Missing soldier from North Carolina

Johnna Henson of St. Cloud is heading to North Carolina this morning to help find her 23-year-old daughter, who was reported missing Monday when she failed to report to work at Fort Bragg Army base.
Kelli Marie Bordeaux of St. Cloud, a private first class in theU.S. Army, went to the Froggy Bottoms bar Friday night in Fayetteville and had arranged for friends to take her home. She left about 1:20 a.m. and hasn't been seen since, Fayetteville police said.

Police spokesman Gavin McRoberts said investigators think Bordeaux may be in danger. Officers are searching the area around the bar and along Interstate 295 where her cell phone last pinged off a tower, said Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine.
"She's not the type of soldier that would go AWOL," he said, after interviewing Fort Bragg officials.
Henson said her daughter took her military duties seriously so when she didn't appear on Monday, her commanding officer knew immediately something was wrong.
"That was a giant red flag," Henson said. "The lieutenant knew right away."
Bordeaux's sister Olivia Cox held a news conference Tuesday night, imploring for help from anyone who may have seen her sister or has information regarding her whereabouts.
"Being a soldier for Kelli isn't something she would jeopardize," Cox said, adding missing work was out of character for her sister.
Bordeaux is assigned to the 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, as a health service specialist, according to Fort Bragg spokeswoman Jacqueline Thomas.
Bordeaux, who grew up in Osceola County, joined the military in April 2011 to further her educational opportunities and become a combat medic, her mother said.
Boredeaux's two-year marriage to husband Mike was tested when she left for training for several months but Henson described them as best friends.
Mike Bourdeaux joined his wife in Fayetteville in early December to start a home off base, she said.
He was in Florida visiting his father when Bordeaux went missing, Henson said, and traveled back to North Carolina when he received the news.
"He is in a total panic," she said. "He wants to be there when she comes home. He's totally losing it."
As she headed out of state, Henson said a number of questions are troubling her but she is trying to stay focused.

"I want her home safe and sound and soon," Henson said Wednesday from her St. Cloud home. "We are all just falling apart."

Victims of the SPEED FREAK KILLERS

     finally found after years of being classified as MISSING

                     Said to be MANY more victims then just these four young ladies




                                     

Kimberly Billy

     

Joann Hobson

     

Cyndi Vanderheiden

                                        

Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler

Two victims of Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog, the so-called "Speed Freak Killers," have now been identified by California police.

FRENCH CAMP, Calif. — Two more possible victims of the "Speed Freak Killers" were identified Friday – more than 25 years after the teens disappeared from their Stockton homes, authorities said.
The disclosures bring to four the number of missing young women from the Central Valley whose remains have been found this year as the result of a death row inmate's crudely drawn maps directing authorities to burial sites.
In the latest discovery, San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore said the remains of Kimberly Billy, who went missing in 1984 at the age of 19, and JoAnn Hobson, who disappeared in 1985 at 16 were among the hundreds of bone fragments found last month in an abandoned well near the farming town of Linden.
Authorities were working to identify the remains of a third body found in the well.
"At this point, of those 1,000 bone pieces that were recovered from the well, the forensic anthropologist has been able to reconstruct what they believe to be three individuals," Moore said.
Investigators believe they were victims of Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog, who authorities say went on a methamphetamine-fueled killing spree in the 1980s and 90s.
"We are shifting gears," Moore said at a news conference in French Camp, "from missing persons cases to homicide cases."
Searchers were directed to the well by Shermantine, who hand-drew maps in his San Quentin Prison cell after a Sacramento bounty hunter promised to pay him for information about victims.
Authorities unearthed the remains of two other young women in February who were believed to be the victims of Shermantine and Herzog – two childhood buddies.
Shermantine is now on death row for four murders. He sent authorities on a massive search after he agreed to disclose burial locations in exchange for $33,000 from the bounty hunter. Herzog hanged himself in January after the bounty hunter told him Shermantine was disclosing locations of victims, including the Linden well that Shermantine described as "Loren's boneyard."
Investigators were still analyzing evidence found in the well and were working to identify more possible excavation sites.
"This is a very long process," Moore said.
Billy was last seen on Dec. 11, 1984, and her grandmother reported her missing two weeks later after she failed to contact any family members over the Christmas holiday, according to sheriff's officials.
Hobson was last seen in her east Stockton neighborhood on Aug. 29, 1985. Investigators have long suspected Shermantine and Herzog in the girl's abduction and death, but they never had enough evidence to charge them.
Hobson' mother, Joan Shelley, emotionally declined comment when contacted by phone Friday.
During last month's search, authorities combed a remote Calaveras County property once owned by Shermantine's family and excavated an abandoned well near the farming town of Linden.
At the Calaveras County property, they found the remains of Cyndi Vanderheiden, 25, who disappeared in 1998, and Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler, 16, who disappeared in 1985.
Shermantine was convicted of both murders in 2001. He was arrested in 1999 after his car was repossessed and investigators found Vanderheiden's blood in the trunk. Using a new collection technique not available in 1985, they also found Wheeler's DNA in a remote Calaveras County cabin owned by Shermantine. The cabin was near the site where Wheeler's body was found.
Shermantine was also convicted of robbing and killing two drifters as they sat in a car in a rural area about two miles west of Stockton. Tire tracks left at the scene matched those of a red pickup Shermantine drove at the time.
Herzog's three, first-degree murder convictions and 78 years-to-life prison sentence were tossed by an appeals court, which ruled his confession was illegally coerced. He later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Vanderheiden's death and was paroled in 2010 to a government-owned trailer outside the walls of the Susanville prison.
Shermantine, who blames Herzog for the killing spree, told authorities that 10 or more bodies could have been stashed at the Linden well. Searchers dug up hundreds of bone fragments, as well as purses, shoes, jewelry and other evidence.
Before his suicide, Herzog maintained Shermantine was responsible for the deaths.

Laureen Ann Rahn












Age Progressed photo: Age 37











Missing Since: April 26, 1980 from Manchester, New Hampshire
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: April 3, 1966
Age: 14 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 90 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, blue eyes. Laureen has a prominent scar on her upper leg, resulting from a fall onto broken glass.
Clothing Description: A white v-neck sweater, a blue plaid blouse, jeans, brown shoes, a heart-shaped gold ring and a silver/blue necklace.


Laureen resided with her mother, Judith Rahn, in an apartment on Merrimack Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. She was a student at Parkside Junior High School and made good grades. She was last seen at her home during the evening hours of April 26, 1980. Two of Laureen's friends saw her approximately one hour before her disappearance and reported that nothing was amiss at the time. She has never been heard from again.
Judith discovered that she had been charged for three California phone calls on October 1, 1980, three months after Laureen disappeared. Judith did not have any friends or relatives in California at the time. Two of the calls had been placed from a motel in Santa Monica to another motel in Santa Ana. The third call was placed to a teen sexual assistance hotline. Authorities attempted to question the physician who maintained the hotline, but they were unable to ascertain if he knew any details about Laureen's case.

An investigator followed up on the hotline tip in 1985. A man identifying himself as a plastic surgeon answered the call. He said that numerous runaway girls occasionally visited his wife at their home. He also told the investigator that one of the young women may have been from New Hampshire. The individual claimed that Annie Sprinkle, a woman who allegedly worked with his wife in the fashion industry, may have had information concerning several runaways. Authorities learned that Sprinkle was involved in the pornography industry and scanned several of her films in an attempt to locate Laureen. No evidence linking Sprinkle to Laureen's disappearance was discovered and she has never been implicated in her case.

An investigator visited California on Judith's behalf in 1986 and located the two motels involved in the October 1980 phone calls. Authorities said that one of the establishments may have been used by a child pornographer named "Dr. Z." Investigators were unable to link "Dr. Z" to the teen hotline and it is not known if pornography was involved in Laureen's disappearance.

Roger Maurais, Laureen's childhood friend in Manchester, received a call from a woman identifying herself as "Laurie" or "Laureen" in 1986. Maurais's mother answered the call and said that the person claimed to be her son's former girlfriend. The caller's identity remains unknown.

One of Laureen's family members reported seeing a girl matching her description in a Boston, Massachusetts bus terminal in 1981. Judith received phone calls around the Christmas holidays for several years from an unknown individual. She said that the person listened silently when Laureen's sister answered the phone, then terminated the call shortly afterwards. The calls stopped after Judith changed her phone number several years after Laureen vanished.

A witness reported that a prostitute in Anchorage, Alaska matched Laureen's description. The unconfirmed sighting occurred in 1988 and authorities said that the witness based his recollections on her 1980 photo. The woman was not believed to have been Laureen as a result of the time lapse.

In April 2005, a Nevada investigator contacted Judith and said Laureen bore a resemblance to a murdered young woman whose body was found off a dirt road in Henderson, Nevada in October 1980. Judith goes not believe the Nevada woman is her daughter, but officials are investigating that possibility.

Judith moved to Fort Myers, Florida during the years after Laureen's disappearance. She believes that her daughter placed the three California phone calls in October 1980. Laureen enjoyed singing and dancing at the time of her disappearance and dreamed of becoming an actress. Investigators continue to suspect that foul play was involved in her case, which remains unsolved.

While there is no evidence that the two cases are connected, it is worth noting that Rachael Garden, another petite brunette about the same age as Laureen, disappeared from a nearby town just a month before Laureen did. Garden's case remains unsolved as well and is also classified as a non-family abduction.

Some agencies may list April 27, 1980 as the date of Laureen's disappearance.



Rachael Elizabeth Garden








Age Progressed Photo: Age 42















15-year-old Rachael was last seen at a Rowes Corner Market on Route 108 in Newton, New Hampshire between 9:00 and 9:30pm on March 22, 1980. After she paid $5.00 for a pack of cigarettes she left the store heading north toward North Main Street. Rachael was a regular customer at the store. She was planning to spend the night at a friend's house in the 50th block of north Main Street, but never made it there.
Rachael was a 9th grader at Sanborn Regional High at the time of her disappearance and was the oldest of four children. In her free time, Rachael often walked the quarter-mile down to Rowe's Corner Market, looking for some excitement. Sometimes she went to the hill across from Maple Avenue, a place where local teens often congregated.
Rachael's parents called the police station at about 10.00 the next morning to report their daughter missing. Rachael's mother said that she knew right away something was seriously wrong when Rachael did not return to the family's small cape on Main Street.
Rachael was considered a runaway by police in the first months after her disappearance, but with a population barely over 3,000 people, at the time, Newton, New Hampshire had only one full-time police officer. Rachael was described as a headstrong and rebellious teenager, fun-seeking and outspoken. She often resented watching her siblings and complained to her friends about her parents' rules. Sometimes, Rachael skipped school to drink alcohol and smoke with other teens in the woods near Maple Avenue.
Over the years, police investigators have checked numerous leads including possible sightings, talked with people who knew her, worked with psychics, used dogs and excavated sites looking for remains. Rachael left behind her horse, her dental retainer and other possessions. He parents have consulted psychics and hired private investigators to no avail.
Years later, at least two witnesses reported seeing Rachael talking to three young men in a dark car in the vicinity of Rowe's Market and Maple Avenue. Rachael was known to have associated with the young men before. After Rachael went missing, one of the men confessed to murdering her and police dug up a site off Route 108 to look for her remains, but they weren't there and it's unknown whether any of the men were responsible in Rachael's case.
Rachael was last seen wearing jeans; a two-tone blue ski jacket; plaid shirt with silver threads; and brown lace-up shoes. She was carrying a tote bag with the word "Things" on its side. Rachael had orthodontic work: three fillings and her four "wisdom" teeth removed prior to the orthodontic work.








Are the disappearance of these two young teens just coinidence or are they connected?

Arrest made in Melissa Jenkins murder case
          Allen Prue and his wife strangled the single mother while her 2 year old son watched the whole thing!






The couple accused of strangling Vermont teacher Melissa Jenkins lured her from her home by telling her their vehicle had broken down and they needed help, court documents state.
Allen Prue, 30, and his wife, Patricia Prue, 33, allegedly strangled the well-loved science teacher and dumped her body in a river, according to the documents, while her 2-year-old son was in the car.
No clear motive was given, however the documents stated Allen Prue told police he wanted to "get a girl" on Sunday night, according to the Associated Press. Prue had allegedly asked Jenkins out in the past.
"They knew Ms. Jenkins and had snow plowed her driveway a few years ago," State Police Maj. Ed Ledo said.

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Allen Prue and wife Patricia Prue, of Waterford, Vt., are show in these March 28, 2012 police booking photos.

 

 

The Prues were taken into custody early today and are being held without bail.
A search warrant is being executed at the Prues' home.
Allen Prue also worked as a newspaper delivery man for the Caledonian Record. The newspaper reported that Prue arrived an hour late for his shift on Sunday night, around the same time Jenkins vanished.
The body of Jenkins, 33, from St. Johnsbury, Vt., was found on a dark Vermont road Sunday night. Her SUV was found running with her 2-year-old son Ty inside.
Jenkins' vehicle was recovered Sunday evening near signs of a struggle after a friend who had been looking for the mother contacted the police.
Residents of the town of fewer than 8,000 people, which sits roughly 40 miles from the Canadian border, were stunned after her disappearance and the discovery of the body.
"We hope these arrests bring some closure to the family and friends of Melissa Jenkins," Lemos said.

West Memphis Three

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     The West Memphis Three: Accused and convicted of killing three young boys, a crime they didnt commit.

 

 

 

 

The West Memphis Three are three men who were tried and convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment. During the trial, the prosecution asserted that the children were killed as part of a satanic ritual. A number of documentaries have been based on the case, and celebrities and musicians have held fund raisers in the belief that they are innocent.
In July 2007, new forensic evidence was presented in the case and a status report jointly issued by the State and the Defense team stated, "Although most of the genetic material recovered from the scene was attributable to the victims of the offenses, some of it cannot be attributed to either the victims or the defendants." On October 29, 2007, the defense filed a Second Amended Writ of Habeas Corpus, outlining the new evidence.
Following a successful decision in 2010 by the Arkansas Supreme Court regarding newly produced DNA evidence, the West Memphis Three reached a deal with prosecutors. On August 19, 2011, they entered Alford pleas, which allow them to assert their innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict them. Judge David Laser accepted the pleas and sentenced the three to time served. They were released with ten-year suspended sentences, having served 18 years and 78 days in prison.




The victims:

My personal opinion is that Terry Hobbs stepfather of Steve Branch either murdered all three boys or knows who did. He claims he never saw any of the boys the day they were found murdered but neighbors say they saw the boys playing in the backyard and yell at the boys to get back inside the house. Steve Branch's mom also later found Steve's jack knife amoung Terry's possessions. When asked about the knife Terry said he didn't want his 8 year old son having a jack knife. If that is true then why wait so long to take the knife from him?And why lie about seeing the boys? To top it all off a hair was found in the restraints binding Steve Branch's hands together that matched Terry Hobbs!

Also what about the bloody man that was spotted in a local restaurant? There was also a black hair found on one of the boys.

Please spread the news far and wide... THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE (Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley JR) ARE INNOCENT. Help get fair justice for chris,michael and steve while exonerating Damien,Jason and Jessie.

 

 

 Melissa Jenkins Missing: Body found believed to be St.Johnsbury Academy Science teacher

UPDATE: 9:10 p.m. -- Authorities in Vermont believe they have found the body of Melissa Jenkins, a missing school teacher whose SUV was found abandoned along the side of a road with her 2-year-old child alone inside.
While checking remote pull-offs in the greater St. Johnsbury area, Vermont State Police located a suspicious area off of Comerford Dam Road in the Town of Barnet. Upon further investigation, detectives located a body determined to be that of a young adult female. Authorities have not elaborated further on the discovery.
The body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington, where an autopsy is scheduled to be performed on Tuesday. According to Vermont State Police Major Ed Ledo, the body is believed to be that of Jenkins. Ledo said a positive identification will not be made until the autopsy is performed.
PREVIOUSLY
Police got a call around 11:30 p.m. Sunday from a friend of Jenkins' who spotted the 33-year-old single mother's 2006 silver Suzuki Grand Vitara -- with its still engine running -- along Goss Hollow Road in St. Johnsbury. The location is not far from where Jenkins lives, according to Vermont State Police Captain Dave Covell.
Police found no sign of Jenkins, but they did find indications at the scene that she had not voluntarily left her vehicle.
"Responding Troopers observed evidence at the scene to indicate that Ms. Jenkins' disappearance is the result of foul play as evidence present showed signs that a struggle had occurred," Ledo told reporters during a Monday afternoon press conference.

Ledo did not elaborate further on any potential evidence found at the scene. He did, however, say that Jenkins' child is in good condition and is being cared for by a family friend.
According to Covell, Jenkins was last seen at approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The friend who later located her car was the last known person to see her and became concerned when unable to locate her, police said.
Jenkins holds degrees from Lyndon State College in natural science and geology. She teaches high school science and coaches the girls' basketball team at St. Johnsbury Academy, an independent boarding and day school. Jenkins also works as a part-time waitress at The Creamery Restaurant in nearby Danville.
The Vermont State Police processed the scene where Jenkins' vehicle was found and the location where the body was discovered.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Vermont State Police in St. Johnsbury at 802-748-3111. Police are also looking to speak with anyone who may have driven Goss Hollow Road in St. Johnsbury on Sunday evening, between 7:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.