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| "Dunn’s testimony came early Thursday, with the 27-year veteran defending the million-dollar draining of Salt Creek and handling of the high-profile investigation, which included hundreds of interviews. For the first time, investigators publicly displayed evidence collected in the creek bed search, including a rusted, 5- inch knife and bungee cord. Dunn said the find of those items, and two pieces of clear, heavy-duty plastic, seemed to corroborate a story Wendy Owings told investigators, claiming that she, Alisha Sowders and Uriah Clouse had struck Behrman while she was riding her bike, stabbed her, then dumped her body into the creek. “Normally,” Dunn said, “in any type of confession story, you try to corroborate any details. We were looking for Jill, and anything associated with her,” Dunn said. He testified that following his retirement in January 2003, he received information that an individual was claiming to have moved Behrman’s body from the creek. www.reporter-times.com Reporter Keith Rhoades and HeraldTimesOnline.com Reporter James Boyd contributed to this story. Used by permission |
Various Media Excerpts...more to be added
Key moments in case
May 31, 2000: Jill Behrman, a 19-year-old Indiana University
freshman, disappears while bicycling on Bloomington's southeast
side. Behrman's bicycle was found later about 10 miles away.
June 3, 2000: Police suspend the search for Behrman, saying they
lack leads. Behrman's parents, university officials and others offer
a $25,000 reward for information, which is later raised to $50,000.
June 12, 2000: FBI profilers join case.
April 18, 2001: Police and FBI announce a new theory about
Behrman's disappearance: that she was hit by a passing vehicle
and her body and bicycle were removed from the scene after the
driver panicked.
April 3, 2002: A tip leads police to scour Salt Creek east of
Bloomington for clues to Behrman's disappearance.
April 10, 2002: FBI identifies Uriah Clouse, an inmate in the Brown
County Jail, as a suspect in Behrman's disappearance, saying he is
one of several suspects whose alibis did not check out. Clouse
denies any connection to Behrman's disappearance and is never
charged in the case.
Dec. 15, 2004: Deputy U.S. Marshals and Mexican authorities
arrest fugitive Kerry Silvers in Mexico. Police believe he had jail
house conversations with Clouse about Behrman's death.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, June 3, 2005, "Mystery may
be Solved Soon"
article by:JOHN TUOHY AND DAN MCFEELY
www.indystar.com
Key moments in case
May 31, 2000: Jill Behrman, a 19-year-old Indiana University
freshman, disappears while bicycling on Bloomington's southeast
side. Behrman's bicycle was found later about 10 miles away.
June 3, 2000: Police suspend the search for Behrman, saying they
lack leads. Behrman's parents, university officials and others offer
a $25,000 reward for information, which is later raised to $50,000.
June 12, 2000: FBI profilers join case.
April 18, 2001: Police and FBI announce a new theory about
Behrman's disappearance: that she was hit by a passing vehicle
and her body and bicycle were removed from the scene after the
driver panicked.
April 3, 2002: A tip leads police to scour Salt Creek east of
Bloomington for clues to Behrman's disappearance.
April 10, 2002: FBI identifies Uriah Clouse, an inmate in the Brown
County Jail, as a suspect in Behrman's disappearance, saying he is
one of several suspects whose alibis did not check out. Clouse
denies any connection to Behrman's disappearance and is never
charged in the case.
Dec. 15, 2004: Deputy U.S. Marshals and Mexican authorities
arrest fugitive Kerry Silvers in Mexico. Police believe he had jail
house conversations with Clouse about Behrman's death.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, June 3, 2005, "Mystery may
be Solved Soon"
article by:JOHN TUOHY AND DAN MCFEELY
www.indystar.com
Lawyer says phone records clear client
Attorney says call log shows defendant was home on the day IU
student disappeared
Baker's motion suggests that prosecutors knew of the telephone
records but failed to present them as part of their grand jury case
against Myers.
"The fact that it took us five months. . . And that we had to seek
the records out ourselves causes us great concern," Baker said.
Myers' attorney, Patrick Baker, Indianapolis, said Tuesday that
the records of calls between Myers and several Indiana residents
on May 31, 2000 -- the day of the avid cyclist's disappearance --
show he was at home. Hunters found Behrman's skeletal remains
in March 2003 about 15 miles north of Bloomington in Morgan
County.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, September 27, 2006
article written by TOM SPALDING
TOM.SPALDING@INDYSTAR.COM
"Lawyer says phone records clear client"
www.indystar.com
Attorney says call log shows defendant was home on the day IU
student disappeared
Baker's motion suggests that prosecutors knew of the telephone
records but failed to present them as part of their grand jury case
against Myers.
"The fact that it took us five months. . . And that we had to seek
the records out ourselves causes us great concern," Baker said.
Myers' attorney, Patrick Baker, Indianapolis, said Tuesday that
the records of calls between Myers and several Indiana residents
on May 31, 2000 -- the day of the avid cyclist's disappearance --
show he was at home. Hunters found Behrman's skeletal remains
in March 2003 about 15 miles north of Bloomington in Morgan
County.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, September 27, 2006
article written by TOM SPALDING
TOM.SPALDING@INDYSTAR.COM
"Lawyer says phone records clear client"
www.indystar.com
Divers discover more potential evidence in
creek
FBI agent says items confirm theory that missing cyclist was
struck by a vehicle.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For the second straight day, investigators
found evidence in a Monroe County creek that they hope could
help solve the 2-year-old disappearance of Indiana University
student Jill Behrman.
FBI agent Gary Dunn would not disclose what divers discovered in
Salt Creek near Lake Monroe on Thursday, but he said the items
confirm the theory authorities developed in April 2001 -- that a
vehicle struck Behrman while she was riding her bicycle on May
31, 2000, and that a motorist disposed of her body.
"Everyone here has a helpless feeling, and so many people ask,
'What can we do to help you?' " said Marilyn Behrman, Jill's
mother. "Even right after she was found missing, everyone said,
'Drop everything. Let's go find Jill.' The response was
overwhelming then, and that has continued all this time."
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, August 2, 2002 "Divers
discover more potential evidence in creek"
article by Bill Ruthhart
www.indystar.com
creek
FBI agent says items confirm theory that missing cyclist was
struck by a vehicle.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For the second straight day, investigators
found evidence in a Monroe County creek that they hope could
help solve the 2-year-old disappearance of Indiana University
student Jill Behrman.
FBI agent Gary Dunn would not disclose what divers discovered in
Salt Creek near Lake Monroe on Thursday, but he said the items
confirm the theory authorities developed in April 2001 -- that a
vehicle struck Behrman while she was riding her bicycle on May
31, 2000, and that a motorist disposed of her body.
"Everyone here has a helpless feeling, and so many people ask,
'What can we do to help you?' " said Marilyn Behrman, Jill's
mother. "Even right after she was found missing, everyone said,
'Drop everything. Let's go find Jill.' The response was
overwhelming then, and that has continued all this time."
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, August 2, 2002 "Divers
discover more potential evidence in creek"
article by Bill Ruthhart
www.indystar.com
Profilers to join hunt for student
On Friday, bloodhounds tracked both directions on Kinser Pike,
which leads to the area where Behrman was last seen.
The last confirmed sighting of the Indiana University sophomore
was about 9:30 a.m. On May 31, south of her parents' southeast
side home.
However, her bike was found in a field on the city's northwest side,
about 10 miles from where she last was spotted riding it. Thursday
night, 200 people gathered at the site for a prayer service.
Monday, several FBI profilers will begin poring over evidence
collected since Jill Behrman disappeared on May 31. Police
believe she was abducted that morning while riding her bike near
her southeast side Bloomington home.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, June 10, 2000 "Profilers to join
hunt for student"
article by MARCELLA FLEMING
www.indystar.com
On Friday, bloodhounds tracked both directions on Kinser Pike,
which leads to the area where Behrman was last seen.
The last confirmed sighting of the Indiana University sophomore
was about 9:30 a.m. On May 31, south of her parents' southeast
side home.
However, her bike was found in a field on the city's northwest side,
about 10 miles from where she last was spotted riding it. Thursday
night, 200 people gathered at the site for a prayer service.
Monday, several FBI profilers will begin poring over evidence
collected since Jill Behrman disappeared on May 31. Police
believe she was abducted that morning while riding her bike near
her southeast side Bloomington home.
Excerpt from The Indianapolis Star, June 10, 2000 "Profilers to join
hunt for student"
article by MARCELLA FLEMING
www.indystar.com
There is no evidence linking him to this crime, actually,
it was stated, " a scintilla of evidence" by the presiding
judge, Yet the verdict was allowed. How with a
SCINTILLA of evidence can you convict a person for 65
years??
it was stated, " a scintilla of evidence" by the presiding
judge, Yet the verdict was allowed. How with a
SCINTILLA of evidence can you convict a person for 65
years??
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