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Project Dead Zone is a quest led by “Let’s Bring Them Home” (www.letsbringthemhome.org (http://www.letsbringthemhome.org)), a national missing person’s advocacy group, to find answers about an area that has been called the “Dead Zone.”  This zone is 100 miles of the stretch between Shreveport, LA and Houston, TX.  A great number of people (“dozens of men, women and children in the past 10 years alone”) have been lost in this zone, and it is suspected that most of these people have been murdered or disappear because of serial killers.  Two serial killers—Robert Charles Brown and former truck driver James Wood—have been caught and convicted.  There are signs that there may be more serial killers in the Dead Zone  :shock:

LaDonna Meredith, PR consultant for the advocacy group, spoke with Dana Pretzer on Scared Monkeys Radio, July 23, 2007.  She reported that the purpose of Project Dead Zone is to bring together law enforcement agencies of all the counties (Texas & Arkansas) and parishes (Louisiana) included in and affected by this zone.  They hope that all the law enforcement agencies will begin to work together and work with their group by sharing information and resources.  Eventually, a Dead Zone Task Force will be formed.

The advocacy group also is trying to inform the public about the dangers in this zone.  Their campaign to increase public awareness began July 20 when they went to Shreveport to distribute flyers and put up posters.  

Anyone with information about crimes in the Dead Zone, is urged to call, toll free, 1-866-479-5284. The caller can remain completely anonymous and does not have to talk with law enforcement, according to Ms. Meredith.

I and several other Monkeys have questions about the exact location of the Dead Zone.  The stretch between Shreveport and Houston is about 250 miles.  Which parishes and counties are affected?  There has been mention also of Arkansas and a missing person last seen about 25 miles east of Shreveport.  Are these locations also considered to be in the “Dead Zone”?  I emailed LaDonna Meredith this morning.  When I get a response to my questions, I will post it here.  

Mrs. Red had suggested that a thread be posted on Project Dead Zone.  See, Mrs. Red, I am listening to you :D

Klaas, if I have put this in the wrong place, please move it for me.  Thanks!

Karo, Thanks for bringing this in here... I am looking forward to learning more... and hopefully we will be able to help them.  There are an awfully lot of monkeys around!

I'd like to know what makes this area so attractive to serial killers? Is it unusually isolated and dark at night? Could something be done to lower the risk? There has to be a reason this area is so dangerous, and it seems that there could be improvements made to make it safer for travelers.

pdh3, to answer your question, I really need to know exactly where the 100-mile stretch they are talking about is located and which roadways are included.  I have not gotten a response yet to my email.  I also called but got a recording and did not leave a number since I was going to be out, working, during daytime hours.  

The NW corner of Louisiana, bordering eastern Texas, with Arkansas only a short distance north is referred to as the “Ark-la-tex.”  There is a major highway running north-south to Shreveport as well as east-west (I-20) through Shreveport, so it is a crossroad point for many travelers.

You have to go out of the way to use Interstate to travel north in Texas from Houston, heading northwest to Dallas, which is almost a 4-hour drive, then drive 3 more hours to get from Dallas to Shreveport on I-20.  The faster route is to drive east from Houston on I-10 for more than 2 hours to the first good road to head north in Louisiana, and that road is not Interstate.  To get to the north-south Interstate, you have to drive an extra hour.

Most north-south roads that are not Interstate, through Texas and Louisiana, are for the most part isolated and dark, as you say.  There are many farms, lake areas, and small towns, which are pretty far from the next town.  I don’t think better lighting is practical and affordable.  Better patrol by law enforcement likely would be the best thing, but that would require hiring many more law enforcement people.  Most small town funds (at least in Louisiana) come from those that speed through their towns.  I fear law enforcement watches more for ways to add to their coffers than for criminal activity  :cry:

I hate to say this, but this reminds me of the movie with Kurt Russell called Breakdown.  It was about truck driver kidnappers.  Very Creepy!!!

I guess I was thinking of better lighting at rest areas, but it doesn't sound like there are very many in the area. It seems like a good place to avoid.
I wonder if jurisdictional issues between so many different states complicates things as well. :?

Not just between states but also between towns and between parishes (counties)!

I called today and left 2 numbers, so hopefully I soon will have the answers I seek to questions above.

Sleeks, I haven't seen that movie and don't think I want to see it  :shock:  I'll take your word for it!

Thanks Karo! I appreciate your hard work. This is kind of fascinating, in an awful way.

Ms. Meredith and “Let’s Bring Them Home” have been extremely busy in the past weeks with their biggest event of the year.  Today Ms. Meredith put me in touch with a woman who works with Project Dead Zone, who also happens to be a new Monkey :D   I am writing to ask her to contribute to this thread and I hope she does.  She sent me a link which shows the origin of the concept of a “Dead Zone” between Shreveport and Houston.  The first post was in 2002. 

“Victims have been found in such places as Bossier City, Shreveport, & Logansport Louisiana. Galveston, Texas City, Houston, and Alivin Texas. Places like Addicks Reservoir, Galveston Bay, Turners Bayou, and a place simply called the "killing-fields" off of Calder road. The "dead zone" and it's murderous history began in June of 1971…”

http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm295281.html (http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm295281.html)

At this point, I am thinking we can say the Dead Zone encompasses western Louisiana from the farthest point north all the way south to I-10, the southwestern corner of Arkansas, and eastern Texas from the farthest point north all the way south to the Gulf (about 50 miles south of Houston).  Let me try to mark a map for us.  I’m not nearly as good as Klaas and CBB but you can get a rough idea of the geographic areas that may be included.  I may be including too much of Texas?

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/KJavs1/Family/La-Ark-Tx2.png)

Hey Everyone...the original definition was about 50 miles.  We expaned it to 100 miles...however the correct mileage is about 250 miles.  The area is defined as all parishes and counties between Houston and Shreveport.  Keep in mind that the "dead zone" is an area that was defined in 1992 and started out as a theory...however because this area now has at least three serial killers that have been caught and probobly more...our goal is simply to try and connect more of the cases to present to LE so that they may be able to solve more of the unsolved missing person's cases and homicides.  I need to mention although the area is defined as the area between Houston and Shreveport - Eric Mickelson the killer of Kristy O'Pry has admitted involvement in at least 6 homicides...however he has only named two of his victims.  LE admits he is a serial killer and they believe he is involved in cases in the midwest.  My point is that the "dead zone" is Shreveport to Houston but may reach out farther than we realize because of people like Mickelson that have been mobile and traveling outside of the defined "dead zone" area. 

I think there is a post later in this thread that posts the original "dead zone" post.

Thank you.

I am not sure I am the right person to answer this question but I will try.  The area between Houston and Shreveport has a good road structure and is easily traveled.  However, it is also very rural in many area.  This means it is easier for these vultures to prey and dispose of the victims.  It is also easier for the people that are serial killers to get "lost" as there are a lot of people and they can blend and not be so obvious.  Also we are talking about a lot of LE agencies and because they can be territorial - LE agencies does not always talk to each other making it harder to detect a serial killer.

Hey Everyone...thank you for the interest in this topic.  It is a sad realization that there are so many cases of unsolved homicides and missing people in this geographic area.  Please don't get caught up as much with the geography but with the concept that many of these cases can and probably are connected.  Our goal is simply to raise awareness and if we can prove connection, we want to be able to take it to law enforcement so that some of these families can get answers about what has happened to their loved ones. 

We are looking for commonalities and links between possibly hundreds of cases in this area alone.

Thanks for your assistance.

Unsolved missing persons cases
Here are some of the cases of missing persons in northwest Louisiana:

Bienville Parish
Robert Earl Davis, also known as “Mook,” 42, of Ringgold, last seen on Nov. 28, 2002, walking in the 700 block of Stateline Road five miles north of Ringgold. He has Down syndrome.

Caddo Parish
Kristi Gwen O’Pry, 36, was last seen July 19, 1996 at her sister’s house on Meriwether Road in Shreveport. She left the home around dusk to run errands with a friend who later said he dropped her off at what was then Southpark Mall and now Summer Grove Baptist Church.

April Brown, 44, was last seen at her home in Mooringsport on July 6, 2001. Family members said April left home about 9:30 p.m. with an unknown male driving an early '90s model dark-colored Chevy Cavalier. The man she accompanied was described as white, about 6 feet tall and with brown hair over his ears and long side burns.

Claiborne Parish
Rodney Capers, 36, of Homer, last seen July 14 walking near the intersection of state Highway 531 and U.S. Highway 79 in Minden. He was carrying a Bible and backpack.

Bossier City
Penelope M. Madanat, 23, of Bossier City, last seen leaving Cowboys nightclub -- now Rockin’ Rodeo -- on Oct. 26, 1991.

Darrell M. Wells, 31, of Bossier City, last seen on Dec. 25, 2001, after leaving his parents’ home in Bossier City. His pickup was found five days later in a Bossier City parking lot near the Shreveport-Barksdale Bridge.

Christopher M. Pierce, 18, last seen May 13, 2003, leaving work at the Taco Bell restaurant in the 4100 block of Barksdale Boulevard in his 1988 red Jeep pickup with Louisiana license plate W031965.

Bossier Parish
Clinton Nelson, 21, last was seen visiting friends Sept. 1 at a Princeton residence. He had moved from South Dakota to the Haughton area to stay with his father, his mother said. Nelson left behind a $2,000 paycheck and had no transportation, credit cards or financial means other than maybe a few dollars in cash.

Gregory Alonzo Vice, Jr., 23, of Princeton, last seen March 21, 2000, on state Highway 71 south of Bossier City. Detectives suspect foul play.

DeSoto Parish
Lurline Dewitt, 77, of Mansfield. Reported missing Sept. 27, 1996, after her son awoke to find her missing and a carport door open.

Syble Brumley, 76, of Mansfield. Was last seen April 28, 1997. Damage to the front door and items in disarray inside the house indicate she was taken by force.

Deshanna D. Gray, 28, also known as “DeeDee,” reported missing Nov. 22, 2000, from Logansport. Last seen getting into a truck with someone in the Japan Quarters.

Constance Anderson, 19, of South Mansfield. Reported missing Jan. 24. Last seen at her home. She left the house with her cell phone.
Natchitoches Parish

Wilson Demars, reported missing in June 1988 from Natchitoches Parish. Additional details are unavailable.

Kara Vaughn, 39, reported missing Nov. 11, 1993, from her mother’s residence in Natchitoches. Last seen in a 1978 Honda Civic with California license plates.

Michael Orsborn, 38, of Provencal. Last seen Jan. 31 about one mile from his residence. Car found in a ditch.
Red River Parish

Faye Aline Self, 26, of Coushatta, reported missing March 30, 1983. Last seen at Alice’s Wagon Wheel in Armistead. Her car was still in the parking lot the next day.

Ernest L. Franklin, 56, was last seen Dec. 25, 2003.

Patrick D. Tompkins Sr., 41, was last seen Sept. 28, 2002, at his mother’s home in 3300 block of Old Mooringsport Road in Shreveport. While there, he made statements that he “couldn’t take it anymore.” He then ran out the back of the home and fired two shots.

Webster Parish
Wilda Jean Cross, 39, of Sibley. Reported missing in March 1992 when she failed to meet her husband in Shreveport. Cross was a champion barefoot water skier.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS03

This is part of the reason that Let's Bring Them Home was investigating the "Dead Zone" which is the area between Shreveport and Houston.  There are more cases than of missing and unsolved homicides. etc.  Thanks for posting it.

Carolyn

Wow, so many ....

You are welcome Carolyn...also notice the article says it is a listing of SOME of the missing...hard to say how many more...so sad!!

Nut44*4 - Great work. :thumleft:
No idea, or it been many missings but one missing is to much!

Bringing this forward for Nut44x4 and Carolyn.

Excellent--Thanks!

Okay...I will bring my earlier post over here...

Unsolved missing persons cases
Here are some of the cases of missing persons in northwest Louisiana:

Bienville Parish
Robert Earl Davis, also known as “Mook,” 42, of Ringgold, last seen on Nov. 28, 2002, walking in the 700 block of Stateline Road five miles north of Ringgold. He has Down syndrome.

Caddo Parish
Kristi Gwen O’Pry, 36, was last seen July 19, 1996 at her sister’s house on Meriwether Road in Shreveport. She left the home around dusk to run errands with a friend who later said he dropped her off at what was then Southpark Mall and now Summer Grove Baptist Church.

April Brown, 44, was last seen at her home in Mooringsport on July 6, 2001. Family members said April left home about 9:30 p.m. with an unknown male driving an early '90s model dark-colored Chevy Cavalier. The man she accompanied was described as white, about 6 feet tall and with brown hair over his ears and long side burns.

Claiborne Parish
Rodney Capers, 36, of Homer, last seen July 14 walking near the intersection of state Highway 531 and U.S. Highway 79 in Minden. He was carrying a Bible and backpack.

Bossier City
Penelope M. Madanat, 23, of Bossier City, last seen leaving Cowboys nightclub -- now Rockin’ Rodeo -- on Oct. 26, 1991.

Darrell M. Wells, 31, of Bossier City, last seen on Dec. 25, 2001, after leaving his parents’ home in Bossier City. His pickup was found five days later in a Bossier City parking lot near the Shreveport-Barksdale Bridge.

Christopher M. Pierce, 18, last seen May 13, 2003, leaving work at the Taco Bell restaurant in the 4100 block of Barksdale Boulevard in his 1988 red Jeep pickup with Louisiana license plate W031965.

Bossier Parish
Clinton Nelson, 21, last was seen visiting friends Sept. 1 at a Princeton residence. He had moved from South Dakota to the Haughton area to stay with his father, his mother said. Nelson left behind a $2,000 paycheck and had no transportation, credit cards or financial means other than maybe a few dollars in cash.

Gregory Alonzo Vice, Jr., 23, of Princeton, last seen March 21, 2000, on state Highway 71 south of Bossier City. Detectives suspect foul play.

DeSoto Parish
Lurline Dewitt, 77, of Mansfield. Reported missing Sept. 27, 1996, after her son awoke to find her missing and a carport door open.

Syble Brumley, 76, of Mansfield. Was last seen April 28, 1997. Damage to the front door and items in disarray inside the house indicate she was taken by force.

Deshanna D. Gray, 28, also known as “DeeDee,” reported missing Nov. 22, 2000, from Logansport. Last seen getting into a truck with someone in the Japan Quarters.

Constance Anderson, 19, of South Mansfield. Reported missing Jan. 24. Last seen at her home. She left the house with her cell phone.
Natchitoches Parish

Wilson Demars, reported missing in June 1988 from Natchitoches Parish. Additional details are unavailable.

Kara Vaughn, 39, reported missing Nov. 11, 1993, from her mother’s residence in Natchitoches. Last seen in a 1978 Honda Civic with California license plates.

Michael Orsborn, 38, of Provencal. Last seen Jan. 31 about one mile from his residence. Car found in a ditch.
Red River Parish

Faye Aline Self, 26, of Coushatta, reported missing March 30, 1983. Last seen at Alice’s Wagon Wheel in Armistead. Her car was still in the parking lot the next day.

Ernest L. Franklin, 56, was last seen Dec. 25, 2003.

Patrick D. Tompkins Sr., 41, was last seen Sept. 28, 2002, at his mother’s home in 3300 block of Old Mooringsport Road in Shreveport. While there, he made statements that he “couldn’t take it anymore.” He then ran out the back of the home and fired two shots.

Webster Parish
Wilda Jean Cross, 39, of Sibley. Reported missing in March 1992 when she failed to meet her husband in Shreveport. Cross was a champion barefoot water skier.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS03
 
 

Posted this yesterday in the Musings thread and even though it is further east than where you are talking about it is interesting. Also saw another young man missing in Georgia on the State of Georgia website, will try and find it and post.

Justin Gaines 11/1/2007 missing,Snellville,Ga...Jason Roark missing 11/9/2006, Snellville Ga...and Ben Stanford missing 11/5/2007 from Alliston Al, car found in Villa Rica,Ga which is 52 miles from Snellville.

How far are all of these compared to the Houston and Shreveport area? One of the theories is that someone is traveling the highway/interstates.  Also how old are these people? One of the things that strikes me from the list in Louisiana is that many are in the 18-30 age range and there are quite a few males. I know statistically there are more males missing than females but I am curious to know if any of the cases can be connected.  I think this was the primary purpose of "Project Dead Zone".  I don't mean to trivialize any of the missing people regardless of who, where, or what a person was doing, all missing deserve to be found.  I am just wondering if there is a connection. I know that there are two or three serial killers that have been found in this area....

Carolyn

Carolyn... Justin is 18, Benjamin 17 and Jason was 26 when he disappeared a year ago. I am wondering what is going on too! I believe the other young man I read about yesterday was also in this age group(will have to check thoug)...strange about him..he used to live in Snellville and his family still does, which is where Justin and Jason are missing from.

Thanks Mum and Nut, I think it might be a good idea for any known missing person's cases to be mapped out and some how color code male and female, and then remove the ones that the person responsible is known or at least highly probable, to see if there are connections.  I know one of the connections was that many of the people that have gone missing have gone missing from or around convenient stores and/or pay phones.  Thanks

Carolyn

Mum....how far is this area from the Shreveport/Bossier area?  It is odd that all are in this age range.  I know there are some that have suggested Clinton was taken for some kind of sex slave, I have even been told that the FBI is investigating some of these cases because of that possible connection.  I can tell you though, if that were the scenario, my son is dead.  My son has a major phobia and he would fight with everything he had.  Thanks

Carolyn

Just noting that Jason Roark looks young for his age...

I know that Clinton, Christopher Pearce, and Gregory Alonzo Vice Jr. All look young.  I am not sure about the rest. 

Thanks
Carolyn

Dear Carolyn - you are correct. The FBI stats for missing persons are 53% male - 47% female according to the FBI stats from 2005 - (http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/Morgan2112_2006/MissingPeople1.gif)

As you can see, this is just for adults. Total of missing persons (including children) according to the FBI is roughly 110,000. (I know!!! - the figure is truly astonishing. That is more people than live on the island of Aruba. Basically, a small city is missing). Some of these children are taken in a custody battle. They are listed as missing none the less, because they are!!

Then there is this - (http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/Morgan2112_2006/homiciderates1.gif)

If we look at the figures logically and remove a small percentage of those missing due to their own desire to start over. We are still left with an unbelievable amount of missing persons.

In a conversation with Detective Joel Wright earlier this year. (Grande and I developed some info in Jennifer Kesse's case) Det. Wright told me that the OLE (Orlando Law Enforcement) was about to develop a missing persons squad.

The crime stats for Orlando have quadrupled over the last two years and the bodies of those missing are  - well, missing. They know a homicide has occurred, but the bodies are not found and available for analysis. It makes solving cases very difficult, as you can imagine. Det. Wright attributed a good bit of the crime (if not almost all of it) to the surge in illegal immigration. You may know - that 22% of all federal inmates are illegals.

Needless to say - the police are simply overwhelmed.

In my humble opinion, the situation has reached epic proportions and something needs to be done immediately. A large margin of the criminals do not fear the LE. Sad, but true. I grew up in an era where the police were respected and admired. Not so today. A lot of people will not even come forward and report what they know or witnessed. Cowards! You know - No Snitching!!!

Not a day goes by that the Monkey Board is not posting about a new case. Then another one tomorrow. And it will go on like this until something is done.

I personally do not have the answers. I, and so many others, have thought about this issue and don't even know where to start. But I do know this - it needs to be addressed on a National level.

Perhaps the FBI needs to dedicate the needed resources and talent to this issue. I realize that terrorism is a the main focus of the FBI, but Good Lord - what about all these people missing? Do they not mean anything to anyone but the people on these boards?

Anyway - I hope and pray you get your answers very soon. Know we do care.

Thanks Rob..hey...I posted a bit more in the Joel Gove thread...it was him...mummified!

Hey ya Nut . . I saw... Let's take this over there.

I have something to tell ya.

Rob,
Thank you for this information.  I knew some of this, I did not know others.  I am curious, were the statistics done before or after Katrina.  Is Katrina the reason that Liaising has so many more missing people than other areas?  Have you ever seen anything about ages of the missing?  Is there anyway to narrow down the # of missing to certain geographic areas besides states, like how many people are actually missing within a 100 mile radius?  Is there some way to compare data on the missing cases to look for similarities? 

Thanks

Carolyn

Carolyn...It is almost 600 miles from Princeton to Atlanta. Interstate 20 runs from Dallas to Atlanta and further. Ben Stafford's body was found yesterday off of I-20 at Villa Rica. He went missing from Alliston,Al and his credit card was used at Lincoln,Al. This is all on I-20. Snellville,Ga is where the other two young men are missing from and this is just east of Atlanta and as far as I can tell,just off of the Atlanta bypass.

I will see what I can find about missing males, 18-30 years old along I-20 and also going to Houston. If we can make a list, maybe Klaas will help us with a map. I was going to start with males as all of a sudden this seems overwhelming. Your truckdriver theory is starting to make a lot of sense.

Also interested in the couple you mentioned in the midwest.

Thanks Mum,
I am interested to see what comes of this.  I know the area that Clinton and Gregory Alonzo Vice Jr. disappeared from are right off of I 20.  The exit to and from I-20 is less than 1/4 mile....if you go right you head towards Haughton (where Clinton was living) if you go left you go towards Princeton (where Clinton was last seen).  Also I read a report that said Gregory disappeared on this same road.  I will have to check on Christopher...I know he was last seen at work (at a fast food restaurant) and disappeared at night but I am not sure if where he was working is close to I-20.  Thanks

Carolyn

I posted this yesterday under News of the Day here at SM. Perhaps it is better served here.

Body Found Near I-20/59 CBS 42 News

A horrific discovery is under investigation in Bessemer where a decomposing body was found along I-20/59 at the 19th Street exit.

The victim was discovered on Sunday afternoon, but police were on the scene a good portion of Monday gathering evidence.  Investigators are saying very little about this case.

Right now there is no word on who the victim is or how that person died.
http://www.wiat.com/news/local/11236331.html

What are you asking about here?

Thanks
Carolyn

Sorry Carolyn..I thought you mentioned there may have been a couple of missing in the midwest either on a major hwy or associated with truck drivers, will go back and find the post for tomorrow!

I have found 1 other than Clinton, Gregory and Christopher on I-20 in La. He is James Wiggins ,DOB 1981,missing since 2002 from Rushton, which is between Princeton and Monroe.My guess about 50 miles from Princeton. Also looking into 5 cases in Georgia.

I have asked Klaas to send you my email, in case I can help with anything on the upcoming search. You can then forward it to Angelala at BFN.

Nut...posted this in the other thread...there is an endangered missing runaway,16, missing from Bessemer on 2/17/2007. Will include him in my list on I-20 as I haven't even looked at missing kids yet.

Mum,
I think I was probably talking about Eric Michelson, he murdered and dismembered Kristi O'Pry and an elderly gentleman from Louisiana.  Kristi's disappearance has a lot of similarities to Clinton's so I called the Detective working the case because Eric Michelson admitted that he is involved in six cases. But he is only named two of them.  The detective said that the other cases they believe are in the midwest possible some in Ohio.  I really don't know any more than than and I have not seen any more news about it.  I know the detective told me he was sending alerts out to LE in other states. 

As far as your willingness to help....Thank you.  All help is appreciated.


Thanks
Carolyn

Carolyn...yes, thank you. I had read that in Clinton's thread yesterday. I did read up on Kristi's case including the website gocartsupply.com. This guy sounds like a real piece of work. Do you think they'll ever be able to find out anymore from him? What about his woman friend, I wonder if she has given up any info. I could not find anything other than that he had been charged in both cases. Maybe the cases have not come before the courts yet. I will keep looking around to see if I can find anymore on him.

I have not heard anymore at this point.  I do know the detective in charge of the case has been notified by me about my son's disappearance and he mentioned that Clinton's case was eerily similar to Kristi's.  However at this point and time, there is no evidence connecting him to Clinton's disappearance and Mickelson is not naming the names of the other four cases he has admitted being involved in.  I know they have been charged in both cases but I don't think it has gone to trial yet.  Thanks

Carolyn

Dear Carolyn -

Here is the FBI web page dealing directly with stats for missing people. There are a lot of stats there.

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/missingpersons.htm

(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/Morgan2112_2006/FBIstatsonmissingpeople2006jpg1.jpg)

(2007) Eric Mickelson, the last person seen with Kristi O'Pry, confessed to the decade-old murder of Kristi O'Pry. Eric Mickelson is behind bars in the connection with the slaying of an 86 year old man. Mickelson said he has been involved in a total of six murders. He told authorities he strangled her to death with his hands, then disposed of her body in a pond on his Woolworth Road property, but later moved the body to a location on Jefferson Paige Road.
Investigators are trying to locate O'Pry's remains.

http://doenetwork.org/cases/1601dfla.html

Nut44x4
If I am not mistaken the area that Mickelson lives and the Jefferson Paige Road are within a couple of miles of where Clinton and Gregory Vice went missing.....

Thanks
Carolyn

Dear Carolyn - if you can give me some addresses and zip codes, I'll triangulate it all.

Also, if you do not know the exact addresses, that's ok... a general area can work too...Zip codes are helpful.

I'll Google Earth it and make some maps for posting.

I also have a new tool that uses real time satellite images. This new tool appears to be very helpful and I have used it a few times already.

A. [800-1199] Ward Ln, Princeton, LA 71067
Places Nearby Send to Cell Zoom to Street Level
 1: Start out going SOUTH on WARD LN toward US-79 W/US-80 W. go 0.3 miles  Map
 
 2: Turn LEFT onto US-79 E/US-80 E. go 0.5 miles Avoid Map
 
 3: Turn RIGHT onto LA-157. go 0.7 miles Avoid Map
 
 4: Merge onto I-20 W. go 18.3 miles Avoid Map
 
 5: Take the JEWELLA AVE exit- EXIT 14. go 0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 6: Turn RIGHT onto JEWELLA AVE. go 0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 7: Turn LEFT onto GREENWOOD RD/US-79/US-80/LA-3231. Continue to follow LA-3231. go 1.8 miles Avoid Map
 
 8: End At [5000-5004] Jefferson Paige Rd, Shreveport, LA 71109   Map
 
Total Est. Time: 25 minutes    Total Est. Distance: 22.11 miles 

Shreveport Real Estate
Hotels in Shreveport
B. [5000-5004] Jefferson Paige Rd, Shreveport, LA 71109
Places NearbySend to CellZoom to Street Level
 1: Start out going WEST on LA-3231 W toward JEFFERSON PAIGE RD. go 0.6 miles  Map
 
 2: Merge onto I-220 W via the ramp on the LEFT. go 0.7 miles Avoid Map
 
 3: Merge onto I-20 W via EXIT 1B toward DALLAS. go 3.6 miles Avoid Map
 
 4: Take the INDUSTRIAL LOOP/US-526 E/US-80 exit- EXIT 8. go 0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 5: Take the INDUSTRIAL LOOP/LA-526 ramp. go 0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 6: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto LA-526 E/BERT KOUNS INDUSTRIAL LOOP EXPY. go 2.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 7: Turn RIGHT onto PR 7. go <0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 8: Turn LEFT onto WOOLWORTH RD/PR 7. go <0.1 miles Avoid Map
 
 9: End At [6600-6611] Woolworth Rd, Shreveport, LA 71129   Map
 
Total Est. Time: 11 minutes    Total Est. Distance: 7.48 miles 

C. [6600-6611] Woolworth Rd, Shreveport, LA 71129


This is a little farther than I thought - 22 miles.  However, this seems to go right along I-20, which is something that was being discussed in previous posts.  Thanks

Carolyn

Rob trying to find some zips for others missing in the close vicinity and also on Mickelson and the elderly man he murdered. Will post in a little while if possible.


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Mum,
I did post the zip for Mickelson and the location he claims to have dumped Kristi O'Pry in.  I did not post on the elderly gentelman.  Thank you for you work on this. 

Carolyn

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Carolyn - I'm not totally sure what these address actually are. Can you give me some details?

And the addresses do not seem to be exact, but close?

Mum - thanks for any help. If we can get all of the addresses, I think we can triangulate where the perp might live. He / She is most likely in a twenty mile area of these locations . . could live there or travel there for business or vocation.

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Using Earth Google - I have included AIR MILES and not the actual routes possibly used.

Rob,
The address on Ward Lane is where my son was last seen, the address on Woolworth Road is where Eric Michelson lived and where he supposedly dumped Kristi O'Prys body.  He claims that he later moved her body to Jefferson Paige Road.  I don't have an exact address for Mickelson or where he dumped her on Jefferson Paige Road. 

Thanks
Carolyn

Carolyn - I am friends (sort of) with Dr. Maurice Godwin. He is the person working Tara Grindstead's case. He is also the person that does the Predator Triangulation Maps and narrows the anchor point. If we can get a few other addresses and info on some of these other cases, he might be willing to do a map for us. He did the map for Natalee's case and the anchor point appears to be exact. Godwin found the critical evidence overlooked by the LE in Tara's case . . i.e the broken bed leg, tooth under the bed and drop of blood in the carport.

I can't promise he'll help, but I could ask. We need more info at this point tho-....

Rob how important is a zip? If you think it will make it a lot easier I will keep going on it....just need to do driving directions.

Carolyn..You are welcome...I can't find an address yet on Charles S Martin Jr..dob 5-14-1921..died 7-11-2007. Will go back and look for news archives from July

Have an address for Mickelson's mother where he lived for a long time as
2800 Alkay drive Shreveport. Do you think we need to look at his woman partner in the elderly gentleman's murder as I have an address for her when she was arrested..no zip. Also Kristi's last known address with the boyfriend..will check more on him.

Can only find close addresses on Gregory Vice and Christopher Pierce. Still working on zips.

Rob just read your post, I have a few more I want to look into, I think...A young woman that disappeared close to Kristi, also a couple of others. This guy has admitted to 6 murders and only owned up to 2, a young woman and an elderly man! And there is a lot more than that missing in the area.

Mum- Zip Codes are almost essential. I do need those.

I think it's possible we have a tandem working in conjunction. They may commit crimes separate from each other and some crimes together - the HANDS THAT BIND. They may have committed some crimes together and the MO may fit both.

If we can get all of the crime victim's info (the dynamics that make up the final movements of the victims) and the addresses we could zero in on an area where the perp(s) lives.

It could be that this person is a psychopath that acts when an opportunity presents itself and does not scope his victims. Just some thoughts here anyway.

Christopher Pierce 18 when dis. 2003 from vic. 4100 barksdale Blvd bossier City 71112. Last seen leaving work at Taco Bell

Gregory Alonzo Vice 23 when dis 2000 from vic. Willis road and 527 Taylortown 71051. Last seen leaving a family members house.


Both of these are within 20 minutes from where Clinton was last seen and very close together I think

Eric Dale Mickelson now 38..mother's address... charged in Kristi's case and charles Martin Jr's case

2800 Alkay Drive Shreveport 71118

Beverly Suzette Arthur now 38 charged in Charles Martin jr case

3800 block Torento Ln Shreveport 71118

Looking at mapquest these seem to identical area?

Found this
Beverly Arthur...Caddo Corr. Fac 10 times 1997 to 2007..drug and non violent crimes
Eric Mickelson 5 bookings in Caddo Parrish and others in Bossier Parrish 1997 to 2006...

Rob,
I think the more help we can get the better.  I know law enforcement is at a stand still and they have zero evidence.  My husband who is also a Lieutenant/Detective in our area, does not agree with LE in Louisiana....

If your friend will help, I could really use his help.

Thanks
Carolyn

I think the report that I read on Gregory Alonzo Vice Jr. said that he disappeared on US 80 or HWY 157.  Thanks

Carolyn

Carolyn...If you do a mapquest driving directions from Ward Ln to that address it looks like hwy 157 runs into 527. Looking at the directions map it looks like the same place. I just put in Willis rd and 527 Taylortown, think I got that from the missing adults poster. Let me know what you think. It's very close to Barksdale where Christopher disappeared from and both are close to Artur's and Mickelson's mothers. Sorry I can't bring the map over.

Could we put together a master list of all known addresses and zip codes and the exact person associated with those addresses? At that point I will add them all to a map. TIA

Sure Rob I can do that, will tomorrow morning be OK. I may have a chance to check on a couple more by then. I was putting as much info in the posts instead of trying to read my scribbled notes! I cannot find an address for the elderly gentleman that was murdered. Will keep looking, maybe phone number lookups! Maybe Carolyn can think of some others that we maybe should include. I have the list that Nut posted the other day, but haven't looked at any more on that from what we had already discussed.

I brought forward a post from earlier - these are not in the same area as we are talking now but are possible connected along I-20.  The only other ones I know about is the list you already have.  Let me know what you need me to do so that we are not duplicating our efforts.  Thanks
Carolyn

sure Mum - whenever you get a chance.. :D

Thanks Carolyn...also found another missing from close to Snellville..older case..a young European tourist Christoph, will go back and get that info, he has been missing a while IIRC. And this one is on I-20, 40 or 50 miles east of Princeton..James Wiggins dob 1981 disappeared 2002 from 1200 block of hwy 146 Rushton. Also posted this morning on Justin Gaines thread that I had found on another site that someone thought there may be a connection between his and Kyle Fleischmann's disappearance. It's a three and a half drive up the highway! Also saw in a post in Kyle's thread that there is 13 missing in Meclenburg county in the past year.

And also a young girl missing this week in Bessemer, found teen missing from there 2/17/2007 and Nut posted about the remains found last week at I-20 and I think 59 in Bessemer.

If you want to split some of this into areas, let me know. I will do what ever you need me to do on this and have saved quite a few websites and have been keeping notes. We can cover a lot more research if we don't double up. Carolyn , please do not be afraid to let me know exactly what you would rather I look into. I was thinking this morning that I have not even looked at the area west of Shreveport. What started as a 100 mile area may just span the country.

I know I won't be able to work on this today.  I am working now and I have a meeting tonight.  I can try to help late this evening depending on where you are at with the list. 

I did run this idea by the detective working my son's case.  He said he believes it is highly unlikely.  His reasoning - he said if it is a serial killer that they would have no reason to hide the bodies, and that serial killers if traveling typically won't take the extra time to dispose of them like that.  My husband did not agree with his dismissal and believes we should persue it and see if there is some connections.

Thank you for your work on this.

CJ

Carolyn I think i agree with your husband, because of Kristi's case. Did find an address on Mr Martin will start a list early in the morning if you like and we can go from there. Also found a couple of others in the area, it's near Barksdale Air Force base. Directly south of I-20. I was looking through gocartsupply.com/kristi. There is a lot of info on the Dead Zone and the Shreveport area if you go to Kristi's home page and scroll down. Lot's of links.
Stay Strong Carolyn.

Mum,
The gocartsupply.com/kristi is where we got the information on the "Dead Zone" to begin with which is where the 100 miles came from.  This was not our deal we just started asking questions and it caught on.  I don't know if there is a connection or not.  I do know in Louisiana alone there have been three serial killers caught including Eric Mickelson.  It certainly makes you question if there is a connection to more of these cases. 

Thanks
CJ

Oh by the way, the other thing that the detective told me is that you will always find more missing persons along an interstate and that every interstate will have the same problem. According to him it does not mean that there is a connection to any of the cases.

I notice Jewella Ave on the directions...and then I found this >>

SHREVEPORT, LA
Sister of Missing Woman Reacts to Mickelson's Confession
Updated: July 13, 2007 06:22 PM EDT 
 
Eleven years ago, 138 days seemed like an eternity for Paige O'Pry, Kristi's sister. But now that Eric Mickelson has been arrested for the death of Charles Martin, time has come to a screeching halt for Paige. "When I heard Eric was arrested I expected something but not this quick," says Paige. A confession from Eric Mickelson, saying he killed Kristi back in July of 1996 confirms many things for Paige. When asked if she suspected Mickelson all along, she simply replied "Yeah." In the afternoon of July 19th Kristi went to what was Southpark Mall on Jewella Avenue, she left there to visit her sister Paige on Merriweather nearby, one of the last areas Kristi was seen alive. Paige's first meeting with Mickelson proved memorable, because of his strange behavior. "He said he was at my house because he wanted to jump on my trampoline, I warned him that I had a big dog and he needed to walk around it, he said what are you going to do if I kill it?" remembers Paige. A curt statement dismissed as weird at the time, but could have prophesied disturbing things to come. "What he did eleven years ago is done, but what he did this week could have been prevented," says Paige.
Story by Fred Childers


Hey Rob...nice mapping, thanks.

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?s=6787518 link 4 above

Thanks Nut44x4. 

Carolyn

Rob..this is all I have for now and need Clinton's last known address(Jeff's) from Carolyn. A lot of these addresses just give block numbers so have done the best I could.

848 Ward Ln Princeton 71067...  Clinton last seen

Sligo Rd and 157 haughton 71037...Jeff's

10187 Linwood ave shreveport 71109...Kristi's last address

Southpark Mall 8924 Jewella Ave Shreveport 71118...said Kristi was dropped

6600 Woolworth Rd Shreveport 71129..EM lived and said dumped Kristi
                                                     Eric Mickelson

5000 Jefferson Paige Rd Shreveport 71109..EM moved Kristi to

2800 Alkay Dve Shreveport 71118....EM's mother's address

3899 Torento Ln Shreveport 71118...Beverly Arthur accomplice in 2nd murder

Watts Rd Shreveport 71106...Charles S. Martin Jr...2nd victim

Willis Rd and 527 Taylortown 71051.....Gregory Alonzo Vice Jr

4100 barksdale Blvd Bossier City 71112...Christopher M. Pierce

Carolyn only had an area for Jeff's from a map in Clinton's thread.
Also did not see Kristi's sister address, which is where she was last seen. Any idea of where she lived?

Sorry Carolyn..meant to say TIA. Also thanks for the info on gocart site, thought you would know about it, but thought I'd check.

Nut..thanks for the Jewella Ave/Southpark Mall,have included it in list.

I think Jeff's address is 275 Homer Road.  I don't know about Paige's address.  I did a search the only O'Pry I came up with in Shreveport and surrounding areas is:

Pat Opry
3326 Valley View Dr
Shreveport, LA 71108-5136

Thank you for all of your work on this Mum, Nut, and Rob.

Carolyn

Here is what I have so far.

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**This address is not coming up clearly (Willis Rd and 527 Taylortown 71051.....Gregory Alonzo Vice Jr) - it seems it could be the Bossier Police Station. Not sure what the problem is here.

Colored pins -

Clinton - Yellow

Kristi - Pink (could appear Red)

Eric Mickelson - Blue (could appear Green)

Jeff - Light Green

Beverly Arthur - Purple (could appear Brown)

Charles S. Martin - Pink (could appear Brown / Yellow)

For some reason the colored pins are not appearing as the selection indicates.

I'll keep working on these maps.

Thanks Carolyn corrected the address for Rob. Found Paige as Paige O'Pry Dowden, must be her married name, have not found an address as yet.

Seems to be some confusion with that address Rob, also seeing Hwy 71 south of Bossier City on a missing list and the 527 that Carolyn mentions elsewhere. Can't seem to get a definate location he disappeared from.



Great work on the maps Rob!

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Thanks Mum,

When I place a lot of pins together, they blend. I think I have a work-around in mind.

I'll see what I can do to make it more easily decipherable. I *might* be able to run a map and then place the pins in a contrast...if that makes any sense... LOL

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Thanks Rob..even where Christopher and Gregory disappeared from seems to be on the outskirts of the triangle. Wish we had some more addresses on Mickelson, so we could track him a little better.

Thanks Mum and Rob....I appreciate your work on this.  I was talking to LaDonna Merideth today from LBTH.  She is going to be on Dana Pretzer's show tomorrow talking about the dead zone.  Do we have a full list and locations of the people we thought could be connected on I-20.  She said she would like to see it if we do.  Take Care.

Carolyn

As more addresses become available, I will add them.

Carolyn...will see what I can come up with in the morning. Only have 1 in Rushton La, 2 in Bessemer Al, and 3 in Snellville Ga area. Have taken Ben Stanford out as is listed as a suicide. Also a possibillity that Kyle Fleischmann be included as that showed a straight drive IIRC up I-20 to Va. Will also include Clinton, Gregory and Christopher. Nearly all of these are east of Shreveport.

Rob...most all of the info I'm finding is still a vicinity. That is what is taking so long, sorry! If I get a hwy #, I have to mapquest and work out what the road is called in town and finding that my best bet on zips, as most places have more than one.

Mum- take your time. I plan to add those missing / found along I-20 also. As I know so little about each of the people, I am kind of relying on you girls to get the info together and I will just assist where I am needed.  :wink:

I will add colored routes from the major highways to the map for each of the missing / found person's names / houses / discovery points / missing points. Then we'll see if we can triangulate it all and see where it goes.

Brandi Wells…..last seen Graham Central Station Nightclub1016 McCann Rd, Longview    Tx 75601…missing 8/2/2006…female… car found on I-20

Christopher M Pierce…last seen Taco bell4100 Barksdale Blvd, Bossier City La 71112…missing 5/18/2003…male

Gregory Alonzo Vice…last seen Willis Rd and 527 Taylortown, La 71051 missing 3/21/2000…male

Clinton Devon Nelson…last seen 848 Ward Ln, Princeton La 71067 missing 09/01/2006…male

James Thomas Wiggins…last seen1200 block N.Trenton St, Rushton La71270 missing 12/21/2002…male

Latasha  Norman...last seen Miss. St. University 1400 J.R.Lynch St Jackson Miss.39217 …missing11/13/07…female

Ernest Edmund Scarbary…missing Bessemer Al 2/17/2007…endangered runaway…male now 16

Kristin Surratt…missing Bessemer Al, 11/11/2007…female 15 yrs old

Body found…I-20/59 at the 19th St exit, Bessemer Al 35020…11/13/2007

Jason Roark, Snellville… missing from Gwinnett Inn,4179 Stone Mountain Hwy, Lilburn Ga 30047 11/9/2006…car found I-20… male

Christoff Zahn…Swiss tourist last seen at American Hotel across from Bus station 2424 Piedmont Rd NE Atlanta, Ga 30324 on 4/24/1992…male est dob1971

Justin Gaines…Snellville…missing from Wild Bill’s 2075 Market St, Duluth Ga 30096 on 11/11/2007…18 year old male

Kyle Fleishmann…missing from Buckhead Saloon, 5th and College St, Charlotte NC 28202 on 11/9/2007…24 year old male



Carolyn and Rob...This is all I have so far, will keep an eye out. Also have a few more notes on some that I didn't include.  Bessemer ones have no more info, only zip is for where the remains were found, no other addresses or locations. Tried to put them in order from west to east.

MumInOhio,
Thank you for all of your hard work!  I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.

Carolyn

Carolyn and Rob am still working on this, slowly. I will go back on the list that Nut posted from the shreveport times and see if they are still on the NAMPD, which Nut has also posted. I was having an awful time finding anything on some of these older cases by doing searches. Also will try and do it by states, with Louisiana first. It may take a while.

Carolyn...was Ladonna Meredith on Dana last week. I can't listen to Dana live as my husband is sleeping by then. I will go back and find the podcast if she was.

Nut If you see any missing persons in close proximity to I-20 from Texas to Georgia in your travels around the web, could you please post here. TIA

Bringing this over from Benjamin Stanford's thread...there is 3 links to I-20 in his case


This case is not over yet.  There is a $100,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of any person(s) responsible for his death."  http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-talladega-1127-cnorwood-7k26v1807.htm

These fliers are being seen in Talladega and apparently his cell phone, keys, and money clip were never found.  There are a lot of unanswered questions. 

Mum,
I think she was on Dana's show but I have not listened to it.

Carolyn

MumInOhio,
Thank you.  I don't know how this will turn out but there are some other common factors....I have been told that Clinton had some money with him.  My son, his cell, his wallet, and his money have not been found. 

Thanks
Carolyn

Here are my needs....
We have to raise money to cover the costs associated with the search.  Let's Bring Them Home is taking financial donations to help with the search expenses (it will be tax deductible).  I need you to come up with any fund raising ideas in your local area to raise money or if you can or are willing to donate, please do so.  My understanding is that all donations that LBTH receives during this period before the search will go to offset the costs for the searchers.

http://www.letsbringthemhome.org/
click on "financially supporting our program"
This will launch a secure pay pal site

We also need some volunteers to help with organizing everything
Flyers to get volunteers to help with the search,
Food, Places to stay, Permission from Land Owners etc.

Angela has generously stepped up to help organize this and she is the person to go to on this her contact is for_clinton@harenza.com

I am not used to asking for help!  Asking for this kind of help is very difficult for me, however, I NEED to find my son and I don't have the finaces to cover these expenses by myself.  In addition we have a short period of time to pull everything together. I REALLY need your help - no donation is too small! 

If you are not able to help financially or physically, please pray that whatever is need to make this search happen comes in!  Thank you in advance for your help.

Carolyn Johnson
Mother of Clinton Nelson
Missing Since 9/1/2006
From Princeton LA

Here are my needs....
We have to raise money to cover the costs associated with the search.  Let's Bring Them Home is taking financial donations to help with the search expenses (it will be tax deductible).  I need you to come up with any fund raising ideas in your local area to raise money or if you can or are willing to donate, please do so.  My understanding is that all donations that LBTH receives during this period before the search will go to offset the costs for the searchers.

http://www.letsbringthemhome.org/Give.htm
or
http://www.letsbringthemhome.org/
click on "financially supporting our program"
This will launch a secure pay pal site

We also need some volunteers to help with organizing everything
Flyers to get volunteers to help with the search,
Food, Places to stay, Permission from Land Owners etc.

Angela has generously stepped up to help organize this and she is the person to go to on this her contact is for_clinton@harenza.com

I am not used to asking for help!  Asking for this kind of help is very difficult for me, however, I NEED to find my son and I don't have the finaces to cover these expenses by myself.  In addition we have a short period of time to pull everything together. I REALLY need your help - no donation is too small! 

If you are not able to help financially or physically, please pray that whatever is need to make this search happen comes in!  Thank you in advance for your help.

Carolyn Johnson
Mother of Clinton Nelson
Missing Since 9/1/2006
From Princeton LA

I am reposting this as the top link to LBTH will take you right to the donate page without having to do two steps. 
 

This is a map that Linda at BFN posted that is supposed to show all of the missing listed in the US.  I was having some problems getting it to work but I am posting it anyway.  Thanks

Carolyn

http://www.missingadultsmap.com/

Carolyn.... wanted you to know that vms posted in the Justin Gaines thread last week that the same PI is looking into Justin and Jason Roark's disappearances. Also wanted any info that may be connected to I-20 posted here for later reference.

That is good news....I hope if there is one PI on at least a couple of the cases that maybe he/she will find out if they are somehow connected.  Thank you for your update!

Carolyn

Christopher M. Pierce, 18, last seen May 13, 2003, leaving work at the Taco Bell restaurant in the 4100 block of Barksdale Boulevard in his 1988 red Jeep pickup with Louisiana license plate W031965.

UPDATE******Christopher Pierce has been found.  This article does not talk about his remains, but according to the cue center email, Christopher was found in the vehichle.

Thanks
Carolyn

Truck found in Red River traced to four-year-old missing person case 
Created: December 6, 2007 04:06 PM     Modified: December 6, 2007 10:49 PM
 
 Click here to play video 

A pickup found in the Red River in Bossier City this afternoon belonged to a young man who has been missing from Bossier City for four years.

The Jeep found in the river near the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway boat launch was the vehicle Christopher Michael Pierce was driving when he disappeared from the Taco Bell where he worked in May 2003.

Bossier City police would not say whether human remains were found in the truck.

Pierce, who was 18 at the time, was last seen on the night of May 18 leaving the Barksdale Boulevard Taco Bell where he worked. He was alone when he drove away from the restaurant in his red Jeep Commanche pickup. That truck was recovered today.

The pickup was found as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Barksdale Air Force Base airman whose car was found in the same vicinity of the river last month.

A Bossier City Fire Department dive team, acting on a request from Air Force investigators, found the pickup this afternoon about 150 to 200 feet north of where Sgt. Jeffrey Timmons' submerged car was found. It was about 125 feet from the boat launch.

Authorities are not saying what made Air Force investigators want to search the river again. Sonar checks around the site where Timmons' car was found nothing, Natale said.

Last month, a Bossier City Fire Department search and rescue team conducting a training exercise in the river alerted on a submerged car. It belonged to Sgt. Jeffrey Timmons, who had been stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base when he disappeared 10 years ago.

Timmons was considered AWOL but Air Force investigators last week announced they had found human remains in the car. Identification of those remains is pending.
 

Sounds like a dumping grounds for a serial killer?

There are three serial killers that have been caught in this area so far.  LE has said that if my son is not found during the upcoming search in January that we will have to consider the possibility of a serial type of situation.  However they said they think there is more than a 50% chance that my son could be found on the upcoming search.

Thanks
Carolyn

Found this on Christopher Pierce….the link at the bottom has more articles.

Remains found in Red River positively identified as those of Christopher Pierce 
Created: February 13, 2008 11:50 AM     Modified: February 14, 2008 10:46 AM

Skeletal remains found in a pickup in the Red River two months ago have been positively identified as those of Christopher Michael Pierce, the young man who disappeared from a Taco Bell in Bossier City nearly five years ago, Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies said today.
 
The remains were identified by a forensic anthropologist in Baton Rouge who compared DNA from Pierce's parents, Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Baswell said.
 
Pierce, 18, worked at the Taco Bell on Barksdale Boulevard when he disappeared in May 2003.

An arrest has been made in the case: Robert Cole, the 32-year-old Bossier Parish man who was initially arrested for the slaying of his wife at her south Bossier Parish home earlier this year.
 
Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen said investigators believe Teressa Cole was killed to keep her from telling what she knew about Pierce's death. Mrs. Cole knew details about Pierce's case that had not been made public, Deen said.
 
Pierce and Mrs. Cole worked together at the Taco Bell, investigators said.

 Sheriff's detectives also are investigating two other Bossier cases. They said they have established no links to Cole but have received requests to investigate:

 -- The death of Barksdale Air Force Base airman Jeffrey Timmons, who disappeared 10 years ago and whose remains were found in a car in the Red River in November. The car was 200 yards upstream from where Pierce's truck was later found.
 
-- The November 2000 murder of Connie Jo McKenzie, the night manager at the same Taco Bell where Pierce disappeared.



Link…for more articles..

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=293

Bringing some posts over from Clinton’s thread.

Reply #579 on: February 18, 2008, 08:43:11 PM »Quote Nut
 
Quote from: carolyn on January 27, 2008, 11:41:12 AM

Are you talking about Gregory Alonzo Vice?  I have spoken to LE and he still has not been found and foul play is suspected.  Detective Owens said he checked and there does not seem to be any of the same people involved that he can find.
 
There is also a rumor going around that Robert Cole that man that murdered Christopher Michael Pierce, could be involved in Clinton's disappearance.  However LE is saying they don't have a connection in that case either.
 
 Another possibility is Eric Mickelson, he killed Kristy O'Pry and has admitted involvement in several other cases but is only naming two of them.  Again LE has not found a link.

There is a rumor that Clinton may have left the house on Ward Lane to go to another house about 1/2 mile away....LE does not believe this is a valid lead.

There is a rumor that someone Clinton worked with on the oil rig has been arrested for murder in Southern LA.  It is rumored that he could be involved in Clinton's disappearance. Again LE does not believe this is a valid lead.

Is anyone seeing a pattern here?

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Reply from Nut…

Hi......I was reading this today and it says they think the Cole guy killed Christopher because he was having an affair w/ his wife>>>
Remains Identified as Those of Missing Teen

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008 @02:44pm CST

Bossier Parish officials have confirmation that remains found in December are those of Christopher Michael Pierce.

Pierce went missing on May 18, 2003 after leaving his job at the Taco Bell on Barksdale Boulevard.  The case was cold until Pierce's Jeep Comanche was pulled out of the Red River in December, with remains inside.

Those remains were sent to LSU's F.A.C.E.S. Lab, who identified the remains this week.  Pierce's family has been notified.
Robert Cole faces a second-degree murder charge in connection to Pierce's death.  Cole was charged with Pierce's murder just days after being charged with two counts of first degree murder in the death of his wife, Teresa Cole, and her unborn child.

Investigators now believe Pierce was killed by Cole after he learned of an affair between Teresa Cole and Christopher Michael Pierce.  Teresa Cole was reportedly killed to keep her quiet about the murder.

http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=11926

From Nut:
Just thought I would post this. If true, it most likely means he had nothing to do with Clinton. Sure wish there were some leads or news or something 

From Carolyn:


Re: Clinton D. Nelson-Missing Since 9/1/06
« Reply #580 on: February 19, 2008, 03:21:57 PM »

Nut44x4 - I am not sure.  I received an email from relatives of Mr. Cole who indicated that it would be smart for me to check into this further.  They believe that Teresa Cole made a habit of seeing other men.  They thought I should check into the possibility of Mr. Cole being involved in Clinton's disappearance.  I also spoke to friends of Teresa who said that they wondered about Robert Cole's involvement in Clinton's disappearance when they first heard about it. I have seen a number of comments posted from other people suggesting that Clinton may have been involved with Teresa after Christopher disappeared.   I do know that the Cole's live only a short distance from where Clinton was living and the person/family where Clinton was last seen also owns the trailer park that the Cole's live in.  I have no way of knowing if there is a connection here. I don't know if Teresa or Robert Cole knows/knew my son but I think it is something that should be checked into since it has been brought up by several different people at this point. 

Thanks
Carolyn

Jason Roark's remains have been found---RIP Jason, you can go home now..........

Skull Found In Estes Road Yard
Submitted by editor on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 20:00.

By Patrick Yost
Editor

Authorities believe remains might be those of soldier missing in 2006
Morgan County investigators are hoping a gruesome discovery may lead to closure in the missing person case of a former U.S. Army soldier.
A family pet on Saturday delivered a human skull to the front yard of a Estes Road family. Since then authorities have instituted a search for the rest of the remains, including attaching a GPS unit to the family pet to track its routines.
On November 9, 2006 Jason Michael Roark, 26, a former special operations soldier with the U.S. Army, was reported missing from his Loganville home. Roark’s abandoned Honda was discovered by a private investigator at the east–bound rest area of Intestate 20 in Morgan County in December.
After that discovery a large contingent of U.S. Army Reservists and local authorities combed the woods near the rest area in an attempt to find Roark or his remains. Those searches failed.
Saturday’s discovery is approximately one mile from the rest area. According to Capt. Chris Bish, Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the skull was collected and sent to the state crime lab where dental records will be cross referenced in an attempt to ascertain identity.
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On Tuesday cadaver dogs led by Tracy Sargent, a K9 search and rescue specialist, were at the wooded area searching for remains. Sargent said she had eliminated several areas were Roark may have disappeared. “I don’t know where Jason is but I can tell you where he’s not,” she said.
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Bish said authorities are interested in finding the rest of the remains, in part, to determine identity and to determine if a crime may have been committed. “We need to determine if it was a suicide or a homicide,” he said.


Printed in the May 12, 2011 edition
http://www.morgancountycitizen.com/?q=node/17450

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Bones Identified as Those of Army Veteran, Snellville Resident


Bones found a year ago have now been identified as those of Jason Roark.

By Crystal Huskey Email the author     5:45 am

Human remains and skull found in Morgan County, Ga., last year have recently been identified as those of Jason Roark, a Snellville man and Army veteran, according to WSAV.

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In 2010, the family held a memorial service in honor of Roark. According to his family, he suffered from depression and post traumatic stress syndrome.

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According to WSAV, the sheriff's department still does not know who is responsible for his disappearance. If anyone has any information, contact the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department.
http://snellville.patch.com/articles/bones-identified-as-those-of-army-veteran-snellville-resident