Missing Man: Walter F. Smith, Jr. - IN - 09/03/2006
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Missing Person: Walter F. Smith, Jr.
Alias: Tom
Date of Birth: 5/11/64
Missing Since: 9/03/06
Missing City: Edinburgh
Missing State: Indiana
Age at time of disappearance: 42
Gender: Male
Race: White
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 165 lbs
Hair Color: Brown/with some gray
Hair (other): Thin on top
Eye Color: Green
Complexion: Scarred from acne
Characteristics: Usually has a mustache, acne scaring on face and back, quarter size
scar on right leg just below knee and on both sides, scar on right shin
Clothing: blue jeans, patriotic t-shirt or a red polo shirt with white stripes
Jewelry: May wear a watch with silver stretch band
Circumstances: Unknown. Was last seen at a local bar and his car was located 2 month later at a apartment complex in Franklin, Indiana
Medical Conditions: Prone to seizures, strokes, and has a heart condition
Agency Name: Shelby County Sheriff
Agency Phone: 1-888-387-1444
Case Number: 200611426
Print a poster: http://www.projectja...WalterSmith.pdf
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
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If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:19 PM
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11/8/2007 3:00:00 PM
Tour calls attention to missing persons
Laura Halleman
Courier Staff Writer
On Oct. 17, 2000, 40-year-old singer-songwriter Gina Bos disappeared after playing at a local pub in Lincoln, Neb. A mother of three, Gina's car was found across the street from the pub with her guitar in the trunk. She has not been seen or heard from since.
On Aug. 26, 1995, 23-year-old Heather Teague was lying in the sun on a beach in Spottsville, Ky. When a witness says a man appeared from behind her, jerked her up by her hair and drug her into the woods. She has not been seen or heard from since.
On Sept. 3, 2006, 44-year-old Walter Smith, Jr. was last seen at his home in Edinburgh. His black, 2000 Daewoo Laganza was located abandoned two months later on the north side of Franklin. He has not been seen or heard from since.
And the list goes on and on. According to the FBI, tens of thousands of people vanish under suspicious circumstances each year, and there are as many as 100,000 active missing-persons cases daily.
As time goes by and the leads on a missing person fade, law enforcement officials eventually deem them cold cases. But for the families and friends, the unknown of what has happened to their loved one is a constant ache, and their strength and resilience spur them to continue their quest for answers by banding together with other families to find the missing and find creative outlets in doing so.
One such nonprofit organization is www.411Gina.org. Founded in 2001 by Gina Bos' sister, Jannel Rap, the mission of the organization is to bring together musicians and media through what has become known as The Squeaky Wheel Tour.
"After my sister disappeared, I got very depressed for some time. One night I went to bed and sat up in the morning and thought, 'We need to get news attention about this. We need to make some noise,'" Rap said. "I knew Gina was pushing me to do this, and I couldn't look at her kids and not do something about it. It was as if God told me what to do, too. I never knew what faith was until she disappeared."
So that's what Rap did. She made some noise. Continually calling the detectives working on Gina's case, Rap made her voice heard because Gina's could not be, she said.
With the inception of the Squeaky Wheel Tour, Rap, who is a member of the tour's headliner band Clementine, said her hope is to bring media attention to missing people whose circumstances surrounding their disappearance are not deemed "lurid" or "dramatic" enough to receive national attention.
The concert tour is held annually, and this year it played 19 shows across the country, including one that generated a packed house at the Electric Lady in Madison. As with each show, fliers with the faces and details of local missing persons are laid out on tables and displayed on posters for those in attendance to see.
Molly Dattilo, who grew up in Madison and who disappeared in Indianapolis on July 6, 2004, was one of several missing persons from the surrounding area whose disappearance was highlighted.
Last year, the tour brought home 10 people, including a boy who had run away from his home in Indiana and was living in New York City.
The missing boy attended the concert in New York and saw his face on the CD cover as one that was missing. He realized his parents did care and were looking for him, so he contacted his parents after the show.
The show in Madison brought out many relatives from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky whose loved ones are missing.
Two women in attendance, whose daughters disappeared in separate states, share a heartbreaking similarity. Although the two men responsible for their daughters' deaths were convicted and given lengthy prison sentences based on circumstantial evidence, they refuse to tell these mothers where their daughters remains are, leaving them without closure.
Patti Bishop's stepdaughter Karen Jo Smith, 35, disappeared from Indianapolis on Dec. 27, 2000. Smith divorced Steven D. Halcomb after a volatile, abusive relationship. Halcomb was convicted and sentenced to 95 years in prison for the murder of Smith, but her remains have not been found and Halcomb isn't talking.
"He has a narcissistic personality, and I don't know if he'll ever tell us where she is, but we will never stop searching for her," Bishop said.
Bishop is now heavily involved in domestic violence awareness and is a volunteer for TeamHOPE, a support network for families of missing children and adults. In 2001, after contacting Rap, she helped organize the first Squeaky Wheel Tour to be held in Indiana.
"It's a passion of mine now. You never realize that in a split second someone you love and cherish will disappear from your life. We will never let other families give up hope," Bishop said.
On Aug. 28, 1996, 22-year-old Carrie Culberson disappeared from Wilmington, Ohio. Culberson's abusive ex-boyfriend, Vincent Doan, was convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for her murder. Her remains have not been found. At Doan's sentencing, Carrie's mother, Debbie Culberson, urged Doan to tell her where her daughter's body could be found, but her pleas were met with silence.
"We have told him that if he would tell us where Carrie is, we would agree to a sentence reduction, but he has so far refused," Culberson said. "I and my daughter have been robbed of the natural grieving process that comes with losing a loved one because of this. Some people say our bodies are just a vessel, but it's that physical bond that we need to have closure."
She has since channeled her grief and frustration by working with Congressman Steve Chabot to get legislation passed that would require mandated testing of any unidentified dead and a national repository for these test results for all states to be able to access.
This week the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs demonstrated the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUS, that the department had announced it was setting up in July. NamUs is a national database for matching unidentified human remains with records of missing persons. Ultimately, medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement officials, forensic professionals and the public will be able to use the database to search and match missing persons records and information about unidentified human remains.
The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Statistics found that on average, 4,400 unidentified human bodies are received in medical examiners' and coroners' offices each year, and about 1,000 remain unidentified after a year.
The database is at www.namus.gov.
Culberson said she feels guilt for her other daughter for what she said is the "Left Behind Children" syndrome.
"I was there for her physical needs when she was growing up, but I was so absorbed in the trial and finding Carrie that she not only lost her sister, she lost me, and sadly, that has put a strain on our relationship," Culberson said.
The grassroots organizations are a monumental aid to those who want to spread the word of a missing loved one or to console those who have or are experiencing the agony of the unknown that some say is indescribable unless someone has gone through it.
But they know their work is not done. With each passing day, another flier with the photo of a missing son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father or other relative is posted in a neighborhood.
"Some people say to me, 'It's been years since your daughter disappeared. Maybe it's time you let it go and moved on with your life,'" Sarah Teague, the mother of Heather Teague, said. "I tell them I will not rest until I have justice, but more importantly I will not stop searching, waiting, hoping and praying for a miracle. How can I? I am her mother."
For more on missing persons or to post information on a missing person, visit www.411Gina.org or www.teamhope.org.
11/8/2007 3:00:00 PM
Tour calls attention to missing persons
Laura Halleman
Courier Staff Writer
On Oct. 17, 2000, 40-year-old singer-songwriter Gina Bos disappeared after playing at a local pub in Lincoln, Neb. A mother of three, Gina's car was found across the street from the pub with her guitar in the trunk. She has not been seen or heard from since.
On Aug. 26, 1995, 23-year-old Heather Teague was lying in the sun on a beach in Spottsville, Ky. When a witness says a man appeared from behind her, jerked her up by her hair and drug her into the woods. She has not been seen or heard from since.
On Sept. 3, 2006, 44-year-old Walter Smith, Jr. was last seen at his home in Edinburgh. His black, 2000 Daewoo Laganza was located abandoned two months later on the north side of Franklin. He has not been seen or heard from since.
And the list goes on and on. According to the FBI, tens of thousands of people vanish under suspicious circumstances each year, and there are as many as 100,000 active missing-persons cases daily.
As time goes by and the leads on a missing person fade, law enforcement officials eventually deem them cold cases. But for the families and friends, the unknown of what has happened to their loved one is a constant ache, and their strength and resilience spur them to continue their quest for answers by banding together with other families to find the missing and find creative outlets in doing so.
One such nonprofit organization is www.411Gina.org. Founded in 2001 by Gina Bos' sister, Jannel Rap, the mission of the organization is to bring together musicians and media through what has become known as The Squeaky Wheel Tour.
"After my sister disappeared, I got very depressed for some time. One night I went to bed and sat up in the morning and thought, 'We need to get news attention about this. We need to make some noise,'" Rap said. "I knew Gina was pushing me to do this, and I couldn't look at her kids and not do something about it. It was as if God told me what to do, too. I never knew what faith was until she disappeared."
So that's what Rap did. She made some noise. Continually calling the detectives working on Gina's case, Rap made her voice heard because Gina's could not be, she said.
With the inception of the Squeaky Wheel Tour, Rap, who is a member of the tour's headliner band Clementine, said her hope is to bring media attention to missing people whose circumstances surrounding their disappearance are not deemed "lurid" or "dramatic" enough to receive national attention.
The concert tour is held annually, and this year it played 19 shows across the country, including one that generated a packed house at the Electric Lady in Madison. As with each show, fliers with the faces and details of local missing persons are laid out on tables and displayed on posters for those in attendance to see.
Molly Dattilo, who grew up in Madison and who disappeared in Indianapolis on July 6, 2004, was one of several missing persons from the surrounding area whose disappearance was highlighted.
Last year, the tour brought home 10 people, including a boy who had run away from his home in Indiana and was living in New York City.
The missing boy attended the concert in New York and saw his face on the CD cover as one that was missing. He realized his parents did care and were looking for him, so he contacted his parents after the show.
The show in Madison brought out many relatives from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky whose loved ones are missing.
Two women in attendance, whose daughters disappeared in separate states, share a heartbreaking similarity. Although the two men responsible for their daughters' deaths were convicted and given lengthy prison sentences based on circumstantial evidence, they refuse to tell these mothers where their daughters remains are, leaving them without closure.
Patti Bishop's stepdaughter Karen Jo Smith, 35, disappeared from Indianapolis on Dec. 27, 2000. Smith divorced Steven D. Halcomb after a volatile, abusive relationship. Halcomb was convicted and sentenced to 95 years in prison for the murder of Smith, but her remains have not been found and Halcomb isn't talking.
"He has a narcissistic personality, and I don't know if he'll ever tell us where she is, but we will never stop searching for her," Bishop said.
Bishop is now heavily involved in domestic violence awareness and is a volunteer for TeamHOPE, a support network for families of missing children and adults. In 2001, after contacting Rap, she helped organize the first Squeaky Wheel Tour to be held in Indiana.
"It's a passion of mine now. You never realize that in a split second someone you love and cherish will disappear from your life. We will never let other families give up hope," Bishop said.
On Aug. 28, 1996, 22-year-old Carrie Culberson disappeared from Wilmington, Ohio. Culberson's abusive ex-boyfriend, Vincent Doan, was convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for her murder. Her remains have not been found. At Doan's sentencing, Carrie's mother, Debbie Culberson, urged Doan to tell her where her daughter's body could be found, but her pleas were met with silence.
"We have told him that if he would tell us where Carrie is, we would agree to a sentence reduction, but he has so far refused," Culberson said. "I and my daughter have been robbed of the natural grieving process that comes with losing a loved one because of this. Some people say our bodies are just a vessel, but it's that physical bond that we need to have closure."
She has since channeled her grief and frustration by working with Congressman Steve Chabot to get legislation passed that would require mandated testing of any unidentified dead and a national repository for these test results for all states to be able to access.
This week the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs demonstrated the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUS, that the department had announced it was setting up in July. NamUs is a national database for matching unidentified human remains with records of missing persons. Ultimately, medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement officials, forensic professionals and the public will be able to use the database to search and match missing persons records and information about unidentified human remains.
The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Statistics found that on average, 4,400 unidentified human bodies are received in medical examiners' and coroners' offices each year, and about 1,000 remain unidentified after a year.
The database is at www.namus.gov.
Culberson said she feels guilt for her other daughter for what she said is the "Left Behind Children" syndrome.
"I was there for her physical needs when she was growing up, but I was so absorbed in the trial and finding Carrie that she not only lost her sister, she lost me, and sadly, that has put a strain on our relationship," Culberson said.
The grassroots organizations are a monumental aid to those who want to spread the word of a missing loved one or to console those who have or are experiencing the agony of the unknown that some say is indescribable unless someone has gone through it.
But they know their work is not done. With each passing day, another flier with the photo of a missing son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father or other relative is posted in a neighborhood.
"Some people say to me, 'It's been years since your daughter disappeared. Maybe it's time you let it go and moved on with your life,'" Sarah Teague, the mother of Heather Teague, said. "I tell them I will not rest until I have justice, but more importantly I will not stop searching, waiting, hoping and praying for a miracle. How can I? I am her mother."
For more on missing persons or to post information on a missing person, visit www.411Gina.org or www.teamhope.org.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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Missing man's family awaits word after body discovered
5/1/2008
A Flat Rock family is on pins and needles, awaiting the results of lab tests that will determine if the human remains found in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury on Sunday afternoon are those of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr.
Smith has not been seen since Sept. 3, 2006. He was only two days away from opening a new restaurant in Edinburgh called Walter's Family Restaurant. Smith's car, a black 2000 Daewoo Laganza, was discovered in an impound lot in Franklin on Nov. 14, 2006.
The grave, which was about 2 feet deep, was discovered by a mushroom hunter who stumbled across it, Sheriff Terry McLaughlin, of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, said in a prepared statement.
After finding the shallow grave in Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area, the hunter immediately called 911 from his cell phone.
When Smith's sister, Alice McGinnis, heard about the discovery, she raced to the site on Monday morning. She estimated about 10 officials were searching in a taped-off area.
McLaughlin, who is treating the case as a homicide, said that animals had begun to unearth the remains and had already pulled parts of the remains and shreds of clothing from the site. Other media organizations also reported on Wednesday that a shoe had been discovered. A call to the detective in charge of the case was not returned.
McGinnis said that a team led by Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, of the University of Indianapolis Archeology and Forensics Laboratory, scoured the area. "They determined that, yes, they were human bones," McGinnis said. "They searched this whole huge area. They did not leave one speck of that area untouched."
Nawrocki's team took the bones and other evidence back to the lab and will make a determination as to whether the corpse was that of a man or a woman, which will be critical information to Smith's family.
"They should at least know the gender in a few days," McGinnis said. "Even if it's not Tom, somebody's nightmare is going to be over and that in itself is a blessing."
DNA will be analyzed
Smith's family has taken DNA from his toothbrush, razor and hairbrush and entered it into a nationwide DNA data base. "They also have his dental records," McGinnis said.
McGinnis has no idea how long it will take Nawrocki's team to identify the body. "They'll let us know as soon as they know something," she said.
Waiting for answers over the last 20 months has been excruciatingly painful. "This is such a good chance this could be Tom," McGinnis said. "You want it to be and you don't want it to be. Anything is possible. He could be somewhere and not know where he is and who he is."
Having a missing sibling has been horribly sad, but Smith's three sisters and two brothers are a tight-knit bunch and have done their best to keep their hopes up. But as time has passed, some hopes have naturally dimmed.
"But when you hear of remains being found, you absolutely still run," McGinnis said.
McGinnis and her friend Patti Bishop walked the land in southern Johnson County on Tuesday - just in case the investigators had missed something. Bishop is the stepmother of Karen Jo. Smith, a 35-year old Indianapolis woman who disappeared in December 2000. Her ex-husband, Steven Halcomb, was convicted in 2001 of murdering her even though her body has not been found.
After the investigators had removed the remains on Monday, they brought in a load of dirt and filled in the shallow grave. "Just seeing where they filled in the hole made your heart hurt," McGinnis said. "Patti and I stood there and said a prayer because someone had been taken out of there."
Families must wait
Now, there is nothing to do but wait. "When they can give us a gender, that will at least let some people (with missing loved ones) go back to doing what they were doing," McGinnis said. "This is just grief on hold."
McGinnis vowed she would never stop looking for her brother. He had one grandchild when he disappeared, but now has three. "There are a lot of people who have been affected by his disappearance," she said.
His dog, Buddy, a terrier mix, still waits for his master.
"There's no doubt in my mind or my heart that Tom will someday be found," McGinnis said. "I'm a Christian, and I know God doesn't work this way. It will be in God's time, not our time."
Smith will be 44 years old on May 11, which is Mother's Day.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Detective Capt. Roger Clark with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (317) 392-6408, or information may be given anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (317) 262-TIPS (8477) or (800) 922-5378.
Missing man's family awaits word after body discovered
5/1/2008
A Flat Rock family is on pins and needles, awaiting the results of lab tests that will determine if the human remains found in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury on Sunday afternoon are those of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr.
Smith has not been seen since Sept. 3, 2006. He was only two days away from opening a new restaurant in Edinburgh called Walter's Family Restaurant. Smith's car, a black 2000 Daewoo Laganza, was discovered in an impound lot in Franklin on Nov. 14, 2006.
The grave, which was about 2 feet deep, was discovered by a mushroom hunter who stumbled across it, Sheriff Terry McLaughlin, of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, said in a prepared statement.
After finding the shallow grave in Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area, the hunter immediately called 911 from his cell phone.
When Smith's sister, Alice McGinnis, heard about the discovery, she raced to the site on Monday morning. She estimated about 10 officials were searching in a taped-off area.
McLaughlin, who is treating the case as a homicide, said that animals had begun to unearth the remains and had already pulled parts of the remains and shreds of clothing from the site. Other media organizations also reported on Wednesday that a shoe had been discovered. A call to the detective in charge of the case was not returned.
McGinnis said that a team led by Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, of the University of Indianapolis Archeology and Forensics Laboratory, scoured the area. "They determined that, yes, they were human bones," McGinnis said. "They searched this whole huge area. They did not leave one speck of that area untouched."
Nawrocki's team took the bones and other evidence back to the lab and will make a determination as to whether the corpse was that of a man or a woman, which will be critical information to Smith's family.
"They should at least know the gender in a few days," McGinnis said. "Even if it's not Tom, somebody's nightmare is going to be over and that in itself is a blessing."
DNA will be analyzed
Smith's family has taken DNA from his toothbrush, razor and hairbrush and entered it into a nationwide DNA data base. "They also have his dental records," McGinnis said.
McGinnis has no idea how long it will take Nawrocki's team to identify the body. "They'll let us know as soon as they know something," she said.
Waiting for answers over the last 20 months has been excruciatingly painful. "This is such a good chance this could be Tom," McGinnis said. "You want it to be and you don't want it to be. Anything is possible. He could be somewhere and not know where he is and who he is."
Having a missing sibling has been horribly sad, but Smith's three sisters and two brothers are a tight-knit bunch and have done their best to keep their hopes up. But as time has passed, some hopes have naturally dimmed.
"But when you hear of remains being found, you absolutely still run," McGinnis said.
McGinnis and her friend Patti Bishop walked the land in southern Johnson County on Tuesday - just in case the investigators had missed something. Bishop is the stepmother of Karen Jo. Smith, a 35-year old Indianapolis woman who disappeared in December 2000. Her ex-husband, Steven Halcomb, was convicted in 2001 of murdering her even though her body has not been found.
After the investigators had removed the remains on Monday, they brought in a load of dirt and filled in the shallow grave. "Just seeing where they filled in the hole made your heart hurt," McGinnis said. "Patti and I stood there and said a prayer because someone had been taken out of there."
Families must wait
Now, there is nothing to do but wait. "When they can give us a gender, that will at least let some people (with missing loved ones) go back to doing what they were doing," McGinnis said. "This is just grief on hold."
McGinnis vowed she would never stop looking for her brother. He had one grandchild when he disappeared, but now has three. "There are a lot of people who have been affected by his disappearance," she said.
His dog, Buddy, a terrier mix, still waits for his master.
"There's no doubt in my mind or my heart that Tom will someday be found," McGinnis said. "I'm a Christian, and I know God doesn't work this way. It will be in God's time, not our time."
Smith will be 44 years old on May 11, which is Mother's Day.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Detective Capt. Roger Clark with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (317) 392-6408, or information may be given anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (317) 262-TIPS (8477) or (800) 922-5378.
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Human remains found in Johnson Co.
Updated: April 29, 2008 04:47 AM CDT
Richard Essex/Eyewitness News
Johnson County - A mushroom hunter made a shocking find in Johnson County. He unearthed a shallow grave with human remains Sunday at the Camp Atterbury hunting grounds.
Dan Harris was hunting for mushrooms around 1 p.m. Sunday in Area 14 of what's considered the "civilian" side of Camp Atterbury, property owned by the DNR and a popular site for hunters.
"I Looked and saw human remains and called 911," Harris said by phone Monday.
Since that time, investigators have painstakingly combed through the area collecting evidence as they hope to identify the remains.
"The pathologist is on site," said Johnson County Sheriff Terry McLaughlin. "The only thing we are able to determine is that there only appears to be one body - or one remains - in the gravesite."
The remains are now at a lab at the University of Indianapolis, as investigators work to determine who was buried in the grave.
According to police, the gravesite had been particularly dug up by animals, exposing part of the jawbone and spine. Shredded cloth was scattered around the site in every direction.
"We can't say clothing for sure," Sheriff McLaughlin said. "We found little shreds. There was nothing at the site - about the site - there [is] some shredded clothing - I take it to be clothing - it's just some shreds."
While forensic investigators sifted through evidence, Alice McGinnis waited.
"Somebody's nightmare is going to be over because going through this is an absolute nightmare," said McGinnis.
Nearly two years ago, McGinnis' brother, Walter Smith Jr, disappeared from Edinburgh. She's held out hope of finding him ever since. That's what brought her to the remote hunting ground at Johnson County's Camp Atterbury Monday.
"My heart is fluttering. You want it to be him and you don't," she said.
The area where the remains were found is not far from the last place her stepmother says Karen Jo Smith was last seen.
"It never gets easier," said Patti Bishop, Smith's stepmother.
Smith disappeared more than seven years ago. Her estranged husband was convicted in her death, but her body was never found. Terri Bishop founded a support group for the families of other missing people in Indiana.
"There is no closure until we close a casket," said Bishop.
Closure in this case will have to wait a little longer. Investigators will take evidence they gathered here to a lab in Indianapolis before they can determine who, how, and why.
Human remains found in Johnson Co.
Updated: April 29, 2008 04:47 AM CDT
Richard Essex/Eyewitness News
Johnson County - A mushroom hunter made a shocking find in Johnson County. He unearthed a shallow grave with human remains Sunday at the Camp Atterbury hunting grounds.
Dan Harris was hunting for mushrooms around 1 p.m. Sunday in Area 14 of what's considered the "civilian" side of Camp Atterbury, property owned by the DNR and a popular site for hunters.
"I Looked and saw human remains and called 911," Harris said by phone Monday.
Since that time, investigators have painstakingly combed through the area collecting evidence as they hope to identify the remains.
"The pathologist is on site," said Johnson County Sheriff Terry McLaughlin. "The only thing we are able to determine is that there only appears to be one body - or one remains - in the gravesite."
The remains are now at a lab at the University of Indianapolis, as investigators work to determine who was buried in the grave.
According to police, the gravesite had been particularly dug up by animals, exposing part of the jawbone and spine. Shredded cloth was scattered around the site in every direction.
"We can't say clothing for sure," Sheriff McLaughlin said. "We found little shreds. There was nothing at the site - about the site - there [is] some shredded clothing - I take it to be clothing - it's just some shreds."
While forensic investigators sifted through evidence, Alice McGinnis waited.
"Somebody's nightmare is going to be over because going through this is an absolute nightmare," said McGinnis.
Nearly two years ago, McGinnis' brother, Walter Smith Jr, disappeared from Edinburgh. She's held out hope of finding him ever since. That's what brought her to the remote hunting ground at Johnson County's Camp Atterbury Monday.
"My heart is fluttering. You want it to be him and you don't," she said.
The area where the remains were found is not far from the last place her stepmother says Karen Jo Smith was last seen.
"It never gets easier," said Patti Bishop, Smith's stepmother.
Smith disappeared more than seven years ago. Her estranged husband was convicted in her death, but her body was never found. Terri Bishop founded a support group for the families of other missing people in Indiana.
"There is no closure until we close a casket," said Bishop.
Closure in this case will have to wait a little longer. Investigators will take evidence they gathered here to a lab in Indianapolis before they can determine who, how, and why.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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Human Remains Could Take Month To Identify
Families Of Missing People Wait For News
May 8, 2008
EDINBURGH, Ind. -- Police said that it might take a month to complete a report on human remains discovered in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said a mushroom hunter found the grave on April 27. It was about 2 feet deep, and animals had partially unearthed the body.
Police are working with a forensic anthropologist from the University of Indianapolis to recover the remains and compare them to missing person records.
Camp Atterbury, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis, is used to train troops for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Relatives of at least two missing people went to the area as crews unearthed the remains. A sister of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since 2006, went to the area of the discovery site.
The stepmother of Karen Jo Smith, an Indianapolis woman who disappeared in December 2000 and is of no relation to Walter Smith, also visited the area.
Karen Jo Smith was last seen Dec. 27, 2000, when she was 35. Her ex-husband, Steven Halcomb, was convicted in late 2004 of murdering her even though her body hadn't been found.
Human Remains Could Take Month To Identify
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May 8, 2008
EDINBURGH, Ind. -- Police said that it might take a month to complete a report on human remains discovered in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said a mushroom hunter found the grave on April 27. It was about 2 feet deep, and animals had partially unearthed the body.
Police are working with a forensic anthropologist from the University of Indianapolis to recover the remains and compare them to missing person records.
Camp Atterbury, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis, is used to train troops for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Relatives of at least two missing people went to the area as crews unearthed the remains. A sister of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since 2006, went to the area of the discovery site.
The stepmother of Karen Jo Smith, an Indianapolis woman who disappeared in December 2000 and is of no relation to Walter Smith, also visited the area.
Karen Jo Smith was last seen Dec. 27, 2000, when she was 35. Her ex-husband, Steven Halcomb, was convicted in late 2004 of murdering her even though her body hadn't been found.
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Family marking another birthday without missing Flat Rock man
5/9/2008
A balloon release and candlelight vigil will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Flat Rock Christian Church to commemorate the 44th birthday of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since Sept. 3, 2006.
"Here we are again - having to celebrate our brother's birthday without him," said Alice McGinnis, of Flat Rock.
Smith's birthday is actually on Sunday, which is Mother's Day. The church is located at 2854 W. Pope St. in Flat Rock.
The family's emotional rollercoaster ride took another swing on April 27 when human remains were discovered in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury. A team led by Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, of the University of Indianapolis Archeology and Forensics Laboratory, are doing tests on the remains to see if they are male or female. At some point, officials are hopeful the remains can be identified through DNA.
Johnson County Sheriff Terry McLaughlin recently declined to provide any details about shoes located near the shallow grave.
"At this point in time, I'm not going to divulge what type of shoe or anything that we found," McLaughlin said. "Until the doctor can tell us if it is a male or female body, I just don't think it's appropriate to put any (information) out."
McLaughlin said he knows all of the families who are wanting to know the whereabouts of their missing loved ones.
"I would hate to put something out inaccurate," he said.
"We don't know if these shoes even have anything to do with this," McLaughlin said. "They weren't in the grave. They were just shoes found in the area. Like anything else on a crime scene, you try to bring in everything in case you do need it."
Major Steve Byerly, a Johnson County detective, confirmed that it will take at least four weeks before the gender of the skeletal remains will be known. "And there's nothing new on the case," Byerly said.
Meanwhile, waiting is agony for Smith's family, but McGinnis said she realizes the process takes time.
"It is so heartbreaking for our family and friends to still have no answers as to where our brother is," McGinnis said. "We continue to search for him every day - everywhere we go."
McGinnis said they will never stop searching.
"It is so wrong and cruel to know that someone holds the answers but won't give them," she said. "We know that one day all of our questions will be answered. Our faith is strong, and we know that our prayers are heard and will be answered."
Smith's family continues to work with a group founded by Patti Bishop called "IN Hope Indiana Missing." McGinnis urged people to visit the group's web site at www.inhopeindianamissing.com.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Capt. Roger Clark with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (317) 392-6408, or information may be given anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (317) 262-TIPS (8477) or (800) 922-5378.
Family marking another birthday without missing Flat Rock man
5/9/2008
A balloon release and candlelight vigil will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Flat Rock Christian Church to commemorate the 44th birthday of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since Sept. 3, 2006.
"Here we are again - having to celebrate our brother's birthday without him," said Alice McGinnis, of Flat Rock.
Smith's birthday is actually on Sunday, which is Mother's Day. The church is located at 2854 W. Pope St. in Flat Rock.
The family's emotional rollercoaster ride took another swing on April 27 when human remains were discovered in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury. A team led by Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, of the University of Indianapolis Archeology and Forensics Laboratory, are doing tests on the remains to see if they are male or female. At some point, officials are hopeful the remains can be identified through DNA.
Johnson County Sheriff Terry McLaughlin recently declined to provide any details about shoes located near the shallow grave.
"At this point in time, I'm not going to divulge what type of shoe or anything that we found," McLaughlin said. "Until the doctor can tell us if it is a male or female body, I just don't think it's appropriate to put any (information) out."
McLaughlin said he knows all of the families who are wanting to know the whereabouts of their missing loved ones.
"I would hate to put something out inaccurate," he said.
"We don't know if these shoes even have anything to do with this," McLaughlin said. "They weren't in the grave. They were just shoes found in the area. Like anything else on a crime scene, you try to bring in everything in case you do need it."
Major Steve Byerly, a Johnson County detective, confirmed that it will take at least four weeks before the gender of the skeletal remains will be known. "And there's nothing new on the case," Byerly said.
Meanwhile, waiting is agony for Smith's family, but McGinnis said she realizes the process takes time.
"It is so heartbreaking for our family and friends to still have no answers as to where our brother is," McGinnis said. "We continue to search for him every day - everywhere we go."
McGinnis said they will never stop searching.
"It is so wrong and cruel to know that someone holds the answers but won't give them," she said. "We know that one day all of our questions will be answered. Our faith is strong, and we know that our prayers are heard and will be answered."
Smith's family continues to work with a group founded by Patti Bishop called "IN Hope Indiana Missing." McGinnis urged people to visit the group's web site at www.inhopeindianamissing.com.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Capt. Roger Clark with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (317) 392-6408, or information may be given anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (317) 262-TIPS (8477) or (800) 922-5378.
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Remains ID'd as Mexican man
6/6/2008 2:30:00 PM
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Investigators say skeletal remains found in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury are those of a homicide victim who may have been a Mexican citizen.
Johnson County sheriff's Maj. Steve Byerly said Wednesday investigators found Mexican identification documents near the remains. They are for a 35-year-old Guadalajara, Mexico, man named Hugo Garcia Nungaray. But Byerly says the addresses on the documents are false.
He says investigators believe the man was killed last spring or summer.
Byerly says a DNA sample has been taken from the remains, but it will take several months to process.
The family of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since Sept. 3, 2006, had wondered if the grave might possibly contain Smith's remains. Smith's 44th birthday was on May 11 and the family held a balloon release to commemorate the day.
A mushroom hunter found the shallow grave in April.
Remains ID'd as Mexican man
6/6/2008 2:30:00 PM
Staff and wire reports
Investigators say skeletal remains found in a shallow grave near Camp Atterbury are those of a homicide victim who may have been a Mexican citizen.
Johnson County sheriff's Maj. Steve Byerly said Wednesday investigators found Mexican identification documents near the remains. They are for a 35-year-old Guadalajara, Mexico, man named Hugo Garcia Nungaray. But Byerly says the addresses on the documents are false.
He says investigators believe the man was killed last spring or summer.
Byerly says a DNA sample has been taken from the remains, but it will take several months to process.
The family of Walter "Tom" Smith Jr., a Flat Rock man who has been missing since Sept. 3, 2006, had wondered if the grave might possibly contain Smith's remains. Smith's 44th birthday was on May 11 and the family held a balloon release to commemorate the day.
A mushroom hunter found the shallow grave in April.
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Tom has been missing for two years today. Our thoughts and prayer are with his family.
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Amazing Kreskin joins effort to help find man
By Jeff Tucker
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Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:14 AM US/eastern
A man that calls himself “the world’s foremost mentalist†has joined in the effort to solve a nearly three-year-old local missing person’s case.
George Joseph Kresge Jr., better known as the Amazing Kreskin, said he met with the sister of Walter “Tom†Smith Jr. in 2007, and he strongly believes someone in the area knows what happened to Smith, who disappeared from his Flat Rock home in the fall of 2006.
Kreskin said in a news release issued Thursday that he is reviewing the case with the hope that someone with information will come forward.
“Often, after a period of time has gone by, whoever has information or is responsible for the crimes needs to clear his or her conscience and do what they know is right; provide information to law enforcement or to me so that the families can have some level of resolution and go on with their lives,†Kreskin said. “Guilt, especially the kind created by keeping such a horrible secret, is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry.â€
Smith vanished Sept. 3, 2006, at the age of 42. He is 5-feet-10 inches tall, weighs 165 to 175 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. His 45th birthday was May 11.
Smith was last seen in his rural mobile home community on Delchar Drive in Flat Rock.
His vehicle, a black 2000 Daewoo Laganza, was found abandoned about two months after his disappearance on the north side of Franklin.
A group called IN Hope enlisted in the search and used sonar to search all three lakes in the Driftwood State Fishing Area in Edinburgh in March 2007, to no avail. The area was searched after reports emerged of Smith being seen at the Outer Limits bar, which is across the street from the fishing area.
Not long before his disappearance, Smith had inherited money from his late father and decided to open a restaurant in Edinburgh called “Walter’s Family Restaurant.â€
Smith disappeared just two days before the restaurant was scheduled to open.
His friends and family, who have offered a $1,000 reward, have said he would not have left behind his house, family or new restaurant.
Shelby County Prosecutor Kent Apsley said Thursday that his office continues to work closely with the police task force investigating Smith’s disappearance.
“We have met with and continue to keep the family advised of the status of the investigation to the extent that we can without compromising investigative efforts,†Apsley said. “We appreciate the family’s patience with the process and the cooperation that we have received. This is still a very active investigation and will continue to be for so long as it takes.â€
Amazing Kreskin joins effort to help find man
By Jeff Tucker
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Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:14 AM US/eastern
A man that calls himself “the world’s foremost mentalist†has joined in the effort to solve a nearly three-year-old local missing person’s case.
George Joseph Kresge Jr., better known as the Amazing Kreskin, said he met with the sister of Walter “Tom†Smith Jr. in 2007, and he strongly believes someone in the area knows what happened to Smith, who disappeared from his Flat Rock home in the fall of 2006.
Kreskin said in a news release issued Thursday that he is reviewing the case with the hope that someone with information will come forward.
“Often, after a period of time has gone by, whoever has information or is responsible for the crimes needs to clear his or her conscience and do what they know is right; provide information to law enforcement or to me so that the families can have some level of resolution and go on with their lives,†Kreskin said. “Guilt, especially the kind created by keeping such a horrible secret, is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry.â€
Smith vanished Sept. 3, 2006, at the age of 42. He is 5-feet-10 inches tall, weighs 165 to 175 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. His 45th birthday was May 11.
Smith was last seen in his rural mobile home community on Delchar Drive in Flat Rock.
His vehicle, a black 2000 Daewoo Laganza, was found abandoned about two months after his disappearance on the north side of Franklin.
A group called IN Hope enlisted in the search and used sonar to search all three lakes in the Driftwood State Fishing Area in Edinburgh in March 2007, to no avail. The area was searched after reports emerged of Smith being seen at the Outer Limits bar, which is across the street from the fishing area.
Not long before his disappearance, Smith had inherited money from his late father and decided to open a restaurant in Edinburgh called “Walter’s Family Restaurant.â€
Smith disappeared just two days before the restaurant was scheduled to open.
His friends and family, who have offered a $1,000 reward, have said he would not have left behind his house, family or new restaurant.
Shelby County Prosecutor Kent Apsley said Thursday that his office continues to work closely with the police task force investigating Smith’s disappearance.
“We have met with and continue to keep the family advised of the status of the investigation to the extent that we can without compromising investigative efforts,†Apsley said. “We appreciate the family’s patience with the process and the cooperation that we have received. This is still a very active investigation and will continue to be for so long as it takes.â€
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Family keeps hope alive of finding missing man
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Posted: April 26, 2011 - 9:23 am
ON May 11, the family of Walter Smith Jr. will observe his 47th birthday. Later this year — Sept. 3 — they will observe the fifth anniversary of the last time he was reported seen.
With the arrival of spring, his sister, Alice Mountcastle is set to resume a familiar routine. Her hopes will rise that this might be the time that someone finds her brother — most likely his remains.
“This is the time when the mushroom hunters are out in the woods and fields,” she said Monday morning from her Flat Rock home. “They’ve always got their eyes on the ground as they look for the mushrooms, and we always hope that one of them might notice something.”
Please read more at the link above.
Family keeps hope alive of finding missing man
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Posted: April 26, 2011 - 9:23 am
ON May 11, the family of Walter Smith Jr. will observe his 47th birthday. Later this year — Sept. 3 — they will observe the fifth anniversary of the last time he was reported seen.
With the arrival of spring, his sister, Alice Mountcastle is set to resume a familiar routine. Her hopes will rise that this might be the time that someone finds her brother — most likely his remains.
“This is the time when the mushroom hunters are out in the woods and fields,” she said Monday morning from her Flat Rock home. “They’ve always got their eyes on the ground as they look for the mushrooms, and we always hope that one of them might notice something.”
Please read more at the link above.
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Annual concert series aimed at finding missing persons to stop in Indiana
The International Squeaky Wheel Tour will stop at Sam Ash Music, 8284 Center Run Dr., from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
By Reba Reader
9:58 p.m. EDT, October 24, 2011
When a loved one goes missing, many families beg and plead for anyone to speak up, take notice or even just look at a photograph. An annual concert series aimed at raising awareness for those families will stop in Indiana Nov. 4.
The International Squeaky Wheel Tour is a grass roots effort to raise awareness about missing children and adults whose disappearances don't often garner the public's attention. The event was created by the GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation.
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Missing persons highlighted at the event will include Molly Dattilo, Jason Ellis, Lola "Kathy" Fry, Brookley Louks, Jamie Meadows, Daniel Reaves, Shannon Sherrill, Karen Jo Smith, Steven Smith, Walter Tom Smith Jr., Lauren Spierer and Esther Westenberger.
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The International Squeaky Wheel Tour will stop at Sam Ash Music, 8284 Center Run Dr., from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
By Reba Reader
9:58 p.m. EDT, October 24, 2011
When a loved one goes missing, many families beg and plead for anyone to speak up, take notice or even just look at a photograph. An annual concert series aimed at raising awareness for those families will stop in Indiana Nov. 4.
The International Squeaky Wheel Tour is a grass roots effort to raise awareness about missing children and adults whose disappearances don't often garner the public's attention. The event was created by the GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation.
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Missing persons highlighted at the event will include Molly Dattilo, Jason Ellis, Lola "Kathy" Fry, Brookley Louks, Jamie Meadows, Daniel Reaves, Shannon Sherrill, Karen Jo Smith, Steven Smith, Walter Tom Smith Jr., Lauren Spierer and Esther Westenberger.
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From the Family:
It is now 8 long years since Tom has been missing. Never in a million years did I believe after Tom disappeared that 8 years would go by and I'm still no closer to finding my brother. I'm so grateful and thankful for my friends. All the support, guidance, and true courage is keeping me going.
Today I ask that you would take the time to light a candle @ 5:00 pm or after. Send up a prayer for TOM AND ALL FAMILIES of missing persons. The last known time that Tom was seen was 5:00 pm Sept. 3, 2006. So please help me in lighting candles and letting the world know WE ALWAYS HAVE HOPE AND WE NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!
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Walter is still missing.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Capt. Roger Clark with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (317) 392-6408, or information may be given anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (317) 262-TIPS (8477) or (800) 922-5378.
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Family of missing Shelby County man want clues this holiday season in disappearance
Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2014 2:49 pm | Updated: 2:53 pm, Sat Dec 20, 2014.
By Paul Gable
As police search for clues into remains found in the southwestern part of the county, Alice Guy continues to search for answers.
For Guy, the best Christmas present she could receive this holiday season would be a tip from someone who knows what happened to her brother eight years ago.
On Sept. 3, 2006, Walter “Tom” Smith Jr., vanished. He was 47 years old, ready to open his own restaurant, and at 5 p.m., he was last seen at the Del-char Mobile Home Park.
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Tom, trying to imagine how his life would be now,” Guy said.
Smith has never been found, and police and his family believe he was murdered. Police have hinted money was the motive for Smith’s disappearance.
In 2013, Shelby County Detective Roger Clark told The Shelbyville News, “We have a very good idea of what happened, and who is responsible.”
However, no arrests have been made, despite the fact that police traced down a person of interest.
Smith’s car was found two months after he disappeared in Franklin, but that hasn’t provided the necessary closure the family aims to have. According to the National Center for Missing Adults, Smith was 5 feet 11 inches tall and 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes when he went missing.
Currently, there are two rewards being offered - one from Crime Stoppers and the other from the family.
“I still hold onto hope and my faith of knowing one day Tom will be found. I still have faith in people and know that our prayers will be answered and someone will open their hears and come forward with a tip to bring Tom home,” Guy said.
And, there is no better time than the holidays, according to Guy.
“Thanksgiving and Christmas are the hardest holidays to try to enjoy because those are so important for family and families to be together. But I try to look at them from a different standpoint. They are such special holidays for families that it renews my hope. This is the season of giving and caring, and I hope, pray and wish this will be the time someone is going to open their heart and let someone know where my brother is. Please let this be the time someone calls with information. Big or small, it may just be the piece of the puzzle that will bring my brother home. I know in my heart that one day will be Tom’s day,” she said.
Anyone with any information on Smith’s disappearance is asked to call the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department at 317-398-6661. Those calling can remain anonymous.
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A message from the family:
I can't believe that on Sept. 3rd my brother will have been missing for 9 long years. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him and miss him. Not a day goes by that I'm not hoping and praying that this will be Tom's turn to be found. The 1 thing I will never do is stop searching for my brother. I will never stop believing that one day will be Tom's turn.
MY BROTHER TOM WILL BE FOUND--I BELIEVE THIS WITH ALL MY HEART, SOUL, AND FAITH. So on Sept. 3rd at 5 pm, I ask that anyone with a caring heart please light a candle and send up a prayer for Tom and his turn.
Thank you.
Alice, sister missing my brother Walter Smith, Jr aka TOM
never giving up!!!
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