The couple walked into the woods, but only one of them walked back out
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 10, 2020 10:13am CST
Three young boys were rambling along looking for chestnuts when they came across the body of a woman. The body was partially covered by branches and leaves, but there was also visible signs of burnt flesh.
When the police arrived they determined that the woman had been gagged and shot in the head. Inquiries were made around the area about whether shots were heard, but the neighboring houses suggested that the sounds of gunshot were not uncommon, as they lived in close proximity to two stone quarries.
The woman was never identified, though there was atleast one suggestion of who she might have been. The police followed up on that lead to find the supposed victim alive and well.
I will leave the link to where I found out about this in case you'd like to learn more.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
10 Jan 20
I hope this mystery gets solved.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
It's 115 years old, I am not sure if they have even brought it out of the cold case files.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
10 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum ohh...then it will remain unsolved for the rest of the time now.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
@amitkokiladitya Maybe, unless someone finds interest in it. Most cases like this only get re-opened if a victim's family keeps pressuring the police to do so. In this case, they don't know who the woman was.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
This is an old case so the forensics were not there. However, these newer cases without identification of a body always perplexes me. We live in a society where a photograph can be shared instantaneously all the way across the world, it seems that it would be a simple matter to share such a photograph within the police networks across the world.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jan 20
@LadyDuck In china, foreigners must register with the police station when they come to visit. They will go to their hotel, and be requested to also go by the police station to register that they are in the area.
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@LadyDuck (502914)
• Italy
11 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum If the person found never had a police record there is very little the police can do. Should we all be obliged to have an "electronic ID" with our photo taken at a police office, it would be a lot easier to identify people.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
10 Jan 20
Oh these cases are so sad. Thanks for sharing that one, I love these crime thingies.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
I love them too, they intrigue me, especially the ones during / prior to the beginning of forensics.
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@LindaOHio (222978)
• United States
11 Jan 20
I hate these terrible cases. How terrible the family must feel.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jan 20
This is from 110 years ago, and I do not think that the family ever found out what happened. It seems to me that the victim was from the US and was brought to Canada and killed. If the man knew the woman (perhaps the bf or husband) he may have lied about what happened to her. That's the saddest thing of all, that and the fact he got away with it.
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@LindaOHio (222978)
• United States
11 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's for sure. Too many guilty people walk away free.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jan 20
@LindaOHio Too many innocent ones are behind bars as well. We still have a long way to go when it comes to the justice system and forensics, but we've come a long way as well.
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
10 Jan 20
I doubt they'll ever solve it unless they get do DNA testing on the remains.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
I don't think they will either. I also feel like those who would know / care would be long gone.
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@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
10 Jan 20
It's scary how many stories exsist like this one, it's very sad, that poor girl must have been very scared and suffered a lot, I feel bad for her
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
Yes, I wonder if she knew she was in danger? It sounds as if the man had planned to kill her.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
@samysotelo18 Yes, those who saw the couple didn't seem to think she was in distress.
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@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
10 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum He must have made her trust him for that, I wouldn't go into the woods with someone I didin't trust
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@happylife1 (13403)
• Karachi, Pakistan
10 Jan 20
what happened to woman.......then.....let me watch the link
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 20
There isn't much information, sadly.
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