Missing Iowa Girls Lyric Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins: Dad Daniel Morrissey Has Long History With Burglary, Drugs, Battery, Possible Mental Illness
Missing since Friday July 13th from right outside the Lederal Safety Shoe shop since about 12:15 PM, Lyric Morrissey, 11, and her cousin Elizabeth Collins, 8 are the subject of an exhaustive air and foot search for the third day.
Both girls bikes were found 2 miles away from where they were last seen at Meyers Lake next to route 27. About 20 yards away, the bag and cell phone of one of the girls was also located.
Misty Morrissey, mother of Lyric, believes the girls have been abducted.
Investigators are stumped and frustrated they have not found any sign of Lyric and Elizabeth whatsoever and compared the disappearance to” vanishing into thin air”.
Heather Collins, Elizabeth’s mother, is Misty Morrissey’s sister. Lyric Morrissey also has a brother, Dillin.
As with any alleged abduction, family becomes the initial focus of investigators in an effort to rule them out.
Daniel Eugene Morrissey, Lyric’s father and Elizabeth’s former Uncle by marriage, has had a very long and varied criminal past.
While it is of course not known if Mr. Morrissey has had any recent contact with his daughter, court records show that he was investigated for a dismissed domestic abuse battery with a weapon /mental illness charge less than one year ago.
He has been in and out of the corrections system since as early as 1997.
Mr. Morrisey has a myspace set to private entitled urmomsamessedupbitchhh.
At the time of this publication, calls to Black Hawk PD for comment on this story had not been returned.
No clothing description or bike specs have been released.
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Wow. This is not looking good. I pray if Daniel Morrissey is involved, he is just holding the girls somewhere and there is still time to find them alive and well.
As do I, if this is not related in any way, I do not have any hope these sweet little ladies are alive, I am sorry to say.
B
Where is this asshat who likes to use a cattle prod on teenage girls? The latest report said he was released on his own recognizance.
Shellsburg is about 35 miles from Evansdale, IA.
http://thegazette.com/2012/07/13/shellsburg-man-accused-of-shocking-teen-girl-with-cattle-prod/
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=shellsburg+iowa&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x87e51d02c8e76a1f:0xac1d2a95042e47d3,Shellsburg,+IA&gl=us&ei=6DoDUNKBH8bTqgHWvYyxDA&sqi=2&ved=0CHoQtgM
It is hard to think of this as a planned abduction unless perhaps someone told someone that the girls were out on their bikes. How routine are children’s play schedule? It would very risky to just sit somewhere and wait for them to ride by. A crime at noon is very bold. It just seems to be more of an opportunity abduction. I have read elsewhere rumors of the girls going swimming with another relative. I took this as only rumor but I suppose someone close to the girls could have told one or both to meet them somewhere. This just feels bad for those girls. I am heartsick for Lyric and Elizabeth.
I think it is safe to say that when we visit a multiple victim abduction, more than not, it has been a planned abduction by a person that is well organized ( Lisk girls)- stranger abduction I am referring to.
It could be impulse. The girls are so close in age that it will be difficult to say if it were a compliance issue- which would yield a pretty quick result in a bigger age difference ( being intentionally vague). However, impulse offenders are disorganized and not likely to place bikes away from a crime scene.
B
Any mention of pedophilia in Daniel Morrissey’s past?
Not that I could see, but keep in mind, I am relegated to final offenses, not pleas or juvie.
B
Lyric recently friended him on Facebook sometime between December 2011 and May 2012.
Welcome Jules.
Did you notice he has 2 profiles?
B
From the appearance of Morrissey in the photo, this guy spent a lot of time in the gym lifting weights or he worked a job that required a lot of lifting of heavy material.
Two little girls would be no problem for him to control. There is the possability that he wanted to take them away from their mother. I hope they are searching in the water.
Thanks B! I actually found 3 FB profile.
I am on the scene I know all of the parents and th town, and you don’t have ONE SINGLE FACT STRAIGHT!
So why take the time to post that and not correct what you feel is inacurrate? If you are referring to Dan’s record, I did not post it in total but summarized it.
B
Small correction, Blink:
It’s Lofty’s Lounge, 3480 Lafayette Rd, Evansdale, Iowa, not
Lefty’s Lounge.
From home, Elizabeth’s home, to Lofty’s Lounge is 1/3 mile. It didn’t seem they were branching out too far, but it was not a safe area.
http://binged.it/Q11lEH
Thanks, I saw that , it comes up Lefty’s on google maps. Definitely Lofty’s.
B
Rudimentary questions:
Am I correct that the bike path starts at Randall and Lafayette?
Is that the location of the found bicycles?
Was Lyric’s cell phone/purse found 20 feet away from the bikes?
Could the purse have been thrown from a vehicle?
I think that map has issues.
The various news articles state that the girls’ bikes were found at Meyers lake, which is actually just to the right (and slightly up) from the interstate 380 sign.
Found this map, it seems a little more complete and might be more helpful? http://goo.gl/maps/D6xJ
Almost nothing is known so far, no clues except the bikes and the
sighting at 12:30 ???time near the shoe shop, truck stop and shopping area. Boy, we really need someone on the ground in this case.
Question 1. – how likely was it for the girls to be riding in that area near the shoe shop? Or, how likely was it for the girls to be riding near the lake? If either of these locations proves to be highly irregular, then the girls broke pattern for some reason with their riding.
Question 2. Related to 1. Did other kids normally ride bikes near those shops? Was it near a 7/11 type store that kids normally shop for candy, soda, etc.? Was it a popular area, or not a place you’d normally see kids?
Question 3. Was the lake a popular spot for kids to ride their bikes?
Since the info I have is that the trail around the lake connects to a neighborhood road – I’m going to assume the lake, especially on a Friday in summer, normally had kids riding around there.
Question 4. How long does it take 2 young girls to ride approx. 2 miles? If they were at the store at 12:15 – 12:30, they would have arrived at the lake at what earliest time? Before 1:00 I’m guessing, but then they may have gone a long wandering route to explore, as kids will do.
Question 5. A big one – were the girls abducted at the lake where they left their bikes? Or were the bikes and the bag dumped there later on?
Question 6. A difficult one – road access. If the girls were either abducted at the lake or killed there, how does this guy get two bodies out of the woods and into a car. How close is the bike location to a road accessible by CAR, not a bike path. If the bike location is on the other side of the lake from the road, then that’s a big problem in transporting two people in broad daylight.
Following that line of thought – here again like in Morgan’s case – did the perp KNOW the area around that lake, when and where he might have privacy. Is this a local sex offender who knows the area?
Can anyone map this out?? Where does a real road connect with the lake??
The Father Dan –
I don’t think Mr. Gansta hat has the brain cells to pull this off.
But I think he can be pretty quickly ruled out early this coming week as the police will question his alibi for Friday. Was he at work? Lunch hour? And if Dan is the perp, how did he connect with the girls randomly deciding to ride their bikes at noon? Certainly no cell phone call (assumed) to the girls.
Question 6. – which I’m sure the Blink family researchers will post soon (LOL) What was the current state of affairs between Dan and his Ex-wife Misty? If they had both basically moved on since divorce (date??) then I find it hard to focus on Dan. Don’t parent abductions usually happen near home, school, etc.??
My two sense –
Based on the limited info so far, I would have to say this is my hypothesis. I think the girls rode to the lake. Lyric was older, and likely to take some risks riding further away from home. Plus it was early in the day, not dark. Beautiful summer day, why ride in town when you can go see nature. However, as it was also lunchtime, I’m betting the lake trail was not populated by many kids or people. Probably later in the afternoon, after work, you’d have adults jogging, riding, etc. But not at noon.
I think this is a local sex offender. I think he knows the lake is popular with kids. And the woods and tall grass give the perp plenty of cover. Highly unlikely to me they were abducted at noon in broad daylight near a shopping area.
This was not planned, other than to say the perp was always planning for an opportunity such as this. I think the girls were lured into the woods, and probably met their deaths there. A BOAT should be considered as transport to the road area where he put them into a car
or truck. Both boating and fishing are allowed, although no boat ramp.
Link to lake info and topo map here –
http://www.lake-link.com/Iowa-Lake-Finder/lake.cfm/20685/Meyer-Lake-Black-Hawk-County-Iowa-Topographic-Lake-Map/?view=Lake_Map
Only 27 acres, not a big lake.
As for the perp being someone they knew, it’s possible the perp posed as a fisherman and had met the girls once or twice before at the lake.
School has been out over a month.
The fact that the bag/cell phone was found 20 yards away from the bikes says one thing (think football field). Why would Elizabeth drop her bag so far from where she left her bike unless by force? Why drop her bag at all?
Finally, (out of coffee) I don’t think it makes sense that someone abducted them elsewhere and later dropped the bikes at the lake. Maybe….. but I need more facts. Possibly someone stopped on the shoulder of I-380 nearby and carried the bikes through the tall grass to the lake. But why not just throw them over the side at a more convenient location and/or concealed? Remember, the bikes were found at 4:00, so transporting the bikes takes extra time from 1:00 – 4:00.
No, the girls were taken and the bikes left as they were.
Sherlock
a slight correction –
more map info on the lake. It seems it is actually 38 acres, not 27.
But more important, there is a boat ramp, and especially a campground
on the north side. There is also a large heavily wooded island in the
middle of the lake.
The girls bikes were found on the SE corner of the lake – snip from news source –
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-clock-ticks-away-as-search-continues-for-two-missing/article_18411a90-cd32-11e1-a656-0019bb2963f4.html
“The biggest find early on, except for the bikes, was Elizabeth’s purse. It was found about 25 feet away from the bikes shortly after the search began Friday afternoon, authorities said.
There’s a chain link fence on both sides of the trail in the southeast corner of the lake. The bikes were sitting off the side of the trail between the fences, but the purse was on the lake-side of the inside fence.”
I find these facts very important.
And by the way, this SE corner of the lake is the closest point to
the interstate 380. Close by this area is Maiden Lane, which appears
(Map Quest has a good satellite map) to almost connect to the hiking
trail/bike trail. Maiden Lane goes north to connect with S. Evans Rd.
Maiden Lane appears to be the closest drivable road to the lake other than perhaps the campground and boat ramp roads.
More lake links –
http://www.mycountyparks.com/county/Winneshiek/Park/Lake-Meyer-Park-and-Campground.aspx
Sherlock
Is it just a matter of time before Blink and her cronies crucify every hispanic male in the vicinity of the neighborhood like they did in the Kyron Horman case?
Heh? Who is even hispanic in this case? Troll.
B
Jade ~ that is a great map. The amount of RSO makes me so sick. I am praying it was the father and that the girls are safe.
Is this a tiny rural town? Seems to me if they had their bike at the location then riding them there was not uncommon. The girls didn’t live there right? So the bike were delivered. I really would like to see what this little town looks like to get an idea of the dynamic.
Reality is this world is sick and twisted and I now feel even better about my decision to march my 5 & 7 yr old boys into the ladies restroom with me yesterday at a very busy tourist attraction despite the looks I got from the older ladies and the very annoyed look I got from my 7yr old.
Long time reader here and I know Blink wouldn’t post this info about Dad for no reason. Which says something without saying something. His criminal past suspicious. And here we shall we go again: remember Aliahna Lemmon’s grandmother? She defended Michael Plumadore at first – the man who killed and dismembered her grand daughter. The family and friends of Daniel Morrissey would be wise to keep quiet until he is conclusively ruled out as a suspect. Until then, we have every reason to suspect a father with a criminal past and possible mental issues like this. Right now, there are no other suspects. He’s got a long list of burglary, drugs, battery… and now his daughter and her cousin is missing. I don’t think this was a random stranger. Follow the money/motivation. Questionable things happen to questionable people. Children of questionable people are at the greatest risk.
Victomology is the second most important aspect of an investigation. From the little I know about these children, specifically Lyric, I would rank them as elevated risk.
B
Jade, thank you so much for the annotated map. I had the image flipped in my mind, I guess. Yes, that one map had some issues. lol
Sherlock, you’re a silly girl(GangstaHat) with a whole lot of smarts. Thank you for your good questions and careful analysis of the roads and environs.
I’m wondering if the girls could have been sitting inside the fenced area (bikes outside of it) and Lyric got up and left her bag behind.
Anyone could have fooled them with a “Alright, you two. What are you doing out here. This is off limits and I’m going to turn you into the police. Now March.”
Since I absolutely *hate* criminals, my sense is that the purse was dropped when Lyric was grabbed and there may be the perpetrator’s dna on that bag.
Btw, I *hate* sex-offending criminals more. They are the soul-stompers of this world and don’t deserve to live among us. Word.
In 2006, Iowa implemented strict zoning laws for sex offenders. They could not live 2,000 feet from a school or day care center. The surrounding six states followed because they did not want the migration of offenders into their states. Some states included school bus stops, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools and libraries to the list.
The unintended consequences moved sex offenders closer to childrens’ homes, acccording to this NY Times article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/15/national/15offenders.html?pagewanted=all
The current law requires sex offenders, whose victims were minors, to “not reside within two thosand feet of the real property comprising a school or child care facility.”
“For registrants with victims who were minors where the offense is an “aggravated offense against a minor” (convicted in Iowa for Sex Abuse 1, 2, 3 except for Sex Abuse 3rd under 709.4 sub (2)(c)(4), OR convicted for a comparable offense in another jurisdiction, meaning any state, U.S. territory, or federally recognized Indian Tribal Nation):
The sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.
Registrants with adult victims are exempt from these restrictions. Also, Iowa Code Section 692A.114(3) provides for some additional exemptions to the residency restriction.”
http://www.iowasexoffender.com/faq/
I am freaked out that the majority of the sex offenders living within two miles of Elizabeth’s home are Female! Not that I didn’t know they were out there, alive and soul stomping, I usually just find a smattering of them when I map a location.
On this map, the female offenders are wearing a redish pink outline.
http://www.iowasexoffender.com/geo/?type=map&useraddress=166+brovan&usercity=evansdale&userstate=Iowa&userpostal=&range=2&mapformat=Map+Results
OOPS! Scratch that above. If you hover on the figure-symbol, you will see that they are male, even if outlined in red. The females are ‘wearing’ the pink shirts. Sheesh Blink, this is hard when we are on deadline!
Blink- Thank you for staying on top of this. How heartbreaking.
I pray these beautiful little gals will be found safe and unharmed.
If the girls biked the route of River Forest Rd. down to the Meyers Lake, they would have passed a RSO Tier 1 who was convicted at age 22, eleven years ago. He has three mug shots shown, so that may not have been his only crime.
According to his dossier at iowasexoffender.com, he would have loitering compliance as follows:
For registrants with victims who were minors:
The sex offender may not be present upon the real property of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school without the written permission of the school administrator or school administrator’s designee, unless enrolled as a student at the school. The offender is also prohibited from the following:
“◦Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, unless enrolled as a student at the school.
◦Be present on or in any vehicle or other conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school without the written permission of the school administrator or school administrator’s designee when the vehicle is in use to transport students to or from a school or school-related activities, unless enrolled as a student at the school or unless the vehicle is simultaneously made available to the public as a form of public transportation.
◦Be present upon the real property of a child care facility without the written permission of the child care facility administrator.
◦Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a child care facility.
◦Be present upon the real property of a public library without the written permission of the library administrator.
◦Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a public library.
◦Loiter on or within three hundred feet of the premises of any place intended primarily for the use of minors including but not limited to a playground available to the public, a children’s play area available to the public, recreational or sport-related activity area when in use by a minor, a swimming or wading pool available to the public when in use by a minor, or a beach available to the public when in use by a minor.
Registrants with adult victims are exempt from these restrictions.”
Good job, Iowa! Now let’s catch and convict them!
You can click on the symbol on the map which brings up the profile of the offender. Then click on the mug shots to the right.
Our River Forest Rd. offender like the Holiday season. His mug shots are from November, 2009, November, 2010, and December, 2011.
http://www.iowasexoffender.com/registrant/10995/?useraddress=166+brovan&usercity=evansdale&userstate=Iowa&range=2&type=map&mapformat=Map Results
Caveat emptor–I am not in any way accusing the above individual as I was using his profile as an example for how to navigate the sex offender maps.
Most Blinkers are probably well-versed in how these things work, but I am always learning.
According to twitter posts, police are now stopping cars to talk to drivers.
Cars backed up for blocks on roads by Meyers Lake. Officers questioning drivers and searching vehicles #evansdalesearch pic.twitter.com/CY2Ro5vV
https://twitter.com/timeinch/status/224936450104365057
Poor kids. I do have to say that a lot of fathers (and mothers) have mental health issues and criminal records and the majority of them do not kill their children. I don’t see anything that implicates dad here so far for anything but being a loser. While a parental kidnapping would be far better than a stranger abduction, I am leaning toward stranger abduction by some one who saw these girls together, may have even earned their trust to a degree through prior encounters and waited for the right opportunity. Speculation of course.
I found court records indicating Wylma Cook (Grandma) had temporary custody of Lyric’s brother Dillin up until 2007 and Heather Collins (Aunt & Elizabeth’s mother) had temporary custody of Lyric until 2007 also. Would like to know more about that. Also Misty (Mom) has a record also.
I am aware, and I agree all of the issues surrounding any possible drug connections must be run down.
B
sounds like LE doesn’t have much yet unfortunately.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57473199-504083/elizabeth-collins-lyric-cook-morrissey-authorities-grasping-for-straws-in-missing-iowa-girls-case-sheriff-deputy-says/
Help bring Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Morrissey home Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/dan.morrissey.752?ref=pb#!/pages/Help-Elizabeth-Colllins-and-Lyric-Morrissey-Come-Home/343346585739588
Troll?
Its widely known your view points are slanted one way and one way only…to get hits to this site. My opinion amongst others. Go to websleuths.com, a lot of people there say the same thing.
Either way, my point is, you will find some people to point the finger at and have there personal info spread throughout this site, which in itself, is highly unethical and of poor moral judgement. Thats my opion. Im sure your opinion differs, obviously.
Good luck.
You did not have an opinion because what you stated was false, and did not even apply to this case.
What did you offer in way of constructive information to progress this case? What did you indicate I reported in error?
If websleuths, the site where a moderator was a convicted sexual offender was allowed the very personal information of it’s users is your benchmark for similar opinion than I think you may be the one in need of luck. In fact, she was sent to heckle the Anthony’s and report live during a search effort.
Classy.
I am never offended by someone not liking me, I do admit it hurts my feelings when even the hater does not know why.
B
I see they are draining Meyer’s Lake and expect it to take 2-3 days. I so hope this case turns out good-but I am finally not naive enough anymore to really believe that…
http://www.kcrg.com/evansdaledisappearance
I’m still here on BOC-just in a quiet and pensive state.
Blink-you are an exemplary human for doing what you do every day. Without you pushing and doing all you can to get the word out on all these cases-they would simply fade into the woodwork within days.
To anyone who slams Blink and BOC—-getting the victims case and ALL info out there is often the only difference between a case that stays open and active and a case that goes cold. Which would you want for a loved one?
I think someone needs to address the disparity between Gramma saying she saw them on their bikes outside at 12:15PM, and a witness swerved to avoid their bikes minutes later.
Will haunt me forever- the Lisk girls and Jessica Lunsford. This case should have consulted a profiler by Saturday already.
B
My thoughts are with these two little girls.
I hate that this is what our society has become. I hate that my daughter will never know the freedom to really play outside and just be a kid.
Agreed.
B
The “Lake Meyer” link with the campground is NOT the correct lake. That’s 69 miles away from the Meyers Lake in Evansdale where the girls’ bikes were found. Link to map showing this: http://goo.gl/maps/cpKE
Correct.
B
Okay, I think we can assume than with his criminal record, the police have talked to Gangsta Dan (see wordgirl, I can spell, LOL) at this point, as well as other family members. Although he may remain a POI,
I think without any clear connection, we can rule him out. Obviously he’s not hiding the girls somewhere – he’s likely being watched.
Although I’m still holding out that the perp may be holding the girls at some location, alive. I don’t have much background on double abductions like this, usually it’s just one child. Crime statistics would say that they are likely dead by this point, but this case may be unusual in many respects.
I see that they are draining the lake. A waste of time IMHO, but I guess they have to. They’re not there. Neither did the perp bury them in the woods around the lake. Why? A fresh grave would have been found
by now, esp. by the dogs. I do wonder about that island in the lake though – how well have they searched it? Reachable only by boat.
I’m focused today on that campground near the north side of the lake.
Here’s more info –
38 sites total.
Self registration is permitted !!!
They have a playground and a baseball diamond.
Checkout time on Fridays is 3:00 PM !!!
And if you check the map, this lake/camping area backs up to local neighborhoods on the north and east sides.
In other words, this campground (as most would be) is a pedophile’s
dream come true. Do local kids play on the playground or use the
baseball field??? Likely.
Since they allow self registration, the perp could have used any name,
his ID’s would not have been checked, nor his criminal record.
And – he could have checked out and been gone by 3:00 !!!
A camper or van would be the ideal way to hide and transport kids out of the area with no questions asked.
One fact which is a defining one for me is the speed at which this was done, with no visible clues. We can assume, that if the bikes were found at 4:00, and they were reported missing around 2:00, then some kind of search was in progress (at the lake??) before 4:00.
That leaves a close window of 1:00 – 3:00 approx. for this deed to be done and vanish. Someone knew what they were doing and had done it before, IMHO. Again, family abductions are usually messy, with clues, prior threats, evidence, clothing, etc. This was professional.
Please tell me that the police DID search the campground and interview every single person that was there camping Friday.
As well as the registration records. Even Barney Fife would have done that.
I think the police suspect that this is a local and they have leads which they are keeping mum about so far. Blink agree??
One more thing, in today’s sick world, we can no longer assume that the person(s) who abduct children are pedophiles themselves. The perp may have drug debt, gambling debt. And he knows he can get thousands of dollars to sell a child to someone else he knows in his sleazy underworld. So – the issue becomes more complex as to motive. The cops search the perp’s home, etc. and find nothing. The girls are sold and in Florida in 24 hours. And so the perp is cleared??
This may not be the case here, but believe me it’s happening nationwide.
Just one bright note. In Laurel Co. Kentucky last week, a couple of parents were arrested for TRADING their infant child for a pickup truck. A pickup truck.
Sherlock
wrong lake Sherlock, it is in Evansdale. For the most part, this bike path ( nature trail) is visible from the road.
B
Oops, forgot to add the rest of my thought – so there is no campground, the lake really is just 26/27 acres (I’ve seen both mentioned), there doesn’t appear to be an island in the center (that’s the wrong lake), etc.
What tipped me off was that they wouldn’t have been draining a lake that they had fish habitats set up in…
Draining mentioned here:http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-clock-ticks-away-as-search-continues-for-two-missing/article_18411a90-cd32-11e1-a656-0019bb2963f4.html
Fish habitats (on wrong lake) mentioned here: http://www.winneshiekwild.com/maps-a-directions
I have a few concerns on the lake draining issue-
1. Typically, every professional search and recovery team knows that in the event both girls had drowned, given the time of day, conditions, and amount of park visitors, witnesses to the bikes on the path, etc, they would likely have been seen, and bodies that go into the water alive, float for a period, sink, and will re-surface ( intentionally vague).
2. It is unlikely the girls would swim with shoes on- no notation of anything on the waters edge, etc.
3. I continue to be bothered by the fact their is no mention of what the girls were last seen wearing. In cases where that is not known or clear, it usually has to do with some sort of disparity in witness account.
4. In the middle of the day- how likely is it that someone is going to discard not one but two bodies in what would almost have to be pre-concealment.
5. The only comments I have seen from family indicate the girls victimology profile says they did not ride their bikes where they were found- if LE is placing “all their eggs in this basket” I have to hope/believe it is based on non-public information. ie: Do they have a potential POI who tracks here?
Sigh.
B
Also mentioned in this article was that the purse was a mere ten feet from the bikes, not twenty yards – big discrepancy there. Curious why different reports are stating different locations. http://wcfcourier.com/app/special/missing_girls_map.jpg
This map, linked from the article, states that the bikes were found at 4:15pm. http://wcfcourier.com/app/special/missing_girls_map.jpg
Either way the purse is found inside the lake side of the fence, bikes are not.
Bikes would need two hands or to be carried if placed their following a criminal event, and the purse could have been tossed from a distance. Biggest disparity for me right now is that the girls and their bikes cannot be spotted in two different places at almost the same time.
B
Blink, hats off to you for posting this negative’s person’s posts! I would have hit the delete button.. we all appreciate your hard and diligent work… carry on with pride, as you deserve to be proud!!
I have a Question?
Actually a few Questions!
Who besides the Grandmother saw these children?
Is there a Grandfather in the pic if not does GM have a BF?
Does anyomne live in the house with Grandmother that would be around these two little girls?
Im not so sure these girls went to the lake and could the bikes have been put there sometime early morning to make it look like they went there?
peteinptown is one of the numerous anonymous on Peter Hyatts blog. While I wish peter would moderate his blog he has started to delete her crazy blink comments. If a page doesn’t load right you are blamed for hacking his site. Paranoia strikes deep…
People forget that when they leave comments on a statement analysis blog it is subject to analysis! It matters not the name you can differentiate from the language they use. One day “pete” will be offended by “Peter” and the cycle will begin anew.
Curious I find the use of “pete”.
On a separate note. Blink you and your family have been in my thoughts and prayers. Your strength and grace are an inspiration. My mother had a stroke and has been living with me for the last 2 months. I never let personal problems get in the way of work. Work is usually a wonderful distraction. This time my brain is in 10 different directions and when I think I will crack under the pressure I somehow pull it all together.(Of course I don’t have a fraction of your time management skills.) That you can sit down long enough to post a new case speaks volumes of your passion and dedication to the victims of these horrible crimes.
As the group searched, a bicyclist stopped the officers to say he saw the two kids bikes on the trail at about 12:20 p.m., but no sign of the children.
Ted Gamerdinger of Waterloo said he rides the trail often.
“I saw the bikes laying on the path and had to swerve to miss them,” Gamerdinger said. He then went to the Evansdale Police Department to report the sighting
Read More: http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-meyers-lake-being-drained-in-search-for-little-girls/article_18411a90-cd32-11e1-a656-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz20t2HpJpp
If he saw the bikes at 12 20 how did grandmother see them at 12 15?
I have been reading Blink since the beginning of Kyron. Now this! It is awful. For anyone following this case, the local paper has had the best source of information. http://www.wcfcourier.com. Also the local newstation is http://www.kwwl.com.
Here is a link to a story I found quite odd. http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/suspicious-item-brings-search-to-mitchell-pits/article_0bf2e65e-cfc3-11e1-9030-001a4bcf887a.html
Anyone town the Mitchell Sand Pits are known to be a place where people up to no good hang out.
I am praying for the safe return of Heather and Lyric.
Whoops am I embarrassed. Apologies to all. My first post and link was correct. Then I went searching to see if there was a campground on Google. “Lake Meyer” comes up mixed in with results for Meyer Lake.
There is an island in Lake Meyers though, it isn’t in the center but
NW corner.
I still do not believe the bikes were placed there. The purse/bag I have seen 10 feet, 25 yards and 20 feet all reported on major news sites. So who knows?
Other blogs and locals have also mentioned there is an opening in the
chain link fence due to a car crash – right near where the bike trail
comes close to I-380. Also reported was that the cell phone did not work for calls other than 911. The girl only played games on it.
The lack of clothing description bothers me also. That’s always the first thing they mention on the search posters isn’t it?? Or you might just have a grandmother who wasn’t paying good attention when they left. But surely the witnesses who saw them near the stores remember what they were wearing, right? Something isn’t right here.
One odd thing – on the “correct map” I believe the Big and Tall shop where they were spotted is in the opposite direction of the lake, which is south of their home. They would have to have turned around and rode the other way to get to the lake. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
I still find it hard to believe that someone grabbed two girls, put them and their bikes into a vehicle, then dumped the bikes – all at lunch hour in broad daylight. As Blink says, the bike trail is mostly visible from the road. I’m still putting a boat near the top of my possible list of concealment.
In order for this guy(s) to get two girls or bodies into a vehicle,
in broad daylight – the vehicle would have to have been awfully close.
Either parked on the shoulder of I-380, or maybe on Maiden’s Lane on the SE corner of the lake. The north side (opposite) of where the bikes were found looks way too open and public for those roads to be used. This perp was fast, too fast and well organized.
Hope there’s some news today.
Sherlock
Hopefully the profilers or a profiler are enroute now also.
Prayers for these beautiful little girls.
sooooo sad
http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-dogs-joining-search-iowa-cousins-8-10-070314862.html
I saw where the clothes were described and shoes. Lyric’s shoes, when put side-by-side showed a Sesame Street character. I’ll have to look for the link. Both were wearing shorts and one had flip flops and one had high tops.
Is anyone aware of other young girls who have “vanished” in the 100 mile radius of Lyric and Elizabeth’s town?
Here is the link where they describe what the girls were last seen wearingL http://www.examiner.com/article/search-continues-for-missing-iowa-girls-elizabeth-collins-lyric-cook-morrissey
CNN article updated at 11:19am today states that search dogs have been brought in. FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault said that the dogs did pick up a scent but couldn’t say what, if anything, the dogs led investigators to.
Why did they wait so long to bring in the dogs? Especially since scents fade and large numbers of volunteers and/or gawkers have probably been in the area in the time between the abduction and the dogs being brought in. Argh!
Also, there are two videos accompanying the CNN article. In one of the videos Misty Cook-Morrisey (mother of Lyric) and Daniel Morrisey appear together. Misty says that she has taken a polygraph “earlier that morning” but that Daniel has yet to take his. What is he waiting for?