Case No. 00088Hwy187
ON MONDAY MAY 11TH 2020 AT 0915HRS, I WAS CONTACTED BY ********** WHO WAS REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL HE HAD INTERACTED WITH ON SATURDAY MAY 9TH 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 2215HRS.
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********** TOLD ME ON SATURDAY MAY 11TH 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230HRS, HE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 187 FROM INTERSTATE-10 IN A COMPANY TOW TRUCK AND WAS HEADING BACK TO THE MESA, AZ AREA. APPROXIMATLEY 3 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE-10, HE SAID HE SAW A FEMALE WALKING NORTHBOUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THOUGHT IT WAS ODD SO HE CONTACTED HIS DISPATCHER TO LET THEM KNOW HE WOULD BE STOPPING TO CONTACT HER. HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS OK. SHE TOLD HIM HER VEHICLE HAD BROKEN DOWN AND NO ONE WAS ANSWERING THEIR PHONE SO SHE DECIDED TO WALK HOME SINCE SHE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE. HE ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND SHE TOLD HIM QUEEN CREEK. HE THEN ASKED HER WHERE HER CAR WAS AND OFFERED TO TOW IT FOR HER AND SHE SAID SHE COULDN’T REMEMBER AND SEEMED CONFUSED BY THE QUESTION. HE SAID IT WAS SOMEWHAT OUT OF HIS WAY BUT DECIDED TO OFFER HER A RIDE TO BE NICE SINCE SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO WALK FOR HOURS IF HE DIDN’T. WHEN HE ASKED, IF SHE WANTED A RIDE, SHE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING AND JUST GOT INTO THE VEHICLE. ********** THEN RADIOED HIS DISPATCH AND GAVE HER THE STARTING MILES AND ASKED THE FEMALE FOR HER NAME AT WHICH POINT SHE SAID XXXXX. THE DISPATCHER ASKED FOR HER LAST NAME AS WELL AND SHE SAID “MY NAME IS **********”. DURING THE DRIVE BACK, ********** SAID HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK TO HER BUT SHE WOULD NEVER SAY MORE THAN A FEW WORDS. HE ALSO SAID SHE WOULD NEVER LOOK AT HIM AND WOULD ONLY LOOK DIRECTLY AHEAD OR TOWARDS THE PASSENGER WINDOW. AS HE APPROACHED THE 4 WAY STOP AREA OF N. GILBERT ROAD AND E. HUNT HWY, HE SAID CLAIRE ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WHICH SURPRISED HIM SINCE IT WAS NOT THE AREA WHERE SHE HAD REQUESTED TO BE DROPPED OFF. HE ASKED IF SHE WAS SURE SINCE SHE WAS STILL RATHER FAR FROM QUEEN CREEK AND SHE SAID “YES, I NO LONGER NEED THE HELP.” HE SAID HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THEN WALKED EASTBOUND ON E. HUNT HWY. HE RADIOED HIS DISPATCH TO LET THEM KNOW HE WAS NO LONGER TRANSPORTING AND THEN LEFT THE AREA.
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********** STATED HE HAD CONTACTED ME BECAUSE HE FOUND THE ENCOUNTER WITH ********** VERY ODD AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD FIND ANY INFORMATION ON HER. HE STATED HE DIDN’T WANT TO CONTACT HER DIRECTLY, HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE MADE IT TO WHERE SHE WAS GOING. I TOLD HIM WE DO NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION SUCH AS PHONE NUMBERS OR ADDRESSES FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT HER AND IF SHE WAS CONTACTED, WE WOULD LET HIM KNOW. ********** SAID THAT WAS FINE SO A SEARCH WAS INITIATED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US.
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THE NAME ********** WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM USING DIFFERENT NAME AND AGE VARIATIONS WITH THE SEARCH AREA OF QUEEN CREEK AND THEN ARIZONA AS A WHOLE. NONE OF THE NAME VARIATIONS MATCHED THE AGE RANGE SEARCHED (26 – 34) FOR THE LOCATION OF QUEEN CREEK AND FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARIZONA. ONLY ONE NAME VARIATION WAS CONNECTED TO A QUEEN CREEK ADDRESS BUT THIS PERSON WAS SHOWN TO BE LISTED AS A MISSING PERSON (UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES) FROM 1975.
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I CONTACTED ********** AND ADVISED HIM OF THE INFORMATION WE FOUND IN OUR DATABASE SYSTEM AND ADVISED HIM WE FOUND NO ONE THAT MATCHED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS CERTAIN ABOUT HER AGE AND HE SAID “YES, MORE THAN CERTAIN. THERE’S NO WAY SHE WAS OLDER THAN 22.” BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND KNOWING PEOPLE CAN SOMETIMES MISJUDGE AGE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITH LOW LIGHTING, I SHOWED HIM THE INFORMATION FROM THE MISSING PERSON LISTING FROM 1975 AND ASKED HIM IF THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO LOOKED LIKE HER AND HE SAID “YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE HER BUT THERE’S NO WAY. MAYBE THAT’S HER MOM BUT THIS GIRL WAS YOUNG MAN AND NOT IN HER 60’S.”
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THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISSING PERSON CASE WAS CONTACTED WERE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE ********** AND THEY STATED ********** WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HER UNCLES HOUSE IN TUCSON AND WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ARRIVED HOME AT HER SISTER’S HOME IN QUEEN CREEK AROUND 2100 BUT NEVER SHOWED. HER VEHICLE WAS ALSO NEVER FOUND. THEY ALSO STATED THE LAST KNOWN RELATIVE OF THE ********** HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
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NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN AND DUE TO THE UNUSUAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT, THIS CASE IS TO BE PLACED IN THE 918 FILES.