Kelli Marie Bordeaux - NC - DECLARED DEAD

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Johnna Henson of St. Cloud is heading to North Carolina this morning to help find her 23-year-old daughter, who was reported missing Monday when she failed to report to work at Fort Bragg Army base.

Kelli Marie Bordeaux of St. Cloud, a private first class in theU.S. Army, went to the Froggy Bottoms bar Friday night in Fayetteville and had arranged for friends to take her home. She left about 1:20 a.m. and hasn't been seen since, Fayetteville police said.

Police spokesman Gavin McRoberts said investigators think Bordeaux may be in danger. Officers are searching the area around the bar and along Interstate 295 where her cell phone last pinged off a tower, said Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine.

"She's not the type of soldier that would go AWOL," he said, after interviewing Fort Bragg officials.

Henson said her daughter took her military duties seriously so when she didn't appear on Monday, her commanding officer knew immediately something was wrong.

"That was a giant red flag," Henson said. "The lieutenant knew right away."

Bordeaux's sister Olivia Cox held a news conference Tuesday night, imploring for help from anyone who may have seen her sister or has information regarding her whereabouts.

"Being a soldier for Kelli isn't something she would jeopardize," Cox said, adding missing work was out of character for her sister.

Bordeaux is assigned to the 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, as a health service specialist, according to Fort Bragg spokeswoman Jacqueline Thomas.

Bordeaux, who grew up in Osceola County, joined the military in April 2011 to further her educational opportunities and become a combat medic, her mother said.

Boredeaux's two-year marriage to husband Mike was tested when she left for training for several months but Henson described them as best friends.

Mike Bourdeaux joined his wife in Fayetteville in early December to start a home off base, she said.

He was in Florida visiting his father when Bordeaux went missing, Henson said, and traveled back to North Carolina when he received the news.

"He is in a total panic," she said. "He wants to be there when she comes home. He's totally losing it."

As she headed out of state, Henson said a number of questions are troubling her but she is trying to stay focused.

"I want her home safe and sound and soon," Henson said Wednesday from her St. Cloud home. "We are all just falling apart."
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-missing-soldier-kelli-bordeaux-20120418,0,1158762.story

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. ¡ª Fayetteville police on Wednesday said they¡¯re continuing their search for a missing Fort Bragg soldier after learning that her cell phone last pinged from a tower near the bar where she was last seen.

During a news conference Wednesday morning, police said they would spend the day searching an area near Froggy Bottoms at 6326 Ramsey St., where Pfc. Kelli Marie Bordeaux, 23, was last seen around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.

In a prior news release, police said Bordeaux ¡°may be in danger,¡± but today said the investigation is still a missing person case.

WRAL reports Bordeaux¡¯s cell phone last pinged from a tower near Froggy Bottoms and police are using that information to lead them in their search Wednesday.

The search is not geared toward finding any particular piece of evidence, but rather toward discovering any clues that may help lead them to Bordeaux, police said.

Bordeaux¡¯s husband, Mike Bordeaux, was not at the bar with her the night of her disappearance. Police said he has been cooperating with detectives.

Bordeaux is a health service specialist with the Army. She was reported missing by police on Monday after she never showed up for duty.

At a news conference held by Bordeaux¡¯s sister on Tuesday, Olivia Cox said it was ¡°totally out of character¡± for her sister to not show up for work.

A native of St. Cloud, Fla., Bordeaux joined the military in April 2011 and was assigned to the 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade in November 2011.

Bordeaux is described as standing 5¡¯1¡å tall and weighing 102 lbs. She was last seen wearing a pink tube top with spaghetti straps and black shorts.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call police at [phone] or Crimestoppers at 483-8477.
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ABC11 has learned police have questioned a 26-year-old registered sex offender who sources say picked Bordeaux up Friday night from her apartment, took her to the bar, and allegedly took her back to her home. ABC11 is not naming the man because he has not been charged with any crime.

Investigators were also looking at a campsite in a wooded area behind Froggy Bottoms that could be linked to the case.
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Profiler Dr. Maurice Godwin comments on the Kelli Bordeaux Case


Dr Godwin's Own Website On Local Fayetteville, NC Unsolved Rapes
www.drmauricegodwin.com/defaultmain.html

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Fort Bragg combines efforts in hopes of finding missing Soldier

More than two weeks ago, Fort Bragg Soldier Pfc. Kelli Marie Bordeaux left a Fayetteville pub and disappeared. Efforts to find her have been futile as numerous units and Soldiers have combined efforts to search for the missing 23-year-old Soldier, who is assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade.

Bordeaux has been missing since April 14, when she allegedly left the Froggy Bottoms bar with an acquaintance who gave her a ride home.

Despite all efforts, Fort Bragg officials and members of the Fayetteville Police Department have been unable to locate Bordeaux.

According to Gavin McRoberts, spokesman for the Fayetteville police, other assets, including more than 100 FPD officers and detectives, numerous private citizens, a police dive team and a helicopter from the N.C. Highway Patrol are participating in the search.

Bordeaux has been described by Capt. John Neighbors, her company commander, as a great Soldier and a motivator, who does everything to the best of her ability.

“She’s an absolute wonderful Soldier to have in the unit,” he said.

Neighbors said the efforts to find Bordeaux began when she failed to report to work on the morning of April 16. It was at that time that 44th Medical Bde. officials contacted the local authorities.

“When we found out that she was first missing, we were out at her apartment complex right after (9 a.m.) that morning,” Neighbors said.

“We then worked with the apartment complex and her husband, just to see whether or not we thought that she was in her apartment sleeping, or whether she should be listed as absent without leave, or whether something else was wrong.”

Neighbors said at that point, the determination was made that something was not right with the situation and the unit filed a police report with the Fayetteville Police Department.

Neighbors said the Fayetteville Police Department followed its normal protocol and coordinated with the Army’s Criminal Investigations Detachment, which had been also contacted by Neighbors and the 44th Medical Bde.

“Later that afternoon, both (agencies) responded and had assigned detectives to begin their investigations,” he said.

In recent days, the search was concentrated on a body of water, which was close to the bar where she was last seen and the apartment complex where she lived.

The Fayetteville Police Department dispatched dive teams and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command contributed its helicopters to search the nearby wooded area.

As for the Soldiers with whom Bordeaux served, Neighbors said they are holding up well, despite the tragedy and suspense.

“The unit still has hurts and they’re doing fairly well. They’re just hoping for her return, or at least to find her,” he said.

Neighbors said it’s a hard situation for any commander and unit members to deal with, but he said it’s important to be vigilant and to know your Soldiers.

“It’s certainly not something that you expect to happen, but could happen. Leaders should understand the normal actions of their Soldiers and recognize when something is out of place.
That way, you can respond appropriately and as quickly as possible to resolve the issue. That’s really about the only thing you can do,” he explained.

“Everyone is doing everything that we can as a community. The brigade and battalion ... we still have all of the Soldiers out and assisting in two different searches in conjunction with the Fayetteville Police Department,” Neighbors explained.

In the early stages of the investigation, Fayetteville police orchestrated two searches that received participation by a large number of local citizens.

“I think there were somewhere in between 50 and 60 Soldiers on each of those days.

“Then there were a number of Soldiers who went out and were included in the 500 to 600 people who are involved in the search.”

Neighbors said the feels confident that the community, the military and local agencies are doing all they can to find Bordeaux.
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The areas where Dr Maurice Godwin indicates need to be searched. Hopefull law enforcement will do that and soon.
www.drmauricegodwin.com/kellibordeaux.html

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Army declares missing soldier Kelli Bordeaux dead

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- The U.S. Army announced Wednesday it has declared missing soldier Kelli Bordeaux dead so that her family can collect benefits

Military officials said the change in Bordeaux's status does not presume that she is actually deceased. She was last seen leaving the Fayetteville night spot Froggy Bottoms on April 14, 2012.

She was assigned to Fort Bragg's 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, as a health service specialist. Bordeaux, a native of St. Cloud, Fla., joined the military in April 2011. She arrived at the unit in November 2011.

She was age 23 when she disappeared. An acquaintance told investigators he left the bar with Bordeaux and dropped her off near her apartment. That was the last anyone has heard from her.
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Geeze the Military has a strange twist on what's dead and what's not dead. They declared her DEAD. And yeah, now her hubby can go on with his low life, LIFE, on Kelli's money. I'm not happy about this!!!