dress shoes - and boxer UNDERWEAR. No pants. It was creepy.
His car also had absolutley NO license plates on either end. No temporary tags. Nothing. That was very bizaare.

We tried to eavesdrop but couldn't do it very well and and then had to leave. We left the mall and about 2 HOURS later came back to get some Starbucks coffee - and we were stunned to see that the police (lights still flashing) were STILL there detaining this dude!! Two hours later!
The Supervisor was not there but another police car was in it's place.
They were still talking to this guy.
We thought that perhaps they were waiting to get a search warrant signed....

Well my friend and I BOTH had the same thoughts and feelings - "is this guy somehow being questioned about Brooke's disappearance?" If not, we just felt strongly that he maybe was being questioned on some sexual attack or offense. You could just sense that it was "deviant" in that nature.
Can't explain it - but BOTH of us moms felt this way.
My friend did hear an officer ask the guy, "So you're saying you weren't there, or you were there?"

So I circled around so we could go back by and one of the officers happened to walk across the pavement checking something out by this pole - so I stopped and asked him what they were questioning this guy about. He looked at me and said, "I can't tell you Mam." I said, "Well... is it serious?" He said, "I can't tell you Mam."
It was really weird. Normally an officer investigating something has no reason not to share briefly what is going on. I've asked before in other situations. We left both thinking that this was a very, very creepy situation whatever it was about.
The guy STILL was in his thin underwear boxers. And his demeanor was something else that caught our attention. You'd think someone detained THAT long would be ticked off and frustrated and his body language would show it - especially if innocent. Not this guy. He seemed so cooperative and relaxed. (standing there in his ugly underwear!)

We may never know if this guy might be a suspect in some sex crime - or in Brooke's disappearance. But it was sure strange that without saying a word - both of us wondered the same thing at first. Right in Corvallis not far from the campus.

~Angel~

 

[Anngelique]

I was in Corvallis yesterday with another Mom visiting our kids who go to OSU and we had a very strange experience I want to share. I am not saying in any way that this has something to do with Brooke's disappearance, but in this town every little oddity is suspect.

My friend and I had 3 college kids in the van with us and we went to a shopping mall not far from campus. When we came out of the store and were walking to my van, we noticed 2 police cars with lights flashing surrounding this car parked right next to mine. There was a guy standing next to the car and they were talking to him. One of the police vehicles was a big rig with "Supervisor" on it.
This guy was probably in his early 30's. He was standing there in broad daylight and sunshine with a t-shirt, black socks and dress shoes - and boxer UNDERWEAR. No pants. It was creepy.
His car also had absolutley NO license plates on either end. No temporary tags. Nothing. That was very bizaare.

We tried to eavesdrop but couldn't do it very well and and then had to leave. We left the mall and about 2 HOURS later came back to get some Starbucks coffee - and we were stunned to see that the police (lights still flashing) were STILL there detaining this dude!! Two hours later!
The Supervisor was not there but another police car was in it's place.
They were still talking to this guy.
We thought that perhaps they were waiting to get a search warrant signed....

Well my friend and I BOTH had the same thoughts and feelings - "is this guy somehow being questioned about Brooke's disappearance?" If not, we just felt strongly that he maybe was being questioned on some sexual attack or offense. You could just sense that it was "deviant" in that nature.
Can't explain it - but BOTH of us moms felt this way.
My friend did hear an officer ask the guy, "So you're saying you weren't there, or you were there?"

So I circled around so we could go back by and one of the officers happened to walk across the pavement checking something out by this pole - so I stopped and asked him what they were questioning this guy about. He looked at me and said, "I can't tell you Mam." I said, "Well... is it serious?" He said, "I can't tell you Mam."
It was really weird. Normally an officer investigating something has no reason not to share briefly what is going on. I've asked before in other situations. We left both thinking that this was a very, very creepy situation whatever it was about.
The guy STILL was in his thin underwear boxers. And his demeanor was something else that caught our attention. You'd think someone detained THAT long would be ticked off and frustrated and his body language would show it - especially if innocent. Not this guy. He seemed so cooperative and relaxed. (standing there in his ugly underwear!)

We may never know if this guy might be a suspect in some sex crime - or in Brooke's disappearance. But it was sure strange that without saying a word - both of us wondered the same thing at first. Right in Corvallis not far from the campus.

~Angel~

Thanks for sharing that story Angel. I did a search at the Corvallis Gazette-Times and I did not find any breaking new stories on this. It really seems eerie. I guess only time will tell. My gut still tells me it was Evans, but I could be completely wrong.

 

[Anngelique]

Evans indicted by grand jury


Here is some snips from an article I found. Go to the link to read the full article.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/10/12/news/community/tueloc03.txt


Investigations into connections between suspect, Wilberger go on

By Jennifer Nitson
Gazette-Times reporter

Aaron James Evans was arraigned on charges of attempted kidnapping, attempted sexual abuse, menacing and harassment in Benton County Circuit Court on Monday.

Evans, who appeared in court via video from the Benton County jail, was arrested Sept. 30 after admitting to investigators that he attacked a female Oregon State University student Sept. 29.

The grand jury indictment also lists, as an aggravating factor, that the crime was committed while Evans was on pretrial release on a charge of public indecency in Linn County.

Evans' wife was present in the courtroom, and she asked that Evans be allowed no contact with their children should he be released from jail.

His bail is set at $100,000, and he is scheduled to appear again in Benton County Circuit Court Oct. 21 at 9 a.m.

The investigation into Evans, his actions on Sept. 29 and the possibility of a link between the 21-year-old Albany man and Brooke Wilberger continues.

The location of the OSU attack, only a couple blocks away from where Wilberger disappeared without a trace in May, caused Evans to become a person of interest to the multi-agency task force investigating the abduction case. In interviews following his arrest, Evans offered an alibi for May 24, and that alibi is being methodically investigated, said Lt. Ron Noble of the Corvallis Police Department.

The task force, which includes members of the Corvallis Police Department, Benton County Sheriff's Office, Benton County District Attorney's Office, Oregon State Police and the FBI, seeks friends and family members of Evans for questioning, Noble said.

One of these family members, stepsister Jessica Caywood, failed to show up for three appointments to talk to investigators before she revealed to a KATU News reporter last week that she suspected Evans had abducted Brooke, and that she had a hunch where the missing woman could be found.

Noble said Caywood "put together" facts and impressions in the same manner that many people, including investigators, might given the circumstances.

"We've been able to determine that many of the things that she's put together have not panned out," he said.

Injuries Caywood reported Evans as having suffered around the time Wilberger disappeared date back to mid-April, Noble said.

A rental home on Scenic Drive in North Albany, where Caywood and Evans lived last spring, was searched Friday evening with cadaver-sniffing dogs. The dogs found nothing.

Investigators also checked out the basement floor and reported in a press conference Thursday that the concrete of the floor was "very old" and that "no part appears to have been recently poured."

KATU's news broadcast Friday evening showed the basement floor, revealing an oval shaped spot that looks distinctly different from the rest of the floor.

"It's definitely been cut up," Noble said, looking at an image of the floor on a KATU.com Internet video.

"It may be alarming, it may raise all kinds if suspicion, but it doesn't mean we can go in there and tear the floor up," Noble said. "We're still looking into that. There are other things we are doing to determine when changes were made to the floor and by whom."


"We don't want people to forget," Noble said. "Brooke is not a statistic

 

[Anngelique]

October 12, 2004

Investigators says Evans does not have an alibi

Investigators say Aaron Evans, who is a person of interest in the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger, does not have an alibi for the time that Wilberger disappeared.
Detectives say Evans also lied to them about what he was doing the same time he allegedly tried to kidnap an OSU student two weeks ago.

Lieutenant Ron Noble says the Corvallis Police Department will follow up on a story reported by KATU news regarding the age of a concrete patch in a rental home where Evans frequented.

The owner of a rental house in North Albany told KATU that a cadaver dog was used to pick up possible scents in the basement of the house that Evans had access to at the time of Wilberger's disappearance.

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71793

 

[lisag]

I hope this means they are closer to finding Brooke..

 

[englishleigh]

Whose cadaver dog was it that was used in the basement of that house?? Was it the Corvallis police dept.'s dog?? I am so confused...it sounds like to me that Corvallis is just now starting to jump on the idea that this may be their man with regards to Brooke. Who was it that said the concrete patch looked "too old" to be related to Brooke? I have read back but is "LE" Corvallis or the Benton Co. sheriff's dept.??? I want this checked out by Corvallis immediately, b/c it seems to me they have their man and that Brooke is sadly buried in that basement under concrete. The Wilberger family has waited long enough (too long) to find out what happened to Brooke.

 

[Anngelique]

Whose cadaver dog was it that was used in the basement of that house?? Was it the Corvallis police dept.'s dog?? I am so confused...it sounds like to me that Corvallis is just now starting to jump on the idea that this may be their man with regards to Brooke. Who was it that said the concrete patch looked "too old" to be related to Brooke? I have read back but is "LE" Corvallis or the Benton Co. sheriff's dept.??? I want this checked out by Corvallis immediately, b/c it seems to me they have their man and that Brooke is sadly buried in that basement under concrete. The Wilberger family has waited long enough (too long) to find out what happened to Brooke.

I sure do agree with you Englishleigh! I have felt like that from the very first mention of his arrest. I was so frustrated when the LE was discounting his step-sisters story and the concrete. I watched the video of the tour and showing the concrete. It definitely is not the original and is patched. When it was patched is the question.

I remember this exact same thing happening with Ward Weaver and the murder of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. He was standing on that concrete slab where he had one of the girls burried during a news interview. I know the LE have their protocol and have to be careful not to make someone seem like a suspect when they might be innocent. They are covering their own butts from law suits. However, I think they are finally looking at this guy seriously and we should be getting some answers before too long!

 

[englishleigh]

I remember this exact same thing happening with Ward Weaver and the murder of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. He was standing on that concrete slab where he had one of the girls burried during a news interview. I know the LE have their protocol and have to be careful not to make someone seem like a suspect when they might be innocent. They are covering their own butts from law suits. However, I think they are finally looking at this guy seriously and we should be getting some answers before too long!

That is EXACTLY the case I thought of when the concrete was mentioned. It's almost like whoever did this (Evans?) used Weaver's evil ideas of disposal if Brooke is under that concrete. It just makes me :furious: :furious: :furious: :furious: I pray the Wilbergers get some answers ASAP!! Please continue to keep us posted, Anngelique.

 

[annemc2]

oooh, Angel - that is a creepy story. I wonder what was going on and why we never heard anything about it? hmmmmm. They apparently ruled out some perv from Washington in Brooke's disappearance recently- he was following women around and being generally creepy. They were unable to charge him with a crime (other than altering his license plate). Again, right over near my house - eeeeeeeeew.

http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2004/10/13/news/community/wedloc02.txt

ps - Anngelique - yes, this weather is *gorgeous*! it's only our 2nd Oregon fall (originally from Tx, where there is no fall - hee) and we are loving it!

 

[Anngelique]

oooh, Angel - that is a creepy story. I wonder what was going on and why we never heard anything about it? hmmmmm. They apparently ruled out some perv from Washington in Brooke's disappearance recently- he was following women around and being generally creepy. They were unable to charge him with a crime (other than altering his license plate). Again, right over near my house - eeeeeeeeew.

http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2004/10/13/news/community/wedloc02.txt

ps - Anngelique - yes, this weather is *gorgeous*! it's only our 2nd Oregon fall (originally from Tx, where there is no fall - hee) and we are loving it!

Angel, is this the same guy you saw being questioned? Click on Annemc2's link and read that article. It sure sounds like the right person.

 

[KOOL LOOK]

I was in Corvallis yesterday with another Mom visiting our kids who go to OSU and we had a very strange experience I want to share. I am not saying in any way that this has something to do with Brooke's disappearance, but in this town every little oddity is suspect.

My friend and I had 3 college kids in the van with us and we went to a shopping mall not far from campus. When we came out of the store and were walking to my van, we noticed 2 police cars with lights flashing surrounding this car parked right next to mine. There was a guy standing next to the car and they were talking to him. One of the police vehicles was a big rig with "Supervisor" on it.
This guy was probably in his early 30's. He was standing there in broad daylight and sunshine with a t-shirt, black socks and dress shoes - and boxer UNDERWEAR. No pants. It was creepy.
His car also had absolutley NO license plates on either end. No temporary tags. Nothing. That was very bizaare.

We tried to eavesdrop but couldn't do it very well and and then had to leave. We left the mall and about 2 HOURS later came back to get some Starbucks coffee - and we were stunned to see that the police (lights still flashing) were STILL there detaining this dude!! Two hours later!
The Supervisor was not there but another police car was in it's place.
They were still talking to this guy.
We thought that perhaps they were waiting to get a search warrant signed....

Well my friend and I BOTH had the same thoughts and feelings - "is this guy somehow being questioned about Brooke's disappearance?" If not, we just felt strongly that he maybe was being questioned on some sexual attack or offense. You could just sense that it was "deviant" in that nature.
Can't explain it - but BOTH of us moms felt this way.
My friend did hear an officer ask the guy, "So you're saying you weren't there, or you were there?"

So I circled around so we could go back by and one of the officers happened to walk across the pavement checking something out by this pole - so I stopped and asked him what they were questioning this guy about. He looked at me and said, "I can't tell you Mam." I said, "Well... is it serious?" He said, "I can't tell you Mam."
It was really weird. Normally an officer investigating something has no reason not to share briefly what is going on. I've asked before in other situations. We left both thinking that this was a very, very creepy situation whatever it was about.
The guy STILL was in his thin underwear boxers. And his demeanor was something else that caught our attention. You'd think someone detained THAT long would be ticked off and frustrated and his body language would show it - especially if innocent. Not this guy. He seemed so cooperative and relaxed. (standing there in his ugly underwear!)

We may never know if this guy might be a suspect in some sex crime - or in Brooke's disappearance. But it was sure strange that without saying a word - both of us wondered the same thing at first. Right in Corvallis not far from the campus.

~Angel~

Check out www.crimenews2000.com, they are now reporting this story and the police's suspicions. Wow, great detective work. Thanks. I think this is the same guy.

 

[Anngelique]

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71834

It looks like mace might have saved the girl from the attempted kidnapping by Evans. You can go to the link above and listen to her 911 call.

 

[ShowerSinger]

It seems like there are some serious perverts in that area. I don't understand why they let the boxer short guy just go home. He needs a psych evaluation immediately! So does the panty perv, and the Evans man.
These freaks should not be loose!

 

[Anngelique]

It seems like there are some serious perverts in that area. I don't understand why they let the boxer short guy just go home. He needs a psych evaluation immediately! So does the panty perv, and the Evans man.
These freaks should not be loose!

I don't think you will get anyone to disagree with you Shower. You are right on!!!!