TN TN - Karen Swift, 44, Dyersburg, 30 Oct 2011 - #3

[cocomod]

FB link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000944188928

You have to be friends with the good Sheriff to read his latest posts. I sent a friendship request and became "friends" this morning. Here are three interesting posts by the sheriff posted under the article stating that the body had been ID'd as Karen. The third is quite and interesting stand. It makes sense why they are keeping it quiet then. Makes one go, hmmmm. I still stand by the fact that these posts help support my theory that her husband is involved and they are trying to rule out accidental death. Here you go: (BBM, UBM)

Sheriff Jeff Box Our Office is awaiting the Medical Examiners Office to complete their examine and the T.B.I. to complete the final lab processing of all physical evidence. During an autopsy medical examiners office may recover additional specimens from their examine that require additional exams or lab work. Some of these specimens may be sent to the T.B.I. Crime Lab for processing, others can be examined by their office. We awaiting processing last specimens of evidence that we submitted and results of additional exams being performed by the Medical Examiners office. Our office believes that any statements as to cause and manner of death should not be made until after the exam is completed along with supporting lab analysis documented in the report. Any statements made before then are only preliminary investigative opinions from their office to assist our Investigators with the focus of the Investigation. Due to this case being a open pending Criminal Investigation this these findings are not public record and should never be released unless it is beneficial to the Investigation. This information, and lab work that we are waiting on is very crucial to the investigation, along with the other physical and circumstancial evidence that we have collected, we expect the investigation to advance rapidly once these results arrive.
December 31, 2011 at 2:22pm

Sheriff Jeff Box Our office contacted the Medical Examiners Office again today and were advised their office is still conducting exams in a very thorough autopsy to answer every question possible and to develop even more factual basis for their findings. Their office is putting extra work into this case in completing the most detailed exam possible, we thank them for the additional effort as we all await results. They did advise it still would require some additional time to complete their exam. I am sure once we recieve these results the investigation will advance rapidly, lets continue to keep her love ones in our prayers.
January 4 at 9:49pm

Sheriff Jeff Box Our office will maintain as little publicity in this case as possible, because our office will not allow our statements about evidence to the public to be a reason for a change venue (moving a trial to a different county) after an arrest because of exploitation of our evidence and this case into the public.January 5 at 9:03pm

 

[MagnoliaMom]

Thank you cocomod for befriending Sheriff Box and keeping us updated.

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Body-identified-as-missing-Tennessee-mother-135473568.html?skipthumb=Y

Timothy Naifeh, a lawyer for Swift's husband David, said in a statement is was an emotional time for the family and "very, very sad."

Providing link above ^^ to clarify DS's lawyer's name. He has been in a bad auto crash.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/16472794/2-killed-in-three-car-crash

Naifeh and a passenger in Bell's vehicle were airlifted to a Memphis hospital.

Sending prayers for all involved.

 

[noZme]

a comment added to the above KFVS says the crash in which 2 people died involved a drunk driver.

 

[ThoughtFox]

ETA: Whoops, I see this has already been posted, but I'll leave it in case others hadn't seen it.

Strange development: David Swift's divorce attorney has been seriously injured in a car accident. There were fatalities and it would appear to be his fault as his truck crossed the center line and hit some vehicles head-on.

He is also the attorney for the city of Tiptonville, TN, it seems.

According to the Tennessee Department of Safety's motor-vehicle fatality report, Tim Naifeh, 52, of Tiptonville, was driving eastbound in a 2003 Chevrolet four-door half-ton truck on Highway 21, just east of Hornbeak. As he approached two vehicles in the oncoming lane, his truck reportedly crossed the centerline and struck both vehicles. The report states Naifeh's vehicle went down the full length of the first vehicle, a 2004 Buick regal, and struck the second vehicle, a 2004 Ford F250, head-on.

*snip*

Officials at the Med listed Naifeh in critical condition on Monday afternoon.

He is the Tiptonville city attorney and was also representing David Swift in his divorce proceedings with his wife Karen Swift, who was found murdered last month in Dyer County.


http://www.stategazette.com/story/1802789.html

 

[TxLady2]

FB link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000944188928

You have to be friends with the good Sheriff to read his latest posts. I sent a friendship request and became "friends" this morning. Here are three interesting posts by the sheriff posted under the article stating that the body had been ID'd as Karen. The third is quite and interesting stand. It makes sense why they are keeping it quiet then. Makes one go, hmmmm. I still stand by the fact that these posts help support my theory that her husband is involved and they are trying to rule out accidental death. Here you go: (BBM, UBM)

Of course they don't want a change of venue! That's pretty common with all jurisdictions, they prefer to keep the trial in the county where the crime took place. No disrespect to you, but I fail to see where this indicates the husband as a suspect, that statement by the sheriff could be applied to anybody.

 

[cocomod]

Of course they don't want a change of venue! That's pretty common with all jurisdictions, they prefer to keep the trial in the county where the crime took place. No disrespect to you, but I fail to see where this indicates the husband as a suspect, that statement by the sheriff could be applied to anybody.

Thanks. No disrespect taken. I agree that this does not "necessarily" mean the husband, but it does indicate to me that they may know who their "suspect" or "POI" is. The only 2 people that have been named in the media having searches conducted are the husband and the neighbor.

I think that this indicates that they are going to dot their i's and cross their t's; and I think that it may mean someone at least in the same town. And, likely someone known. With the indication of existing evidence collected, it sounded like it was close to home to me. I know that there was evidence in Karen's car and on her body. I just have a hunch, and possibly a bad taste in my mouth, since the last known person to see her is a soon-to-be-ex. Call it statistics if you want.

 

[Tugela]

Thanks. No disrespect taken. I agree that this does not "necessarily" mean the husband, but it does indicate to me that they may know who their "suspect" or "POI" is. The only 2 people that have been named in the media having searches conducted are the husband and the neighbor.

I think that this indicates that they are going to dot their i's and cross their t's; and I think that it may mean someone at least in the same town. And, likely someone known. With the indication of existing evidence collected, it sounded like it was close to home to me. I know that there was evidence in Karen's car and on her body. I just have a hunch, and possibly a bad taste in my mouth, since the last known person to see her is a soon-to-be-ex. Call it statistics if you want.

It doesn't mean anything of the sort. They don't want publicity because then the trial (which would normally be held in their county) might have to be moved because the jury pool would be tainted. That is expensive and of course they would want to avoid that. It says nothing about who or what they suspect.

 

[cocomod]

It doesn't mean anything of the sort. They don't want publicity because then the trial (which would normally be held in their county) might have to be moved because the jury pool would be tainted. That is expensive and of course they would want to avoid that. It says nothing about who or what they suspect.

I did not state these opinions as fact. As I stated in my post several times I think and I just have a hunch. I think meaning that this post was clearly my opinion so possibly I should have bolded IMHO in my post. My opinion is based on the fact that I have followed Karen's case closely from day 1 on WS, MSM, FB, and even rumors in each of these. Things in this case do not add up to stranger abduction as stated over and over in her threads. Why was she out in the middle of the night? What stranger would know to put her car close to her house when her body is dumped elsewhere? It makes it very interesting that the car is close enough for a "possible" perp to walk home after slitting the tire.

It is JMHO that the dear Sheriff Box has taken his time in this case to make certain to build a rock-solid case. It has me wondering if the person that they may have in mind to have committed this crime will not reoffend. They may believe that this was a personal crime, so there is not a danger to the community.

 

[cocomod]

I am anxiously awaiting justice for Karen's family. Her beautiful children and her precious mom are sick with the anxiety of having Karen taken in a brutal way from them.

 

[TxLady2]

Thanks. No disrespect taken. I agree that this does not "necessarily" mean the husband, but it does indicate to me that they may know who their "suspect" or "POI" is. The only 2 people that have been named in the media having searches conducted are the husband and the neighbor.

I think that this indicates that they are going to dot their i's and cross their t's; and I think that it may mean someone at least in the same town. And, likely someone known. With the indication of existing evidence collected, it sounded like it was close to home to me. I know that there was evidence in Karen's car and on her body. I just have a hunch, and possibly a bad taste in my mouth, since the last known person to see her is a soon-to-be-ex. Call it statistics if you want.

Thanks. Of course you could be right but if there was any evidence that she had been killed in the house, I'm sure they would have found it by now and we would have heard something.

 

[TxLady2]

I did not state these opinions as fact. As I stated in my post several times I think and I just have a hunch. I think meaning that this post was clearly my opinion so possibly I should have bolded IMHO in my post. My opinion is based on the fact that I have followed Karen's case closely from day 1 on WS, MSM, FB, and even rumors in each of these. Things in this case do not add up to stranger abduction as stated over and over in her threads. Why was she out in the middle of the night? What stranger would know to put her car close to her house when her body is dumped elsewhere? It makes it very interesting that the car is close enough for a "possible" perp to walk home after slitting the tire.

It is JMHO that the dear Sheriff Box has taken his time in this case to make certain to build a rock-solid case. It has me wondering if the person that they may have in mind to have committed this crime will not reoffend. They may believe that this was a personal crime, so there is not a danger to the community.

Not picking on you, just offering a different opinion. Isn't it possible that a stranger could have come along and just left the car where it was without knowing how close she lived? And it could have been someone she knew who was aware of where she lived and opted to make it look like the hubby did it. Like a neighbor, or someone she had just met recently.
I guess we all see things differently, but I think there are as many reasons to suspect someone else, as there are reasons to suspect the husband. That's JMO, of course.
As for LE not warning the public, they don't always do that with just one murder, unfortunately. If there are indications of a serial killer they will put out a warning to women to not go out alone at night, etc. But sometimes with only one random case, they don't feel it is necessary because they don't want to send everybody into panic mode. When that happens, it just makes their jobs a lot harder with people calling and getting scared over nothing.
Enjoy reading your thoughts, though.

 

[Joe Friday]

I did not state these opinions as fact. As I stated in my post several times I think and I just have a hunch. I think meaning that this post was clearly my opinion so possibly I should have bolded IMHO in my post. My opinion is based on the fact that I have followed Karen's case closely from day 1 on WS, MSM, FB, and even rumors in each of these. Things in this case do not add up to stranger abduction as stated over and over in her threads. Why was she out in the middle of the night? What stranger would know to put her car close to her house when her body is dumped elsewhere? It makes it very interesting that the car is close enough for a "possible" perp to walk home after slitting the tire.

It is JMHO that the dear Sheriff Box has taken his time in this case to make certain to build a rock-solid case. It has me wondering if the person that they may have in mind to have committed this crime will not reoffend. They may believe that this was a personal crime, so there is not a danger to the community.

BBM

It was reported that Karen's tire went flat from a puncture of a dry wall screw. IMO no one slit her tire.


Interesting though if you read the article carefully it says the tire had a puncture in it AND a dry wall screw in it. I think the tire went flat due to the dry wall screw though.

JMO

http://www.wmctv.com/story/16319091/sheriff-believes-mid-south-mom-was-murdered

Her car was discovered, with a tire off the rim, pulled over about a quarter of a mile from her home. Swift had been to a Halloween party and brought her young daughter home from a sleep over when she disappeared.

Box said her tire had a puncture in it and a sheet rock screw in it. The TBI crime lab is conducting more tests on the tire.

 

[dovebar]

I read that as, someone intentionally punctured the tire, not knowing she had actually picked up a screw, probably at the Habitat house.

 

[ThoughtFox]

I read that as, someone intentionally punctured the tire, not knowing she had actually picked up a screw, probably at the Habitat house.

I agree with you. The drywall screw might have sealed itself as that type of puncture sometimes will, but it would seem there was also some other type of puncture.

For the tire to be off the rim as LE said, it would probably have been a larger puncture. I've had lots of flat tires due to nails and screws over the years, but never one that was so flat it was off the rim.

 

[NC Analyzer]

What I find very interesting in Karen's case is the vast amount of disinformation that is being spread on various blogs and forums. Clearly there is considerable fear coming from David Swift's supporters and it appears they have launched a campaign of wild speculations to promote doubt and bury the facts in this case. Their weak attempts to point the finger and blame anyone, and/or any possible scenerio, while ignoring the obvious, continues daily. One can almost smell the fear. Excuses and justification abound. Many of these posters claim to have "inside" knowledge, however, their thinly veiled efforts only serve to demonstrate that the most reasonable answer is usually the correct answer. IMO, David Swift is responsible for the death of his beautiful wife. I only hope her family is able to bear the pain of this revelation, if and when, it comes to a resolution. Prayers for her children and her parents.

 

[panthera]

I agree with you. The drywall screw might have sealed itself as that type of puncture sometimes will, but it would seem there was also some other type of puncture.

For the tire to be off the rim as LE said, it would probably have been a larger puncture. I've had lots of flat tires due to nails and screws over the years, but never one that was so flat it was off the rim.

Often it would be a slow leak, and the driver would notice the tire going down. I have also had this type of screw in a tire and could hear something was wrong as it made noise against the pavement. From the time of first hearing the noise, I drove just over two miles to a service station to have the tire plugged.

MOO

 

[tarabull]

Sheriff, DA speak on status of Swift investigation
January 15, 2012

snipped...

"It is an ongoing homicide investigation and until somebody is charged, there cannot be a lot of details released," said Bivens.

When asked whether or not Swift's case is tied to any other cases with similar circumstances, Box said it is not.

Read more: http://www.stategazette.com/story/1804735.html

 

[MagnoliaMom]

http://www.stategazette.com/story/1804735.html

Box noted some people would like to see them make an arrest in the case as quickly as possible, but said they must be patient and wait until all of the reports are complete.

Meanwhile over in Montana they skipped the reports and went straight to arresting.

 

[cluciano63]

Sheriff, DA speak on status of Swift investigation
January 15, 2012

snipped...

"It is an ongoing homicide investigation and until somebody is charged, there cannot be a lot of details released," said Bivens.

When asked whether or not Swift's case is tied to any other cases with similar circumstances, Box said it is not.

Read more: http://www.stategazette.com/story/1804735.html

Box sounds very certain that Karen's case is not linked to any other case...JMO

 

[NC Analyzer]

Sheriff, DA speak on status of Swift investigation
January 15, 2012

snipped...

"It is an ongoing homicide investigation and until somebody is charged, there cannot be a lot of details released," said Bivens.

When asked whether or not Swift's case is tied to any other cases with similar circumstances, Box said it is not.

Read more: http://www.stategazette.com/story/1804735.html

Thankfully this Sheriff finally put this "serial killer" theory to bed. <modsnip> posts suggesting a random SK just "happened" upon this woman when she just "happened" to get a flat tire in the middle of nowhere.
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