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[W]ife who vanished after taking a stroll near her home .... is found DEAD in Texas woods
The Daily Mail Online ^ | February 14, 2014 | SNEJANA FARBEROV

Posted on 02/14/2014 6:45:14 AM PST by Uncle Chip

Law enforcement officials in Texas announced this evening that they found a body believed to be that of a woman who went missing nearly a month ago after returning from a two-year trip around the world.

Leanne Hecht Bearden, 33, was last seen January 17 when she told her in-laws in Garden Ridge near San Antonio that she was going for a walk. She has not been heard from since.

The woman and her husband, Joshua Bearden, were staying with his parents after returning from their travels earlier this month.

City Police Chief Donna O'Conner said just after 1pm Thursday, they received a call from a Garden Ridge homeowner saying that he had found a body in a wooded area near his residence, CNN reported.

Officers who responded to the scene came upon what is now believed to be Leanne Bearden's body.

Police are not disclosing the cause of death pending the results of the autopsy that will be performed on the remains.....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: MileHi

Yep.


81 posted on 02/14/2014 8:33:50 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I'm tired of the Liberals and their stupidity!)
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To: MileHi

The Daily Mail is the most irresponsibly non-edited rag on two continents. Get a second source before you believe it.


82 posted on 02/14/2014 8:34:58 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

It has been very cold in Texas the last month.


83 posted on 02/14/2014 8:38:50 AM PST by Ditter
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To: hoosiermama

I’ve never smelled it and I hope I never do.


84 posted on 02/14/2014 8:39:28 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I'm tired of the Liberals and their stupidity!)
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To: txhurl

Buzzard piñata Motion usually scars them away


85 posted on 02/14/2014 8:41:23 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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Some history from articles at the time of going missing.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Family-Missing-woman-did-not-walk-away-5159834.php

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“What we’re all thinking is that she just went on a walk to clear her head, to think about things,
but it does seem out of character for her to run off because she just doesn’t want to disappoint
anybody,” Rebekah Sculley, the missing
woman’s sister-in-law, said Monday. “She’s just a family pleaser. She wouldn’t want to cause
anybody trouble.”

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Leanne Bearden was having some difficulties adjusting after the worldwide excursion, according
to her sister-in-law.

“It was kind of a hard transition for her, so she’s having some anxiety about it, but nothing
that seemed like she was just going to run off,” Sculley said.
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Leanne Bearden and her husband were the only people in the house around 1 p.m. Friday when she said
she was going for a walk, Sculley said. Josh Bearden called police four hours later to report his
wife had not returned, Sculley said.
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86 posted on 02/14/2014 8:42:41 AM PST by deport
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Only when my dogs go out and roll in a dead animal. Bad enough.


87 posted on 02/14/2014 8:43:31 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: hoosiermama

It’s been very cold in Aus/San Antone the last couple weeks... deep-freezing every night and around 40o the daily high..buzzards would be the most likely to pick up the scent.


88 posted on 02/14/2014 8:44:57 AM PST by txhurl
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To: txhurl

True


89 posted on 02/14/2014 8:46:08 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: txhurl
Plus things die in the woods. I have woods, I might investigate if I knew a person was missing, but ... If the area had been searched, maybe not.

We have 6 acres, 5 of them woods. The neighbor came and asked to look for his Angus, that was on our property. I had no idea there was a steer running around, to bad....

Angus you say? Really.... (Full freezer). :)

90 posted on 02/14/2014 8:51:14 AM PST by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: tje

hair today-—gone tomorrow, eh?

lol


91 posted on 02/14/2014 8:51:27 AM PST by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: georgia peach

Thoughts...why take credit cards and power bars if you intend to kill yourself?


Her husband on FNC was asking Austin to keep an eye out for her.. she had friends here... maybe she was planning to hitchhike here?


92 posted on 02/14/2014 8:53:22 AM PST by txhurl
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To: deport

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Search teams deployed on foot, on horseback and on ATVs, Pyles said. A DPS helicopter scoured the area by air, zooming over the command center and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Twelve K-9 teams also joined the search, including human cadaver dogs and dogs that can pick up live scents, Pyle said.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Search-for-missing-woman-turns-up-no-new-evidence-5174674.php

All this and they miss a body hanging in a tree a few blocks away.


93 posted on 02/14/2014 8:54:56 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: jiggyboy

You did notice the question mark, right?


94 posted on 02/14/2014 8:58:32 AM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: deport

Deport, are y’all having mountain lions moving into urban areas like we are in Austin?


95 posted on 02/14/2014 9:03:44 AM PST by txhurl
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

I don’t think the cause of death has been released yet. Unclear if she was killed by someone, or if she took her own life, or if she had some type of accident or medical issue, or confrontation with some animal.


96 posted on 02/14/2014 9:05:32 AM PST by tahoeblue
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To: Uncle Chip

All this and they miss a body hanging in a tree a few blocks away.

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One article I read and I can’t cite it specifically indicated they didn’t search
the area where she was found because that had been searched by the family. I don’t know
how accurate that was.


97 posted on 02/14/2014 9:10:38 AM PST by deport
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To: Uncle Chip

A week after her disappearance, more than 100 volunteers from Texas Search and Rescue
and the Texas State Guard Maritime Regiment joined a massive search that also
included about four dozen law enforcement officials from Comal County, the Department
of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers, the FBI and other agencies.

Greg Pyles, CEO of Texas Search and Rescue, said Thursday that the area where her body
was found was not included in the 23-square-mile multiagency search. Bearden’s
body was found in a neighborhood that searchers understood had already been covered
by the family, he said.

http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Missing-woman-found-dead-near-home-where-she-was-5233982.php#/0


98 posted on 02/14/2014 9:13:49 AM PST by deport
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To: jiggyboy
The Daily Mail is the most irresponsibly non-edited rag on two continents. Get a second source before you believe it.

Yeah, but what would FR do for articles, then?

99 posted on 02/14/2014 9:14:43 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: txhurl

Not that I’m aware of. Those will move closer into surburan areas for ease
of food and become less wary of people.


100 posted on 02/14/2014 9:16:24 AM PST by deport
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