Posted on 12/04/2008 4:10:43 PM PST by BGHater
A romantic marriage proposal on the Oregon coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea. Scott Napper had taken 22-year-old Leafil Alforque to Proposal Rock near Neskowin Beach to pop the question at a place that got its name from couples ready to marry. Napper and Alforque had been dating since they met on the Internet in 2005.
But Alforque had arrived in Oregon on a visa from the Philippines just three days before the fateful trip to the coast.
Napper said the tide had receded around Proposal Rock on Saturday when the couple began to walk to it. He planned to propose and give her the ring he carried in his pocket.
About 10 feet from the rock, a wave about 3 feet high suddenly came toward them.
"I turned into it to keep from getting pulled under it," Napper said.
By the time he turned to find Alforque, only 4-foot-11 and 93 pounds, she had been caught by the receding waters.
"She was about 30 feet away, getting swept away," Napper said.
The 45-year-old Silverton man tore off his jacket to get rid of any extra weight, and when he looked up again she was gone.
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That is a sad, sad story,
That is simply horrible.
How terrible.
hmmm... maybe he was looking for a way to return his “mail order bride” and didn’t want to pay for shipping?
All seems a little convenient to me.
Cops don’t suspect foul play? I’m curious to know why...
WAY too convenient!
Have to wonder if mail order bride says no to ugly buyer then he throws her back !
What the hell is wrong with you?
45 and 22? Something’s wrong with that.
Huh? Without a body, how could they NOT suspect foul play? Looks like Joran Van Der Sloot and Scott Peterson used the wrong defense.
Well, to be fair to the fuzz, they might have put that out for public consumption while they take a closer look at things.
This is NOT a funny story. Shame on you.
Hope so. Was she insured?
It didn’t take long for a few folks to make horrid comments. This is such a sad story - can’t imagine such a thing happening. Tragic.
Sorry to say it all makes me suspicious - unless there are any witnesses who saw the whole chain of events as described.
Maybe the Sherriff’s office just doesn’t want to say anything until they’ve checked out his story, but I hope they’re doing do. First, do they know for certain she was even there? (something could have happened to her elsewhere and this could be a cover story). Did witnesses see her? And did anyone else see her go under? etc.
Sad to be suspicious of what may be just a tragic accident but this sounds rather weird.... and the whole thing about she was gone by the time he took off his jacket — that sounds very hard to believe. If you’re greatly concerned about someone swept away in the water you don’t take your eyes off them, certainly not for more than a couple of seconds.
Murder.
The story on the Komo news site is really weird- the stuff he was saying was really weird (like he already returned the wedding dress and that he needed to get on with his life.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35519369.html
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