Posted on 08/01/2004 7:25:22 AM PDT by JockoManning
Search now 'unnecessary,' say families of Lori Hacking By Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News
Mark Hacking told his family something important Saturday — and whatever it is, it apparently makes any further volunteer searches for his missing 27-year-old wife unnecessary.
That news came late Saturday, not from Salt Lake City police but by way of a statement faxed to the Deseret Morning News and other media by Mark and Lori Hackings' families. "The families understand that Mark Hacking has provided information that makes it unnecessary for individuals or groups to continue the volunteer search," the statement reads. "At this time, the families ask that all efforts from volunteers cease and that anyone with information that they feel might be helpful contact the Salt Lake City Police Department directly." Salt Lake City police were to meet with family members late Saturday, and the family was expected to share with investigators details of their conversation with Mark Hacking, detective Phil Eslinger said. "To my knowledge we are going to work through the night with the family to determine what that information is," Eslinger said. "All I know is that it was a legitimate fax from the family. This is not another one of those cruel jokes or rumors." Police are expected to hold a news conference sometime today.
No further statements are likely from the Hacking or Soares families in the near future. Their statement included a plea that their privacy be respected in what was described in the families' statement as "this difficult time" and indicated they plan to make no further statements about the case. Contacted at his home Saturday night, attorney D. Gilbert Athay, who has been hired to represent Mark Hacking, said he had no comment. Lori Hacking disappeared July 19, allegedly while jogging in Memory Grove just before 6 a.m. Volunteers' search efforts in the park and nearby canyons, which over a week drew more than 4,000 people, were unsuccessful.
Police now say they believe Lori, who had just learned she was five-weeks pregnant, was never in the park. Mark Hacking has been hospitalized since the day after he reported his wife missing. He has also been named a "person of interest" in the case by police but as of Saturday had never officially been called a suspect. However, investigators took numerous pieces of evidence from the couple's apartment at 127 S. Lincoln St. (945 East), including box springs and computers. Also among the evidence being evaluated by forensic experts is a knife said to have blood and hair samples. Before Lori Hacking disappeared, the couple was supposedly moving to Chapel Hill, N.C., where Mark was to attend medical school. But three days into the case, it was learned that Mark Hacking had lied about his acceptance to medical school, as well as his recent graduation from the University of Utah. Over the past two weeks, more and more information has trickled out indicating that Mark may have been lying to his friends and family for as long as 18 months about his present and future life. The details and the time line of events Hacking shared with police also quickly crumbled. Mark Hacking said on July 19 that he had learned Lori had failed to arrive at work about 10 a.m., but a mattress store clerk said Mark was shopping for a mattress at the time. A credit card receipt showed he had indeed purchased one, just 26 minutes before he called police at 10:49 a.m. Until Saturday, it appeared that Mark had also maintained he knew nothing about his wife's disappearance. In a conversation with his father, Douglas Hacking, Mark said he had lied about his life because he felt pressure to be successful like his father and siblings. But he said he didn't know what had happened to his wife.
"He looked me in the eye and said, 'No,' " Douglas Hacking said when recounting his conversation with his son to reporters July 23. No one is certain what Lori Hacking knew of her husband's deception or when she knew it. However, co-workers at Wells Fargo Bank have said that the Friday before she disappeared, Lori received an upsetting phone call and left in tears. Police have focused most of their search efforts on the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Facility, sifting through piles of refuse on four separate occasions with investigators and four cadaver dogs. That search was temporarily suspended on Friday, with police saying the dogs needed a day or two of rest. So far, the only comment from police about the landfill searches has been that "nothing of consequence" had yet been found. Landfill searches are expected to resume, but police have not been specific about when. The task of finding what is presumably Lori Hacking's body in the landfill could be seen as nearly impossible. More than 2,500 tons of refuse is deposited there daily by more than 600 dump trucks. Police have focused their efforts on a one- to two-acre segment of the facility. Police apparently believed the landfill held significant clues as to Lori Hacking's whereabouts as early as one day after she went missing. Landfill executive director Romney Stewart told the Deseret Morning News last week that police asked him on July 20 to suspend dumping in a certain area so that it could be searched.
E-mail: jdobner@desnews.com
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595081258,00.html
Mark's family seem more flaky than Scott's, imo.
Especially, when they said Mark is "healing."
(gag.)
Mark has finally brought the focus of attention in htis circus on himself. I'm sure that's nothing new to him: "Lori's dead, yes, so we can forget about her. But look at me! I'm ALIVE! And HEALING!"
The mattress had padding missing, cut out(blood stains)? according to Fox(sources)..can't find bedding.
I think so too! Even without the oxygen tank!
Beyond me how the Hackings could make such statements. Even if it's true, why say it?
With the lies this guy has told over the years, I'd say to double check if he said the sky was blue! Sort of like the "trust but veryify," without the "trust" part.
'Police are more certain missing pregnant woman Lori Hacking was killed after recovering a mattress belonging to her and her husband, FOX News has learned.
'The mattress had marks on it, sources close to the investigation said, but no blood was found. Investigators believe a tarp or some other type of liquid-proof covering may have been placed on the mattress, indicating premeditation.'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127672,00.html
At least they had the good sense not to say Scott was resting, healing and getting the medical attention he needed.
Some mattress covers are waterproof. I wonder if it was one of those?
If he placed plastic, canvas on the bed, then it's a sure bet he planned to murder Lori while she slept.
I suppose we'll hear next that Lori somehow had it coming. What a freaky bunch.
Are they still saying things like that? I know that at first, everyone, both families even, were giving him the benefit of the doubt--as was the case with Laci Peterson's murder at first. What amazed me was Lori's mother, even after it was becoming apparent that Lori hadn't "disappeared" but had been murdered probably by her husband, still supporting him and praying for him. I don't know if she's Mother Teresa calibur, or just terribly deluded?
MizS sez, 'Sort of like the "trust but veryify," without the "trust" part.'
*grin*
it is creepy to think what SocioPath-Liar-Mark is up to now, isn't it?
I have a waterproof mattress pad on the bed for when
my grandsons take naps here. It's possible there was
a waterproof cover on Lori's bed. Apparently, she's
wrapped in it as well as the sheets, per Rita Cosby.
I doubt it was waterproof. To my knowledge, those are only used for toddlers and seniors to protect mattress from accidents of the bladder / bowels variety.
Not the OOPs I just killed my wife variety.
(My aunt bought "Out!" Pet Stain and Odor Remover in the economy refill size at Wal-Mart when my uncle started having "accidents" -- she said it was very effective for cleaning up after him.)
DJ sez, 'Premeditation negates insanity.'
Cool. It would feel great to see Old Liar Boy brought to justice. Real justice. Not touchy feely Oh Poor Mark justice.
I am NOT trashing Mormons, but maybe Lori's mom has some kind of attitude of idolizing Mark as the "head of household" that comes from the teachings of their church?
Terribly deluded and in denial. Because the love
and trust Mark so much. Unlike Laci's mother, who
once the pieces weren't fitting, turned on Scott.
Laci's family loved and trusted Scott, too, for
many years. Until it looked evident to them, Scott
had secrets and something to hide.
If you say so.
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