If you are a regular reader than you know I seem to always
have some sort of story from my runs. Lately they’ve been about runs in the
park.
Sometimes I switch it up and I run from the park to in town
on the sidewalks along the water. Before I get any further into my story, I
must tell you that I do not run in an unsafe neighborhood. In fact, it’s just
the opposite. It’s a peaceful tree lined street with older Victorian homes
(that I always think have so much potential).
This is one of my regular routes in the summer when my legs need a break
from running on the trails.
So anyway, as I did my normal in town loop I am stopped in
my tracks by yellow police tape that has the side walk in front of a huge
Victorian house blocked off. This is right on my path. As I step on to the
street to walk around, a K-9 cadaver dog is being released. There is heavy
equipment on the road as well as a firetruck, Hazmat truck, and several Search
and Rescue vehicles.
So I guess you want to know what is going on. This is the story I’ve gathered from the
local TV and radio stations and their social media feeds.
This happened to be a cold case from almost 30 years ago that
is being re-opened. Apparently In 1989 a woman went missing. She was never
found, so in 2001 she was declared dead. Her boyfriend at the time was a police
officer, and he was the main suspect.
Now today, there is reason to believe that the remains of the
deceased lady’s body are buried in this house somewhere (I heard buried either
in the basement or in the walls). Apparently this house is where the
boyfriend’s sister had lived. I’m not
sure what sparked this investigation after this many years but I heard that the
sister passed away this year so maybe some secrets are now coming out. The current police chief had announced that
they were going to tear every bit of that house apart looking for the body. I’m gonna guess this part of my running route
will be under construction for a bit of time now.
This type of story is one for the ID channel for sure don’t
you think?
Please note, I am in no way making light of this event. You all know that I usually document what I see on my runs and this just happened to be it on this particular run.