Anytime a child or adult goes missing, especially locally, I wonder how I would handle such a trajedy. Not knowing where they went, where they are, if they are still alive — it must be a burdened existence.
When I saw that skeletal remains — likely of an adult woman — were found east of Idaho Falls, despite the grim subject matter, I was oddly happy; it’s probable that a family, somewhere, will soon find closure, or at least something closer to it.
As I observe families who suffer the loss of a loved one due to an accident or sudden ilness, I’ve noticed they are able to find peace and move forward. But for those who lose someone without any sense of understanding about their disappearance, I gather the not knowing becomes more painful than the loss of that person.
I can’t imagine the flood of emotions that the families of both Stephanie Eldredge and Amber Hoopes are experiencing right now, waiting for the results of this investigation. Would they be relieved if the remains are those of their loved one? Or would the devastation of knowing she’s not alive anymore cloud the relief? Perhaps it’s some of both.
At any rate, it must be a mighty struggle for these families, who I believe are needing our prayers and support right now.
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. Plus that leaves me a day to spend money elsewhere, so yes, there is money to be made on Sunday.
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Hopefully an arrest is made soon.
Is anyone else as disgusted as I am over Nancy Grace and Utah media who keep floating the idea that this could actually be Susan Powell. By all accounts this body was completely skeletonized meaning it could not be Powell yet the notion keeps getting floated as “authorities do not believe its Susan Powell but . . . . . . . . . ” Do they even care how much pain they cause everyone. It makes it obvious they don’t care a whit about Stephanie Eldredge and it hurts the Powell family by continuously planting the idea in their mind.
Top ↑I don’t see how anyone can watch Nancy Grace for more than 5 minutes without wanting to run screaming. I’m sick to death of these glamorized newscasts and I just don’t watch them any more.
Top ↑when a corpse is left outdoors they decompose very quickly, so saying that it couldn’t be someone because they haven’t been gone long enough (only a few months) isn’t saying much
and no, I don’t listen to loud mouth nancy grace
Top ↑I’m pretty sure the police have a lot of background in how quickly a corpse can decompose, especially in the winter when the cold and snow will stop decomposition (why do you think they put bodies on ice?). Susan Powell disappeared just a few months ago in winter. As such there is 0.0000% chance this skeleton is Powell.
I guess Windy must be a Nancy Grace fan.
Top ↑which part of “no, I don’t listen to loud mouth nancy grace” did you not understand, anon?
had the corpse only been on the ground for a few months before being discovered, it could have gone through many days and nights of multiple freezes and de-thawing, coverage by snow storms, melts, all helping in rapid decomposing.
Top ↑Not so, Anonymous. Corpses, especially the unburied, continue to decompose during cold weather due to the warming/freezing cycles, abrasion from wind carrying ice and dirt, UV exposure and many other natural phenomena.
Scavenging feral dogs, badgers, foxes and coyotes can make short work of a body in all temps and weathers as well.
Only in the most extreme cases, where a body is buried in permafrost or is at altitude above 20,000 feet, does decomp slow. Even then, all the moisture is eventually gone, leaving a mummy behind, and mummification is a form of decomp like any other.
Even so, you’re right. After such a short time, Powell would probably still be recognizable, most likely, if only to a trained person.
Top ↑I realize there is an investigation going on, but I’d like to hear what kind of evidence was at the scene to lead the police to knowing it’s a homicide investigation now.
What’s curious about the Nancy Grace thing is how much press time she gave Susan Powell, missing mother in Utah, to about zilch press time to our missing mother of 3 in Idaho.
Top ↑Probably because the missing Utah mother is a recent cause while Ms. Eldridge’s case was a few years old. Hopefully our local detectives will now find, soon the person(s) who abducted and murdered her.
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