Who's getting away with the murder of Rebekah Gould?
Baxter Bulletin, AR
Editorial
06/09/06
"After almost two years, authorities are no closer to solving the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Izard County."
That was the lead Thursday in a story about the status of the investigation into the brutal slaying of Rebekah Gould, who disappeared in September 2004. Her body was found about a week later, dumped at the bottom of a 35-foot embankment on State Highway 9 south of Melbourne.
Why does it appear authorities are no closer to solving Miss Gould's murder now than they were when she went missing, even though they say they're moving forward?
That's the main question surrounding a case that generates question after question.
It took months for the State Crime Laboratory to "trickle" results — an investigator's description — from evidence exams to investigators. Apparently, meth labs and determining if green, leafy vegetable material was marijuana received priority over homicide. Why was that? As we've asked repeatedly, shouldn't murder cases take precedent over other cases, even drug cases?
Editorial
06/09/06
"After almost two years, authorities are no closer to solving the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Izard County."
That was the lead Thursday in a story about the status of the investigation into the brutal slaying of Rebekah Gould, who disappeared in September 2004. Her body was found about a week later, dumped at the bottom of a 35-foot embankment on State Highway 9 south of Melbourne.
Why does it appear authorities are no closer to solving Miss Gould's murder now than they were when she went missing, even though they say they're moving forward?
That's the main question surrounding a case that generates question after question.
It took months for the State Crime Laboratory to "trickle" results — an investigator's description — from evidence exams to investigators. Apparently, meth labs and determining if green, leafy vegetable material was marijuana received priority over homicide. Why was that? As we've asked repeatedly, shouldn't murder cases take precedent over other cases, even drug cases?
posted by Terry at
7:01 AM
1 Comments:
I've been trying to post periodically about the Gould case. Trouble is, though I live a few miles from where she was both murdered and found, there has been little news about the case.
It's pretty frustrating! Where's the media coverage on this one?
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Al-Ozarka, at 9:20 PM
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