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Reno Nevada Police Arrest Suspect James Biela in Brianna Denison Murder … Serial Rapist?

The police in Reno, NV have arrested 27 year old James Biela in connection with the murder of 19 year old college student Brianna Denison. James Biela was booked at the Washoe County Jail and charged with murder, first-degree kidnapping and sexual assault.  James Biela was arrested at the Stepping Stones Children’s Center where he was dropping off his son. Reno police have taken DNA evidence from Biela and stated that it would take 12 hours to process.

James Biela

James Biela

James Biela was booked into the Washoe County Jail on charges of murder, kidnapping in the first degree and sexual assault, but could not confirm he is the suspect in the Denison case.

Biela was arrested at the Stepping Stones Children’s Center, where officials said he was dropping off his son. Reno police took a DNA sample from the suspect and said it would take 12 hours to process.

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Brianna Denison

Police spokesman Steve Frady issued a one-sentence news release announcing a news conference at 10:30 a.m. today. He would not say whether the suspect was arrested in Reno or elsewhere.

19 year old Brianna Denison disappeared January 20, 2008 and whose body was later found in a field in South Reno on February 15, 2008. At the time of the recovery police stated they had found DNA evidence at the scene of the crime that they say links the suspect to other sexual assaults near the UNR campus.

Police said they recovered DNA evidence at the scene that would link a suspect to the crime. The DNA samples also linked Denison’s killer to three other sexually related attacks on women at or near UNR from October to December 2007.

Could police have finally found a serial rapist that has been connected to at least 3 reported assualts in the Reno area?

November 26th, 2008 at 01:21pm Posted by | abduction, Brianna Denison, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures, Rape, sex offender, sexual assault | no comments

27 Year Old Alisha Sidie Missing in Hatfield, WI Since 11/7/08 (UPDATE: Deceased Body Found)

27 year old Alisha Sidie has been missing since Friday night, November 7, 2008 in the Hatfield area of Jackson County, WI. According to reports, Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an argument with her ex-husband, Doug Sidie. Her ex-husband said she left on foot. She has never been seen or heard from since.

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Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an arguement with her husband, Doug Sidie. Now officials are beginning to piece together a timeline of Alisha’s whereabouts that night, including the last people she had spoke with.

Sheriff Waldera says, “We are looking into the whereabouts and who had last contact, doesn’t matter if it was the husband or even friends she was with, but yes, we have investigators looking at all that information including the husband, what was going on and the details of the event that was told to us.”

Alisha Sidie Description:Alisha Sidie1

  •  5’4″ tall
  • 125 pounds
  • brown hair
  • brown eyes
  • She has a tattoo of a Taurus on her middle upper back and a cherry tattoo on her lower stomach.
  • Family says Alisha was wearing light blue scrubs and a long-sleeved white t-shirt.

UPDATE I: About 150 People Search for Missing Wisconsin Mother

Family, friends and law enforcement officers planned to regroup Tuesday to resume the search. About 150 people combed the Hatfield area on Monday. Searchers called in a tracking dog, helicopter and dive team as they looked for the mother of two.

“There’s so many dozens of ways that this could have happened,” Sidie’s friend Molly Hoffman told FOX News on Tuesday. “We all hope that she’s being a brat and she’s out there somewhere, but we also have thought about the worst and the more we look, it’s hard to say what actually happened when we have no news at all.”

Sidie’s ex-husband, Doug, says his wife left home about 9 p.m. Friday and never returned.

UPDATE II: Volunteers come up empty-handed on second day of search

Jordann Ojanpa says, “This has been the biggest challenge in the search efforts. Hatfield is completly covered in wooded areas. In over three hours, 160 volunteers could only cover 3 1/2 miles of woods.”

Searches now face the daunting task of sifting through brush and miles of wooded ares, hoping for any signs of Alisha.

Volunteer Amy Appel says, “We’re looking for items of clothing, really anything that looks remotely new that might be in relation, might give us some help.”

Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an argument with her husband, Doug Sidie. Now officials are beginning to piece together a timeline of Alisha’s whereabouts that night, including the last people she had spoke with.

Three Days of Searching and No Sign of Alisha Sidie

Search for missing woman will resume today

UPDATE III: Ex-Husband Named Person of Interest in Disappearance of Alisha Sidie

It was only a matter of time before Doug Sidie, the ex-husband of missing Alisha Sidie was named a person of interest. Doug Sidie has the 3 most common attributes involved in being a person of interest and they are “ex-husband”, argument and last person to claim to have seen her. how many times have we seen this same MO play out in the disappearance of a person?

The case of a missing Jackson county woman takes a new turn.  Investigators are now calling the ex-husband of Alisha Sidie a person of interest. 

Investigators are also searching the Sidie home again for any clues.

“Now that we’re coming up short with our ground searches and any other information, it leads us back to the beginning.  So we’re kind of backing up and saying, well let’s focus back at the residence and try to gather additional information,” said Jackson County Sherifff Duane Waldera.

On Saturday, Alisha’s ex-husband, Doug Sidie, told investigators he and Alisha got into an argument on Friday night.  He told them Alisha walked off and hadn’t been seen since.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department at (715) 284-5357

UPDATE IV: No Trace of Missing Wisconsin Woman in Latest Searches With Divers, Dogs

Search efforts that included dive teams and underwater sonar to probe a canal came up empty Friday in the hunt for a 27-year-old Jackson County woman who has been missing for a week.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat LaBarbera said search dogs were also used in the effort to locate Alisha Sidie of Hatfield, the mother of twin 2-year-old boys.

UPDATE V: Alisha Sidie’s body found; ex-husband arrested

After a week-long search involving hundreds of volunteers, the body of 27-year-old Alisha Sidie of Hatfield was found Saturday night, and her 39-year-old ex-husband, Douglas Sidie, was arrested, Jackson County Sheriff Duane Waldera said.

No other details were offered on how Alisha Sidie’s body was found or what led to the arrest of Douglas Sidie. Alisha Sidie’s body has been sent to the state Crime Lab.

To discuss the case and provide your opinion and insight, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: Alisha Sidie.

November 13th, 2008 at 01:04am Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 3 comments

30 Year Old Jennifer Cornell Missing Since 10/30/08 in Hilman, TN (Ex-Boyfriend Jason Hancock Arrested)

30 year old Jennifer Cornell, a wife and mother of three, has been missing since Thursday, October 30, 2008 in Hilman, TN in Overton county.

Jennifer Cornell Description:Jennifer Cornell

  • Age 30
  • white female
  • five feet and four inches tall
  • about 135 pounds
  • brown hair.

Cornell’s car was found abandoned Thursday morning and still running on the street approximately 100 yards from her home. Searchers and volunteers are presently looking for Jennifer Cornell Standing Stone State Park.

The woman’s abandoned car was found Thursday morning still running on a street 100 yards from her home. Her purse was still inside her vehicle when police arrived.

Police said there were no obvious signs of foul play but are looking for a body at the park, which covers nearly 11,000 acres.

“Jennifer’s a loving mother and a loving wife,” said family spokesman Michael South. “We just want to return her as quickly as possible.”

A couple of months ago, Cornell proved that Hancock is the father of her 17-year-old daughter, and she began asking him for child support.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Overton County Sheriff’s Department at (931) 823-5635.

UPDATE I: Ex-Boyfriend Jason Hancock was arrested Friday in Clay County

Jason Hancock was arrested Friday in Clay County. He was charged with aggravated kidnapping.  He is being held without bond pending hearing next week.

Authorities believe Hancock dated Cornell about 16 years ago.

Man charged with kidnapping missing woman

34 year old Jason Hancock, the ex-boyfriend of missing Jennifer Cornell has been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping. At least for now. The warrant against Jason Hancock alleges he committed the crime of aggravated kidnapping by “falsely imprisoning” Jennifer Cornell with the intent “to inflict serious bodily injuries while in the possession of a deadly weapon.” At issue appears to be back child support as investigators say that Cornell had named Hancock as the father of her 17-year-old daughter and may have been seeking back pay for child support.

A Clay County man was arrested Friday night and charged with kidnapping a Hilham woman who has been missing since Thursday.

Jason Hancock, 34, of the Willow Grove area of Clay County, is charged with aggravated kidnapping of Jennifer Hughes Cornell, 30, of Vaughn Lane, Hilham.

He was arrested at his home about 7:30 p.m. Friday by Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Randall Slayton, one of several law officers working the case.

Hancock, who is being held without bail pending a court hearing, had been questioned in the disappearance of Cornell on Thursday, but was not charged with any crime at that time.

UPDATE I: Body found in missing woman case

Overton County Sheriff W.B. Melton told the Herald-Citizen that searchers found the body on Sunday about 10 a.m. and said it was removed from the sinkhole around 2 a.m. today, Monday, and sent to Nashville for an autopsy.

He said it was the body of a woman and that the exact cause of death is still not known, though it did not appear that she had been shot. He said official identification of the body will not be confirmed until the autopsy is conducted.

UPDATE II: Autopsy Confirms Body Is Missing Mom Jennifer Cornell

Autopsy results released Tuesday confirmed the identity of a body found in a sinkhole as that of Jennifer Cornell. They also show that she died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Cornell had been missing since Oct. 30, when her car was found still running in the middle of a road 100 yards from her home in Overton County, with her purse inside.

November 2nd, 2008 at 07:50pm Posted by | abduction, arrested, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue | no comments

Steve Fossett’s ID docs Found … Plane Found Found … Update: Human Remans Found

It has been more than one year since Steve Fossett went missing went his plane, a single-engine, Citabria Super Decathlon disappearance. For months searches were conducted to no avail, until now. The main two remaining questions in the mystery of missing adventurer Steve Fossett:

  • Where are his remains
  • What caused his single-engine airplane to slam into a steep granite slope seven miles west of this town?

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Steve Fossett ID

Wednesday, a hiker found identification documents, some of which were confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration and local police to match up with the American adventurer Steve Fossett. His plane was found about 1/4 mile from where his id documents were found.  Searchers find Fossett’s plane but not his body.

 

UPDATE I: Ctv is reporting that human remains have been found scattered amid the wreckage of his plane in eastern California.

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Wreckage from a plane belonging to Steve Fossett is seen in a handout photo released by the Mono County Sheriff’s Search, Ctv

The National Transportation Safety Board would not reveal what exactly was found, but they said the discovery was enough to provide the coroner’s office with a DNA sample.

Earlier in the day, Madera County sheriff John Anderson said the single-engine aircraft Fossett was piloting likely crashed head-on into the mountainside in the Inyo National Forest near the town of Mammoth Lakes.

Most of the fuselage disintegrated on impact, and the engine was found quite a distance away, Anderson said.

The discovery of the remains came after Anderson said searchers would walk arm-to-arm for about a kilometre-and-a-half around the crash site.

Wreckage of Fossett’s plane, and remains, found

A small piece of bone was found amid a field of debris 400 feet long and 150 feet wide in a steep section of the mountain range, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference Thursday. Some personal effects also were found at the site.

Officials conflicted on whether they had confirmed the remains were human.

“We don’t know if it’s human. It certainly could be,” Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said late Thursday, hours after the leader of the NTSB had said the remains were those of a person. “I refuse to speculate.”

NY Times: Remains Are Found at Site of Fossett Plane Crash

UPDATE II: Wreckage of Steve Fossett’s Plane Airlifted

A helicopter removes bundles of twisted metal from the remote, rugged area. Federal investigators plan to begin examining the parts next week. And searchers discover three more bone fragments.

Contractors finished plucking parts of adventurer Steve Fossett’s plane from remote wilderness in the Sierra Nevada this afternoon, preparing the wreckage for analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board.

 UPDATE III: Remnants of Fossett’s plane may provide clues

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A piece of wreckage from a plane with the tail number N24OR, which belonged to Steve Fossett, is seen on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, in a handout photo released by the Mono County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue. (Mono County Sheriff / AP)

October 2nd, 2008 at 11:29pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult | no comments

Jennifer Lee Hampton, 21, Missing in Knoxville, TN Since 9/19/08 … Police Suspect Foul Play (UPDATE: Body Found in Clinch River)

21 year old Jennifer Lee Hampton from Waterloo, AL has been missing since 9:00 Jennifer Lee Hamptonpm Friday, September 19, 2008 in Knoxville, TN. Jennifer Lee Hampton was last seen by a co-worker just outside her hotel room at a Days Inn in Knoxville. Police are suspecting foul play. According to police, Hampton’s cell phone was also left in the room

A 911 call from one of Hampton’s co-workers was made Saturday after Hampton didn’t show up for work and was not in her hotel room, according to Knoxville Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

“Officers briefly looked into the room and thought what they saw was suspicious,” DeBusk told ABC News. “We believe that she was a victim of foul play.”

Police declined to say what evidence in the room made investigators suspicious, but Mama Blues owner Steve Barnhill told ABC News that he understood there was no forced entry into the hotel room and sheets were ripped off one of the beds.

Since her disappearance, police have searched for Hampton both in the hotel and in the surrounding area.

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“Saturday night through Sunday we used a search-and-recovery team to search the immediate area. We also used tracking dogs,” DeBusk said. “Yesterday we used more than four dozen of our officers to ‘grid search’ in a wetland area that was near the hotel.”

Police have questioned family, co-workers and friends but said they did not have any suspects yet.

“We have conducted numerous interviews,” DeBusk said. “We have re-interviewed several individuals.”

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Searches Continue for Missing Jennifer Lee Hampton

Police first combed the Turkey Creek wetlands near her hotel Monday. Thursday, tips pointed them toward the Cedar Bluff and Winston road areas. And today, they continued in boats on Fort Loudoun Lake, staging their command post in Carl Cowan Park.

Two dozen search and recovery members equipped with sonar and recovery dogs hit the water in five boats early Friday morning and searched 14 miles of river front. But all they found was more water. Despite a search that continually comes up empty handed, officials haven’t given up hope.

“We feel confident that we’re going to be able to break this case but it’s taking time,” said Knoxville Police spokesperson, Darrell DeBusk.

Hampton’s family hired attorney Eddie Daniel to help them get the word out about her disappearance.

2 men questioned at Days Inn, where Jennifer Hampton stayed, arrested on bogus IDs

UPDATE I: Body Found in Clinch River Fitting Description of Missing Jennifer Hampton

A body has been recovered a young white woman from the Clinch River near the Anderson County-Knox County line. There was been no positive ID; however, the inittial decription fits that of missing 21 year old Jennifer Lee Hampton. The family awaits an autopsy for a positive ID.

A fisherman spotted the woman’s body around 8:30 a.m. near Edgemoor Road off Pellissippi Parkway, Knoxville Police Department Lt. Doug Stiles said.

The body appeared to be that of a white female, Stiles said. He wouldn’t comment on whether the body showed signs of foul play. It was taken to the University of Tennessee forensics center for autopsy and identification.

“We’re waiting on the results of the autopsy,” Stiles said.

UPDATE II: Body identified as missing 21 year old Jennifer Lee Hampton

Medical examiners made the positive identification on 21-year-old Jennifer Lee Hampton within an hour after her medical records from Florence arrived in Knoxville.

“The records arrived late this afternoon and it did not take long for the medical examiner to make the determination,” said Knoxville police spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

 

September 26th, 2008 at 10:56pm Posted by | abduction, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | one comment

35 Year Old Tony Jacquet Missing in San Bernardino County, CA … Last Seen on 9/1/08 near Valley of the Falls Drive

35 year old Tony Jacquet has been missing since Monday, 9/1/08, when he was last seen going on a hike. Jacquet was seen walking his dog and believed to have been going on a hike in the Falls area. On Tuesday, neighbors reported seeing Jaquet’s dog; however, he was no where to be found. According to reports Tony Jacquet has a serious medical condition and takes medications daily critical to his well-being. Time is of the essence in order to locate missing Tony Jacquet as he suffers from violent seizures as a result of a head injury he suffered in a past automobile accident.

Tony Jacquet Description:Tony_Jacquet

  • Jacquet is 35 years old
  • 6 feet 2 inches tall
  • weighs 180 pounds
  • green eyes
  • curly brown hair
  • full beard and mustache.
  • He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt with green sleeves, tan colored shorts and brown hiking shoes

Jacquet was last seen walking with his dog, Scamper, east on Valley of the Falls Drive on Monday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., and was believed to be going on a hike in the Falls area.  

Search resumes for missing Forest Falls man

Some 30 searchers are resuming the hunt this morning for a Forest Falls man who went for a walk and his dog returned without him, according to San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials.

UPDATE I: Sad Ending … Tny Jacquet Found Deceased

It was a tragic ending to the story of missing hiker, 35-year-old Tony Jacquet. Although Jacquet’s family says his death is devastating news, they say, at least there is some form of closure.

“It didn’t come out the way we wanted to but Tony did what he loved the most and we’re okay with that,” said Normand Jacquet, the hiker’s father.

September 6th, 2008 at 02:38pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | no comments

51 Year Old Fort Lauderdale, FL Woman Josephine Frenna Missing Since 8/21/2008

51 year old Josephine Frenna from Fort Lauderdale, FL has been missing since Thursday, August 21, 2008. Josephine Frenna had sought a restraining order from her estranged husband, 58 year old Gerardo Di Marco. Not again, looks like another case of a divorce going terrible wrong. Why can’t people just allow the other to walk away?

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 Josephine Frenna

Josephine Frenna, 51, who recently moved from Canada, previously told a Broward County judge that she and her son were “affraid for our life” because her estranged husband, Gerardo Di Marco, is “violent” and “dangerous,” the Herald reported.

Di Marco filed for divorce last week, and Frenna was scheduled to be in court Friday for a hearing on the restraining order against him.

Frenna’s 14-year-old son became suspicious Thursday when he returned from school to find his mother’s car, purse and cell phone, but no trace of her. Police have searched nearby apartments, hospitals, jails and airlines with no luck.

Frenna’s family and friends have been interviewed as well. De Marco was located Friday by Fort Lauderdale police and has been cooperative, police told the Herald.

”We want to find out what happened,” Steve Stabile, a family spokesman, said.

According to Det. Kathy Collins, a Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman, “there is no evidence that a crime was committed;” however, the relatives of missing Josephine Frenna fear foul play.  Police have also interviewed the estranged husband, Di Marco, whom police said ”is being cooperative,” 

She disappeared a day before a court hearing in which she was going to ask a judge to continue a restraining order — first issued in July — against her estranged husband, 58-year-old Gerardo Di Marco.

He filed for divorce last week.

Although Frenna was absent from the hearing, Broward Circuit Court Judge Jack Tuter extended the restraining order, according to Michael Emery, Frenna’s attorney.

”I have not heard anything about Josephine,” Emery said.

”She was supposed to have come Thursday to see me,” he said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Fort Lauderdale police at 954-828-5700 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

UPDATE I: Investigators Check to See if Body Is Missing Florida Mom Josephine Frenna

U.S. Coast Guard officials found the body of a woman clad in a blue bathing suit about 20 miles east of the Sebastian Inlet early Sunday afternoon, the Miami Herald reports.

Sgt. Frank Sousa of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department told FOXNews.com that they expected results of the dental records check to be completed on Tuesday.

Woman found off inlet drowned, sheriff’s office says

An autopsy shows that drowning was the cause of death of the woman whose body was found about 24 miles east of the Sebastian Inlet over the weekend, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.

Fort Lauderdale detectives traveled to St. Lucie today to see whether the body is Josephine Frenna, 51, a Fort Lauderdale woman who vanished Thursday morning.

UPDATE II: Body Found Off Fla. Coast ID’d as Missing Mom; Death Ruled a Drowning, but Probe of Circumstances Continues

UPDATE III: Police: Keys found on beach belong to drowned Lauderdale woman

FORT LAUDERDALE – A set of keys found in a bag on a beach belong to a Fort Lauderdale woman who went missing and later was discovered dead in the ocean, police said today.

Although police have not officially determined whether Josephine Frenna’s death was accidental, the finding of the bag suggests that she could have gone for a swim in the ocean before she vanished.

But Frenna’s family held a news conference today to dispute that.

“There is no way that Josephine went into the water of her own volition,” family friend Steve Stabile said at the condo building along Galt Ocean Mile where Frenna lived.

To further discuss the case of missinh Josephine Frenna, go to Scared Monkeys.net: Missing Persons. 

August 24th, 2008 at 11:04pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | no comments

University of Iowa Professor Arthur Miller Missing … Professor in A’s-for-sex scandal missing … Dead?

66 year old University of Iowa Professor Arthur Miller has been missing since Arthur Miller_missingTuesday, August 19, 2008. Police put his name on a national missing persons list Wednesday; however, think Arthur Miller may have committed suicide. Miller was charged on August 8 with four felony counts of accepting bribes and released without bail. Miller was accused of offering higher grades to female students in exchange for sexual favors.

“I think it’s likely that sooner or later it will turn up,” he said of the rifle.

Miller’s car was found in the park Wednesday afternoon with his wallet and cell phone inside and some rifle ammunition in the trunk with three shells missing.

Miller was accused of offering higher grades to female students in exchange for sexual favors. He was charged Aug. 8 with four felony counts of accepting bribes and released without bail.

CNN: Prof in A’s-for-sex scandal missing, may be dead

After six hours of searching Hickory Hill Park Wednesday with an infrared-equipped plane, police were unable to find missing University of Iowa Professor Arthur Miller.

Police believe Miller was in the park after his red BMW was found in a parking lot at Hickory Hill Park.

 Miller, who police say may be dead, is thought to have a rifle with him.

The UI faculty member was charged on August 8 with four counts of accepting a bribe. More accusers have contacted authorities about Miller, said Charles Green, the assistant vice president for the UI police

The family of a missing University of Iowa professor have given up hope of finding him alive

Miller, 66, of 1700 N. Dubuque Road, has been missing since Tuesday morning. Police searched for him Wednesday afternoon until dusk and from sunrise to 6 p.m. Thursday but have not found him or the high-powered rifle he purchased June 13.

Police also have said they suspect Miller already is dead, based on a “cryptic” note he left his wife, Natasha Ivanova, before vanishing.

UPDATE I: Police find body in park where professor went missing

Police state that a hiker has found a body in the park where University of Iowa professor, Arthur Miller, went missing. Although it has not yet been confirmed that the body is that of Arthur Miller, one can pretty much surmise that it is. The body was found in a secluded portion of Hickory Hill Park.

Body May Be Missing UI Professor

The clothing found on the body and a blanket near it are similar to items police said Miller was wearing and carrying with him.

Miller also had a shotgun with him, but police have not yet revealed how the person discovered Sunday died.

August 23rd, 2008 at 05:52pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | no comments

Texas Jacomini Family Plane of Four (Tommy Jacomini, Susie, Tommy Jr & Victoria) Missing in Colorado

A family of four from Texas is missing. The Plane that Tommy Jacomini was piloting has vanished without a trace. Aboard the Cesna 182 was the pilot, Tommy Jacomini, his wife, Susie, and their two young children, 8-year-old Tommy Jr. and 6-year-old Victoria. small plane that took off Friday bound for Texas but did not reach its destination. Officials said that he never filed a flight plan and no distress call was received.

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Tommy Jacomini (back right), his wife Susie (back left), and their son Thomas (front right) and daughter Vivi (front left)

A family of four vanished without a trace after its small private plane took off from Steamboat Springs, Colo., KPRC Local 2 reported Saturday.

On the Cessna 182 four-seat plane was the pilot, Tommy Jacomini, his wife, Susie, and their two young children, 8-year-old Tommy Jr. and 6-year-old Victoria.

The family was headed back home to its ranch in Brenham, Texas. The family never reached its intended destination.

Tim Miller and Texas Equusearch will try and help in the search for the missing Jacomini family.

Miller said he would be involved in flyovers and will also use drone airplanes.

“Hopefully, we can get out there and bring the resources to bring this to a close,” he said.

Search Underway for Plane Carrying Texas Family of 4

UPDATE I: Hiker Finds Plane Wreckage Near Where Plane reportedly Disappeared

This is not looking good for the hope of any survivors from the missing Cesna 182 and the Jacomini family.

Rescue crews were en route Sunday to a Colorado mountain pass where a hiker reported finding wreckage Sunday near the search area where a Texas family’s plane disappeared.

Summit County sheriff’s spokeswoman Paulette Horr said authorities were trying to verify the report about the plane wreckage near Georgia Pass east of Breckenridge, about 65 miles west of Denver.

UPDATE II: Plane wreck discovered on Georgia Pass

A plane wreckage has been discovered on the Georgia Pass; however, authorities have not yet confirmed if plane is missing aircraft out of Steamboat Springs

SUMMIT COUNTY — A hiker summiting Mt. Guyot just east of Breckenridge called 911 this morning after discovering the remains of a small plane crash, but authorities have not yet confirmed if it is the same plane that went missing Saturday morning out of Steamboat Springs .

The Summit County Communication Center received a call on Saturday morning from Routt County advising an aircraft that left from Steamboat Springs on Friday morning, but it had not reached it’s destination in the Houston, Texas area.

UPDATE III: Texas family’s plane found; no survivors

Houston family killed in plane crash

Sad news to report in the case of the missing Jacomini family from Texas.I investigators have confirmed that they have found the Jacomini’s plane in Colorado and that there were no survivors. God bless them all and may they rest in peace.

UPDATE IV: Jacomini family killed in plane crash to be laid to rest

How absolutely sad and gut wrenching … an entire family to be laid to rest … God bless them.

August 17th, 2008 at 04:05pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, Pictures, Plane Crash, Texas Equusearch | one comment

Charred Body of Missing Holley Wimunc Discovered Near Camp Lejune … Marine Cpl. John Wimunc Charged with First Degree Murder and Arson

The charred body that was earlier reported having been found near Camp Lejeune was confirmed to ne that of missing 24 year old Army 2nd Lt. Holley Lynn Wimunc. When the human charred remains were discovered near Camp Lejeune, the Marine base where Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc was stationed, it was not difficult to put the pieces together his involvement in his terrible crime and  to figure out that his arrest was imminent.

23 year old Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc has been charged with first degree murder of his estranged wife, Holly Wimunc.

John Wimunc

Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, a Camp Lejeune Marine, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit first-degree arson

Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Sunday and initially charged with arson for a fire that burned through Lt. Holley Wimunc’s Fayetteville, N.C., apartment on Thursday, the day she went missing.

Dead Army nurse’s husband charged with murder

23 year old Marine Cpl. John Wimunc has been charged with first degree murder and arson in the death of Holley Wimunc. Authorities have also charged 22 year old Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden with first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit arson and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Both John Wimunc and Kyle Alden were arrested at Camp Lejeune.

Marine Cpl. John Wimunc, 23, was also charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson in the death of his wife, Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, of Dubuque, Iowa. Her body was found Sunday, three days after a suspicious fire at her Fayetteville apartment.

In May, Wimunc secured a temporary restraining order against her husband. She told authorities he got drunk and held a loaded handgun to her head and his. At the time of her death, the couple was going through a divorce.

“You start with people who are closest to the spouse and you work your way out from that,” Fayetteville Detective Jeff Locklear said of the investigation.

UPDATE I: Remains confirmed to be Wimunc

July 14th, 2008 at 10:16pm Posted by | abduction, arrested, Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | 2 comments

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