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Youth Died in Bridge Accident
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| 11-4-02
| TAFT WIREBACK
Posted on 11/04/2002 8:24:15 AM PST by God'sgrrl
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This is not sitting well with the family and community..calls are coming in about a car parked under that bridge this week. We will never believe that Chris ran away until it is proven.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:24:15 AM PST
by
God'sgrrl
To: God'sgrrl
Discernment tells me he didn't run away. Rather, foul play.
To: God'sgrrl
calls are coming in about a car parked under that bridge this week Correction: Calls are coming in today about a car parked under this bridge last week.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:30:12 AM PST
by
God'sgrrl
To: Martyn Tarne
ping
To: homeschool mama
Discernment tells me he didn't run away. Rather, foul play. Discernment tells most of us the same.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:31:35 AM PST
by
God'sgrrl
To: God'sgrrl
This does sound like a really unlikely, unplanned "runaway" plan by this poor child.
One think I couldn't find in the article, how far away from his home is this bypass bridge he was found under....
Is it a likely route for a kid to take who was just taking off because he was mad?
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:40:19 AM PST
by
SunnyUsa
To: God'sgrrl
At least Chris is in the arms of a loving God and his parents know that, although away from them for a season, he truly will be all right until they meet again. Prayers for those who mourn.....
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:43:06 AM PST
by
tracer
To: God'sgrrl
Hmmm..Fell or thrown down embankment.This still don't sound right.
To: SunnyUsa
Police are looking into why it took so long to find Christopher's clothed body, which was found beneath a heavily traveled thoroughfare a mile from his home in an area that searchers had visited before.Something doesn't add up here.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:47:59 AM PST
by
xJones
To: God'sgrrl
Police and neighbors searched the area surrounding the Dixon home at 2601 Gordon Road that evening with police dogs and bloodhounds Hmmm, seems those bloodhounds would have been able to follow his scent if he walked there.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:54:05 AM PST
by
katnip
To: God'sgrrl
I think what's not being said is that the boy was in a car and jumped to his death escaping.
At least that's how it looks to me.
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:59:46 AM PST
by
IncPen
To: God'sgrrl
That poor boy. I'm sorry about this.
That the boy died accidentally is believable. The overpass is not far away, and he died from falling injuries. The boy probably knew about the construction site and visited there before.
Kids do weird things. He was 13, and boys start to change at that age. Maybe he started doing more roaming around the woods? Maybe he saw a movie recently that got him inspired to do adventurous things? Who knows?
What I'm saying is that you don't have to think the boy ran away to think he ended up at that overpass on his own. From what has been said, there doesn't seem to be any good reason to think that a crime was committed here either.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:10:18 AM PST
by
Timm
To: Timm
I find it very odd that the bloodhounds were not able to track him from his home to that site.
I thought that's what bloodhounds do.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:14:12 AM PST
by
katnip
To: God'sgrrl
Maybe this was a construction area with no gaurd rails?
To: Timm
maybe he was mad about something... what kid never ran off (not to run away in terms of never coming back, but to get away to vent some steam?) Lord knows I did, go off, and come back in a few hours. Not proud of it, but I did it, and so did nearly every teenager I know at one point or another. I admittedly know nothing about this case, and I am very sorry for the family and I will keep them in my prayers.
To: IncPen
I think what's not being said is that the boy was in a car and jumped to his death escaping.At least that's how it looks to me. wow!
To: God'sgrrl
To: God'sgrrl
I will be praying that the truth about this boy's death will soon be known. I wonder why Rankin is so adamant about "accidental"...before all the facts are known. It seems all possibilities should be considered and leads followed NOW before too much time passes. Too many trails can go cold if this death is misclassified and turns out later to be murder.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:31:27 AM PST
by
lsee
To: katnip
I find it very odd that the bloodhounds were not able to track him from his home to that site. It happens. Dogs lose a scent, or they get confused, or whatever. Bloodhounds are good, but it's not exactly rare for people and animals to elude them.
The boy was found at the overpass, and he died from falling. The overpass is so close to his house that he could easily have walked there. There are plenty of reasons a 13 year-old boy might have been playing around in such an area without anyone knowing it.
That it was an accident is a reasonable thing to believe, is what I'm saying. Without a videotape or something it's always possible this was some sort of crime that was concealed, but there's no evidence of this. In fact, the signs are otherwise. It seems strange that a killer would try to murder the kid by climbing up to the overpass-- with the boy-- and then throwing him off. What if he was seen by passing traffic? What if he couldn't climb up with a struggling boy in his grip? Etc.
I'm really sorry about the boy. If you're from the area, you have my condolences.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:33:19 AM PST
by
Timm
To: HamiltonJay
My vehicle was parked next to the Dixon's Suburban in the school parking lot just minutes before he disappeared, Chris skipped happily to his mother's vehicle and hopped in. The computer teacher printed out an email Christopher sent to her at the end of that school day..he told her that he loved her class, and loved the school, he wanted her to teach him about a computer issue.
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