Found Deceased Shana Alison DiMambro Last Seen 7/19/22- 7 AM in Her Home,100 block Mitchell Street, Spring Branch

[imstilla.grandma]

Eric Herr very clearly states that she was face down, and in almost a crawling position, but DJ Seeger clearly says she was found lying on her back, face up.

“It was about 2,000 feet north of the RV Park. On Google Maps it is filled with water but it’s bone-dry now,” Seeger said. “It was a pretty deep pond, about 25 feet if there was water, but there she was, laying face up on her back.”

Comal County officials say body discovered in Spring Branch appears to be missing woman

After working through the night and into Saturday morning, Comal County Sheriff’s Office investigators said the body discovered Friday evening is the Spring Branch woman reported missing on July 19.

herald-zeitung.com

How can two men, ,looking at the same remains at almost the same time, come up with such completely different descriptions? I realize that the remains were badly decomposed, but even if skeletal, I would think there would be agreement on at least that aspect of a description.

I do know that one is a trained search and rescue member, and one is not, and if either chose not to describe how the victim was found, I would respect that, as maybe protecting any ongoing investigation, but as they both described what they saw, I see no logical reason why the descriptions would be so different.

I certinly hope their coments are not an indication that decomposition was so advanced, and bones may even have been scattered to the point of not being able to discern body posiition. If that is the case, I do not feel optimistic about a cause and manner of death being determined. JMO

I guess the ranch owner could solve the mystery. I’m surprised he wasn’t interviewed. He may have been but by police.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“We began conducting drone and foot searches the day she was reported missing, conducted interviews with family and others and viewed footage from surveillance cameras,” Smith said of CCSO’s efforts, which continued at the discovery scene until 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Comal County officials say body discovered in Spring Branch appears to be missing woman

After working through the night and into Saturday morning, Comal County Sheriff’s Office investigators said the body discovered Friday evening is the Spring Branch woman reported missing on July 19.

herald-zeitung.com

*Perhaps the ranch owner had some sort of surveillance.

July 27: Seeger Water's Emergency Operations Center is active. Today, we are making contact with large property owners in the area to get permission to enter. Utilizing our community service and giving funds, we've contracted a private investigations firm to bring cadaver dogs and search the surrounding areas.

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*I wonder why the cadaver dogs didn’t find her?

 

[MntnHiker]

So this property is surrounded by five foot tall fence with barbed wire? I have a hard time envisioning Shana entering the property by herself. If she had wanted to take her own life, for instance, why crawl over five foot tall barbed wire fencing to do so?

Is this private property where she was found mainly just open land or is there a residence nearby?

 

[LaborDayRN]

“Seeger said although the body had decomposed, they clearly it sported a sunflower tattoo on a shoulder blade”

I’ve seen it described as on the back of the neck or in the back area - not on her shoulder blade?

I imagine for some people the shoulder blade could be described as the "back area" as it is part of the back.

 

[SteveP]

So this property is surrounded by five foot tall fence with barbed wire? I have a hard time envisioning Shana entering the property by herself. If she had wanted to take her own life, for instance, why crawl over five foot tall barbed wire fencing to do so?

Is this private property where she was found mainly just open land or is there a residence nearby?

Not sure if I am allowed to post it here, but If you notice the address on the fence in the video, and google it, you can bring up about 10 Zillow images of the land. It seems it is just under 200 acres, and according to records, contains a roughly 1000 sq ft dwelling on the land, though the owner does not live there. I am unsure if someone else does, or not. The land is largely covered by trees, but there are quite a few open areas, including where the retention pond is. JMO

 

[LaborDayRN]

“We began conducting drone and foot searches the day she was reported missing, conducted interviews with family and others and viewed footage from surveillance cameras,” Smith said of CCSO’s efforts, which continued at the discovery scene until 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Comal County officials say body discovered in Spring Branch appears to be missing woman

After working through the night and into Saturday morning, Comal County Sheriff’s Office investigators said the body discovered Friday evening is the Spring Branch woman reported missing on July 19.

herald-zeitung.com

*Perhaps the ranch owner had some sort of surveillance.

July 27: Seeger Water's Emergency Operations Center is active. Today, we are making contact with large property owners in the area to get permission to enter. Utilizing our community service and giving funds, we've contracted a private investigations firm to bring cadaver dogs and search the surrounding areas.

Seeger Water

Seeger Water's Emergency Operations Center is active. Today, we are making contact with large property owners in the area to get permission to enter. Utilizing our community service and giving funds,...

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*I wonder why the cadaver dogs didn’t find her?

I think the answer to why cadaver dogs didn't find her earlier is because LE was unable to search this property until they got permission from the property owner. The property owner of this particular property wasn't contacted until DJ Seeger was able to locate a contact number for the owner at which point it seems the owner came out to help right away. (see my post upthread).

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

This is a pic of the retention pond that she was found in, though it had water in it when this pic was taken, and was dry when Shana was found.

View attachment 357028

And in the pic SteveP posted above, the RV park they lived in was just immediately NW (according to the orientation of this photo) so not a long walk away at all, BUT through TWO, not just one, but TWO rows of barbed wire fencing. Could someone have crawled under the lowest level of wire? I guess, depending on how low it was. Could a portion of fencing have been cut and someone driven into that area? I guess, but we haven't read any reports on damage to the fencing. No idea what industry is or was on this property. Cattle? Sheep? Lots of tire tracks at the time of that image so not an overgrown field that someone inherited and let to sit and grow. The barbed wire indicates to me some sort of animals were raised there at one point so they wanted to keep out coyotes and such from getting to them. IMO. So not a place Shana would just casually take a walk into, for sure.

 

[WingsOverTX]

And in the pic SteveP posted above, the RV park they lived in was just immediately NW (according to the orientation of this photo) so not a long walk away at all, BUT through TWO, not just one, but TWO rows of barbed wire fencing. Could someone have crawled under the lowest level of wire? I guess, depending on how low it was. Could a portion of fencing have been cut and someone driven into that area? I guess, but we haven't read any reports on damage to the fencing. No idea what industry is or was on this property. Cattle? Sheep? Lots of tire tracks at the time of that image so not an overgrown field that someone inherited and let to sit and grow. The barbed wire indicates to me some sort of animals were raised there at one point so they wanted to keep out coyotes and such from getting to them. IMO. So not a place Shana would just casually take a walk into, for sure.

Maybe she entered over the gate to the property? Looking on Google Earth, if this is the correct gate, it's climbable even if closed & secured. Can't assume that happened, of course. Can't assume that gate stays closed except when in use, either since it is open in this image.

They need to search the land for her clothing. Hopefully, they have.

Link to image: Google Earth

JMO

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

IMHO, whomever put her there or lured her there, HAD to know that that property is not actively farmed or what have you. That is, the owner came up from San Antonio to meet the searchers. I assume that means he had no employees running a business there who could have let them in sooner. So whoever did this, they knew that and that beyond and inside those 2 rows of barbed wire fencing, there was no crazy farmer with a shotgun ready to kill an intruder, or dogs patrolling also ready to hurt an intruder, or even cattle they might come across, AND they had to know about the retention basin. But could anyone have carried her that far? Or dragged her that far? If they even somehow got through or under the barbed wire fencing. It wasn't that far but still. Were they aware of the pond's existence and that it was and had been dry for awhile? Why place her there? Talk about obvious. Why not hide a body or prop her up under a tree and make it look like a suicide. Anyone would know a monsoon or hurricane wasn't headed there soon to fill that basin.

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Maybe she entered over the gate to the property? Looking on Google Earth, if this is the correct gate, it's climbable even if closed & secured. Can't assume that happened, of course. Can't assume that gate stays closed except when in use, either since it is open in this image. View attachment 357031They need to search the land for her clothing. Hopefully, they have.

Link to image: Google Earth

JMO

I would definitely imagine the gates would be more easily "climbable" than any barbed wire fencing, for sure.

I swore i read here and now cannot locate the post, that someone said a gate or two are open a few times a week and locals are aware of that. Does anyone recall that post?

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

Maybe she entered over the gate to the property? Looking on Google Earth, if this is the correct gate, it's climbable even if closed & secured. Can't assume that happened, of course. Can't assume that gate stays closed except when in use, either since it is open in this image. View attachment 357031They need to search the land for her clothing. Hopefully, they have.

Link to image: Google Earth

JMO

That's also a good view that shows not ALL of the fencing is barbed wire...

 

[Spider92]

There is really no delicate way to say this, so I apologize in advance, but if there was evidence of animal activity, especially buzzards, I really hope that there were enough remains, and in a condition that still will allow the medical examiner to be able to determine manner and cause of death. Lack of any clothing with the remains is particularly troubling to me. JMO

Hopefully there's enough evidence to run a good tox screen, maybe that will provide some answers, though I believe that can take several weeks. Also, @JerseyWasHome2 makes a good point - it would be hard to carry a body (140 lbs) from her RV to this location. And I doubt someone would risk the noise of an ATV or car to transport her.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Maybe she entered over the gate to the property? Looking on Google Earth, if this is the correct gate, it's climbable even if closed & secured. Can't assume that happened, of course. Can't assume that gate stays closed except when in use, either since it is open in this image. View attachment 357031They need to search the land for her clothing. Hopefully, they have.

Link to image: Google Earth

JMO

The gate does look like it would be pretty easy to climb over. The question is did she do it voluntarily and if not, who made her do it (or who placed her over the gate).

 

[Kittybunny]

Could this be something like dehydration and heat exhaustion? Has it been horrifically hot there in Texas recently?

Let's say that for whatever reason she decided to go for a walk and had some kind of medical emergency or disorientation. She starts wandering getting worse and worse, and sees the pond and thinks it is a source of water.
Perhaps in her desperation she climbs the fence and in delirium she removes her clothes.

I'm thinking of the case where that whole family perished on a trail. (Gerrish-Chung) Once heat stroke sets in, it's very difficult to cool off in time.

Just brainstorming non-foul play explanations.

 

[Puzzles]

Perhaps those who haven't lived with barbed-wire fences have trouble understanding it's quite simple to climb through
them.

I grew up on a cattle farm with each paddock fenced in barbed-wire.

Adults and children on the farm were all adept at placing a booted/shoed foot on a lower wire and pushing it down, grabbing an upper wire in a space between the barbs and pushing it upward, then slipping easily through the stretched opening.

Actually, I'll wager any one when faced with such a barrier would readily figure out how to pass through it.

 

[spiritkiss]

My guess would be foul play due to her not bringing her cigarettes. No smoker leaves those behind especially if deppressed. Then find out no cloths. No one is going to kill themselves in a nasty dried up retention pond. Espesially a women. Just my opinion. The only way id see all the above happening would be some real messed up drugs and a bad trip. I dont see that being the case. Again all just my opinion.

 

[samsmom]

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[SteveP]

Perhaps those who haven't lived with barbed-wire fences have trouble understanding it's quite simple to climb through
them.

I grew up on a cattle farm with each paddock fenced in barbed-wire.

Adults and children on the farm were all adept at placing a booted/shoed foot on a lower wire and pushing it down, grabbing an upper wire in a space between the barbs and pushing it upward, then slipping easily through the stretched opening.

Actually, I'll wager any one when faced with such a barrier would readily figure out how to pass through it.

I understand what you are saying, and am sure that very many people do just that, but, respectfully, I cannot see a 45-year-old woman in flip-flops climbing through the upper and lower wires of a barbed fence, just to get onto private land so she can fling herself into a 20-ft deep dried-up retention pond, while somehow managing to make her clothes disappear. Also, AFAIK, we have seen nothing to indicate that she grew up on a farm. JMO

 

[5W's]

Comal County Sheriff’s Office units on Friday night were dispatched to the scene of where a body was discovered a block away from where a 45-year-old Spring Branch woman was last seen more than a week ago, but authorities aren’t saying if the body found is the missing woman.

Jennifer Smith, CCSO public information officer, said detectives arrived in the 200 block of Mitchell Drive around 7:50 p.m. — a few yards away from Shana Allison DiMambro’s home in the nearby RV Park and where her husband, Chris Antos, reported her missing on July 19.

A few yards away from the home, and it took 10 days to find her?? Again, as in the Chrissy Powell case, it has been 100 degrees daily down there. Shouldn't someone have smelled something??

Comal County Sheriff's Office says body found in Spring Branch, but won't say if it's missing woman

Comal County Sheriff’s Office units on Friday night were dispatched to the scene of where a body was discovered a block away from where a 45-year-old Spring Branch woman was

herald-zeitung.com

I'm catching up on this case so it may already be known, but was the property the body found on secluded? How visible is it from the RV park?

 

[5W's]

Crawling as if trying to get away? That is very strange.