The evansdale city or other law enforcement / first responder took them. There (are) just a lot of reports, a lot of information to read through, said Mike Roehrkasse with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation in both the WHOTV and KWWL reports. Or those girls saw something they shouldnt have. You just dont remember it. The remembrance came with a message for the killer of the Black Hawk County girls. Considering the snatch and grab scenario of young women nowadays youre not far off gramma. Its not really a destination or a place anyone knows about except for locals. But tried to communicate. lyric and elizabeth abby and libby Here are just a couple of charges Chad Fitz has had in the past. I can read anything in the English Lang but do not ask me to spell or put it in correct grammar! The FBIs Behavioral Analysis Unit, which develops profiles of suspects, had released new details drawn from the FBI study and unveiled those conclusions on the Evansdale police web page for Lyric and Elizabeth, the Courier said. I see Rydell is a dealer in Waterloo where he got the car. If you'd like to reprint a post or case summary, please contact us with the name of the requested post/article. It doesnt have a dedicated area for target shooting, but its of note that the girls were discovered on the first day of deer hunting season. On Friday, January 25, 2013, State Senator Kent Sorenson, R-Milo, championed the idea of reintroducing the death penalty in Iowa. Likely he did this to deflect suspicion on the other one involved. According to a Cedar Rapids Gazette article published July 25, 2012, Dan Morrissey, 36, was scheduled to appear Friday in Black Hawk County court in Waterloo for a pretrial conference covering four separate cases, including one where he was charged with assaulting his estranged wife, Misty Morrissey, the mother of 10-year-old Lyric Cook. One is on Gilbert in Evansdale and one on a farm or house in Readlyn. I have a feeling that these 2 girls knew their murderer. This creep has an old kidnappings charge and a charge with LASCIVIOUS ACTS W/CHILD-INFLICT PAIN OR DISCOMFORT (FELD) and KIDNAPPING 1ST DEGREE 1978 (FELA). The offender is familiar with both Meyers Lake/Angels Park in Evansdale and Seven Bridges Wildlife Area in Bremer County; The suspect chose Seven Bridges because he or she was familiar with the area and knew it was secluded; The offender blends in with and may be part of the Evansdale, Bremer and surrounding communities; The suspect likely used quiet coercion to gain the girls compliance into leaving Meyers Lake, using a ruse or threats of violence, and that other possible characteristics include: The suspect may have been experiencing stress related to legal troubles, spousal problems, employment difficulties, financial strain or mental health issues in July 2012; The suspect may avoid discussing the case or showing interest in the matter but is likely following developments in the media; The offender may have attempted to abduct children or adults in the past; Following the disappearance, the suspect may have altered his or her physical appearance, such as changing hair style and facial hair. Thats obviously not a significant similarity though. What is prolly????? About Lyric and Elizabeth Lyric Ray Lynn Cook-Morrisey (courtesy Locke Funeral Home) was born on October 2, 2001, in Waterloo to Dan and Misty Morrissey. Now, why are you commenting on my comment a year later. Someone out there knows somethingyou can bet on it. The little info being held back is necessary. Related: 14 Chilling True Crime Books About Real-Life Kidnappings. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He was released from custody following Lyrics disappearance so he could be with his family. I truly hope and Pray for Justice for Elizabeth and Lyric. Lyric was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandfather, Jim Weikert and maternal grandfather, Ray Cook. I think it was somebody that knew the girls. Contact Us. Do you have an idea how ignorant you sound. I dont know if theres more bad then good in the world but I do know there is good. A search began, and local parks, schools, and other areas were looked through. He was just arrested for child sexual abuse and the victims were similar ages. In fact she called us in Colorado the night the girls went missing. Lyric and Elizabeth were in IA. The woman he lived with was first in Evansdale, the moves out to Readlyn. Its a small street and if you look at street view from 2012 you cant miss it. This actually happens a lot within the world of illegal drug use and dealing of drugs. They were taken from a trail thats just 40-50 feet from the highway. Those girls probably saw them in the house and was never told they are bad people. The girls grandmother, Wylma Cook, told the press she last saw the girls riding their bikes near downtown Evansdale about 12:15 p.m. July 13. But we do keep that in mind, we do check with other states to see if they have anything close and obviously the case in Iowa is probably the closest but we don't even know the cause of death in that one they didn't find the victims until later so it's hard to compare but it is similar. Pig slaughter plants exist in both locations. This is the most obscure area in the park and is next to I-350. Volunteers soon came out by the hundreds, organizing candlelight vigils, press conferences, and searches. Poor girls :(. Jodi I dont have any drug dealers so I would appriciate if you might not talk about me like you know me . Through the years she has often suggested we take a tour of Evansdale so she could show me Meyers Lake, Angels Park, and where the girls lived and so forth. Here is ISP Detective Jerry Holman August 2017. these beautiful souls Join this channel to get . I wonder if its the same guy. She had a big heart and had a great love for animals. She had last seen them riding their bikes toward downtown around 12:20 pm in Evansdale, Iowa, a town of about 4700 people 10 miles southeast of Waterloo. Seems so logical that he could be involved. Lyric and Elizabeth often rode their bikes within a 2-block radius. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. :-(. Ive been thinking of them often latley as summer is now here and how heartbreaking it is that their family still does not have any more answers and that justice has not been brought. Thats where he stayed or lived with his mom or grandmother and the girls rode their bikes right past his house on Gilbert Street and all around there. My heart goes out to the family. Did you see yesterdays Des Moines Register? Praying for justice. Have you called him to ask why? WTH? The girls set out around noon that day. Both occurred on the 13th. White SUVs. . All this week KCRG is airing stories about Elizabeth and Lyrics abductions and murders. There may be some similarities but you can find similarities in everything if you look hard enough. Fourth Memorial Ride & Drive in honor of Lyric and Elizabeth, by Taylor Bailey, KWWL.com reporter, Airdate: July 9, 2016, Volunteers prepare for ride in honor of Lyric and Elizabeth, by Nikki Newbrough, KWWL.com, Airdate: July 7, 2016, Vigil Held for 3 Girls, Gone too Soon, by Bevan J. Lucas, KGAN, Airdate: March 12, 2015, Iowa starts year-long process to be CART-certified, by Kristyna Engdahl, KETV.com Im sorry Im still sending prayers. Make sure you have facts to support your suspicions. Well if you really want to know, Im bored at work, this is an interesting comment thread, and Id like to know who the killer is (as Im sure the rest of the world does as well). She was an infectious joy to be around with a smile that radiated with love. I think it would be great if people stopped attacking the family members for their mistakes and drug use. The victims were all shot and buried in shallow graves around the Mason City area. Very sad and heart breaking. Join Facebook to connect with Abby Libby and others you may know. I remember reading that they had a dedicated team to heavily investigate Michael Klunder in relation to this case. Here is the tragic story of the Evansdale murders. Why was he fired. Look at those two charges! I thought they were looking at that guy from Northwood IA for this. Why not see who called in sick the day they disappeared? The street meets up with the bike trail where the girls bikes were found. That is why I need that address and if his grandma or mom lived there. I want laws changed I want parents aware and deligent and I want the closed minded masses to think for theirselves to put the children first. Lyric Cook, 10, and her 8-year-old cousin Elizabeth Collins were allegedly murdered just a couple hundred kilometers away from where Abigail and Liberty were found in Indiana. 12/7/20, 5:39 PM She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandparents Herb and Marie Johnson; maternal grandfather Ray Cook; maternal great-grandparents Cliff and June Brandes and many aunts, uncles, great-aunts and great-uncles. were lyric and libby the main targets because of these? The timing of things couldnt be more suspicious. I also often wonder how they were able to rule him out. That and what kind of vehicle he had, where it went and why. very good questions.I believe that the site where they were found was a known meth lab dump site.In the heart of the park.definitely someone local!!! Mushroom searchers typically wander the area. Maybe illustrate. This is a community where we can speak openly about the Murders of Libby and Abby in Delphi, IN. Both occurred in tiny rural towns. I know you surely didnt ask for any of this, If you could turn back time just for 1 min maybe it would change something? A lot of the similarities are more likely the result of circumstance. My thought is that it was a local man who one of the girls knew. They would have been left in front of their homes, or photos would have been sent of them harmed before they died. Hes killed before. I would no more attack someone for writing FWIW (instead of For what its worth) than I would someone using the word prolly instead of probably.. At the end of July 2012, a surveillance video turned up with the girls on it. Unfortunately,he took the cowards way out so as not to answer for the evil he did. It is possible to find over 20 coincidences. Abben said there were no other missing persons cases and the remains found were of a smaller stature. I think it is easier to blame the families, so we can all feel a bit safer, and better about ourselves when we let our own kids ride bikes or play outside alone. I would like to try and track the path they took TO the park as I feel someone watched them and followed them in there, waiting til they got to this remoter area. Graveside services for Elizabeth were held at Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery on Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Waterloo. Which would mean he was somewhat familiar with the area. tried to deescalate the crowd by reassuring us that Kent smock was the man for the job! What day were the girls found? The ED bodies were going 6+ months later so they were so badly decomposed and scattered from the animals that a definite answer was improbable. In my opinion Delphi and Evansdale are not connected. The city of Evansdale planned a child safety day, and volunteers prepared for the Fourth Memorial Ride and Drive. Just broken. They were able to confirm a bunch of things that show he wasnt in the Evansdale area at the time. When does deer hunting usually start? Evansdale crime 7-13-2012, Delphi 2-13-2017 perfect reversal of each other. Lots of people in Iowa are on meth. December 5th. Thats why i think the drug dealers have something to do with it. Dug here (Doug?). The two girls were nowhere to be found, nor was there any idea of what could have happened to them. or. Hypnosis will bring it out and we can move on. Not when were discussing the double homicide or two young girls in the same region a few hours apart as rare as this occurrence is. Cant believe you said that !? computer crimes. I pray for justice, for this little Angel. He left that night. Were going to find you, and were going to come get you.. DNA could still be obtained from all involved as well as using genetic genealogy DNA. I remember my relatives spouses n friends on both sides of the family taking advantage of me at a very, very early adge. Didnt you say Gilbert in Evansdale? Now he is dead. I just dnt knw. From a psychology stand point, this is the reason the killer targets two girls, because part of his thrill is the fear shown by the second victim watching the first die, knowing whats coming next. Most seen was Lyrics unconditional love for her family and her special love for her brother Dillin. The same guy did both. Investigators traveled to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia to discuss the case, and Smock said federal authorities were impressed with the investigators efforts thus far. All Rights Reserved, Home That section of hwy 20 was under construction for months. Here's my experience. Hes now been ruled out. I believe with all of my heart one of two theories as fact. My friends family lived near the Fitzs and several times he had tried to get her children to come over or go for rides, etc. I apologize for Gray Hughes interrupting with commentary but it is on his show: You know he could be you know just again this is kind of our theory or speculation, we have no evidence that he's done it again. Im often wrong when I do and I find dont know what Im talking about. Hopefully with time theyll fess up if they dont get busted first. For example, a rival meth dealer, or maybe an angry supplier, would leave clues, or a type of message that confirmed his or her involvement in the crime. Elizabeth Collins parents joined Sorenson and parents of other missing and murdered children at the Capitol for a news conference where the senator outlined five pieces of legislation he planned to introduce during the current session. Factual evidence to find out who did this and helping this family find some kind of peace. His DNA can be on them and their bodies. Elizabeth passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012. I was inside the courtroom on Friday. I want to add the problems of information sharing in American law enforcement. Want more chills and thrills? Community members held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at Meyers Lake at the same spot where theyd set up a makeshift memorial after the girls disappeared in July. KCCI said court records show Altmayer was working as a traveling automobile damage field inspector. What I want to know it the address the grandmother lived at when this occured. This was in no way set up as if to send a message as dealers and the mafia do. Yes! I dont believe its linked.. but its still the only similar case in the last decade that i know off, so taking a deeper look ..this is another case we know nothing about.. actually its more secretive cause the info in delphi was exposed one way or another >>>not this one, were they kept alive after abduction or killed before being foundwhat was the state of the bodies and was it possible to know anything from them, but what i found interesting is that one family of one of the victims also had criminal history with drugs and so on, two ppl confessed to the murder but were ruled out as fake confession, this alerts you to have possible it is to get a fake confession for things like that, why is this case still coldi heard they only shared a detail years after about a car ? One of my friends is from Evansdale and knew the two missing girls. I saw the post about these two girls and wondered if there might have been an update. Of Public Safety. You sent December 7, 2020 Do it for those girls. He has lots of meth charges too. Shes so cute; Id like to kidnap her, the article quotes R. Fitz as saying. Chad Fitz has a huge record yet no obit anywhere online just a short death notice in Waterloo Courier. Brett And Chelsee Sachs Of Sachs Law APC Share How They Are Working With Clients To Pay Things, 5 Terrifying Unsolved Cases of the Missing and Murdered, 70-Year-Old Milwaukee Woman Scammed Out of $38.5K by Fake FBI Agent Impersonator, William Penn: A Pioneer of Criminal Justice, One Vote Away: Conservatives and the Myth of a Liberal Supreme Court. Additionally, Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers has offered a $50,000 reward for anyone coming forward with information that simply leads to an arrest. Even though Dan Morrissey was involved with meth, my guess would be that if the murders were related to drugs, we would absolutely know. I am perplexed though about the investigators telling the neighbor to watch their girls while the RA search warrant was being served (if indeed that's true)- makes me think they aren't limiting him to one double homicide?? Its not the kind of place that many people even know about. I always thought it was someone working for the DOT. Iowa Cold Cases She was a student at Poyner Elementary School and was a bubbly little person, with the best smile, who loved what life had to give and all it had to offer. So surely law enforcement has asked for cell phone pings at the Lake when the girls were there and then tracked those pings to actual owners of those cell phones. Murders and crimes like such are committed for punishment, and the person being punished must be made aware of this fact. I lived in Dade county Florida (Miami) for 3 short years back in the 80s where a close relative worked with one of the early drug task forces in the state. Its better to say something than nothing at all. I really hope they find the sick person behind this. I know but I am not convinced. He is also listed as a Missing Person from North Liberty, Iowa, according to the Iowa Dept. Btw, only one set of parents was connected with drugs. Thank you Kim for looking outside the box. Shes 85 years old and she lives in nearby Shell Rock, Iowa. The other girl managed to escape when Klunder took Shepard to another part of the property, police say. I also wonder, since he had so many meth/drug busts if that is related? Mr. Collins lost his daughter, his niece, his marriage, his peace of mind and much more. The girls' bodies were found the following day, approximately half a mile from the bridge. They said the car/truck stunk when they got it. Abby Libby is on Facebook. Drew- so sorry that on top of losing your daughter you have to deal with crap like this. What I find is a lot of evidence of disrespect, allegations, and even some cruelty. XXXXXXX sent December 7, 2020 Ok, do you think you can catch that house number? - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com (8) we do not know how either were killed (technically), BUT, we do know neither was shot. Lyric and Elizabeth went missing on 7/13, not 1/13. The Evansdale victims weren't found for 5 months, with more than a month of hot weather, the decomposition would have been very rapid. They contacted law enforcement officials at 12:45 p.m. On Thursday, December 6, 2012, Chief Deputy Rick Abben with the Black Hawk County Sheriffs Office held a press conference to announce officials were confident the bodies were those of Lyric and Elizabeth. The bodies were eventually identified as Elizabeth and Lyricfound 25 miles from where they originally went missing. You sent December 7, 2020 to XXXXXXX. Once Lyrics mother, Misty, returned to pick her up, the family grew concerned. Excellent post. If they are related, a lot of this occurs in the same families as a learned behavior. Many of my friends and I often engage in conversations about local crimes, cold cases, and unsolved murders. They are two totally different set of circumstances. These were not not run of the mill Druggies that you see on tv sitting on a tore up couch in a 825 mobile home. Many times were treasured as a family lying in bed eating popcorn and watching movies. I know, that is what I have been asking you. The word is probably as in you probably did not make it past eigth grade. You deserved better, so did your little ones. Two friends out together enjoying nature on a nice day. Its the significance between similarities that matters. XXXXXXX sent December 7, 2020 The news that the bodies had been found hit them hard. People on the crew could have seen them alone every day on those paths. Michael Klunder did his crimes in places he lived and worked. 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