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Updated at 12:49 a.m. ET: LOS ANGELES -- A body found floating in the water off the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast is that of missing diver Rebecca Weiss, who disappeared a week ago, authorities confirmed late Saturday.
Coroner Investigator Elissa Fleak said the body had been identified as that of Weiss, 50, of Marina del Rey.
No cause of death was available, and the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner will complete an autopsy in the next few days, Fleak said at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Authorities had said earlier Saturday that the body appeared to be that of a drowning victim.
If the death was accidental, that would potentially calm speculation surrounding the disappearance of Weiss, an experienced free diver from Marina del Rey who frequented the waters off Palos Verdes.
Homicide investigators were on the scene in the rocky waters below Terranea Resort after authorities got a call at 11:37 a.m. stating a body had been discovered in the water, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. John Wolak said.
Lt. Holly Francisco, who spoke with reporters on site Saturday afternoon, said recreational divers first spotted the body, which was found to be wearing diving gear.
Francisco could not at the time confirm the dead person's identity or its gender.
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Weiss' family members were in the area when the body was found.
"They did not identify the diver that was located in the water, but they were here passing out missing-persons fliers where their family member was last diving," Francisco said.
Francisco said Los Angeles Fire Department responders pulled the body from the water.
Wolak said he wasn't sure exactly where the body was found, but the call came from someone at or near Terranea, a luxury resort at the former site of Marineland of the Pacific (map).
The lower portion of the resort, which sits on land above a cliff, had been cordoned off as detectives searched for evidence, Francisco said.
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Volunteers on Saturday had planned to pass out fliers in an effort to find out what happened to Weiss, 50, who disappeared after she apparently went diving alone off Rancho Palos Verdes on Aug. 11.
Weiss was supposed to be back by 5 p.m., according to her husband, 60-year-old Alan Weiss, who reported her missing that night. He said that when she did not return as scheduled, he went to the area where they go diving.
Her car and a diving bag were found nearby, but her cellphone and keys remain missing, sheriff's officials said.
Sheriff’s officials have questioned the husband in the case, but detectives do not consider him a suspect in his wife’s disappearance.
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"The husband of Rebecca is not considered a suspect. He's been cooperative with investigators," Francisco said Saturday.
She added that investigators believed Rebecca Weiss had been diving alone.
In an interview earlier in the day, before the body was found, Weiss' mother, Vilma Causey, said she would have a hard time believing her daughter would go diving alone.
"We have number-one rule. I dive myself, and we say there has to be a buddy -- somebody with you -- at all times," Causey said.
Authorities had hoped a surveillance camera near where her car was found might shed more light on Weiss' disappearance.
The family of Rebecca Weiss, who went missing last week while reportedly free diving, are questioning the story of her husband -- who was the last person to see her – though police have ruled him out as a suspect. NBC News' Diana Alvear reports.
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I can't imagine driving to the beach wearing a wet suit in CA heat, even if she had a super air conditioner! Presumably she would then drive home in a sandy, saltwater filled suit? Sounds strange to me.
I dive and only wear the wet suit when I'm going to be in the water.
They do come off!
The water tends to be cool...year around....CALI is known for cooler water...it is not like Florida (thank the heavens)...:)
Moron? You missed the point entirely! I have dived from northern CA to Cabo, and know the water is cold, but I have never found a situation that made driving a car in a wet suit sound like a good idea.
Calling someone a moron for that (even as your screen name)? Geez, try decaf...moron.
"Moron" this story as it developes. News at 11...
BRANXOZ.............. Good one!
coldfoot is a moron: If you are attempting to troll, don't give up your day job. If that was for real, see a mental health expert ... soon.
Oh my, what a word to use! Such loose mouth, u idiot! How's that feel, moron-sayer? I'm just a reader but yet it offended me to hear u blurt out such word for a simple comment.
I agree, only an silly nut would drive to the beach with their wet suit on. I am a certified Rescue Diver, and a wet suit is very hot and sweaty outside of the water. I don't know anyone who would wear one to the beach. You put it on when it's time to suit up. Anyone who actually thinks it's normal to wear one in the car while you're driving to the beach or dive site is a certified banana. Gack!
Anyway, from what little I have read, it seems that something sinister is going on here. Perhaps, if the body is hers, someone may have done her in. It will be interesting to see how this gets played out. But my sincere condolences to her family.
Husband did it.
^ Epic rant without merit.
No one would drive to their dive site in their wetsuit. Another thing, Terranea is a popular resort. I find it hard to believe that by the time the husband realized she was missing someone else would have found her purse, etc. that he claimed to have found first. They were located by a bridge not in a place where she could have kept a watch on them. Come on now. What woman leaves her purse outside out of view?
People wear wetsuits in their car all the time ... I don't find it particularly comfortable unless it's actually cold out but I still think you're all grasping at straws for intrigue.
I live in So. Cali and it has been in the mid 90's to over 100, even in the beach towns. That info is for moron.
Like Coldfoot and many others, my first thought was who would drive from MDR to PV (a 40 minute drive) in their wetsuit, especially knowing they'd probably want to pee before getting in the cold water and what an ordeal that's going to be in a public or gas station restroom.
Then I wondered why were her keys missing: suppose she was murdered before she left home, and her killer drove her in the trunk of her car to Palos Verdes, dumping her body just before arriving at the location where her car was found, but the killer made the mistake of using of their own key to the BMW to drive the car, leaving Rebecca's keys back at the house. They could not leave their key with the car because that would put them at the crime scene so they took their keys home with them, driving their own car which they'd left nearby earlier in the day, then collected Rebecca's keys and returned to Palos Verdes where they were "found".
It could have been suspicious that Rebecca neither received nor made any calls on her cell phone on the way to her dive (assuming she had hands free in her BMW X5) so that's why her phone was missing. But they can ping the cell phone towers to find out where her phone was at various times in the afternoon/evening. My guess is they'll find it was at MDR until long after she went missing, only making its way to PV in the evening.
No disrespect intended to Rebecca's loved ones with this speculation. My sincere condolences to you.
......The beach area "thief", would of taken "everything"!!! Oops........the keys, and the cell phone. That keys scenario makes sense, but to add to the cell phone, besides the pings, is the history or record of all the calls. Oops, no one can get in there and "erase" the calls, and Oops I forgot to "plant" her keys. The mother in-law said she hadn't talked to him, during the ordeal. So what, if the police say he was cooperative. "Britin-la, your a regular "Columbo" brilliant!!!!
The question would be, when did she put on the wetsuit? If she was not wearing it when she died, it would mean someone would have had to put it on her. Putting a wetsuit on a dead body would be very, very hard!
So, if it was murder, it's more likely that she did have a dive buddy who killed her while they were out in the water and then left the scene. Or, that she was wearing the wetsuit and was killed before she got in the water, then was put into the water. That would be hard to manage without witnesses seeing it happen.
I'm thinking accidental drowning is the most likely explanation, but would she really have gone diving alone?
As a PADI certified diver she should have known the risks of diving alone. If a wave or swell throws you against a rock hitting your head and resulting in unconsciousness, you can drown quite quickly.
But, apparently not as quickly as people are willing to condemn the husband for murder! Shortly after college I was called for jury duty in my city. It turned out to be a double murder case. There was only circumstantial evidence (weak money motive) and no prints on the gun used, no witnesses, really nothing concrete placing the young black man with no alibi at the scene. When we jurors took the straw poll when first entering the jury room - all but 3 of us already had the young man Guilty! It took two days for the guilty group to get us 3 past what Reasonable Doubt means, to get him convicted before the upcoming holiday weekend.
I was so disgusted that I vowed I would never do jury duty again. Apparently many commentors here have nothing better to do than try this unfortunate woman's husband based on a news story. It is entirely possible that this was a preventable accident and the husband loved her & is distraught about her death. I don't understand all the reading into this by the public that is going on. Why not let the police sort it out? Do you think there is that great of an error rate by our Law Enforcement in the U.S.?
OK I HAVE READ THIS FOUR TIMES NOW...........WHERE IN THE HELL DOES IT SAY SHE DROVE TO THE BEACH IN A WET SUIT? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE SOMEONE SAYS SOME BS STATEMENT THEN IT BECOMES FACT...............THIS IS THE ONLY THING I SEE ABOUT DIVING GEAR.
Lt. Holly Francisco, who spoke with reporters on site Saturday afternoon, said recreational divers first spotted the body, which was found to be wearing diving gear. SO...........SHE WAS WEARING DIVING GEAR IN THE WATER WHEN THE OTHER DIVERS FOUND HER..............VERY STRANGE INDEED. JESUS PEOPLE GET A GRIP
now she has a bmw? i read stories about this by abc,nbs,assoc. press, san jose news etc. never found one mention about a bwm until someone said it here..............sounds like you know more than the news has said................where were you the night she disappeared? sounds like u may be going to the gas chamber instead of the hubby.
OKAY everybody (cunninglinguist for example), let's put this wetsuit ordeal to rest! If you read the original report (found at nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Volunteers-Rebecca-Weiss-Missing-Diver-Rancho-Palos-Verdes-166637396.html), the second-to-last paragraph states that she was last seen leaving her house WEARING A WETSUIT, in her BMW. There you go.
Anyway, it amazes me how fast people want to condemn the husband. The autopsy hasn't even been performed yet. Can't we at least wait for this level of suspicion until everything has been completed? I mean, it IS possible that despite what the mother thinks, Weiss may have become over-confident in her abilities and chose to dive alone, regardless of the risks. Momentary negligence may have cost her her life. And nowhere does the article say that the husband found her diving bag or who found it at all; it simply says that the bag "was found nearby." Who knows where the keys and cell phone are... Maybe someone else came across them and stole the phone and tossed the keys, or maybe she had them hidden in the rocks and they're still hidden. The fact that they are missing doesn't necessarily mean the husband is guilty of something. Goodness gracious.
"Weiss was an experienced free diver from Marina del Rey"
If she was diving alone as they 'think' she was..that's not an experienced diver.
Mike277,
Being an experienced diver does not negate the possibility that she dove alone. If she did, it just means she would have been an arrogant, foolish, experienced diver. I have a friend who is a master diver and frequently dives alone. He's foolish and arrogant but he is also very experienced.
>> OKAY everybody (cunninglinguist for example), let's put this wetsuit ordeal to rest! If you read the original report (found at nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Volunteers-Rebecca-Weiss-Missing-Diver-Rancho-Palos-Verdes-166637396.html), the second-to-last paragraph states that she was last seen leaving her house WEARING A WETSUIT, in her BMW. There you go.
As I read this story and post this message it is 9am Sunday August 19, 2012 PDT. A caption under the picture at the above story states: "Michelle Valles reports from Rancho Palos Verdes for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2012." I assume they mean SATURDAY August 18, 2012.
If the reporter can't get the day of the week correct in their story, it makes it difficult to trust other details as being factual.
I have worn my DRYSUIT to dives sites some 35 minutes away just to avoid getting dressed at the dive sites. Not very often but I have done it so wearing the wetsuit is certainly not out of the question. Also it is possible she was only wearing the bottom half, not the jsacket while driving.
coldfoot is a moron banned for creating an account simply to assault another user.
Britinla presents a compelling case, although JayEll has a good point that it would be difficult to put a wetsuit on a DB - but not impossible. My biggest question is if hubby killed her at home, how did he drag the body from the car and into the water in daytime without being observed?
Could be Amelia Earhart!
Something smells fishy maybe they need to look at the husband.
Too bad she was found in full dive gear still in the ocean, genius.
That is her snatch you are smelling
The husband did it.....I have no doubt
Good point! Put him in the gas chamber and kill him and make him die! After all, some random guy from the internet is so sure of her husband's involvement, there could be no other possibility.
FlashLV, everyone has a right to their opinion, isn't that what this comment section is for? I'm sure many others believe the same of the husband. Why get so p..sy about it?
Kind of quick to jump to conclusions, there, aren't ya? What if the husband was innocent (which by all known accounts there is no reason to assume otherwise)? How horrible would he feel, not only having lost his wife, but to have been found guilty in the kangaroo court of opinion?
I believe the husband may have done her in. For one thing, he went to the place where She dives. They could have argued. Also, if it was a stranger, why wouldn't they take the car, not just the keys. Or, another possibility is that She was having an Affair with some nut. An accidental drowning is certainly possible, but, not plausible for an experienced diver. They need to take a closer look at the Husband. If She was driving a BMW, she was loaded!!
I think I introduced a few possibilities. And, SHE WAS RICH!!! Motive?? He went there, allegedly at 6:00, or.....maybe SOONER!! This would be called MEANS!! and OPPORTUNITY!! And, at least 90% of murders are commited by people the victim knows. Finally, from reading these posts, there are quite a few people who agree with me. But, thank you so much for your thoughtful post FlashLV.
I suppose you're probably right. Here's what we should do: Get rid of the court system and appeals process, and let random people on the internet who have absolutely no involvement in the case whatsoever be the deciding factor. After all, people who jump to conclusions, having no evidence at hand by any possible measure, yeah, they're the ones who know best.
Good point.
I guess everyone just skips through the story reading bits and pieces .....
"Sheriff’s officials have questioned the husband in the case, but detectives do not consider him a suspect in his wife’s disappearance."
Sounds like he has an alibi or something. Accidents do happen; so sad we live in a world that anytime someone dies everyone is positive that it is murder. One more reason why people are taught to never swim alone.
With all due respect, Jeffrey, you're taking somewhat of an unpopular approach, and you've got a stern talking-to coming your way.
Why should people have to be bothered by taking the time to read the article and introduce themselves to the facts when they already know the outcome? Skip the mundane "comprehension" aspect of the situation at hand, and put the husband in the gas chamber already. Jesus, it's not that hard.
Bush did it !!!!!!!!
You missed your calling, pldp19-799961, with such a mind as that u should have been a cop! Solve the case quickly and go back to eating donuts.
Good Gawd. To pixie1, pldp19-79996 and mickib, As you said (pixie1), everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Fine. Then the rest of us are entitled to judge you as a dunce for forming an opinion with ZERO evidence to support your conclusion.
It boggles the mind that a person diving, at their known diving spot, could die in a case where everything appears to be an accidental drowning and yet the numb skull meter on newsvine pegs out and you find a way to turn it into murder.
Diver rule #1 -- NEVER go diving alone. Always have a dive buddy.
That was the first rule I learned as well. Way to many horror stories about people getting killed by diving alone. Free diving or tank diving, it doesn't matter.
exactly what I was thinking who knows what happened to her.
My ex was a skin diver and you never dive alone, you have to have a diving buddy. I don't believe she would drive out there to skindive totally alone.
What a bunch of BS ,"you never dive alone". I have nearly a thousand solo dives. I have far fewer buddy dives.
Free diving alone? I do it all of the time and even drive home in a wet wetsuit. I just unzip the top and put on a shirt with the bottom on a towel in the car. Get home, wet suit isn't dripping, go into shower take it off and wash it off. Big deal.
I always dive with a facemask and snorkel along with fins. With the wetsuit, facemask, I definitely float.
I was laughing pretty hard when I thought you had written "I always drive with a facemask and snorkel along with fins..."
Too bad I went back and read it correctly. It's not nearly as humorous.
Yet another day and another story where a man is killing a woman...can we please put men back into the evolution cooker please? violence and agression and ego...so sick of it....Weak cowards.
Geez, thank you, Gloria Steinem, for your pin headed generalization of men. Sounds like bitter misandrists like yourself need a bit more time in the "evolution cooker." We're sick of the likes of you, as well.
Your feelings of anger, hostility, or animosity for men is so sad. Get a life!
Texas teacher ( Women, not a man) sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five students.
I think H3321278 is just referring to the majority of incidences. Let her say her piece....
Man haters. Gack! Didn't I read on MSN news last week about a couple who were going to get married, but on the same day in their apartment the woman stabbed her soon to be husband in the heart, not once, but twice. She murdered him. When she as being questioned by police, she sobbed that she didn't mean to hurt him. Wow. Maybe she needed to go back to that evolution cooker. Make no mistake about it, some men do have problems, but women have just as many. Furthermore, this isn't a man vs. woman issue. This is a human problem where people behave poorly, and we are all guilty on some level. You man haters need to put a sock in it.
There is no indication that a man had anything to do with this womans disappearance. Quit slamming all men, there are good men and bad men, and good women and bad women. So sick of women slamming guys all the time, it makes all women look like man haters.
Don't forget, when it comes to killing their kids, Moms beat Dads hands down.
At least when men kill, they are punished. If a man kills a baby, it is called 'infanticide,' and he is executed or imprisoned for life (rightly so). If a woman kills a baby, it is called 'postpartum blues,' and she is sentenced to a book deal and the talk-show circuit. When a man murders, he is a killer; when a woman murders, she is 'troubled.'
H3321278, you are another great detective! you can go back to eating your donuts since u solved the case about it being a man. Just wondering, why is everyone condemning before the autopsy?
H3321278 shouldnt you be doing laundry or making breakfast instead of posting on the internet? im sure there is something you could clean.
Uncle Henry: While I do not agree at all with what H3321278 said, seeing as how women are generally pretty good about those sorts of things, her laundry is probably done, breakfast is probably made, and everything is most likely already clean. I mean no offense, but your comment makes me wonder what it is you should be doing instead of posting on the internet as well.
I use a co2 powered floatation device when diving alone - because my regular life insurance doesn't pay on a scuba diving death therefore my loss would be a real tragedy.
You're breaking the basic rule of diving: Never dive alone, always have a buddy. Believing a CO2 floatation device will save your life is leaning on a broken reed. It may, however, allow your remains to be recovered if the shark isn't intent on consuming you whole.
There's always one who believes himself above the rules. Good luck with that.
Oldandtried,
The trouble with a power co2 flotation device is that you have to be conscience to use it, and most free divers are aware of the biggest risk in their sport which is shallow water blackouts. I SCUBA dive and I've met many divers who do it solo (dangerous to say the least), but I've never met a free diver who would risk it without someone else at least on a boat nearby.
Anyways, even if she was willing to go it alone, who in the heck drives in a wetsuit, especially in South Cal.
Plus there is the danger of entanglement in the kelp or in a lost fishing net.
Though I agree 100% with you all regarding never diving alone. There are devices out there specifically for freedivers to prevent drowning from a blackout. One that comes to mind is called the Recovery Vest, think it was designed by Terry Maas. You do not have to be conscience to use it. However it's pretty $$$.
Anyway, I was thinking that it is possible she hid her keys and phone near her entry site rather than have them with her in the water. Sometimes you hide the keys in a secret spot on your car but if the parking lot (or where ever you park) is crowded you won't want anyone to see you do that.
I hope there's no foul play involved. Really sad.
Yeah, ghost nets are a real danger up in our waters too.
Yes, one can be lucky 1001 times. Then comes that 1002nd time and luck runs out. My cousin died on a boat in a tragic water accident, right in front of his father who was unable to save him.
You think you're invulnerable but you are not. You're living meat until you die, and die you surely will. If you continue to break the safety rules, that will be sooner rather than later.
I am sure there was life insurance on this woman. The husband probably had a secret policy.
Time will tell. If it were me diving, I would hide my keys and phone near some rocks and pick them up when I was heading back to my car. They need to search for her phone pings to locate it. If they can't find her phone and keys, then something is up. The autopsy will show is she drowned or was killed before she went into the water. Her parents said, she would not dive alone, but why not, if she feels confident in her own ability to do so?
I just feel awful for her parents, her mom lost her only child, and in her old age, when she needs her the most. Nothing more painful than losing a child.
You're absolutely right. Losing a child is the hardest thing.
Oh good lord. Here we go again. Another missing wife or girlfriend story. So, who else saw her drive off in a wetsuit? Who in the heck wears their wetsuit on the way to the dive site? I can understand putting it on once you get there or even having it halfway on while you're driving. I'm just thinking about needing to use the bathroom (although we all know we pee in our wetsuits from time to time). And the keys and her cellphone are missing? It doesn't make any sense at all. If I went diving alone (which, by the way, is one of the cardinal rules of diving--ALWAYS HAVE A DIVE BUDDY!), I would either put my key around my neck under my wetsuit, or in a pocket, or in a key lock box connected to my car. As for the cell phone, I guess I would take it with me in case there was an emergency and place it in a waterproof bag, but I don't know how those fair in say 50 feet of water. Otherwise, I would just leave my cell in the car.
So, it all comes down to foul play. Did she have an insurance policy? Did he mess with her air before she went diving? Did he hire another diver to kill her while she was diving? This just seems too fishy to me. I'd like to hear the outcome of this one.
As I look back at the story, has anyone noticed that the caption next to her pic reads, "snorkeler", while the story keeps referring her as the "diver"? Those are two different things.
She was" free diving" no air used!
Snorkeling is diving. Look it up.
URKiddinme, Yes. It gives you an idea of the quality of the article. If you read through the entire article, she was referred to as on scuba, a snorkeler, and a free diver. Not saying it would be impossible to do it all at once, but my first thought when seeing it in print was of those cartoons of a "one man band".
Scuba: Taking contained air at high pressure regulated down to a breathable level enabling the lungs to expand against the water pressure at depth.
Snorkeling: Breathing surface air through a tube for puttering around on the surface with relatively shallow dives down and used by scuba folks to save air while on the surface.
Free Diving: Believe it or not, an actual sport complete with competitions and records engaged in by people that are either totally insane, have really huge lungs, or really huge cojones, or a combination of all three. The last I heard, the record, held by a woman, was over 400 feet. This is done with no air other than what is taken in on the surface and holding it all the way down (with the assistance of heavy weights) while on a line, releasing the weights and swimming back up with the assistance of the buoyancy of the wet-suit. It kinda makes you wonder if those that refer to breasts as "lungs" may unwittingly have a point.
Knowing which of the three she was actually doing would go a long way to pointing to a cause of death.
5 will get you 10 the husband did it. I'll bet he wanted a divorce, and he didn't want to part with his money. Any bets?
He needs to get in touch with Perry Mason right quick
And yet he is not a suspect... And by now they have reviewed the camera footage from the area, so quick to judge.
And by the way Eddie, if you have not been through a divorce and been raped by the court do not judge so harshly. She may have asked because she wanted another man, you never know until you reasearch it.
>> OKAY everybody (cunninglinguist for example), let's put this wetsuit ordeal to rest! If you read the original report (found at nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Volunteers-Rebecca-Weiss-Missing-Diver-Rancho-Palos-Verdes-166637396.html), the second-to-last paragraph states that she was last seen leaving her house WEARING A WETSUIT, in her BMW. There you go.
As I read this story and post this message it is 9am Sunday August 19, 2012 PDT. A caption under the picture at the above story states: "Michelle Valles reports from Rancho Palos Verdes for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2012." That is NOT possible. Perhaps Michelle WILL be reporting from that location at that time, or was reporting there on SATURDAY ...
If the reporter can't get the day of the week correct in their story, it makes it difficult to trust other details as being factual.
Can't afford to gamble,ex-wife took all my money.
Never swim or dive alone. Never hunt alone. Always cell phone when you leave, get there and check in periddically.
Fredumb isnt what it is craxked up to be
Really, never hunt alone?? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Plop.
reply to coldfoot is a moron. just got back from the beach in LA and it was 85 degrees! Clown
No way would I wear a wetsuit while driving to the beach. Would probably die from heat stroke.
She might have been a few blocks from the beach, I don't know thew area but this could be the case.
Like i said white people kill for the insurance money. And they always get caught.
Hahahahaha!!! That is a funny comment! I like that!
Really really tired of all the negative. Can't we just comment without name calling??? It's opinion folks, opinion. At least no one has blamed Obama. Thank goodness ;>.
Anyway, I guess Alan Weiss can meet up with the Peterson guys and compare notes. It seems wives just disappear for no apparent reason and either end up dead or missing. I would think there could be a better solution like maybe a one way ticket to Bora Bora. Much nicer.
Oh, forgot my opinion on this. I guess Alan Weiss can meet up with the Peterson men and compare notes. Wives just disappear and either end up dead or never found. Isn't there another solution? Maybe a one way ticket to Bora Bora or something???
Something isn't right here. Why would the keys etc be missing. Do divers take them under water?
Depends. Newer electronic keys (the sort that cost $125 each) can't get wet or they fail. Some folks have magnetic key holders they keep in a wheel well, but again this doesn't work with the new electronic keys. A regular aluminum key could easily go underwater. For a while.
Yes, divers take their keys with them on the dive (unless they have buttons that mustn't get wet). Most wetsuits have a key pouch built in for that very purpose. It's inside the wetsuit so that the key can't fall out during the dive. If her key was the type that must not be gotten wet, she most likely would have locked her car and then hidden the key outside of the car so that she could retrieve it after the dive. It wouldn't be too surprising if her car key was found with her cell phone, which would also have been left behind to keep it dry.
Since she was driving a BMW, her key is surely a smart key. It may even be the sort that has a remote control on the key itself. Those are more costly than smart keys.
Condolences to her family and friends. I hope there was nothing sinister involved here. It could just be a tragic accident. People drown while diving fairly regularly, its a dangerous hobby/profession. There are a lot of things that can go wrong, and it isnt very forgiving when they do. That said, its always important to investigate and make sure stories add up.
RIP
What about her dog? I saw her mother on the news stating that her daughter always had her little dog with her, everywhere she went. Did they ever locate the dog or if the dog was found wandering alone? These reports don't even mention the dog. That could be a vital clue, perhaps.
Traditionally, dogs do not SCUBA or snorkel, as it is really difficult to get a good seal on their mouth.
After reading all the replies in this thread about men killing women, women having sex with students, students killing men and women, men and women having sex with dead students, morons, etc... it is difficult to remember what the story was originally about?????:)
very true but regardless of "name calling" whether this or that was done or not, there was a death of a woman here.....heartbreaking for any family, may she RIP and allow the investigation go on
I guess it's too much to ask that we wait for at least a few more facts before we lynch the husband. They are reviewing the cameras in the area and they think the husband is not a suspect at this time. If you were there and saw who did it then call the police, otherwise wait for the investigation to be complete. So many on this vine jump to conclusions before the facts are in please wait and see. And for all those that think there are soo many man hate crimes look into the history of it and you will find that the percentage ( not the quantity) does not vary much from year to year.
it occurred to me that divers should wear some kind of ID tag that will not easily come off... and I should probably do the same when I snorkel... just a thought
Good idea, Greg, but how?
A torso tattoo would work for most body identifications.
This story sounds fishy.
Does he still have to pay alimony?
An unidentified woman's body was found.I love all of the armchair detectives creating their own synopsis without knowing who the deceased is yet.
C'mon, it's obvious she faked her own murder to get revenge on her husband.. she'll be laughing incognito when they send him away!
Clever trick to fake her own body.