Post by LadyBlue on Jul 8, 2007 14:17:37 GMT -5
EAST MANATEE -- Acting on a "hunch," sheriff's detectives were searching Thursday in the thick brush on Linger Lodge Road near the Interstate 75 overpass for clues in the disappearance of Susan Fast.
Authorities still have not found the 60-year-old East Manatee woman who has been missing since Saturday.
For more than two hours Thursday, several deputies scoured the area for evidence. They would not say what led them to the site. They did not expect to find her body there, but had reason to believe they might find some evidence to further their case.
"We're trying to follow up on all leads," said Capt. Bill Jordan of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. By early afternoon, they had not found any evidence. Deputies planned to return to the location on ATVs.
Authorities say Fast's disappearance from her home in the Tara neighborhood is suspicious and that foul play is likely involved. A detective said there were 14 spots of blood in the Fast home.
Fast's 52-year-old stepson, Thomas L. Fast, is a suspect in the case, but he has not been charged in connection with Fast's disappearance. Fast is jailed on a $100,0000 bond on a charge of carrying a concealed firearm.
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070706/NEWS/707060341
Authorities still have not found the 60-year-old East Manatee woman who has been missing since Saturday.
For more than two hours Thursday, several deputies scoured the area for evidence. They would not say what led them to the site. They did not expect to find her body there, but had reason to believe they might find some evidence to further their case.
"We're trying to follow up on all leads," said Capt. Bill Jordan of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. By early afternoon, they had not found any evidence. Deputies planned to return to the location on ATVs.
Authorities say Fast's disappearance from her home in the Tara neighborhood is suspicious and that foul play is likely involved. A detective said there were 14 spots of blood in the Fast home.
Fast's 52-year-old stepson, Thomas L. Fast, is a suspect in the case, but he has not been charged in connection with Fast's disappearance. Fast is jailed on a $100,0000 bond on a charge of carrying a concealed firearm.
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070706/NEWS/707060341