The Woodstock (Ill.) Police Department has published a new flier about the missing Beth Bentley, a Woodstock woman who vanished on or about May 23, 2010. The flier was published on February 12, 2014, which would be Beth's 45th birthday, if she is alive.
The text of the new flier reads,
"On May 24, 2010, Benedetta "Beth" Bentley was reported missing by her friend and a family member to the Woodstock Police Department. Beth was originally entered into the Law Enforcement Agencies Database System (LEADS) as "Missing Endangered" as the result of her purported prescription and illegal drug use while she was visiting the Mt. Vernon and Jefferson County area of southern Illinois.
"Beth and her friend traveled to Mt. Vernon to visit friends and rented a car to make the approximate 6 hour journey. Beth was last known to be in the aforementioned geographical locations during the evening hours of May 23, 2010. This was substantiated through information with more than one family member and geographical positioning details from Beth's cellular telephone. Beth's cellular telephone usage showed conversations took place between her spouse and son during this time period, which indicated Beth's cellular telephone was in the south Illinois area at the time of their conversations. During their conversations, Beth did not indicate or act in an unusual manner and relayed she would return home on the following day. Records showed that the last GPS location of Beth's cellular telephone occurred in the southern Illinois area. A friend of Beth's, originally reported that she dropped Beth off at the train station in Centralia, IL, in order for Beth to return home, via train. Woodstock Police detectives were unable to verify that Beth ever purchased a train ticket, got onto a train or was ever dropped off in Centralia, IL.
"The Woodstock Police Department has worked with the Mt. Vernon and Centralia Police Departments, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and has received extensive cooperation and assistance from the Illinois State Police, All leads and information received have been investigated to the fullest extent.
"Beth's disappearance is quickly approaching 4 years and on today's date she turns 45 years old. Beth was last seen in the southern Illinois area wearing a black tank top, blue jean mini skirt, flip-flops and was in possession of a large white purse and an orange Vera Bradley overnight bag.
"The Woodstock Police Department is requesting that if anyone has any information related to this missing person investigation, to please contact the Woodstock Police Department Investigations Division at 815-338-2131."
The old flier, dated 11/11/2010, is still on the Woodstock PD website.
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3 months ago
2 comments:
Do you mean to tell us that it took the WPD four years to come up with this crap? Really phone calls prove she was down there? One text message and 1 one minute phone call prove that she was in Southern Illinois? Have they even looked closely at these records? Actions speak louder than words and the WPD has failed not just Beth but ever other law abiding citizen of Woodstock.
Gus, I've loosely followed this case based upon what you have printed so let me see if I've got it right.
Beth Bentley and a friend rent a car and travel to Mt. Vernon Illinois. It's been verified through family members that talked to her on her cell phone and GPS records of her cell phone which both prove that she was in Southern Illinois before disappearing,right? It's alleged that she was going to return home on a train from Centralia but the Police have been unable to verify that. So we really do not know if she ever got on that train which means that she disappeared from somewhere in the southern Illinois area,correct? If I've got it right, she disappeared from somewhere down there. If that's correct, I believe that you are barking up the wrong tree when you rip the Wood Stock PD. No crime has occurred in Wood Stock nor has any person been reported missing FROM Wood Stock Illinois. She was last seen in southern Illinois. THOSE are the people that should be investigating this missing. Or the ISP. I presume her family up here reported it to Wood Stock. I believe you said that Wood Stock and that Wood Stock went through the motions such as taking a report and entering it into LEADS but other than that Gus, Wood Stock is not going to be able to do much else. I very much doubt that they are going to send detectives down there or even really devote much time to a case like this when the evidence indicates she was missing from down there. Add to the fact that she may have been using drugs and didn't appear to be in distress when she talked to family members and you have a case destined to be put on the back burner after all the Police Departments involved did their usual thing. I think if you have any anger in this matter it should be directed not at the Wood Stock PD but instead the PD's down south and I'm not even sure about that. Is there any evidence of foul play? Were their any known threats directed at her? I just do not see this case going anywhere based upon what I've read here.
Gus, if Beth traveled to California for instance and disappeared, do you think the Wood Stock PD should be charged with investigating her disappearance or held accountable or should that be the California police? Same principle. If I am missing something here, tell me. But based upon what I've read here, I think other than to keep her in peoples minds, you are wasting blog space.
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