Girl and dog found buried in shallow grave behind house,in OH
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Over in Ohio, the decomposing remains of a girl, aged between 8 and 10,
have been found buried in a shallow grave behind an empty house. Our dead
girl was stuffed into a trash can, and then the entire kit and kaboodle,
trash can + girl, was buried in the ground.
The house is currently up for sale, and the family that used to live in
the house moved out about 3 weeks ago. That family did have several
children, including an 8 year old girl. Police are trying to track down the
family, and see if perhaps they decided to leave behind one their family
members. The remains of a dog were also found in the shallow grave, and
coincidently, the family that moved out had a Rottweiler. Looks like maybe
the adults decided to do a little extra housekeeping before they packed up
and moved on, and possibly killed both the dog and their 8 year old daughter.
Police continue to scratch their heads, and an autopsy is due within the
next few days, that might confirm if and how this little girl was murdered.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Associated Press news wire:
IRONTON, Ohio (AP) - The remains of a girl and a dog were found in a
shallow grave behind an empty house, and authorities were searching for the
family that last lived there.
Workers hired to do repairs at the house found the remains Sunday. The
girl, believed to be between 8 and 10 years old, had been stuffed in a
trash can and buried.
The body was sent to Columbus, about 100 miles to the north, for an autopsy.
Police Chief Rodney McFarland said the house, which has a ``For Sale''
sign out front, had been empty for about three weeks. The family that last
lived there had several children and owned a Rottweiler, he said.
Neighbors said a family by the name of Volgares with four children,
including an 8-year-old girl, had lived in the house.
AP-NY-09-08-97
Rosecyrus
In article <19970908230...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
joe1...@aol.com (Joe1orbit) writes:
>
> Over in Ohio, the decomposing remains of a girl, aged between 8 and 10,
>have been found buried in a shallow grave behind an empty house. Our dead
>girl was stuffed into a trash can, and then the entire kit and kaboodle,
>trash can + girl, was buried in the ground.
>
>
I have a friend who lives a short distance from where the body has found.
She has promised to find out the local gossip. The story in the local paper
had some more details not picked up by the AP story quoted. For instance
there was the obligatory statement about what a good
quiet neighbor the adult male member of the household was. Also several
people were quoted as saying they had smelled something for a while, but
thought it was the sewer.
Rose
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Here is an update on this case out of Ohio, where the decomposing body
of an 8-10 year old girl was found stufed in a trash can and buried in a
shallow grave behind a house.
We learn that arrest warrants on aggrevated nurder charges have been
filed against the couple who own this house, and who moved out a few weeks
ago, and put the house up for sale. They are nowhere to be found, and they
did has an 8 year old daughter, one of three children they have. Eight year
old Seleana has not been seen in public since July, and police think the
decomposing remains might be that of Seleana.
We also learn that the dead dog was found buried a few feet away from
the girl, and police say there is no "direct" link between the two. It's
possible that the dog died of natural causes.
Ohio certainly seems to be a hotbed for the finding of dead children,
because in this same news report, police announce that they have found the
skeletal remains of 2 MORE children, in the city of Urbana. These 2
skeletons were found on Saturday, side-by-side behind a log. DNA testing
will need to be done to determine their exact identity, but police believe
it's very likely the two skeletons belong to a 12 year old girl and her 5
year old half-brother, who were reported missing on July 9th.
Their stepfather, Kevin Neal, is the one who reported these two children
as missing. He is now in prison in Indiana, on an "unrelated" charge. Now
that the 2 bodies have been found, if they turn out to be the 12 year old
girl & 5 year old stepbrother, this stepfather certainly does become a
prime suspect in the case, although no charges have been filed in
connection with the two deaths.
There appears to be absolutely no connection between the 2 child
skeletons found in Urbana, and the dead 8-10 year old girl found buried in
back of the house in Ironton.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 9/9/97 online edition of The
Columbus Dispatch newspaper:
Deaths shatter two communities
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Residents of Urbana and Ironton are struggling for answers in the deaths
of three children
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By Bob Dreitzler
Dispatch Staff Reporter
Sept. 9, 1997
As the Urbana community 30 miles west of Columbus braces for
identification of skeletal remains believed to be two missing children,
people in Ironton, 100 miles south, are dealing with the death of a young
girl found stuffed in a trash can and buried in a back yard.
In the Ironton case, unrelated to the one near Urbana, warrants on
aggravated murder charges have been filed against Jack and Mona Volgares.
The couple lived in the house where the body was found Sunday, authorities
said yesterday.
Neighbors said the couple's daughter, Seleana Gamble, 8, has not been seen
since July and that the Volgareses and three other children left town Aug.
17, saying they were going to Florida.
In the Urbana case, the Montgomery County coroner's office said last night
that two forensic dentists and a forensic anthropologist were examining the
remains, found Saturday. So far, investigators have yet to determine
whether the remains are of the two children, missing since July.
"Is there anything inconsistent with the two children? No. But there is
nothing to allow us to positively identify the remains yet, either," said
Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County coroner's office. "We're being
very careful in the process."
India Smith, whose 12th birthday was Sunday, and her half brother, Cody,
5, were reported missing July 9. Kevin Neal, their stepfather who is now in
an Indiana prison on unrelated charges, said he last saw the children
playing in the yard of the house where he lived with their mother, Sue Neal.
A man cutting hay found the skeletal remains Saturday, 3 to 4 miles from
the Neal house. The bodies were side by side behind a log between Nettle
Creek and the Nettle Creek Cemetery.
Betz said investigators may have to use DNA testing to identify the
remains, a process that could take six to eight weeks.
In the meantime, the bones will be tested to try to determine sex and age,
Betz said. Toxicology and other tests will be conducted to try to find out
how the victims died.
Champaign County Sheriff David Deskins has said the remains probably are
those of the missing children, based on size and appearance of the skeletons.
Meanwhile, Ironton Police detective J.A. Sargent said authorities are
awaiting confirmation on the identity of the girl found there, as well as a
cause of death. The body was sent to the Franklin County Coroner's office
for autopsy.
Although the identification is tentative, Sargent said, charges of
aggravated murder were filed late Sunday against Mona Volgares, 28, and
Jack Volgares, 44, who disappeared with their three other children three
weeks ago.
The couple had rented the Phillips Street home for about two years. The
house, now vacant, sits in a working class, residential neighborhood a few
blocks from the Ohio River in northwest Ironton.
Nick Volgares, Jack Volgares' brother, owns the house, Sargent said. Nick
Volgares has declined to talk with news media.
Police were called about noon Sunday by relatives of Jack Volgares who
were preparing the house for sale, said Lawrence County Prosecutor J.B.
Collier Jr.
The relatives saw fresh dirt and other evidence behind the house, Sargent
said. They dug until they found a blue, 30-gallon trash can. They removed
the lid and smelled decay, Sargent said. They then called authorities, who
finished unearthing the body, he said.
Authorities searching the area also found a dog buried a few feet away,
but the dog burial does not appear to be related to that of the child,
Sargent said.
Investigators believe the victim is 8-year-old Seleana rather than another
one of the family's children because of the physical characteristics and
because relatives said the other children had been seen since mid-August,
Sargent said.
Mona Volgares' eldest daughter, Vivian, 11, and two younger children also
lived in the home.
Seleana was last seen several weeks before the family moved. Neighbors and
family members believed she was visiting her biologicalfather in Tampa,
Fla., Collier said.
Mona Volgares is from Florida, Sargent said. Jack Volgares is a Lawrence
County native, he said.
The family is said to have gone to Florida or Michigan. Authorities are
checking with rental agencies to determine if a truck or trailer was used
to remove the household goods.
Investigators believe the family may be traveling in a 1990 brown Buick
Electra four-door sedan with Ohio license XAT040, Sargent said.