GUILTY WI - LAKE GENEVA SUITCASE MURDERS, Laura Simonson & Jenny Gamez - #2

[los2188]

FARMINGTON, Minn. - Farmington police are searching for a 37-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a month. By Forum News Service, INFORUM

Laura Jean Simonson

FARMINGTON, Minn. - Farmington police are searching for a 37-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a month.

Laura Jean Simonson, 37, was reported missing Nov. 22, Detective Sgt. Lee Hollatz said. Simonson was last seen by family members Nov. 1.

Hollatz said Simonson has residences in Farmington and St. Paul, so relatives here were not initially concerned when they had not seen her for several days. Simonson reportedly parked her van at her mother’s Farmington home Nov. 2 but has not been seen since.

Family members told Hollatz that Simonson has had family issues in her recent history. Hollatz also has information that her disappearance may have been planned. But relatives say it is unusual that Simonson would go so long without contacting them, he said.

Simonson is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and about 105 pounds. She has strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes.

“We don’t believe any foul play is involved, but with these types of incidences, we take these very seriously because we are concerned about the well-being of Laura,” Hollatz said.

Information can be directed to Hollatz at (651) 280-6700.


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Laura Simonson

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/420196/

Oregon woman is second body in Wisconsin suitcases

Michael Winter, USA TODAY 9:42 p.m. EDT June 30, 2014


Laura Simonson
USA Today

The second victim, 37-year-old Laura Simonson, of Farmington, Minn., was reported missing in November, and her family had alerted police that they believed she was with Zelich. Her father told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that his daughter had placed escort ads on Craigslist.

“Laura and Mr. Zelich were not strangers:” Police in Rochester provide new details in death of Laura Simonson

Posted 11:02 am, June 26, 2014, by Trisha Bee and Rachelle Baillon, Updated at 08:48pm, June 26, 2014

ROCHESTER, Minn. (WITI) — The Rochester Police Department held a briefing Thursday morning, June 26th, during which they released new information about the deaths of two women who were found in suitcases in the Town of Geneva on June 5th.

The suitcases containing the bodies were discovered on June 5th by a Town of Geneva Highway Department employee who was cutting grass in the area of N. Como Road, east of Co. Rd. H.

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Town of Geneva police say one of the victims has been identified as 37-year-old Laura Simonson from Farmington, Minnesota.

Second Woman Found In Suitcase

The Huffington Post | By David Lohr
Posted: 06/30/2014 4:32 pm EDT Updated: 06/30/2014 9:59 pm EDT


Jenny Gamez

Authorities have identified Jenny Gamez as the second woman found dead in a suitcase left on the side of a rural Wisconsin roadway.

According to the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, Gamez, 21, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, disappeared in 2012. The positive identification was made using dental records.

Newly-released: Stripper claims she was assaulted by Zelich when he was a police officer

Posted 4:10 pm, July 2, 2014, by A.J. Bayatpour, Updated at 10:01pm, July 2, 2014

Nearly 13 years earlier, in the spring of 2001, a woman told West Allis police that Zelich, an officer at the time, had assaulted her. The woman said she was a stripper, and had agreed to go home with Zelich for a “private show.”

When they went into Zelich’s bedroom, the woman says Zelich “dropped something into his pants pocket” that “sounded like handcuffs.” When she tried to leave, the woman says Zelich “grabbed her and threw her to the ground.”

Zelich was never charged in the incident. Three months later, he resigned from the West Allis Police Department.

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[mikkismom]

More:

http://www.southernminn.com/bloomin...cle_d5f9b069-a173-5e77-aebf-534ee3a3e07e.html

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/279539/group/homepage/

http://www.twincities.com/dakotacounty/ci_24660979/farmington-woman-missing-since-nov-1

No new info - just other sources.

 

[los2188]

I just thought these two bits of info was interesting...

The Farmington Police Department is searching for Laura Jean Simonson, a potential vulnerable adult who has been missing from Farmington since Nov. 1, 2013.

I'm curious as to why she's considered 'vulnerable.'

Simonson has residences in Farmington and St. Paul, so relatives were not initially concerned when they had not seen her for several days.

So she apparently goes several days without being in touch with her family?

http://www.southernminn.com/bloomin...cle_d5f9b069-a173-5e77-aebf-534ee3a3e07e.html

 

[summer_breeze]

http://hometownsource.com/2013/12/1...sing-since-nov-1-sighting-reported-rochester/

By Site Editor on December 17, 2013 at 11:50 am

The Farmington Police Department believes Laura Jean Simonson, who has been missing since Nov. 1, was seen at the Apache Mall in Rochester as recently as last week, but the department still considers her a missing person and would like to get in contact with her.

 

[AstroKitty]

Posting websites that have more info on it. It appears she was homeless and living in her car, had lost her children as well. There are hints that she met a man via BDSM website and went to be a "live in submissive".

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Her daughter's obit:
http://northfield.patch.com/groups/obituaries/p/death-notice--alyssa-lee-simonson-13

A blurb about her here,
http://www.missingpersonsofamerica.com/2014/01/is-underground-world-of-sex-traffickers.html

 

[los2188]

Posting websites that have more info on it. It appears she was homeless and living in her car, had lost her children as well. There are hints that she met a man via BDSM website and went to be a "live in submissive".

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Her daughter's obit:
http://northfield.patch.com/groups/obituaries/p/death-notice--alyssa-lee-simonson-13

A blurb about her here,
http://www.missingpersonsofamerica.com/2014/01/is-underground-world-of-sex-traffickers.html

I had actually read on a website that she was taken from her home and is a victim of sex trafficking. Since it's hearsay I can't link it publicly or state it as fact, but the circumstances are in the same vein.

 

[helpful]

I had actually read on a website that she was taken from her home and is a victim of sex trafficking. Since it's hearsay I can't link it publicly or state it as fact, but the circumstances are in the same vein.

OT: It's good to see you back.

 

[los2188]

OT: It's good to see you back.

I appreciate that.. A LOT.

 

[Alpha]

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/S...ound-in-bags-in-Town-of-Geneva-264643351.html

Such a sad ending.

 

[marble]

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/S...ound-in-bags-in-Town-of-Geneva-264643351.html

Such a sad ending.

Horrible.

Here's a craigslist posting from the man arrested: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/lgs/4488052531.html

Here's his company profile:
https://sites.legalshield.com/aasites/Multisite?site=hub&assoc=zelich

I wonder if he met his two victims through his work, and if there are more out there?

 

[los2188]

I can see the similarities in the sketch and picture. At least in terms of facial features. This is such a shame.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.gazettextra.com/20140625/west_allis_man_arrested_for_connection_with_suitcase_bodies

A West Allis man was arrested Wednesday in connection with two women's bodies found in two suitcases in the town of Geneva, and one woman has been identified as being from Minnesota...

The name of one of the females found in a suitcase was also released Wednesday. Laura Simonson, 37, of Farmington, Minnesota, was one of the two females.

 

[AstroKitty]

Im so sorry Laura.

 

[Simply Caustic]

Horrible.

Here's a craigslist posting from the man arrested: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/lgs/4488052531.html

Here's his company profile:
https://sites.legalshield.com/aasites/Multisite?site=hub&assoc=zelich

I wonder if he met his two victims through his work, and if there are more out there?

Legal shield...just like Travis Alexander...(his employer is now known as legalshield IIRC)

Via Kindle, like a true Amazon junkie

 

[G&AMom]

Im so sorry Laura.

I certainly think we were hoping for a different outcome. So, so sad.

 

[AstroKitty]

does anyone know if Laura had an ankle tattoo?

 

[los2188]

Is this Laura with a black eye?

Is this Steven Zelich?

 

[AstroKitty]

Yes that's steven, see this thread for all the information I posted:

Start at page 10 and go till the end.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246038&page=10

 

[AstroKitty]

Hey Los, could you send me this photo of Laura so I can zoom in well?

 

[JoeFromLB]

A second victim has been identified. I don't believe the name has been released yet:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/...-suitcase-killings-b99299542z1-264736411.html

Officials identified the second victim Thursday morning and there is no reason to believe this victim was from Rochester, Minn. or that she was killed in Minnesota, according to Town of Rochester Police Captain John Sherwin.

The second victim, Sherwin said, was likely killed in Wisconsin. Sherwin deferred all further questions related to the second victim to Walworth County or Town of Geneva officials.