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Remains Found In Lewiston Storage Unit Identified
WMTW.Com ^ | December 2, 2011

Posted on 12/04/2011 9:38:53 AM PST by Gamecock

AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine State Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Friday that human remains discovered six weeks ago in an unused freezer inside a Lewiston storage unit are those of Kitty Wardwell, who disappeared in 1983 at the age of 29.

The M.E.'s Office also has ruled that Wardwell's death was a homicide but her cause of death is being withheld, according to Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The M.E.'s Office said the remains were identified earlier this week through DNA testing at a Pennsylvania laboratory. McCausland said the results were forwarded Thursday to the medical examiner and state police detectives. Wardwell's family was notified Friday morning, he said.

Wardwell's remains were found Oct. 21 inside an unplugged freezer in a storage locker at Moore Self Storage on Lisbon Street. The storage unit had been rented for 19 years by 80-year-old Frank Julian of Lewiston, who died unexpectedly on Oct. 1. Julian's family members were clearing out the unit when they discovered the remains.

Julian was the last person to see Wardwell alive and was her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance. McCausland said detectives plan to interview Julian's relatives to find the origin of the freezer and when it was placed in the storage facility


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KEYWORDS: freezer; maine; murder
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To: sodpoodle

I am simply suggesting that the Companies who own storage facilities institute policies to avoid hiding frozen bodies and meat.


Frozen apparently the problem in this case. But still don’t see the need for more regulations but then maybe you do.

....Wardwell’s remains were found Oct. 21 inside an unplugged freezer in a storage locker at Moore Self Storage on Lisbon Street....


21 posted on 12/04/2011 11:55:20 AM PST by deport
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To: sodpoodle

When freezers are outlawed....


22 posted on 12/04/2011 12:02:15 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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To: sodpoodle

I think bodies in freezers is because they’re large and airtight. I seriously doubt that a storage company is going to provide electricity for a running fridge for thirty years.

Although I have heard of people living in storage lockers.


23 posted on 12/04/2011 12:05:18 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: sodpoodle

I think bodies in freezers is because they’re large and airtight. I seriously doubt that a storage company is going to provide electricity for a running fridge for thirty years.

Although I have heard of people living in storage lockers.


24 posted on 12/04/2011 12:05:25 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: sodpoodle

I think bodies in freezers is because they’re large and airtight. I seriously doubt that a storage company is going to provide electricity for a running fridge for thirty years.

Although I have heard of people living in storage lockers.


25 posted on 12/04/2011 12:05:26 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Gamecock

Just for grins I searched for Kitty Wardwell and all the pictures were of the guy who supposedly killed her. It’s just curious as to why media always comes up with the picture of the accused but never the victim. Anyway, no pictures of Kitty but plenty of the 80yo who died “suddenly”.


26 posted on 12/04/2011 12:06:54 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: SkyDancer
Apparently there are no pictures of her to be had.
Even the Maine missing persons page has no picture.
http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=state_police_unsolved&id=11309&v=Article-missing
27 posted on 12/04/2011 12:35:28 PM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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To: deport

Let’s try again.

If I owned a storage company - with electrical power (i.e.for lights) I would discourage customers from hooking up a freezer within the locker - specifically to avoid odors from rotting meat and the possibility of hiding other dead things. The rental agreement would include the prohibition of same.

No government regulations or inspections involved - just good business practice. Lockers are considered private rental property with respect to search warrants - so that issue is moot.

If someone has a house furniture to include a freezer (while in the process of relocating) - I might offer an area for that purpose. It would be a secure section - where employees could access the appliances in the case of power loss, odors or leakage.

I’m sure there are prohibitions against storing chemicals, firearms and other contraband with many storage facilities. Maybe even local and State ordinances already on the books.


28 posted on 12/04/2011 12:36:30 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newter the Democrats and newtralize the RINOS - the Senate, House & WHouse)
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To: FreedomOfExpression

That’s where I went first. Sad though. Being dumped like so much garbage. Nothing to memorialize her. Maybe some relative will come up with one.


29 posted on 12/04/2011 12:43:58 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: SkyDancer

In a missing person case, how can the police not inspect a storage unit rented by the boyfriend?


30 posted on 12/04/2011 1:14:15 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

You’da thunk ..... but on what evidence?


31 posted on 12/04/2011 1:19:26 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

You’da thunk ..... but on what evidence?


32 posted on 12/04/2011 1:19:28 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: sodpoodle
If I owned a storage company - with electrical power (i.e.for lights) I would discourage customers from hooking up a freezer within the locker

My storage unit doesn't have a power receptacle, the lights are inaccessible to the renters. I couldn't plug a freezer in if I wanted.

And did you notice that the freezer where poor Kitty's remains were stored WAS NOT plugged in anyway.

33 posted on 12/04/2011 1:28:14 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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To: Gamecock

Mr. King, call your agent.


34 posted on 12/04/2011 1:28:41 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: sodpoodle

I’ve gone Green.... I simply bury the bodies under my house.


35 posted on 12/04/2011 2:02:17 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. Newt/Palin-West-2012."got a lot swirling around in my head.")
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
In a missing person case, how can the police not inspect a storage unit rented by the boyfriend?

She went missing 28 years ago. I'm guessing that after nine years, it was a cold case and the police weren't actively working it. Her boyfriend, Frank Julian, didn't have this stroage locker when she went missing. Even after eight years passed by, he didn't have this storage locker.

According to the article, Frank Julian didn't rent this storage facility until nine years after she went missing (the article says he rented it only nineteen years ago). Unless there was some reason to re-open the case and start the investigation over again, the police wouldn't have any knowledge of this locker.

36 posted on 12/04/2011 2:23:58 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
In a missing person case, how can the police not inspect a storage unit rented by the boyfriend?

She went missing 28 years ago. I'm guessing that after nine years, it was a cold case and the police weren't actively working it. Her boyfriend, Frank Julian, didn't have this stroage locker when she went missing. Even after eight years passed by, he didn't have this storage locker.

According to the article, Frank Julian didn't rent this storage facility until nine years after she went missing (the article says he rented it only nineteen years ago). Unless there was some reason to re-open the case and start the investigation over again, the police wouldn't have any knowledge of this locker.

37 posted on 12/04/2011 2:24:13 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: SuzyQue
You’re right. Items stored in a locker should be regulated and inspected.

Oh hells bells let's just regulate everything.

38 posted on 12/04/2011 2:27:38 PM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: FreedomOfExpression
Even the Maine missing persons page has no picture.

I found that odd, but then I checked the rest of of the Maine State Police's Missing Persons website. They don't seem particularly concerned about photographs. More than half of the fifteen missing persons don't have pictured posted - and statistically, it's not going to be the case that no photo exists of nine or so of the individuals. They're not homeless people or runaways when you read the descriptions. The MSP just doesn't seem particularly concerned with posting photos.

39 posted on 12/04/2011 2:32:28 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: FreedomOfExpression
Even the Maine missing persons page has no picture.

I found that odd, but then I checked the rest of of the Maine State Police's Missing Persons website. They don't seem particularly concerned about photographs. More than half of the fifteen missing persons don't have pictured posted - and statistically, it's not going to be the case that no photo exists of nine or so of the individuals. They're not homeless people or runaways when you read the descriptions. The MSP just doesn't seem particularly concerned with posting photos.

40 posted on 12/04/2011 2:32:34 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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