Posted on 04/26/2007 9:56:41 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
Edited on 04/26/2007 10:30:02 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The Warren County Sheriff's Office says its seeks the public's assistance in locating two elderly women from Warren County.
Mary Ellen Walters, 68, and Ada Wasson, 80, were last seen last Thursday April 19th at Otterbein Retirement Living Community located at State Routes 741 and 63 in Warren County. The two women live in the Patio Homes section, which is an independent living area.
They are believed to be in Mrs. Wasson's silver 2000 Chevrolet Impala bearing Ohio registration DG 30 LC. The women were believed to have been traveling to a JC Penney outlet center either in Columbus, Ohio or Carrollton, Ky.
Friends and neighbors alerted sheriffs detectives Sunday that the women had not returned when expected.
Detectives have not been able to locate any record of their whereabouts after leaving home. There has been no activity on any gas or credit cards belonging to the women.
Foul play is not suspected at this time, but police are concerned for the womens safety.
Major John Newsom said detectives have exhausted most of their investigative options.
We just need the publics help at this point, he said.
If you can help, call (513) 925-1280 during business hours or (513) 925-2525 after business hours.
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UPDATE
There will be a search Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 27, 28, 29 - anywhere 50 miles east or west of I-71 from Columbus to Carrollton, KY. Grab a map, some posters and stake out a plot of territory to search. They could truly be anywhere.
Travel the roads less travelled and go down dirt roads and look down long driveways to abandoned homes. It would be great to hang a poster on "No Outlet" signs after driving down dead end roads so as to alert others that the road has already been searched.
Take a couple bottles of water and a snack in case you find them! They'll be thirsty and hungry!
For more information, or to print some posters, go to www.neighborsearch.info
A $5000 reward is being offered by the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you.
OTTERBEIN RETIREMENT LIVING COMMUNITIES
580 North State Route 741, Tel: (513) 933-5400
________________________________________________________________________ Date: April 26, 2007
Release Date: Immediate
Subject: Community Concerned
For more information call:
Bob Benson, President
Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Living Community
513 933-5498
or Rosemary Cicak, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations,
Otterbein Homes
513 933-5448.
_______________________________________________________________________
Otterbein Community Concerned – Your Help Needed
Otterbein Retirement Living Communities and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two neighbors, who live in the patio home area of the Otterbein Lebanon community. Ada Wasson, 80 and Mary Ellen Walters, 68, a retired United Methodist Pastor, were last seen on Thursday April 19th on the Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Community campus located at Routes 741 and 63 in Warren County. The women were believed to have been traveling to a JC Penny outlet center either in Columbus, Ohio or Carrolton, Kentucky.
The two were traveling in Mrs. Walters’ 2000 Chevrolet Impala, silver in color bearing Ohio registration DG 30 LC
Detectives have not been able to locate any record of their whereabouts after leaving home. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
Otterbein is diligently working with both the families and the authorities to do everything possible to help locate both individuals. We ask that the public join us in praying for the families.
If you have any information that may help, please contact the Warren County Sheriff’s Office at 513 695-1280.
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They are using newer images of Google Earth to look for Steve Fossett. Maybe we could do that??
Google Earth is a free program available on the internet. I already have it on my computer.
More people could help if they could do it on their computers. Some people have physical problems or are out of the area. This way they could search at any hour.
Accusing the parents doesn’t make any sense in this case.
They are accused of killing Madeleine, hiding her body for a month (during which no one noticed a bad smell), and then putting her in a rental car to dispose of her body.
I think it would be very hard to hide a body so good that local police can’t find it. Especially hard since the parents are in a foreign country.
I went to visit my sister near Phillipsburg. She said they thought they had seen both women at a Sunoco at the corner of route 49 and route 40. This would have been last spring. They reported it to police at the time.
Odd that both this possible sighting and the one in Effingham, Illinois were both along route 40.
Well, Mary Ellen and Ada have been found. Although we do not have all the details yet, we know that they were found in Carroll County, Kentucky, near Ada’s car, in a very rural area. No foul play is considered at this time.
It appears that they got lost and went down a country lane that ended as a logging road on an abandoned farm. They got stuck and apparently waited there for help which didn’t come to them.
Ada was found 600 yards from the car and my mother in law was found at the car. The family was told that they were under tree cover which made searching by air impossible. The area was private property which was not searched on the ground. They were found by a local deer hunter.
I personally want to thank everyone for their prayers, advice and well wishes. Your replies and personal messages kept me energized to continue searching and thinking of new ways to keep the story in the minds of those who could help. Again, thank you all. I will post more information as is comes in.
Ada and Mary Ellen were found today. Sadly, they were deceased. The skeleton remains still need to be identified, but the car was found nearby. Thankfully they do not believe that foul play was involved. The story is on wcpo.com.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=21c067a5-7652-4d03-bc6a-53d2fac5e535
Yes, very sad, but hopefully the family can have some peace and a proper burial.
My condolences for your loss, from a fellow SW Ohioan.
Leni
I’m very disheartened by the outcome here. My family will say a prayer for yours tonight.
This is very sad news. My prayers go out to you and your family. Please know that I thought of these two women often and hoped beyond hope that they would be found all right.
I am very sorry for your loss. Best wishes and blessings to you and your family.
We pray for your comfort now in this time of your loss. May you look to Heaven and find them there, at Home in the arms of Our Father...
Thank you for letting us know. God bless all of you who loved these women.
jm
Here’s the orig. thread, C.M.
Another FR thread started Oct. 2007 concerning the news of Ada and Mary Ellen’s remains being found:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911299/posts
I was shocked to read about these two ladies in the news this morning. I had hoped they would be found safe. I will keep their family in my prayers at this difficult time
Thank you to the hunter that found them.
I hadn’t heard....I’m so very very sorry for you and yours.
Am so sorry to hear this. They have been in my thoughts since I first read about this.
Prayers.
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