Post by LadyBlue on Aug 7, 2007 14:14:07 GMT -5
Wells was last seen in Longview, Texas on August 3, 2006. She planned to go to a pawnshop to get some money, but ended up going to Graham Central Station, a nightclub, instead. Wells is known to have arrived at the club at 10:30 p.m., and left alone shortly after midnight.
Brandi's mother said the three people questioned in regards to Brandi's cell phone were all given polygraph tests. While the girl and her uncle both passed, Ellen said the young man's results were not so clear.
"All the police will tell us is that he failed his polygraph, and they have been after him and after him and they cannot make him change his story. There is something about his story that is not true, but they won't tell me what it is. They won't tell me where he found it (the cell phone) or how he found it. I don't even know his name. The polygraphs were voluntary, and they (the police) can't disclose anything. All they could tell me was that he was being less than honest."
[glow=red,2,300]Possible clues found in missing woman case
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A two-day search commemorating the one-year anniversary of Brandi Ellen Wells' disappearance might have turned up several clues Saturday and Sunday.
Sgt. Shaun Pendleton, spokesman for the Longview Police Department, said it is unknown if these items are related to Wells, but they have been sent to a lab for analysis.
"As far as what these items of interest are, we're not allowed to release that information," he said Monday. "This is still an active case, though, and we're still looking at everything."
Wells was 23 when she was last seen on surveillance video leaving Graham Central Station alone on Aug. 3, 2006.
At the time, Wells lived in Brownsboro but had been staying at her mother's home in Tyler.
Wells' 2000 Pontiac Grand Am was found a few days later, on Aug. 8, at mile marker 591 on Interstate 20 near FM 2087. The car was found unlocked with several of Wells' personal belongings inside. Longview police said the scene indicated no signs of a struggle or foul play.
Heading up the anniversary search was Texas EquuSearch, a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 to provide volunteer horse-mounted search and recovery efforts for lost and missing people around the country.
Also participating were members of Wells' family and friends.
It was the fourth search since her disappearance.
Wells' mother, Ellen Tant of Tyler, said several areas were combed over the weekend, including the region where her daughter's car was discovered and heavily wooded areas in the vicinity.
"It's basically needle in a haystack," Tant said. "Since we do not know what happened to her, we have no clear lines to draw from."
Cindy Wisdom, case manager for Texas EquuSearch, agreed that the level of uncertainty has been a big hindrance to the case.
"We really have no starting point," she said Monday. "We only know where she was last seen alive and where her car and cell phone were found. So, we're just going off what we do know."
Tant said searchers used a grid search pattern, spreading out in a line, with rope between them, to slowly peruse the area.
Wisdom said EquuSearch brought four search participants, including a horse, to assist the group of family and friends.
"They (the family) did a wonderful job," Wisdom said. "We didn't cover as much ground as we would have with a full team but considering the fact that the two groups had not worked together before, we were able to do a lot."
A full team consists of anywhere from five to 25 volunteers.
Tant said the passing of time has not eased the pain of losing her daughter but hope abounds, and is reinforced every time another clue is found.
"The items of interest do give me hope," she said. "There's always the hope out there until we find her body."
Wells was a student at Trinity Valley Community College where she was in the band and a member of the flag corps.
"She was also a mentor for kindergarten students ... and she was studying to be a kindergarten teacher," her mother said. "She had the biggest heart of anybody I've ever met. She was a child that anybody would be proud to call their own."
www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/08072007_wells.html
Brandi's mother said the three people questioned in regards to Brandi's cell phone were all given polygraph tests. While the girl and her uncle both passed, Ellen said the young man's results were not so clear.
"All the police will tell us is that he failed his polygraph, and they have been after him and after him and they cannot make him change his story. There is something about his story that is not true, but they won't tell me what it is. They won't tell me where he found it (the cell phone) or how he found it. I don't even know his name. The polygraphs were voluntary, and they (the police) can't disclose anything. All they could tell me was that he was being less than honest."
[glow=red,2,300]Possible clues found in missing woman case
[/glow]
A two-day search commemorating the one-year anniversary of Brandi Ellen Wells' disappearance might have turned up several clues Saturday and Sunday.
Sgt. Shaun Pendleton, spokesman for the Longview Police Department, said it is unknown if these items are related to Wells, but they have been sent to a lab for analysis.
"As far as what these items of interest are, we're not allowed to release that information," he said Monday. "This is still an active case, though, and we're still looking at everything."
Wells was 23 when she was last seen on surveillance video leaving Graham Central Station alone on Aug. 3, 2006.
At the time, Wells lived in Brownsboro but had been staying at her mother's home in Tyler.
Wells' 2000 Pontiac Grand Am was found a few days later, on Aug. 8, at mile marker 591 on Interstate 20 near FM 2087. The car was found unlocked with several of Wells' personal belongings inside. Longview police said the scene indicated no signs of a struggle or foul play.
Heading up the anniversary search was Texas EquuSearch, a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 to provide volunteer horse-mounted search and recovery efforts for lost and missing people around the country.
Also participating were members of Wells' family and friends.
It was the fourth search since her disappearance.
Wells' mother, Ellen Tant of Tyler, said several areas were combed over the weekend, including the region where her daughter's car was discovered and heavily wooded areas in the vicinity.
"It's basically needle in a haystack," Tant said. "Since we do not know what happened to her, we have no clear lines to draw from."
Cindy Wisdom, case manager for Texas EquuSearch, agreed that the level of uncertainty has been a big hindrance to the case.
"We really have no starting point," she said Monday. "We only know where she was last seen alive and where her car and cell phone were found. So, we're just going off what we do know."
Tant said searchers used a grid search pattern, spreading out in a line, with rope between them, to slowly peruse the area.
Wisdom said EquuSearch brought four search participants, including a horse, to assist the group of family and friends.
"They (the family) did a wonderful job," Wisdom said. "We didn't cover as much ground as we would have with a full team but considering the fact that the two groups had not worked together before, we were able to do a lot."
A full team consists of anywhere from five to 25 volunteers.
Tant said the passing of time has not eased the pain of losing her daughter but hope abounds, and is reinforced every time another clue is found.
"The items of interest do give me hope," she said. "There's always the hope out there until we find her body."
Wells was a student at Trinity Valley Community College where she was in the band and a member of the flag corps.
"She was also a mentor for kindergarten students ... and she was studying to be a kindergarten teacher," her mother said. "She had the biggest heart of anybody I've ever met. She was a child that anybody would be proud to call their own."
www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/08072007_wells.html