Alexis Michele Rasmussen, 16 yrs old, msg 9/10/11 North Ogden, UT (body found)

[KittyMom]

http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/09/22/police-seek-help-finding-north-ogden-teen

Police seek help finding North Ogden teen

Alexis Michele Rasmussen was last seen the night of Sept. 10 at a North Ogden home, where she was baby-sitting. Earlier that evening, at 10:30 p.m., she was also seen at a Layton Walgreens, 1171 W. 2000 North.

Her mother, Dawn Miera, said she called and texted her daughter about 11:30 p.m. to tell her she could stay the night at the home. But when she came to the home the next morning to pick her up, Rasmussen was not there.

[labubske]

https://www.facebook.com/people/Alexis-Michele-Rasmussen/1196383998

Last post:

"i hate everyone."

[KittyMom]

She's beautiful girl.  I just wish she understood that living on the streets will take her innocence, her beauty, and chances are, her life.  Go home to your mama, Alexis.  She loves you.

[Nut44x4]

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1180158&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

[Nut44x4]

10-19-11
NORTH OGDEN -- A body found Tuesday afternoon has been taken to the state medical examiner's office for investigation and identification, officials announced this morning.

Police found the body in a shallow gravesite at an undisclosed location in Morgan County, Police Chief Polo Afuvai said in a news conference. They were led there by a tip from a confidential source.

Police have been searching for 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen for more than a month, but neither Afuvai or County Attorney Dee Smith would say if the body found was the teen.
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http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/10/19/police-searching-missing-north-ogden-teen-find-body-morgan-county

[Nut44x4]

 

minutes ago‎
NORTH OGDEN -- Late Friday night, police received confirmation from the medical examiner that the body found on Tuesday was that of Alexis Rasmussen. They released no further details about the death of the missing girl. ...
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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17773515

[cartfly]

Thanks Nutt for keeping tabs on these cases.
I never heard of this case.....so sad. Here is more:

 

Rasmussen's loved ones remember her as happy, kind and loyal
By Jasen Lee
October 22nd, 2011

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The teenager was last seen Sept. 10, when she was babysitting for Eric and Dea Millerberg. She was last heard from around 11:30 p.m., when she texted her mother saying the Millerbergs had not returned home.

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Rhoades said police had been working on "parallel investigations" since Alexis went missing. One team investigated sightings and other tips that the teen was still alive, while the other looked into the possibility of foul play.

"As the investigations progressed, a clearer picture developed (that) led us to direct more and more time and resources toward looking to the possibility that Alexis' disappearance was criminal in nature," he said.

Rhoades said investigators are still working to determine the cause of Alexis' death, as well as who is responsible.

The Millerbergs have been arrested on unrelated charges, but they have not been named as suspects in Alexis' disappearance. Neighbors, however, say they've been concerned about the Millerbergs and that police have visited the home several times for domestic disputes.

Eric Millerberg has a long criminal history, with frequent arrests and charges in the 1990s for burglary, theft and drug related crimes.

Police have conducted searches on Millerberg home since Alexis was reported missing, but they haven't said whether those searches were conducted as part of the missing person investigation.

For the Reeds and the rest of their family, the news of Alexis' death has cast a dark pall over the life of someone they described as a happy, upbeat person who had big plans for her life.

"She had hopes and dreams and was always looking toward the future."
–- Tammy Reed, aunt

"She wanted to be a nurse," Tammy Reed said. "She had hopes and dreams and was always looking toward the future."

Alexis had a beautiful spirit and her ebullient personality, which Tammy Reed said makes her untimely death even more heartbreaking.
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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17773515

[KittyMom]

This is terrible.  I'd hoped that Alexis was just staying with a friend and would eventually go home.  Her poor mom. 

[cartfly]

Eric Millerberg FB

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001932056489&sk=wall

Dea Millerberg FB

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000289824440&sk=wall

[KittyMom]

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Who-are-Eric-and-Dea-Millerberg/jhqcy5T3xESgqEXdU75eGw.cspx



Who are Eric and Dea Millerberg?

The latest arrest was on October 7th, when both Eric and his wife Dea were arrested on drug charges. 

[KittyMom]

http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/10/11/search-north-ogden-teen-turns-criminal-probe

Search for North Ogden teen turns to criminal probe

Eric Millerberg, 36, was arrested early last week on a probation violation for the use of opiates, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to the violations Tuesday morning in 2nd District Court.

Dea Millerberg, 38, was arrested a day or two later by the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force and charged with two counts of forging prescriptions.

The couple were going on a date that night, though at 10:30 p.m., Rasmussen accompanied Dea Millerberg to a Walgreens in Layton. Miera did not know what the two were picking up from the store.

As it got close to midnight, Miera told her daughter over the phone to stay the night because the Millerbergs still weren’t home. But when Miera arrived the next morning, Rasmussen wasn’t there.
 

Wow.  Sounds like something happened in that house. 

[cookie]

Yikes..not sure that I would allow my daughter to babysit for a guy who looks like this guy does. maybe just me but he looks like a skin head or a criminal to me!
their poor little kids...wonder if they were abused in the domestic violence that went on?

[cartfly]

Timeline of events

Sept. 10 - Alexis went to the house of Eric and Dea Millerberg to babysit.
10:20 p.m. - Surveillance video captures Dea Millerberg and Alexis picking up a prescription at Layton Walgreens. Dea leaves Alexis and resumes night out with Eric Millerberg.
11:30 p.m. - Irritated by the long night out, Miera sends the last of 10-15 unanswered texts. She tells Alexis to spend the night there and make sure she gets paid.
The Millerbergs say that Alexis left the house about this time to see a friend.
12:30 a.m. - Alexis exchanges texts with a boy. The boy says he did not see Alexis that night.

Oct. 7 - The Millerbergs are arrested on unrelated charges, but they are still on the radar of the investigation.

Oct. 18 - Police receive tip from confidential informant about possible gravesite and recover remains.

Oct. 19 - Medical Examiner begins autopsy on body found in Morgan County.

Oct. 22 - Police confirm that body belongs to Alexis Rasmussen.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17773515

[cartfly]

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Who-are-Eric-and-Dea-Millerberg/jhqcy5T3xESgqEXdU75eGw.cspx



Who are Eric and Dea Millerberg?

The latest arrest was on October 7th, when both Eric and his wife Dea were arrested on drug charges. 

Wow....they look MUCH better on facebook! And they have small children......geez

[cartfly]

Yikes..not sure that I would allow my daughter to babysit for a guy who looks like this guy does. maybe just me but he looks like a skin head or a criminal to me!
their poor little kids...wonder if they were abused in the domestic violence that went on?

ITA, there is no way this guy would get within 10 feet of my family. God, I hope their children did not endure anything traumatic. I am amazed that I hadn't seen this before. It seems like the family may have thought she ran away at first or LE thought she ran away

[KittyMom]

Eric Millerberg FB

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001932056489&sk=wall

Dea Millerberg FB

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000289824440&sk=wall

The older pics look okay.  I don't see the face tatt.  But check out the newer pics with all the tatts covering both arms and chest.  I always thought that the tear drop under the eye represented something.  I need to go research it.  I'd bet this couple was into meth.  That thin faced look is typical.

[KittyMom]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tear%20drop%20tattoo

tear drop tattoo   440 up, 121 down
the tear drop tattoo has had many different meanings. When they were first worn they meant that the wearer had been incarcerated and or killed someone while in or out of prison. As times have changed however, the teardrop has come to symbolize a friend or fellow gang member or family member that has died while the wearer is incarcerated.
Now however the teardrop seems to have become a fad, which granted has gotten people in trouble.
It has also been used as a gang identifier.

[cartfly]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tear%20drop%20tattoo

tear drop tattoo   440 up, 121 down
the tear drop tattoo has had many different meanings. When they were first worn they meant that the wearer had been incarcerated and or killed someone while in or out of prison. As times have changed however, the teardrop has come to symbolize a friend or fellow gang member or family member that has died while the wearer is incarcerated.
Now however the teardrop seems to have become a fad, which granted has gotten people in trouble.
It has also been used as a gang identifier.

Thanks KittyMom for the confirmation of the teardrop. I thought that was a gang sign when I first saw it too. They do look like meth users......so sad.

[cartfly]

http://www.fox13now.com/news/local/kstu-alexis-rasmussen-homicide-north-ogden-teens-death-investigated-as-homicide-20111024,0,1630750.story

(video at link)

Ben Winslow fox13now.com

11:50 p.m. MDT, October 24, 2011
NORTH OGDEN, Utah—

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said Monday that the death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen was being investigated as a homicide, but cautioned that did not necessarily mean that she was murdered.

"We're not ruling out murder," Smith told FOX 13. "But we're also not saying this is a murder. Part of that is we need to have the results from the autopsy before we can say what the cause of death was."

Smith said information he has received suggests that Rasmussen met with "foul play." He refused to elaborate, but noted that homicide can range from misdemeanor negligence to manslaughter and capital murder.
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Smith said he has identified suspects in Rasmussen's disappearance and death, but told FOX 13 he does not believe that she was kidnapped.

"The suspects are people who were familiar with her," Smith said. "She knew them. She was probably comfortable with them."

The Millerbergs are in the Weber County Jail on drug-related charges. Eric Millerberg is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday on an unrelated case.
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[KittyMom]

I'll bet LE is thinking that she o'd on something they gave her.