GA: Remains found of student missing for two years
Patty
where they will be found and ALWAYS leave a note.
Hopes dashed as Emory student's remains found
Police spot man's bones near gun in woods, cite suicide
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
For two years, Warren and Courtenay Budd hoped for the best, while fearing the
worst about their missing son.
This week, they lost their hope.
Andrew Bryant Budd's body was discovered Monday in the woods of Troup County.
Police say he apparently had committed suicide.
The Budds' wavering between hope and despair is shared by everyone searching for
missing persons, from the parents of Chandra Levy to the loved ones of Andrew
Bryant Budd, 21.
Now that the Budd family has an answer, though, they hardly feel any closure,
unless closure means reaching a new level of grieving.
"It's devastating to all of us," said Warren Budd. "We kept holding out hope."
The chance discovery Monday of the young man's remains occurred at a time of
heightened attention for the Budd story. The media blitz surrounding the
disappearance of Washington intern Levy has prompted stories on other missing
people. Budd was one of three missing metro Atlanta people profiled July 22 in
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. There have been no developments in the other
cases.
In recent days, the Budds' hopes had been high, prompted by a few reported
sightings of Bryant and a half dozen news stories, the most recent appearing in
a Newnan newspaper on Sunday.
On Monday afternoon, when investigators bearing the bad news walked into Warren
Budd's insurance office, he was on the phone with a man who thought he had seen
the tall, dark-haired young man.
Troup County investigator Willis Grizzard told him that just two hours earlier,
timber appraisers walking the woods of Troup County happened upon the remains of
his son, a former high school baseball star and vice president of his high
school class who showed signs of depression, according to his family.
His bones, his white sweatshirt, and his father's missing gun were found about a
quarter mile from the area police searched with helicopters and cadaver dogs in
1999.
His skull showed signs of an apparent gunshot wound, leading police to believe
the 21-year-old, who had wandered away while fishing with his father, had
committed suicide.
Now come the rituals of loss for the Budd family - the funeral, the obituaries,
the visits from friends - and the grief deferred.
Courtenay Budd woke up crying Tuesday morning, realizing, she said, "I had been
crying in my sleep."
"I don't think you have closure," added the young man's father. "You just know
what you're dealing with."
Bryant's funeral will be 2 p.m. today at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in
Newnan. He then will be buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park nearby.
His date of death will read April 1, 1999.
DedNdogYrs
Dogs & children first.
PattyC
There was a young man found in the river near here recently. He'd been
missing 10 weeks. (It's not 2 years, but...it sure is close to 12 weeks...)
His death was accidental, but the same principal applies. A body can be not
found even when there was not foul play. With the suicide of one of my
friends' son, he'd been underwater for several months.
It happens.
PattyC
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"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people."
Patty <eartha...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Maggie
>Thank you, Patty.
>
>There was a young man found in the river near here recently. He'd been
>missing 10 weeks. (It's not 2 years, but...it sure is close to 12 weeks...)
>His death was accidental, but the same principal applies. A body can be
>not
>found even when there was not foul play. With the suicide of one of my
>friends' son, he'd been underwater for several months.
>
>It happens.
***Do you still think Chandra committed suicide, pattyc? I know that was your
first thought, but it seems to me that news of Chandra's activities just before
she disappeared decrease the possibility of suicide greatly. I realize that
sometimes we hear about a person who appeared completely normal just before
their suicides, but it seems to me that the people who do this are almost
always young men. Women, IMO, usually do more telegraphing of their
intentions.
Maggie
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the
experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to
do so."
Douglas Adams.
PattyC
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I still believe it's a possibility. Despite what has been said to the
contrary, the fact remains that it is REALLY possible the "romance" was on
the rocks right at the time she disappeared. (I don't totally discount that
story of Condit's about ending the "friendship" because she was too
interested.) I don't find the online surfing convincing of anything.
Sometimes when one is depressed, in a quandary, whatever, roaming around
online, looking at whatever, is just passing time. Like watching Kojak
reruns or something. I mean, WHO needs to look up B&R? That alone says
*something* to me...
ON the other hand, with all the secrecy and lies, I am also open to noting
anything could have happened. But I do find random killer very LOW on my
list. If anything, I'd be more inclined to think Condit or his henchmen
were involved in killing her.
The stats say a lot of things. But women also commit suicide
"unexpectedly." The most amazing thing about considering what "others"
might do is to consider that they might not be so average. This is
especially true when/if someone lives alone. Meaning, despite web browsing,
or closing the health club membership, this lady might have been an
emotional mess inside. At least on some levels. And the affair with a
married older man might have tipped the balance.
My main point in thanking Patty for the post was to note that all this talk
about no body does not rule out suicide, or even accident for that matter.
PattyC
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no avail, and then months (or years) later, the body ends up being found 100
yards from the last place anyone remembers seeing them. Weird.
As for Chandra--if she's still alive, she's pulling a train somewhere while
strung out on smack.
Ethyl
debby
Where the gunshot wound entered the body and if there were fingerprints on
it..... Debby S.<sarg...@infi.net>
ansleyc...@gmail.com
Courtenay Budd Caramico
> Yes well I would question the abusive over bearing evangelical dad. Bryant was amazing. Knew him since we were little ones. Dad forced a lot on him and broke him. Plus “dad” was on the boat with him when he went missing for a short bit of time.... foul play. You do the math....
Bryant was indeed amazing. His father and mother are wonderful too. They have suffered mightily over this. Every day. Still. Over two decades later. Along with his four siblings and many friends. What you have written (so many years later) is without any merit and extremely hurtful to the family you claim to know. It’s baseless slander. It’s hard to understand what motivates people to write such things on the internet. If your full email address were visible, I’d write to you privately, but I don’t know who you are. Write to me privately if you have any questions about what was not in the news. It’s easy to find me on the internet. I’m his oldest sister. Details from that day and that week show how far off base your accusations are. We have all suffered. I miss Bryant terribly. I see him in my own boys and wish every day they could know him. But the worst part by far has been watching what this did to our parents, who knew that day that he was in trouble and did everything in their power to help him. They were devoted to him as I am to my own sons. He and Daddy especially had a sweet and strong bond. It was a model father son relationship. We all loved him, and this has been excruciating for everyone. Please don’t make this any harder for all of us.
