WY WY - Amy Wroe Bechtel, 24, Fremont County, 24 Jul 1997

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  • #81
JusticeWillBeServed said:
Here's the entire story that was featured in Runner's World.

(Long) Gone Girl by Jon Billman

Nineteen years ago, Amy Wroe Bechtel, a 24-year-old Olympic Marathon hopeful living in Lander, Wyoming, went for a run and never came back, having vanished without a trace.

For years, her husband was the prime suspect. But more recently, an even darker possibility has emerged.

http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/long-gone-girl
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July 24, 1997, 10:30 p.m.
“Uh, yeah, hey, I’ve got a person missing here, I think, and I wondered if you had a spare around anyplace?”—Steve Bechtel, in a phone call to Lander (Wyoming) authorities to report his missing wife.


Really? Thanks for the link JWBS. Did you not find that odd?
 
  • #82
Tulessa said:
July 24, 1997, 10:30 p.m.
“Uh, yeah, hey, I’ve got a person missing here, I think, and I wondered if you had a spare around anyplace?”—Steve Bechtel, in a phone call to Lander (Wyoming) authorities to report his missing wife.


Really? Thanks for the link JWBS. Did you not find that odd?
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I think he was just very overwhelmed and he tried to approach the call in a non-serious way as an effort to calm himself down. At that point, he had no reason to fear the worst. It definitely seems odd now because Amy is still missing but in the context, I don't think it's suspicious.

For comparison, Mitrice Richardson's mother called authorities to make sure they wouldn't release her daughter that night. She said: “She definitely…she’s not from that area, and I would hate to wake up to a morning report, ‘Girl lost somewhere with her head chopped off.’ ” Tragically, Mitrice was later found dead but obviously her mother did not expect that to happen. She was just trying to ease her anxiety.
 
  • #83
Tulessa said:
July 24, 1997, 10:30 p.m.
“Uh, yeah, hey, I’ve got a person missing here, I think, and I wondered if you had a spare around anyplace?”—Steve Bechtel, in a phone call to Lander (Wyoming) authorities to report his missing wife.


Really? Thanks for the link JWBS. Did you not find that odd?
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It is very suspicious and just one of many reasons why I feel Steve is guilty of Amy's disappearance!!!
 
  • #84
Bumping for Amy, hoping 2017 is the year Steve gets enough gonads to take the polygraph test and put Amy's family at ease... Won't happen.....but I'm hoping
 
  • #85
Tulessa said:
July 24, 1997, 10:30 p.m.
“Uh, yeah, hey, I’ve got a person missing here, I think, and I wondered if you had a spare around anyplace?”—Steve Bechtel, in a phone call to Lander (Wyoming) authorities to report his missing wife.


Really? Thanks for the link JWBS. Did you not find that odd?
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The opposite is calls where they are hysterical before they're sure what happened. Some "I'm sure this is a miscommunication and we'll be laughing about this once we realize it," is normal.
 
  • #86
JusticeWillBeServed said:
Here's the entire story that was featured in Runner's World.

(Long) Gone Girl by Jon Billman

Nineteen years ago, Amy Wroe Bechtel, a 24-year-old Olympic Marathon hopeful living in Lander, Wyoming, went for a run and never came back, having vanished without a trace.

For years, her husband was the prime suspect. But more recently, an even darker possibility has emerged.

http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/long-gone-girl
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I enjoyed this detailed article. It contains several quotes about the lie-detector.

Her father says the lie detector would give them peace, presumably b/c it would prove he didn't do it. Detective Zerga implies, although he's ambiguous, that the polygraph could rule him out as a suspect.

They don't admit the results in court on the basis that the test is not reliable. Either the courts are wrong or the people quoted are wrong. If the courts are right and it's not reliable, they're focusing on something that does not work.

I could imagine someone arguing agreeing to take the test is more consistent with guilt. They don't use the results in court, so there's no risk. And if by some chance the guilty person's lies are not detected, then people like his father-in-law would "have some peace" knowing (wrongly) that he's innocent. If he's innocent and he passes the test, little has changed. But if the test is wrong and he fails, it discourages people from investigating other theories.
 
  • #87
20 years missing. Not a lot of talk on here about her case. Hoping something will be discovered but it's looking slim.
 
  • #88
[h=1]After 20 years, Wyoming missing woman case still confounds[/h]
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RIVERTON, Wyo. — Investigators say they haven't given up trying to solve the mystery of a woman who disappeared while jogging in the mountains of Wyoming 20 years ago this summer.


Fremont County Undersheriff Ryan Lee says investigators suspect somebody was involved in the disappearance of 24-year-old Amy Wroe Bechtel in 1997.


But he says there is no solid evidence to support that theory. Lee tells the Riverton Ranger there are "persons of interest" in the case but no active suspects.
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http://billingsgazette.com/news/sta...cle_82cc2bfb-721a-567f-8178-7e3148d91714.html
 
  • #89
JusticeWillBeServed said:
Here's the entire story that was featured in Runner's World.

(Long) Gone Girl by Jon Billman

Nineteen years ago, Amy Wroe Bechtel, a 24-year-old Olympic Marathon hopeful living in Lander, Wyoming, went for a run and never came back, having vanished without a trace.

For years, her husband was the prime suspect. But more recently, an even darker possibility has emerged.

http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/long-gone-girl
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Good article. The Eaton theory is very plausible, or even someone like him. There are plenty of examples of women being abducted right off the side of the road while running or walking. personally I carry pepper spray when I take a walk as does my mother who once had someone try to entice her into a vehicle claiming to be lost. A person matching their description was later arrested for grabbing another local woman and raping her.

I never thought that Steve was guilty. The level of sociopath he would need to be to have pulled this off and maintained such a seemingly stable existence since the disappearance without re-offending seems nearly impossible.

He was 100% correct to obtain a lawyer, anyone in that position would be crazy not to, but for some reason law enforcement likes to paint that as a sign of guilt. I guess they would prefer an unfair fight where they can manipulate their suspect to say things that would seem to fit into the scenario they have dreamed up. That's just bad police work.

Also this preoccupation with Steve taking a lie detector test! There is a reason they're not admissible in court and I would never take one either. Steve not submitting to the police in no way hinders them from investigating other leads (which it appears they now are since Zerga took over) I never trust an investigation that refuses to investigate all options. I understand that some people, like family, just want someone to blame but if I had a nickle for every time I've read about a victims family erroneously making the victim's spouse out to be the devil, even after someone else is convicted of the crime....
 
  • #90
sunshyn said:
Good article. The Eaton theory is very plausible, or even someone like him. There are plenty of examples of women being abducted right off the side of the road while running or walking. personally I carry pepper spray when I take a walk as does my mother who once had someone try to entice her into a vehicle claiming to be lost. A person matching their description was later arrested for grabbing another local woman and raping her.

I never thought that Steve was guilty. The level of sociopath he would need to be to have pulled this off and maintained such a seemingly stable existence since the disappearance without re-offending seems nearly impossible.

He was 100% correct to obtain a lawyer, anyone in that position would be crazy not to, but for some reason law enforcement likes to paint that as a sign of guilt. I guess they would prefer an unfair fight where they can manipulate their suspect to say things that would seem to fit into the scenario they have dreamed up. That's just bad police work.

Also this preoccupation with Steve taking a lie detector test! There is a reason they're not admissible in court and I would never take one either. Steve not submitting to the police in no way hinders them from investigating other leads (which it appears they now are since Zerga took over) I never trust an investigation that refuses to investigate all options. I understand that some people, like family, just want someone to blame but if I had a nickle for every time I've read about a victims family erroneously making the victim's spouse out to be the devil, even after someone else is convicted of the crime....
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I am not related in any way, shape or form to Amy Wroe Bechtel and I still think her husband should take a lie detector test and is guilty.. I'm pretty sure it's Steves family who believes he shouldn't ... we will agree to disagree.. I just say, as a husband, I would do whatever it took to find my wife if she was missing and if that meant taking a lie detector test against my lawyers wishes I would do it , because I would want to find my wife! No questions asked ! But when you have something to hide , I guess maybe your lawyer would want to protect you, wouldn't he!
 
  • #91
Gtcomo said:
I am not related in any way, shape or form to Amy Wroe Bechtel and I still think her husband should take a lie detector test and is guilty.. I'm pretty sure it's Steves family who believes he shouldn't ... we will agree to disagree.. I just say, as a husband, I would do whatever it took to find my wife if she was missing and if that meant taking a lie detector test against my lawyers wishes I would do it , because I would want to find my wife! No questions asked ! But when you have something to hide , I guess maybe your lawyer would want to protect you, wouldn't he!
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As a lawyer, even though also a wife and a mother, there are no circumstances under which I would agree to take a polygraph. There is a reason they have never ever been considered reliable enough to be admitted in court.

LE miss so many clues when they instead focus on people exercising constitutional rights under the guidance of attorneys.

You may not like it, but if you ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation, your lawyer, any lawyer, will tell you the same thing and you ought to listen to that lawyer, regardless of what the public at large thinks...

JUST MY OPINION!!!!!

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  • #92
chinacat67 said:
As a lawyer, even though also a wife and a mother, there are no circumstances under which I would agree to take a polygraph. There is a reason they have never ever been considered reliable enough to be admitted in court.

LE miss so many clues when they instead focus on people exercising constitutional rights under the guidance of attorneys.

You may not like it, but if you ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation, your lawyer, any lawyer, will tell you the same thing and you ought to listen to that lawyer, regardless of what the public at large thinks...

JUST MY OPINION!!!!!

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Law enforcement didn't miss anything on this case, they just don't have the evidence to arrest him. And him not taking a lie detector test doesn't help his case. Just my opinion!
 
  • #93
Bump for Amy.
 
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  • #95
Scott Fuller said:
Hello all,
I spent the past several months producing a 5-part podcast covering Amy's case. I took a trip to Lander a few weeks ago and spoke on the record with the lead investigator and interviewed several experts and journalists for the project.

If you're interested in Amy's disappearance you might be interested in the podcast.

Best, Scott Fuller
Frozen Truth – A serial podcast examining the 1997 disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel from Lander, Wyoming.
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Thanks, Scott! I'm going to start listening now. Hope to get through at least 15 minutes, lol, it's a zoo here at home today.
 
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  • #97
Scott Fuller said:
Hello all,
I spent the past several months producing a 5-part podcast covering Amy's case. I took a trip to Lander a few weeks ago and spoke on the record with the lead investigator and interviewed several experts and journalists for the project.

If you're interested in Amy's disappearance you might be interested in the podcast.

Best, Scott Fuller
Frozen Truth – A serial podcast examining the 1997 disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel from Lander, Wyoming.
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Just listened to your podcast. I found it fascinating and chilling, especially some of the local stories that have gone around. Thanks for bringing to light that there are multiple possibilities out there for suspects.
 
  • #98
sunshyn said:
Also this preoccupation with Steve taking a lie detector test! There is a reason they're not admissible in court and I would never take one either.
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Desperation
I wonder if this is the same reason people who would never go to a psychic are willing to listen to them in cases of people gone missing with no objective leads to investigate. A lie detector test is not reliable, although it's a step up from a psychic. Still, the fact you can't trust the results means they're no help. We want to know so badly, it leads some people to entertain tools we know don't work.
 
  • #99
Have been interested in this case for a while and it came up on a podcast last night. When I was studying psychology it came up that lie detector is only around 60% reliable
 
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