Found Safe TX - Michele Roode Boyd, 41, San Antonio, 24 Nov 2016 *Arrest*

[KelsK]

Re: the spare key found inside Michele’s car: Say, Michele is harmed (hate typing that ... I would love to see her daughter get her mama back), and her body taken to a remote location in her car.

The perp disposes of her body, perhaps burying it, burning it, etc.

As the perp gets ready to drive the car back to SA, s/he realizes Michele’s keys are missing. Say, the keys fell out of the car as the perp dragged her body out of the trunk of her car, while s/he disposed of the body, etc. The perp cannot find the keys (especially plausible if it was dark outside), but luckily, s/he is able to find a spare underneath the car inside a magnetic box, or if the perp was someone Michele trusted, Michele had given him/her one in the past and the perp has it in his/her wallet.

The perp drives the car back to SA and dumps it at the restaurant. Say, s/he had met with Michele nearby earlier in the day, his/her car is still parked in the same area. The perp drives his own car home.

If Michele had her daughter with her as she met with the perp, say, the daughter fell asleep and doesn’t remember anything.

As far as the daughter allegedly stating she witnessed Michele throwing her cell into a Dumpster, perhaps immediately after Michele’s disappearance someone told her the phone had been found inside one (though I don’t believe her phone has ever been found), and now the daughter believes -erroneously- she saw her mom put it in there.


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Do you think Michele's car left San Antonio at any point? Maybe I misunderstood!

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Do you think Michele's car left San Antonio at any point? Maybe I misunderstood!

I’m sorry I wasn’t very clear! I’m not sure.

There is so little information that has been shared publicly about Michele’s case, and LE has spoken so little about it, it’s really difficult to ascertain what their thoughts are. Personally, I lean towards foul play, despite claims of odd behavior on Michele’s part by her husband and brother.

As someone posted upthread, I also find it curious that no one has mentioned that Michele’s “daughter was found alone outside a San Antonio store” the day after she was last seen,” other than the TCPALM article. If true, that’s very significant. As the other poster said, who called SB? How did they know to call him? “Early morning hours”: What time was it when he was alerted?

From the TCPALM article:
“Then again, San Antonio police have been tight-lipped, refusing to release information to me on the case except for a heavily redacted report on Boyd’s disappearance.”
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion...nurse-still-missing-digital-extras/101207772/

I wish the author would have posted the report along with the article!

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Do we know when the missing persons report was made?

I think it was Nov 29th but I'm trying to find the source for that other than my (totally fallible) memory. Her car was "found" Nov 29th in the police impound (it had been towed from the restaurant Nov 25th). This thread was started Nov 30th.

Here is the AWARE flyer from the first page of this thread:

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/search-underway-for-local-mom-missing-since-thanksgiving/359591494

I have been somewhat obsessing over Michele’s case the last couple of days, so I finally decided to go through every post on the thread and every MSM article and missing FB page post linked.

I was still unable to find the date the missing person’s report was filed with LE. As to how her car was found, here is a quote from a MSM article that best (IMO) describes the circumstances of the discovery:

“Employees who showed up for work at the Taqueria Los Dos Laredos at 4703 Rigsby Avenue early Friday morning found the woman’s car in a dark alley behind the restaurant. Employees said that they called police to report the incident, but police said that the car had not been reported stolen, so a private company towed the vehicle to a storage lot.

Family members said that the car was eventually found, unlocked, and inside investigators found all of the woman’s personal items.”
http://www.kens5.com/mobile/article...who-disappeared-on-thanksgiving/273-361356820

As far as MSM goes, other than the poster Gardner posted above, I wasnt able to find anything that suggests the car was found by LE. I do think SB likely initiated contact with LE sometime before Nov. 29 either about the car or Michele, but is it possible that it was the tow company that contacted him first instead?

Personally, if my 5-year-old child were “found alone outside a” store, I would most likely contact LE right away about the child’s other parent -who had been in charge of her immediately prior to the child being found- not being found with the child, and perhaps SB did, too. We simply don’t know.

One thing that really stood out to me as I read the MSM articles is the lack of direct quotes from LE. In fact, I did not find a single comment by LE. I find that, along with the fact that Michele has not been entered into NAMUS after almost a year, highly unusual.

 

[Gardener1850]

I have been somewhat obsessing over Michele’s case the last couple of days, so I finally decided to go through every post on the thread and every MSM article and missing FB page post linked.

I was still unable to find the date the missing person’s report was filed with LE. As to how her car was found, here is a quote from a MSM article that best (IMO) describes the circumstances of the discovery:

“Employees who showed up for work at the Taqueria Los Dos Laredos at 4703 Rigsby Avenue early Friday morning found the woman’s car in a dark alley behind the restaurant. Employees said that they called police to report the incident, but police said that the car had not been reported stolen, so a private company towed the vehicle to a storage lot.

Family members said that the car was eventually found, unlocked, and inside investigators found all of the woman’s personal items.”
http://www.kens5.com/mobile/article...who-disappeared-on-thanksgiving/273-361356820

As far as MSM goes, other than the poster Gardner posted above, I wasnt able to find anything that suggests the car was found by LE. I do think SB likely initiated contact with LE sometime before Nov. 29 either about the car or Michele, but is it possible that it was the tow company that contacted him first instead?

Personally, if my 5-year-old child were “found alone outside a” store, I would most likely contact LE right away about the child’s other parent -who had been in charge of her immediately prior to the child being found- not being found with the child, and perhaps SB did, too. We simply don’t know.

One thing that really stood out to me as I read the MSM articles is the lack of direct quotes from LE. In fact, I did not find a single comment by LE. I find that, along with the fact that Michele has not been entered into NAMUS after almost a year, highly unusual.

Thank you, I had meant to go through every post again to look but I got side-tracked. Lack of LE comment in this case is very concerning.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Hello, this is Michele's husband. I noticed this site and looked at the posts. I see everyone having a lot of questions and theories. I hope I can help resolve a few.

[RSBM for space]
7. When I came back to the house on Thanksgiving, she had gone through the house re-arranging everything, taking pictures down, had all kinds of things in random places that people wouldnt put. Hard to explain but it was not normal thinking process.

[RSBM for focus]
12. When the car was found it was locked. Not sure where the unlocked car thing came from. When the tow truck driver got there, there were 2 guys who had just gotten int it but luckily had not stolen anything (that I know of). Tablet was still in there so doesnt seem like it. The spare key she was using to drive was in the backseat floorboard. She might have locked herself out honestly. But of course didnt want to call me to unlock it for obvious reasons.

[RSBM for focus]
15. She said she was coming over to my brothers for Thanksgiving. She agreed to bring a few bags of ice and would be there in a certain timeframe. After a few calls and texts, she didnt answer. I went to the house and it looks like she left in a whirlwind. It is just bizzare. She gets super stressed during holidays, so that on top of all the other issues she was going through, probably put her over the edge.

[RSBM for focus]

Re: #7 and #15: So at the time, Michele and SB were separated, but he still had access to the house? Am I reading this correctly?

Re: #12: “Her car was found miles away from her home, outside a restaurant on Rigsby.

‘Unlocked, keys in it, wallet in it, everything that she had,’ Roode says. ‘She had a suitcase in the truck like maybe she was planning a trip.’”
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/search-for-missing-mom-we-just-want-her-back-no-matter-what

Perhaps the reporter misquoted SB (i.e., he actually said, “Locked”)? Or SB misspoke?

 

[Jethro4WS]

Re: #7 and #15: So at the time, Michele and SB were separated, but he still had access to the house? Am I reading this correctly?

Re: #12: “Her car was found miles away from her home, outside a restaurant on Rigsby.

‘Unlocked, keys in it, wallet in it, everything that she had,’ Roode says. ‘She had a suitcase in the truck like maybe she was planning a trip.’”
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/search-for-missing-mom-we-just-want-her-back-no-matter-what

Perhaps the reporter misquoted SB (i.e., he actually said, “Locked&#8221? Or SB misspoke?

Keep in mind that in that news story concerning the car (locked/unlocked) they are quoting her brother not her husband.

 

[Gardener1850]

I'm working on a timeline for Michele's case but it is slow going (I keep getting called away for other things, darn having a life, lol). Anyway, wanted to post I am working on it and hope to have it done to post in the next day or so.

 

[Gardener1850]

I have been somewhat obsessing over Michele’s case the last couple of days, so I finally decided to go through every post on the thread and every MSM article and missing FB page post linked.

I was still unable to find the date the missing person’s report was filed with LE. As to how her car was found, here is a quote from a MSM article that best (IMO) describes the circumstances of the discovery:

“Employees who showed up for work at the Taqueria Los Dos Laredos at 4703 Rigsby Avenue early Friday morning found the woman’s car in a dark alley behind the restaurant. Employees said that they called police to report the incident, but police said that the car had not been reported stolen, so a private company towed the vehicle to a storage lot.

Family members said that the car was eventually found, unlocked, and inside investigators found all of the woman’s personal items.”
http://www.kens5.com/mobile/article...who-disappeared-on-thanksgiving/273-361356820

As far as MSM goes, other than the poster Gardner posted above, I wasnt able to find anything that suggests the car was found by LE. I do think SB likely initiated contact with LE sometime before Nov. 29 either about the car or Michele, but is it possible that it was the tow company that contacted him first instead?

Personally, if my 5-year-old child were “found alone outside a” store, I would most likely contact LE right away about the child’s other parent -who had been in charge of her immediately prior to the child being found- not being found with the child, and perhaps SB did, too. We simply don’t know.

One thing that really stood out to me as I read the MSM articles is the lack of direct quotes from LE. In fact, I did not find a single comment by LE. I find that, along with the fact that Michele has not been entered into NAMUS after almost a year, highly unusual.

Just going through all the old articles I came across this quote:

"There are facts related to this case police are not releasing at this time, hoping to develop better clues."

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/search-for-missing-woman-heats-up/361356820

It's not a direct quote of anyone in LE, but it seems to imply the reporter contacted LE to ask for a comment and got some response similar to what was written. JMO. This feels very ominous. I hope those "better clues" are developed soon!

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Keep in mind that in that news story concerning the car (locked/unlocked) they are quoting her brother not her husband.

Thank you for pointing that out, Jethro4WS!

 

[Gardener1850]

Michelle's facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Cheley.Roode

Interesting comment towards the top under the posting of this flyer from SB about when this pic of michelle was taken for the SAPD missing flyer.

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Bringing this forward. The above seems to be from a police report as it has a case number on it. It says "Sent: 2016-11-28 @ 10:21" Could this date and time indicate when the missing person's report was first made?

 

[LisaWL7TR]

I do wonder as I have read upwards that her car was found in a bad area of town a good ways from home.
Has it been reported if their daughter was found in this bad area of town not far from the car? If so what time and how long was she left alone?
I haven't read anything on this unless I missed it and I could have.
Anyone know?
Thanks in advance,

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Just going through all the old articles I came across this quote:

"There are facts related to this case police are not releasing at this time, hoping to develop better clues."

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/search-for-missing-woman-heats-up/361356820

It's not a direct quote of anyone in LE, but it seems to imply the reporter contacted LE to ask for a comment and got some response similar to what was written. JMO. This feels very ominous. I hope those "better clues" are developed soon!

I agree with everything you said with regard to the quote, Gardener. What I find interesting is that the article is dated December 1, 2016. The best I can tell, it has been radio silence from LE since.

Here is a similar (IMO) quote. This one is from the TCPALM opinion piece, dated May 5, 2017:
"Then again, San Antonio police have been tight-lipped, refusing to release information to me on the case except for a heavily redacted report on Boyd’s disappearance." (BBM)
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion...nurse-still-missing-digital-extras/101207772/

I am going to try to contact the author and see if he would be willing to share the "heavily redacted report," and if not, at least how to go about obtaining a copy.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Bringing this forward. The above seems to be from a police report as it has a case number on it. It says "Sent: 2016-11-28 @ 10:21" Could this date and time indicate when the missing person's report was first made?

Very good catch, Gardener! I think you are right about the date and time on the poster being when the missing person's report was filed.

I also see that SB posted this on Michele's FB page a little over an hour later (11:40am, November 28, 2016):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1202698152293.31127.1373775515&type=3&theater

And then her car was returned to him the following day.

So based on the information from the poster, the missing person's report was likely filed four days after Michele was last seen and three days after the daughter -whom Michele had been in charge of- was found alone outside a store.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

I do wonder as I have read upwards that her car was found in a bad area of town a good ways from home.
Has it been reported if their daughter was found in this bad area of town not far from the car? If so what time and how long was she left alone?
I haven't read anything on this unless I missed it and I could have.
Anyone know?
Thanks in advance,

The only mention of their daughter being found -whether via MSM or the missing FB page- that I am aware of is this single sentence:

"The worry continued into the early morning hours the next day when he got a call saying his daughter was found alone outside a San Antonio store."
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion...nurse-still-missing-digital-extras/101207772/

So I don't think we know where the daughter was found or how long she had been alone (it must have been so scary for her ).

Something I noticed that may be related but may be completely unrelated:
"[Joe] Roode [Michele's brother] said it’s possible she’s near a shopping center in the area or near a Mexican meat market." (BBM)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/lo...her-went-missing-on-Thanksgiving-10780264.php

This makes me wonder perhaps the daughter was found at a shopping center in the same area where Michele's vehicle was found, or maybe the daughter said something about going to a Mexican meat market with her mom around the time Michele went missing. But really, I don't know. There is so little information available in this case.

 

[Gardener1850]

Very good catch, Gardener! I think you are right about the date and time on the poster being when the missing person's report was filed.

I also see that SB posted this on Michele's FB page a little over an hour later (11:40am, November 28, 2016):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1202698152293.31127.1373775515&type=3&theater

And then her car was returned to him the following day.

So based on the information from the poster, the missing person's report was likely filed four days after Michele was last seen and three days after the daughter -whom Michele had been in charge of- was found alone outside a store.

Good catch! This is what I'm gathering as well that she might not have been officially reported missing until the morning of Nov 28th. I'm really struggling to reconcile that long of a delay with the way her daughter was found left alone outside a store. Alarm bells should have been going off immediately when her daughter was left alone. I'm so curious about what else her daughter was able to tell police other than saying her mommy threw her phone in a dumpster. The phone being placed in a dumpster and then the same phone later pinging in Florida do not make any sense.

 

[rascal32]

IMO the daughter is old enough to give police a good account of what happened... and the phone ping in Florida can only mean the phone was turned on in Florida whether by Michelle or someone else.
I'm still leaning toward her meeting up with someone online, like she met her husband. Possibly she thought she could trust them and they harmed her or she left with them.
I think whatever daughter told police has had a large impact on the investigation which is why I believe there is a large belief by police and family that she walked off.. like daughter said "mommy left me at the store and said she was going away" or "mommy left with a man to live somewhere else".
Daughter would also tell family what happened. Maybe whatever daughter said happened could be the reason they did not file a missing persons report right away.. because someone who voluntarily leaves is not missing.


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[Gardener1850]

IMO the daughter is old enough to give police a good account of what happened... and the phone ping in Florida can only mean the phone was turned on in Florida whether by Michelle or someone else.
I'm still leaning toward her meeting up with someone online, like she met her husband. Possibly she thought she could trust them and they harmed her or she left with them.
I think whatever daughter told police has had a large impact on the investigation which is why I believe there is a large belief by police and family that she walked off.. like daughter said "mommy left me at the store and said she was going away" or "mommy left with a man to live somewhere else".
Daughter would also tell family what happened. Maybe whatever daughter said happened could be the reason they did not file a missing persons report right away.. because someone who voluntarily leaves is not missing.


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BBM. The only problem is that police have NOT made any statements saying they believe she is voluntarily missing. Police have not made any statements to the press or the public at all. In other cases police will say if they think someone is voluntarily missing. Sometimes they say that and are lying/misleading in order to make a suspect feel comfortable but they will still say it while they continue to quietly investigate. Sometimes they will just say something vague like "we continue to investigate and we cannot comment at this time due to the on going investigation." But in this case, they have said... Nothing. Not a word.

I do agree that the daughter probably had important info (and hopefully police interviewed her) but being 5 years old it would be possible for someone to coach her to say something specific. It is hard for some kids that young to differentiate between what they saw and what someone else told them happened. Hopefully police had her interviewed by trained child specialists and she was allowed to describe what happened without being asked leading questions. I also hope they have other evidence such as evidence in the car and video that we are not aware of.

 

[rascal32]

BBM. The only problem is that police have NOT made any statements saying they believe she is voluntarily missing. Police have not made any statements to the press or the public at all. In other cases police will say if they think someone is voluntarily missing. Sometimes they say that and are lying/misleading in order to make a suspect feel comfortable but they will still say it while they continue to quietly investigate. Sometimes they will just say something vague like "we continue to investigate and we cannot comment at this time due to the on going investigation." But in this case, they have said... Nothing. Not a word.

I do agree that the daughter probably had important info (and hopefully police interviewed her) but being 5 years old it would be possible for someone to coach her to say something specific. It is hard for some kids that young to differentiate between what they saw and what someone else told them happened. Hopefully police had her interviewed by trained child specialists and she was allowed to describe what happened without being asked leading questions. I also hope they have other evidence such as evidence in the car and video that we are not aware of.

I feel the lack of communication from Police unfortunately may mean they are not investigating because they think she left. San Antonio is a city with daily murders and people coming up missing almost daily. I live in a small community outside of San Antonio. Our local news is San Antonio FYI. Only a small portion of these people are mentioned on the news briefly. And almost none get a police press conference. If police are asked by media they may give a statement but it seems to me the media is not very interested in this story. I haven't seen anything on the news since she went missing. I actually first found out about her missing from Facebook because my sister in law is friends with her on Facebook. They are both nurses in San Antonio, but I don't know what their connection is other than that.
I will ask her how she knew Michelle and if she has any information, but I don't get the feeling they were close.. she only posted a missing poster once which is how I found out about this and looked to see if there was a thread here.
Someone needs to find a way to make the media take notice of her disappearance or it's going to stay quiet.



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[Gardener1850]

I feel the lack of communication from Police unfortunately may mean they are not investigating because they think she left. San Antonio is a city with daily murders and people coming up missing almost daily. I live in a small community outside of San Antonio. Our local news is San Antonio FYI. Only a small portion of these people are mentioned on the news briefly. And almost none get a police press conference. If police are asked by media they may give a statement but it seems to me the media is not very interested in this story. I haven't seen anything on the news since she went missing. I actually first found out about her missing from Facebook because my sister in law is friends with her on Facebook. They are both nurses in San Antonio, but I don't know what their connection is other than that.
I will ask her how she knew Michelle and if she has any information, but I don't get the feeling they were close.. she only posted a missing poster once which is how I found out about this and looked to see if there was a thread here.
Someone needs to find a way to make the media take notice of her disappearance or it's going to stay quiet.



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That's really sad that there are so many missing in that area with no media coverage at all! Thanks for the local viewpoint. I hope LE are actually investigating Michele's case.

 

[Gardener1850]

Her car was towed from the Taqueria Los Dos Laredos on Black Friday. My understanding was that the car was found in an impound lot by San Antonio police. Map link: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2...!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d29.3983518!4d-98.4009385

Here is an image of that location:

Re-reading the thread and I just noticed this map you posted Jethro. I see there is a Culebra Meat Market on Rigsby, not far from the taqueria where Michele's car was found. In a Dec 8, 2016 interview her brother mentioned that Michele may be near a "Mexican Meat Market". I wonder if this is the store where her daughter was found?

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/lo...her-went-missing-on-Thanksgiving-10780264.php