Up and Vanished

4 | Snapdragon Road

Sep 27, 2016
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ANECDOTE

Crawl-Space Dig After Anonymous Tip

  • Payne Lindsay and team crawled under a house in Ocilla to collect soil after a tip suggested a body might be buried there.
  • They filled paper bags with soft mound soil and found white chalky pieces that looked like lime.
INSIGHT

Mound's Shape And Forensic Caution

  • The soft dirt mound matched human-body dimensions and contained white, chalky material resembling lime used in body disposal myths.
  • Maurice and Payne treated the samples with chain-of-custody procedures for forensic testing.
ANECDOTE

GBI Search And Conflicting Finds

  • After the private search, Erwin County and the GBI searched the same crawl space and reportedly found five bones and a pair of panties according to a local source.
  • The GBI later told media they believed the bones were animal remains and sent samples for testing.
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