Sunday, May 22, 2011

Beth Bentley - Week 52

Fifty-two weeks ago Beth Bentley was last seen, by one report, in Centralia, Ill., when her friend and traveling companion of the week-end, Jennifer Wyatt, dropped her off near the Amtrak station. According to Jenn on June 10, Beth never intended to take a train.

The logical conclusion is that she was meeting someone in Centralia. Centralia is not a major transportation hub. If she wasn't taking the train, then someone with a car had to be picking her up. Jenn claims that she doesn't know whom Beth was meeting. Some find that pretty strange, since they were such good friends.

A ceremony was held today in Emricson Park, where 40-50 friends and others who are interested in this case gathered to hear words by Beth's friend and neighbor, Angela Montgomery, and by Woodstock Police Chief Bob Lowen. A number of balloons "escaped" early, when car doors were opened, and the rest of the balloons were released by family and close friends. (Click on the image to enlarge it; then click on the Back button on your browser to come back here.)

The Northwest Herald carried a story this morning, and it can be viewed at www.nwherald.com/2011/05/18/family-friends-remember-missing-woman-1-year-after-disappearance/axr0ygw/

1 comment:

Bill said...

Lets see, you have a missing person, who is married. The usual suspects are the spouse when its not a crime of passion and whenn it is,its usually the spouse.

So lets see, does anyone from law enforcement even remotely have a fleeting thought that this could be a similar case?

Maybe after the first 60 days?

180 days?

How about 1 year later?

Well now that you have may want to maybe, Maybe, start taking this as a possible premeditated, well planned crime of passion.
Of course the moments of retreiving good viable witnesses, physical evidence are becoming non-existant.

Besides, does the "missing person" case merit any solid police work?
From an investigative stand point, has this yet to be considered a posible homicide?

I suppose at this point does it matter?