Headless Torso Found in MO
DOG3
Woman's decapitated body found on college campus
04/26 07:04 PM
By Cindy Billhartz
Of the Post-Dispatch
Copyright 1998 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The discovery of a woman's headless body alongside the tree-filled Lindenwood
University campus on Sunday morning drew nearly 40 area investigators to the
crime scene and left students stunned and worried.
Sources close to the investigation said the head was found nearly one-half mile
away on Lindenwood athletic fields.
``Everybody is pretty shook up and weirded out,'' said Stephen Mynatt, a
freshman. ``A lot of people are going home . . . for the evening at least.''
Mynatt said law enforcement officials began showing a photograph of the
decapitated head to students Sunday morning as they entered a campus cafeteria
and asking if anyone recognized the victim.
A student at Lindenwood College, while walking to work about 6:50 a.m. Sunday,
discovered the body behind a branch of Commerce Bank that sits next to
Lindenwood College's water tower on First Capitol Drive.
Bob Lowery, deputy commander of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, and
Chief Patrick McCarrick of the St. Charles Police, said they are conducting a
homicide investigation that involves two crime scenes but would not confirm the
decapitation.
Lowery said the body was that of a white female in her late teens or early 20s,
about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 120 pounds, with brown shoulder-length hair,
brown eyes and fair skin.
``We are in the very early steps of this investigation,'' Lowery said. ``We are
holding back some critical information . . . and it will become apparent to you
in the next few days why.''
Lowery said police and the Major Case Squad were working closely with
Lindenwood officials to determine if the victim is a student at the university,
but that with 1,500 residential students constantly entering and leaving the
campus over a weekend, it is impossible to account for everyone immediately.
He also said area law enforcement authorities had received no missing persons
reports that could be linked to the victim.
Scott Queen, director of communications for Lindenwood, said in a prepared
statement that the discovery of the body has been disturbing to students on
campus, but they are handling it calmly.
``We are communicating with them,'' he said, ``and have talked to numerous
parents who have called.''
In 1996, the college said it beefed up security after a female student was
sexually abused on campus and held against her will by two men. School
officials, for example, offered self-help seminars and safety tips. Some
students complained that the school hadn't properly and quickly notified them.
Queen refused to answer any further questions, including questions surrounding
security on campus -- an issue that angers Becky Christian, a senior at
Lindenwood.
"Students know (security) is a joke," Christian said. "Three years ago, there
was a peeping tom outside my window, and it took 25 minutes for someone to get
there because there was only one security guard on duty."
Christian said she wrote a letter to the president of the university concerning
security, and he told her there was more than one security guard, but that she
just couldn't see them.
"They spend more time raking leaves here'' than on security, Christian said.
Jackie Martin, a sophomore at Lindenwood, said she, too, was scared.
"I am a little scared. I do have a night class, and I will probably have my
boyfriend pick me up," she said.
As the day wore on, news of the gruesome discovery spread off campus as well.
At a ceremony Sunday for honors students, senior Jim Combs, 56, of St. Charles,
couldn't completely concentrate. ``There were several students who were unable
to attend, and in the back of my mind, I was wondering, `Is that the one? Is
that the woman?' ''
Combs and other students said prayers for the woman and her family. ``We went
on, but the mood was somber,'' said Combs, who will receive a degree in
business administration next month.
Linda Schaber, 41, who lives across First Capitol Drive from the bank and the
university, said the news was disturbing.
``It's a little too close to home for me,'' she said. ``I need more information
about it.''
Schaber said she has lived in St. Charles for 11 years and can recall two other
murders in the area during that time.
Still, she said, ``It's something you don't think is going to happen right
across the street from you.''
Her daughter, Crystal Wagner, 21, said she, too, has always felt safe in St.
Charles -- but not any more.
``The back door, I didn't even lock that -- until today.''
Kristina Sauerwein of the Post-Dispatch contributed information for this story.
Lo52964
> do...@aol.com (DOG3) writes
>Woman's decapitated body found on college campus
SNIP
Oh you've found an 'eadless torso
And it's foul play you suspect
But when you meet the Sargent,
You must tell him."All's Correct"
Brit cop song
" Don't talk to me about justice, it is bad enough to be mixed up with the
law."
LO5 2964
Malificynt
Reuters
28-APR-98
Headless Body Identified
(ST. CHARLES, Missouri) -- The Saint Louis-area Major Case Squad is working
around the clock to find out who killed and beheaded a 13-year-old Wentzville
girl. Police identified the victim yesterday as Tiffany Sabourin. She
apparently was baby- sitting her brothers at her mother's boyfriend's apartment
in Saint Charles when she was abducted. Her headless body was found Sunday
morning near a bank. The last time Tiffany Sabourin was seen alive was Saturday
night (at ten).
Maggie8097
And still more:
Police search for man seen near Lindenwood's fields
7:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 1998
By Tim O'Neil
Of the Post-Dispatch
Copyright 1998 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
An investigation into the decapitation of a 13-year-old girl in St.
Charles was concentrated today on finding a mystery man who was seen
before dawn Sunday near the athletic fields of Lindenwood University.
The headless body of Tiffany Jaylene Sabourin of Wentzville, a
seventh-grader, was found about 6:50 a.m. Sunday behind a bank that is
uphill from the athletic fields. Her head was found at another
undisclosed spot on campus.
Tiffany was last seen at 10 p.m. Saturday baby-sitting her two younger
brothers, ages 8 and 11, at the apartment of her mother's boyfriend. The
apartment, in the El Matador Apartments at 800 Cunningham Avenue in St.
Charles, is a half-mile south of the campus.
Today, members of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis released a
detailed description of the man they want to talk to. While they were
careful to say they were not declaring him a murder suspect, they made
it clear they had more than a passing interest in him.
Florissant police Lt. Robert Lowery Jr., deputy commander of the major
case squad, described him as follows: A white man in his late 20s or
early 30s, 5-feet-10 to 6 feet tall, 160 to 170 pounds, wearing a black,
blue and white plaid, long-sleeved flannel shirt, dark slacks and a
light-colored ball cap on backwards.
"We want to find out who he is," Lowery said. "He appeared out of
character for the area."
As of today, investigators had not identified the man.
Lowery said more than one person on campus saw a man fitting that
description over a period of time from roughly 4:30 to 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
Capt. Pat McCarrick, chief of detectives for the St. Charles Police
Department, said the more than 40 investigators working the case have
talked to about 200 people.
Many of them are students, and no one who saw the man near the athletic
fields could identify him or said they had seen him on the campus
before. Police declined to confirm earlier news reports that a man had
been seen near the fields carrying a sack.
Tiffany's body was found behind the Commerce Bank, 1735 First Capitol
Drive, near the athletic fields. Otherwise, Lowery said, "We can find no
connection at this time between Tiffany and the university."
Tiffany was a student at Wentzville Middle School. She, her half
brothers and her mother, Dawn R. Sabourin, of the 400 block of East Main
Street in Wentzville, had gone to the St. Charles apartment of the
mother's boyfriend earlier in the weekend. Police said the mother and
boyfriend spent Saturday night elsewhere and did not report Tiffany
missing until early Sunday evening.
Lowery said police verified the whereabouts of the mother and boyfriend
that night. But he declined to say where they had been. Police would not
provide details of the cause of Tiffany's death or where she may have
been murdered.
Cheryl Snyder, a great-aunt to Tiffany, said the family did not want to
discuss the case. By telephone, she read the following statement:
"The family is going through such enormous shock and grief, and they
have asked the media to please respect their privacy during these trying
times in dealing with Tiffany's death. We want to thank the public for
their support and prayers. We just ask that if anyone has any
information at all that would help find this person who took this
beautiful child from our midst, please contact the St. Charles Police
Department."
Tiffany's parents, Dawn Sabourin and Rodney E. Whitrock Sr., never were
married to each other, said Dale Foster, Whitrock's stepfather. Dawn
Renee Sabourin was 19 when she gave birth to Tiffany on Oct. 7, 1984, at
St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. The birth certificate does not
identify a father.
Rodney Whitrock, 30, is a truck driver who lives only two blocks from
the El Matador Apartments. He declined to comment about his daughter's
death.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Baue Funeral Home, 620
Jefferson Street, St. Charles. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday
at the Baue Chapel, with burial at St. Charles Memorial Gardens.
In addition to her mother and father, Tiffany is survived by two half
sisters, Brittany Pohrer of St. Charles and Brittany Michelle Whitrock
of Rock Hill, S.C.; four half brothers, Derek Sabourin and Jacob
Sabourin of Wentzville, and Rodney E. Whitrock Jr. and Samuel Adam
Whitrock of Moscow Mills; three grandparents, Mary Sabourin, Donald
Coffin and Carmeletta Foster, all of St. Charles; and a
great-grandmother, Beulah Crowder of Eldon.
A memorial fund, known as the Tiffany J. Sabourin Special Fund Account,
has been set up through NationsBank. A bank spokeswoman said
contributions may be made at any branch or by mail to the NationsBank in
St. Charles, 1311 South Fifth Street, St. Charles, Mo. 63301.
--
Copyright (c) 1998, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Maggie
"I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking," and then I
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DOG3
In article <199804290241...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
malif...@aol.com (Malificynt) writes:
Mal, according to local news her head was found at the bank and the body was
found about a mile and a half on the grounds of Lindenwood College. Unless
this has changed since I last heard. They are also looking for a man that had
been seen on campus. The police say he is not a suspect they just want to talk
to him.
The police have a quick shop video of her just before the time of her death.
Doesn't show much. They're not releasing a whole lot of info. According to
local papers, the police were running all over campus with pics of the girl's
head, asking students if they had seen the 13 year old.
Michael
Martha Sprowles
A severed arm was found in a dumpster in Trenton NJ last night. Any
connection?
Martha
Malificynt
Martha made this suggestion:
>A severed arm was found in a dumpster in Trenton NJ last night. >Any
connection?
I hope you're kidding. If you aren't, then I'll just say that I really doubt
there is any connection. However, I did find the story about the NJ arm...I
suppose I'll take this time to post it since I haven't seen it any where else
on the NG.
Dee
Police say arm in trash is from missing Pa. man
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
By DONNA MURPHY WESTON
The Associated Press
TRENTON -- An arm found in a city trash bin has been identified as that of a
Philadelphia man last seen by his wife Saturday night as he headed out for a
jaunt to Atlantic City, police said.
Stephen E. Alexander, 56, is believed to be dead, though police have yet to
find his body, Deputy Police Chief Joe Constance said Tuesday.
The arm was found at 6:45 p.m. Monday inside a black trash bag by a homeless
man rummaging for food in a trash bin in a shopping center on Lalor Street, he
said.
Investigators believe Alexander, who managed a check-cashing business, was
killed either in Philadelphia or Atlantic City within 24 hours of when the arm
was discovered, Constance said.
They have alerted police and trash collection companies between Trenton,
Atlantic City, and Philadelphia to be on the lookout for body parts, he said.
"We assume he was cut up and distributed along the route," Constance said. The
arm had been cut roughly, possibly with a saw, he said. Police have yet to find
clues to explain why the arm was dumped in Trenton.
Eighteen teams of detectives are coordinating with Philadelphia police on the
case, he said.
Police have no motive and no suspects, although a ring was missing from
Alexander's hand, Constance said. However, he said he expected the
investigation to move swiftly.
"We expect to have a suspect within 24 hours," he said.
It does not appear Alexander owed any large debts, he said. Police are
investigating whether money was missing from the check-cashing business.
"What was robbed will determine who killed him," Constance said.
Investigators were fingerprinting the garbage bag that contained the arm and
examining the contents of another garbage bag found in the trash bin that may
be related to the case, Constance said.
Alexander's wife told Philadelphia police that her husband left about 9 p.m.
Saturday. What happened after that remained a mystery.
Alexander, who favored the Showboat Casino Hotel, apparently never arrived at
his hotel in Atlantic City, Constance said.
Alexander's wife said his trips to Atlantic City normally lasted several days.
She did not become suspicious even when a man, whom police would not identify,
contacted her early Sunday to report finding her husband's cellular phone and a
case containing his business cards and courtesy cards from casinos, Constance
said.
The wife, whom Constance would not name, called a friend, who retrieved the
items for her from a location in Philadelphia that police would not disclose,
except to say it was not at his business or home. Alexander's gray 1990 Buick
Riviera was parked nearby. There was no sign of a scuffle there, Constance
said.
"The wife says he has no enemies, and he's a faithful husband," Constance said.
Firefly192
malif...@aol.com (Malificynt) writes:
>> >Headless Body Identified
>> >
>> >(ST. CHARLES, Missouri) -- The Saint Louis-area Major Case Squad is
>working
>> >around the clock to find out who killed and beheaded a 13-year-old
>Wentzville
>> >girl. Police identified the victim yesterday as Tiffany Sabourin. She
>> >apparently was baby- sitting her brothers at her mother's boyfriend's
>> >apartment
>> >in Saint Charles when she was abducted. Her headless body was found
>Sunday
>> >morning near a bank. The last time Tiffany Sabourin was seen alive was
>> >Saturday
>> >night (at ten).
Michael wrote:
>> Mal, according to local news her head was found at the bank and the body
>was
>> found about a mile and a half on the grounds of Lindenwood College. Unless
>> this has changed since I last heard. They are also looking for a man that
>had
>> been seen on campus. The police say he is not a suspect they just want to
>talk
>> to him.
>>
>> The police have a quick shop video of her just before the time of her
>death.
>> Doesn't show much. They're not releasing a whole lot of info. According
>to
>> local papers, the police were running all over campus with pics of the
>girl's
>> head, asking students if they had seen the 13 year old.
Martha wrote:
>A severed arm was found in a dumpster in Trenton NJ last night. Any
>connection?
Not any more !
--Steph
Drkstar105
The discovery of a woman's headless body alongside the tree-filled Lindenwood
University campus on Sunday morning
JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Chill-bumps!!!! I don't believe in psychics (hi Riley) But
SATURDAY NIGHT in KANSAS CITY Missouri I had a DREAM about a young woman
decapitated. It was one of those early (Sunday) morning dreams, from which I
woke up in a fright. In my dream it was a car accident and the parents were
trying to put the body back in the car and the head fell off. I probably
dreamed this because there was a bad accident in KC involving five teenagers
the day before...but still....