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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 8:37 am    Post subject: Another Federal employee missing Reply with quote

Two points should be obvious here; this is what happens when you' re still working for the government when you disappear, and this is what happens when it is known that you are intimately involved with the woman who disappears. A third point is less obvious. A paternity suit is involved here too.

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Search for IRS Worker Broadens
Ex-Boyfriend's Home and Jeep, Md. Lowland Scoured for Clues


By Allan Lengel and Jamie Stockwell
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, June 19, 2003

The search for IRS employee LaToya Taylor broadened yesterday as dozens of law enforcement officers looked through her ex-boyfriend's home and Jeep Cherokee and trudged for clues in a swampy lowland in Southern Maryland where her cellular phone had been called after she vanished last Friday.

But so far, the detective work has failed to turn up Taylor, 26, a Fort Washington mother of three who has been missing since leaving the IRS headquarters in downtown Washington for lunch. A surveillance camera recorded her leaving the building at 1 p.m.

Much activity appeared to be focused on Taylor's ex-boyfriend, Isa M. Santiago, 28, who had been in a paternity case with Taylor over a 9-month-old girl. He declined to comment yesterday at the courthouse in Prince George's County, where a closed hearing on the paternity matter was held. The hearing had been scheduled since April.

Jon W. Norris, Santiago's attorney, said at the courthouse that there "would be no comment on this case or any other case." A follow-up hearing on the paternity matter is scheduled for Wednesday. According to court records, Taylor filed the complaint in March seeking child support.

Police officials said yesterday that they continue to suspect foul play but are classifying the case as a missing persons investigation. "As time goes on, I'm becoming more concerned about Ms. Taylor's safety," said D.C. police Cmdr. Thomas E. McGuire.

The activity yesterday came as authorities attempted to trace Taylor's movements after leaving the IRS building, where she worked as a human resources assistant. On Monday night, they used dogs to help search the building in the 1100 block of Constitution Avenue NW.

Yesterday, nearly a dozen federal agents, local detectives and evidence technicians used a warrant to search Santiago's two-story home in Clinton. They walked off with seven large brown paper bags, some labeled "bedroom trash" and "garage trash." Authorities also towed away a black Oldsmobile Aurora from the garage of the residence in the 5500 block of Trout Run Road.

Isa Santiago was not home at the time of the search, but his wife, Erica, was there, authorities said. She did not come to the door to talk with reporters after the law enforcement officers left.

Isa Santiago, who was arrested Monday night on a D.C. warrant stemming from an unrelated paternity case, was questioned about the disappearance at the 1st District police station in Southwest Washington, police sources said. He later posted a $500 bond on the D.C. paternity case and was released, according to records. He works at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a word processor for a Milwaukee-based company that has a contract there.

Court records in Prince George's County show that Taylor had a series of disputes with Santiago and his wife. In July 2001, Isa Santiago was arrested on charges that he assaulted Taylor, but the case was dropped more than a year later. Taylor and Erica Santiago also accused each other of harassment in civil court filings dating to February 2002, records show.

For the past few days, authorities have shown much interest in Isa Santiago's Jeep. Neighbors in the 1400 block of Spring Road in Northwest Washington called authorities after discovering the vehicle on fire about 5 a.m. Saturday. Seven hours later, Santiago called Prince George's police to report the vehicle stolen.

Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted D.C. police yesterday in a forensic examination of the Cherokee yesterday at the D.C. mobile crime lab. ATF agents also returned to the scene of the fire to search for clues about the blaze.

Law enforcement sources say investigators believe Taylor got into a Jeep at the IRS building the day she disappeared.

Police also have reviewed records of calls on Taylor's cell phone, and that led to the large-scale search in Southern Maryland. Authorities said records showed the phone received at least one call in the area of Glasva, Md., last weekend and that the call went unanswered. They said they did not know why the phone would be in that area.

Six teams of officers from several police departments spent several hours using dogs to scour swamps, forests and meadows over a three-mile radius in southern Charles County, near the Virginia border, about 40 miles from the IRS headquarters.

D.C. police Lt. Lewis Douglas, who headed the search, said one police team used a boat to look through portions of Allens Fresh Run, a Potomac tributary, and other creeks. Officers also walked side-by-side through grassy meadows off Route 301. They planned to resume the search today, he said.

Douglas said police have attempted to call the cell phone in an effort to find it but the phone is not receiving a signal. He said authorities believe its battery is dead.

Felicia Cole, Taylor's mother, declined to comment on developments yesterday. Taylor and her children lived with Cole.

Staff writers Michael Amon, Henri E. Cauvin and David A. Fahrenthold and staff researcher Bobbye Pratt contributed to this report.

© 2003 The Washington Post Company
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=&city=Glasva&state=
md&zipcode=&homesubmit=Get+Map

Well it is obvious that La Toya did not take a lunch time drive down to Glasva as this is out in the boonies. My guess is that she is weighted down in the Pontomac.

Isa Santiago seems like a real winner, from my understanding of the written report in the paper is that he is involved in two paternity suits.

Well the evidence seems rather incriminating regarding his jeep, that on Friday it may have been the car that La Toya got into from work, and secondly it will be difficult to explain how the car was on fire at 0530 am and then seven hours later it is reported stolen. What someone is going to steel a burnt car. Isa is dead meat if anyone saw him in the Glasva area. Guess they will have to find La Toya's body first. This is truly sad, and as luck would have it, poor Isa does not appear to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, he obviously made a big time mistake trying to burn his car. My guess is that he will be charged shortly whether they find La
Toya's body or not.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 1:03 pm    Post subject: LaToya's Body Found In Woods where Police suspected she was Reply with quote

Body Believed To Be IRS Worker's
Corpse Found In Md. Field
By Allan Lengel and Michael Amon
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, June 20, 2003

Authorities look over the site where a body was found. The body was clad in a denim dress, which authorities believe Taylor was wearing last Friday. (Photos Mark Gail -- The Washington Post)

A body that police believe is that of missing IRS employee LaToya Taylor was discovered in Southern Maryland yesterday, wrapped in plastic, in a grassy field about 150 yards off a highway, officials said.

A Maryland Natural Resources police officer came upon the corpse in the town of Newburg about 3 p.m. on the second day that dozens of police and dogs canvassed southern Charles County, where Taylor's cellular phone had been when it was called after she vanished last Friday.

The body was clad in a denim dress, which authorities believe Taylor was wearing when she left the IRS building in downtown Washington for a lunch break, the last time that she had been seen. At 9 p.m., authorities transported the body to the Maryland medical examiner's office in Baltimore. They were awaiting word from the office before making a conclusive identification and establishing a cause of death. An autopsy is expected today.

It was unclear where or when the person died. "We think somebody walked into the area quickly, dropped the body off and then just drove away," Maryland State Police Lt. Michael Hawkins said.

The discovery of the fully clothed body in the swampy lowland off Route 301 -- about 40 miles from IRS headquarters -- followed a massive effort to locate the 26-year-old Taylor by federal agents and police from the District and Maryland. The mother of three, of Fort Washington, went to work for the IRS last fall as a human resources assistant in the chief counsel's office.

"We were hoping to find her alive, though at some point we suspected foul play," said D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. "At least now we know what happened to her."

On Monday night, authorities spent hours scouring the IRS headquarters on Constitution Avenue NW. On Wednesday, they combed through the Clinton home of Taylor's ex-boyfriend, Isa M. Santiago, who faces a paternity suit from her over a 9-month-old girl.

Police sources said they believe Taylor left the IRS building in a Jeep Cherokee. Santiago owns a black Jeep Cherokee, and his vehicle was found, on fire, at 5 a.m. Saturday in the 1400 block of Spring Road in Northwest Washington. Later that day, Santiago reported that it had been stolen.

Authorities said a gas can was found at the site of the fire. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are attempting to determine whether gasoline was used to ignite the Cherokee.

Yesterday, officials urged anyone who saw a black Jeep in the area where the body was discovered to contact police.

Santiago, a 28-year-old word processor, was arrested Monday night on a D.C. warrant stemming from an unrelated paternity case. He was later released on bond. Police sources said authorities questioned him this week about Taylor's disappearance. No charges have been filed. No one answered the door at Santiago's home yesterday, and his attorney, Jon Norris, declined to comment on the latest developments.

The search in Southern Maryland came after police reviewed the records of Taylor's cell phone. They determined that at least one call was made to her cell phone last weekend while it was in the Newburg area; the call was unanswered. Police later attempted to call the cell phone, but it was no longer receiving a signal. They had not located the cell phone as of last night, police sources said.

Investigators had unsuccessfully searched open fields, bogs and along the sides of highways for eight hours yesterday before finding the body in a field of tall weeds enclosed by rows of trees. The area is across the street from a farm and near the Potomac River and Virginia border. Helicopters flew along the river shoreline yesterday.

For most of the day, the searching was slow and tedious. But then came the burst of activity. Keith Proctor, 31, who lives in the area, said he was walking to talk with one of the police officers on his land when "everybody pulled up all at once. I didn't know what they were looking for." Shortly after that, he learned a body was found.

Maryland State Police became the lead investigative agency on the case because the body was discovered in Maryland. But it was unclear where any charges would be filed. D.C. police had been heading the investigation.

Authorities put a white tent over the body as they kept combing the area, walking side-by-side, looking at the ground for any clues. Some investigators took photos.

Maj. Greg Shipley, a spokesman for the state police, said authorities planned to work methodically into the night in a search for more evidence. "This will be a very thorough process to ensure that each detail is uncovered," he said.

Prosecutors from Charles County also were at the site last night.

Taylor lives with her mother, stepfather and three children. Last night, a friend said that family members had no comment.

Santiago appeared at the courthouse in Prince George's County for a hearing on the paternity matter involving Taylor on Wednesday. That proceeding had been scheduled since April, soon after Taylor filed the paternity complaint and sought child support. According to a subpoena issued to Santiago last spring, he was supposed to bring pay stubs and income tax forms to the hearing this week.

Santiago and his wife, Erica, had a series of court disputes in Prince George's County with Taylor. In July 2001, Isa Santiago was arrested on charges that he assaulted Taylor. The case later was dropped.

Taylor and Erica Santiago also accused each other of harassment in civil court filings dating to February 2002.

Staff writer Jamie Stockwell contributed to this report.


© 2003 The Washington Post Company

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It appears that she was last seen getting into the exboyfriend's car that was later set on fire....it seems that Isa will have a difficult time squirming his way out of this one......but there have been no arrests made yet...would be interesting to note what this dude's alibi is???!!!!! Hard to beat video tape as a witness...
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"We were hoping to find her alive, though at some point we suspected foul play," said D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. "At least now we know what happened to her."

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Why the hell didn't Ramsey suspect foul play in Chandra's disappearance? Why was there not an immediate massive search of Rock Creek Park as indicated by her computer? Did you see any mention of cadets doing a search here? Why the hell not?

This will go into a comparative analysis, you can bet your bootie on it.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And in answer to your retorical question, RD, that would because Isa M. Santiago isn't a Congressman. And Isa isn't going to be able to pick up the phone and tell Chief Ramsey that she was unstable or that she planned to take a train trip across the country.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is exactly the answer, Emma. And the next question is why does not a prosecutor or grand jury care about what this Congressman did?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rd wrote:
That is exactly the answer, Emma. And the next question is why does not a prosecutor or grans jury care about what this Congressman did?

rd

I wouldn't blame the grand jury, they are usually lead around by the procecutor. Most of them don't realize what they can legally do until their term is almost up. Plus you've got a congressman who simply refuses to testify. They'll get no answers from him on his whereabouts or the holes in his schedule. And with LE tiptoeing around Condit, they won't get much evidence that way either. So you've got LE/Procecution who want's to mak sure it's anyone but Condit indited and Condit who refuses to testify. It's all an exercise in futility for the Grand Jury.

From the other thread: I would also like to know WHY the depostion for the Enquirer case got to be sealed. That should be considered public knowledge if Condit gives a deposition.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the "legal tightrope" article (Mod Bee 28 Dec 2002) it said that "...U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger has extended a protective order over any part of the depositions that attorneys for either side contend could be personally damaging..."

Carolyn's lawyers have so contended - about most of the depositions, probably.

It's so phony for the judge to be saying 'either side' - as if he's really going to allow the Enquirer to be protected. Besides, how can an entity like the Enquirer be personally damaged?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good questions here and good comments, but really we are just practicing here. What we have to do now is to take our questions and comments out into the Forum, out where the lions and tigers are.

Judicial Watch is one site that might listen to any good comments or questions, or complaints. Complaints are very important becauses sometimes they trip some switches that set certain actions into motion. If a public official receives certain kinds of complaints they may empower him to take some form of action. A complaint might also give a newspaper reporter a chance to write an article about a certain subject.

Just in the easy pickings brand of complaint, and not really a complaint but a question, I phoned my local bus service where I live to see when a detour made of a bus line two years ago will be changed back to the old route. The detour was because of construction which is done now. The bus company answered, and transfered the question to the proper department. Now they will answer when they find out the answer themselves.

We can write serious questions and complaints to our elected officials, and non elected officials. I am wondering how that would work for a Canadian citizen, and resident of Canada, to communicate with some agency in the United States to complain. I guess it would not be legitimate to write to an official of another country, but there must be other agencies that could be contacted.

Suppose a Canadian wrote a letter to his local newspaper complaining about the justice system in the United States. That might get an ear. Also if the letter was printed it might also be read in the United States and begin to carry some weight. I think that anyone here can probably think of better places to write to than I can, but who knows, maybe even the United Nations, but that is not my first choice, or even last choice.

Judicial Watch might listen to some of the things we are discussing here. I wrote a letter to the Carol Sund Foundation in Modesto this last week and brought up the question of the key that Chandra had to Condit's apartment, and also the Otis Thomas story. I mentioned a dna test. I don't know if I will ever hear from them, but at least I gave it a try. A foundation like the Carol Sund Foundation might be a place for non residents of the United States to write to, just as I am going to write to a Canadian Pharmacy this week to purchase some more prescription drugs.

Now I have to think up another agency to write to myself about the botched Chandra Levy investigation.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jane wrote:
In the "legal tightrope" article (Mod Bee 28 Dec 2002) it said that "...U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger has extended a protective order over any part of the depositions that attorneys for either side contend could be personally damaging..."

Carolyn's lawyers have so contended - about most of the depositions, probably.

It's so phony for the judge to be saying 'either side' - as if he's really going to allow the Enquirer to be protected. Besides, how can an entity like the Enquirer be personally damaged?

Well, I don't think you should be able to bring a $10 million lawsuit and then turn around and say, "No, I don't want my deposition to be public...it's embarrassing."

Tough s**t! No one twisted your arm to bring the lawsuit EITHER!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exactly, Emma - yet the judge is allowing this.

Hey, everyone, do you think any pressure can be put anywhere - on the judge? On the press at least to cover these proceedings as much as possible?

At least we could thank Michael Doyle for the coverage he's been giving it.
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