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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:05 pm    Post subject: Taylor M. Behl- Missing Reply with quote

I will post the beginning of this story. It is a new link. There has been much data reported. I will try to just post in some links, not the full story and possibly end with the most dated if possible.

I feel we should give some attention here to this young gal.

The beginning: First link I have,

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle+
&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784958007

(note link may not work anymore)


Freshman at VCU missing, officials say

Richmond Times-Dispatch Sep 9, 2005


RELATED: Police Beat

A Virginia Commonwealth University freshman has been reported missing, university officials said yesterday.

VCU police said Taylor Marie Behl, 17, of Vienna in Fairfax County, was last seen leaving her dorm room around 10 p.m. Monday. Also missing is Behl's car, a white 1997 Ford Escort with Virginia tags JPC-2848.

Behl is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds and has brown hair. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black, hooded sweatshirt.

Police said they do not suspect foul play. They ask anyone with information on Behl's whereabouts to contact them at (804) 828-1196

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2)http://www.vcu.edu/alert/


September 15, 2005

12 p.m.

To the VCU and VCU Health System Communities:

The Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department announced today that the search for a missing 17-year-old student has turned into a criminal investigation and the case will now be turned over to Richmond Police.

While there is no evidence of foul play in the disappearance of 17-year-old Taylor Marie Behl of Vienna, Va., dozens of leads since she was reported missing Sept. 7 failed to provide credible information on her whereabouts or the location of her car. The VCU freshman was last seen by her roommate in her dormitory room on the evening of Sept. 5.

VCU Police conducted a thorough investigation and laid the groundwork for Richmond Police, said Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe. The shift to a criminal investigation enables authorities to increase resources assigned to the case.

An investigative working group that includes the chiefs of the VCU and Richmond Police departments, the Virginia State Police superintendent and the FBI special agent-in-charge, has been upgraded to full task force status, which allows the four agencies involved in the investigation to put more resources into solving the case.

VCU Police continue to ask anyone with information about Taylor Behl, or her white 1997 Ford Escort, VA tag JPC-2848, to contact Richmond Police Department tipline, 804-514-8477 or VCU Police at 804-828-1196.

VCU remains committed to providing support for Taylor Behl’s family. Her photo is attached.

Paul W. Timmreck
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration

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3)http://www.nbc4.com/news/4959784/detail.html

Task Force Intensifies Investigation Of Student's Disappearance
Mother Pleads For Missing Teenager's Return

POSTED: 8:05 am EDT September 12, 2005
UPDATED: 6:41 pm EDT September 14, 2005

RICHMOND, Va. -- A task force handling the disappearance of a Virginia teenager plans to intensify the investigation.

Sources told News4 that there are no signs of foul play, but authorities do not believe 17-year-old Taylor Behl disappeared on her own.

Investigators are interviewing friends of the Virginia Commonwealth University freshman, who has been missing for nine days, sources close to the case told News4.

Meanwhile, the student's mother has appealed for her safe return.

Behl was last seen at about 10 p.m. Sept. 5. Police said Behl took only her keys, cell phone and a credit card with her, but there's been no activity on either the phone or card. Calls to the phone ring through, indicating the phone is on and the battery charged. Behl's phone charger has not been found.

Behl's mother, Janet Pelasara, said her daughter was not likely "to run off."

"No matter where she is or what she's doing, we need to hear from her and know that she's OK," Janet Pelasara said Wednesday during an appearance on NBC's "Today."

"I can't imagine that she would meet someone at that time of night and just go out without her purse, without her clothes. She's just not the type to run off ... None of it makes sense," Pelasara said.

The FBI has joined the search for Behl. Sources said among the people being interviewed is a man in his 30s described as an acquaintance of Behl. He lives near the school and describes himself as a semi-professional photographer. He has taken pictures of several models in and around Richmond. He took pictures of Behl and posted some on a Web site.

All across the VCU campus and near Behl's home in Vienna, her photo is tacked to posts and doors and windows. Behl's mother has been on campus since last week, helping with the search.

When the freshman left her dorm room, she told her roommate she'd be away for a few hours. When she didn't return by early Wednesday morning, the roommate called campus police.

Asked if she had any idea what happened to her daughter, Pelasara said, "I don't know what happened to her. I know she just wouldn't leave on her own. There has to be someone else involved because maybe she had $40 on her. She didn't have a credit card."

Investigators said Behl's white 1997 Ford Escort bearing Virginia tags JPC-2848, which she usually parked in a neighborhood adjacent to campus, is also missing.

Behl is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Police said she was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt.

Behl graduated spring from James Madison High School in the spring. She had been at VCU for only two weeks before she disappeared, her mother said.

The case has baffled university authorities, who have issued a national alert and called in assistance from the city's police department and the Richmond office of the FBI.

University Police Chief Willie Fuller would not speculate on what he believes happened to Behl or say whether he suspects foul play. Police have not identified any persons of interest in the case.

But Fuller acknowledged that as each day passes with no sign of the teen, anxiety over her whereabouts grows.

"We consider this case very, very serious," Fuller said. "She's one of our students. We want her back in school."

Police said Behl spent Labor Day weekend with her family in Vienna. She drove back to campus on Monday, had dinner at a local cafe and returned to her dorm room at about 10:20 p.m., then left abruptly.

Authorities have received numerous tips, but none have panned out, Fuller said. Rumors that Behl planned to meet up with three young men to go skateboarding after she left the room have not been substantiated, he said.


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There is no indication Behl would have run away, Fuller said. She did not appear to have any emotional or social problems, has never run away in the past and had been attending most of her classes, he said. Behl's mother has said her daughter is a happy person who was excited about her first year at college.

"It's just, at this point, a mystery as to where she's gone," Fuller said. "She could be anywhere."

Rumors are rampant, but facts are hard to come by, said sophomore Casey Schanamann, who has been discussing the case in her women's studies classes. No one seems to have any idea where the teen could be, she said.

"It's really horribly sad," said Schanamann, adding that Behl's disappearance has made her "no more nervous than I normally would be, being a woman living in Richmond."

With a population of about 200,000, Richmond is traditionally ranked as one of nation's most dangerous cities. Richmond had the country's fourth-highest murder rate in 2003 and was ranked the nation's ninth most dangerous city overall in 2004, beating out Miami and Compton, Calif.

The university is housing Behl's parents and friends at a nearby hotel, Dean of Students Reuban Rodriguez said.

Anyone with information should call police at (804) 828-1196.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:02 pm    Post subject: more links - no order from my search sorry- Please fix links Reply with quote

**RD: Please fix links put plus's in , possible wrong place. thanks


http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=+
MGArticle&cid=1031785071854


VCU freshman missing for 2 weeks
Police pore over leads as offers of help come in from across U.S.

BY JIM NOLAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Sep 15, 2005


Missing VCU student, Taylor Behl
RELATED: Police Beat

TIPS
Anyone with information on Taylor Behl's whereabouts is asked to call VCU Police at (804) 828-1196 or 1-800-THE-LOST.
RELATED
No trace yet of VCU student

VCU student missing for more than a week

FBI joins search for VCU student

Freshman at VCU missing, officials say

Missing Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Marie Behl's whereabouts remained a mystery yesterday, despite an intensified search that today begins its second week.

"This is a great concern that there has not been anything in a week," VCU spokeswoman Pamela Lepley said.

No phone calls. No e-mails. No credit-card activity. No sign of her white Ford Escort.

VCU police, along with the FBI and Richmond and Virginia State Police investigators, continued to pour over more than 70 leads and an increasing volume of information as national publicity generated by the case brought offers of assistance from across the United States.

"Everything is being followed up," Lepley said. "We don't have anything yet that points to anything in particular."

The photogenic 17-year-old brunette from Vienna in Fairfax County was last seen by her roommate leaving a dorm room about 10:20 p.m. on Labor Day.

The 5-foot-6-inch, 135-pound Behl was wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt and was believed to be carrying her car keys, student ID card, cell phone and possibly a credit card.

Lepley said police have spent the past week interviewing anyone known to be an acquaintance of Behl's.

"We've talked to a lot of people, a lot of people several times," she said.

The interview list includes a boyfriend from Northern Virginia with whom Behl has had an intermittent relationship. The boyfriend, who declined to comment when reached by phone yesterday, has reportedly come to Richmond to help in the search.

The list also includes an amateur photographer who befriended Behl when she visited VCU in April.

The older man snapped photos of the teenager that were later posted on an Internet arts Web site, angering Behl's mother, Janet Pelasara, who has been in the city since Sept. 7 spearheading the publicity campaign to help find her daughter.

"We don't have a person of interest yet," said Lepley, stressing that the case is not a criminal investigation, but a search for a missing person.

"We have nothing that points to Taylor being in any specific place, at any specific time. Or that there is a specific person involved in her disappearance."

Contact Jim Nolan at (804) 649-6061 or jnolan@timesdispatch.com

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Police execute warrants in search for missing VCU student


By Curt Autry
NBC12 News
Friday, September 16, 2005





Richmond Police confirm that numerous search warrants were executed Friday in connection with the case of VCU student Taylor Behl, 17, missing now for 11 days. One of those warrants was executed at the home of a Richmond photographer. He is the same photographer that had taken art photographs of the missing teen and posted them on his website. According to Taylor's mother, they were posted without her permission.

Police tell us they removed computers from his home on Hancock Street in Richmond. Police say the man is not a ‘suspect,’ merely a ‘person of interest.’

Neighbors claim to have seen police removing backpacks and other items from the house.

The photos of Taylor Behl that were on the photographer's website have since been removed. But provocative photographs of other young woman, who the site describes as "Richmond models" remain and some of those pictures are nudes.
Amber Alert

Earlier, Police issued an ‘Amber Alert’ for Behl. That means that Behl's picture and information will be posted on signs and news outlets across the country. The alert was issued after Richmond Police took over the investigation from VCU Police and changed the status of the case from a missing person case to a criminal investigation.

Police hope the exposure will generate more leads. Investigators say they have reason to believe that Behl is not in Richmond anymore. Her family has already posted flyers as far away as in North Carolina and Washington D.C. Behl was last seen leaving her dormitory late at night on September 5.
“We have detectives that have been dispatched to other cities conducting interviews at this time," said Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe.
Campus, city and state police are working with the FBI. Eleven detectives and supervisors are on the case. Police searched her dorm room again, taking a number of items. They’ve received a number of subpoenas for records that could lend clues.
Behl is described as being 5-foot-6 inches tall, 135 pounds with light brown hair, brown eyes and piercings in her ears and nose. Police say she may be traveling in a 1997 white Ford Escort with Virginia license plates JPC-2848. Police have created a new Tipline, in order to gather information on the whereabouts of Taylor Behl, at 1-877-244-HELP.

Over the last four years, the nationwide amber alert system is credited with saving the lives of more than 200 juveniles who'd been abducted. So, why did it take so long before it was used in the case of missing VCU freshman Taylor Behl?
First, there are guidelines in issuing an Amber Alert. The Department of Justice suggests having evidence that the victim was abducted and there is no such evidence in the Behl case.
Can an Amber Alert issued 11 days after Taylor Behl was reported missing be effective? Maybe, if it generates some leads in the disappearance of the missing freshman.
An amber alert is a nationwide notice issued to media and motorists when police have evidence that a juvenile has been abducted. With Behl, police still aren't sure how she went missing. But the FBI says that when a juvenile has been kidnapped within 24 hours, 90 percent of the victims are killed, which is why time is so critical with an abducted juvenile.
The Richmond FBI office says the nationwide system is credited with saving the lives of dozens of young people last year alone. But, the numbers of missing juveniles are staggering. Last year alone, more than 600,000 under the age of 17 were reported missing.
The Amber Alert sends the message out, “relying and asking for help from the public, [it] has in many case, helps solve and bring these abducted children alive,” says Donald Thompson, Richmond FBI, S.A.C.
A child advocate who lives in Henrico County believes VCU, in not issuing that Amber Alert, missed an important opportunity

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:10 pm    Post subject: more Reply with quote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091601738.html


Authorities Still Doubt Va. Student Was Taken

By Jamie Stockwell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 17, 2005; Page B02

Richmond police are pursuing a theory that Taylor Marie Behl voluntarily left Virginia Commonwealth University on Sept. 5 and that the missing freshman was not abducted, officials said yesterday.

"If she's hearing any of this, we want her to call in," said Cynthia Price, a police spokeswoman. "We want her to know that she shouldn't worry that it's gotten so much attention. We just want her to let us know that she's safe."



College freshman Taylor Marie Behl disappeared Sept. 5. (Family Photo)


Although there is no evidence that Behl, 17, is in any danger, police remain "very concerned about her safety," Price said. An Amber Alert was issued for Behl after 11 p.m. Thursday by the Virginia State Police and deactivated at noon yesterday. Most alerts are posted for about 12 hours, Price said. She said it was issued for three reasons: Behl is a juvenile; she and her car have not been found in more than a week; and no solid tips about her whereabouts have surfaced.

Police have said consistently that they do not suspect foul play. However, on Thursday, police upgraded the case from a search for a missing person to a full-fledged criminal investigation, not because there was evidence that a crime had occurred but because it allows them to employ various resources, including search warrants and the Amber Alert.

When an Amber Alert is issued, information about missing and abducted children is disseminated immediately through the media and on highway signs. No alert was called for when she was reported missing because the case did not meet the criteria, Price said.

Several tips were received yesterday, Price said, and a task force that includes about a dozen investigators from Richmond police, VCU police, Virginia State Police and the state's attorney's general was pursuing them.

Among the theories about Behl's disappearance is that she crashed her 1997 Ford Escort in an area that has not been searched. Authorities are again interviewing her friends and acquaintances, including people she might have met online at Web sites she maintained.

A profile Behl posted on MySpace.com remains active, although she has not logged on since Sept. 4, the day before she disappeared. And a Web log she kept at LiveJournal.com has not been updated since April, although people left messages begging for her safe return as recently as yesterday.

Behl, a June graduate of Madison High School in Vienna, was last seen about 10 p.m. Sept. 5 after a late dinner at a cafe. She found her roommate in their dorm room with a boyfriend and told her that she would leave for a while to give them privacy, police said.

Police said she was wearing jeans and a hooded black sweat shirt and took only her car keys and a credit card. Behl's mother said her daughter did not take her credit card with her and had about $40 in cash.

Behl continues to receive e-mails but has not logged on to read them, police said. Her credit card has not been used, and the last call made on her cell phone was at 9:44 p.m. the night she disappeared.

Police said dozens of tips generated in the past week have failed to provide credible information on Behl's whereabouts or the location of her car
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Goz, thanks for starting a thread for Taylor. I think the Richmond police are handling this well. In contrast to Chandra's case, the Richmond police declared her disappearance a criminal investigation because she hadn't been heard from in 10 days.

They said, with much more intelligence than the DC polce have, that that is too long of a time for a person to not be heard from while not making any access to their phone or money to not have criminal investigation implications.

The big question is where is her car. We had a posting in the Missing Relatives forum about a young man whose moving truck he was driving in Virginia was missing as well. Never heard that it was found, or the young man. I think that's unusual for vehicles to not be found along with the missing people. I don't have any numbers, it's just a perception, but I find it very unusual.

Taylor had a ten block walk to her car, but the car is missing, so I don't give much credence to her being attacked on the walk to car. She had made a call just before she left, the person she called, I believe a male, has not been identified.

But the man who took nonsexual pictures of her and posted them on his Richmond model site, the one the police served a search warrant on, has refused to take a lie detector test. Unless some additional information is made available, I'm assuming that is he who she called before she left and was therefore planning on meeting.

I liken a guy who won't take a lie detector test to help solve a young woman's disappearance to Condit and Peterson, and justly deserved prime suspects in the disappeared woman's murder.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

An update for you, goz. Fox News just reported Taylor's car was found about 1 1/2 miles from the VCU campus. It had stolen Ohio license plates on it, stolen some time ago.

This is the reason the car remained missing, it didn't have its VA tags on it anymore. At this point they were apparently looking at any car of that make and model and an offduty policeman ran the VIN of it and determined it was Taylor's car.

The fact that offduty police went to that length to find Taylor's car just days after she disappeared shows the dedication and seriousness the Richmond police have in pursuing her disappearance. Contrast with Murder on a Horse Trail and what the DC police did for not only the first few days, and the first few weeks, but even the first few months, in chapter Stonewalling http://www.justiceforchandra.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2547.

Two and a half months after Chandra disappeared they distributed pictures of Chandra with different moptops cut and paste on a picture of her to show what she might look like in disguise as a runaway, even as the whole nation looked for her. The only place she wouldn't have stood out looking like those pictures would have been in the Barnum and Bailey circus clown school in Florida.

But the only clowns were the DC police.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:14 am    Post subject: Update link- Taylor/comments Reply with quote

rd: I find the license plates being switched very strange along with the addition of this photographer who I left out much gossip about. Some is factual but I find him to be rather shady. Who really knows what is game is! I mean it is being claimed the pictures he took of Taylor were not nudes, yet they were taken off the site, and according to her parents-she did not give permission for them to be put on the internet. One never knows in these cases what really did happen.

I find him to be odd anyway. I do not want to print much of the gossip but I'm glad LE are doing searches on him, and are finding most of his computers that are not hidden. Who knows what they will find. This story poses a few twists and turns when read, as many do.

I fear for this gal's safety at this point. Who knows what type of activities she may have innocently got involved with.

I do commend the action of the police in this case especially the off duty police in their alert responses in finding the car.

It shames me to read what you posted about Chandra's case:

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Two and a half months after Chandra disappeared they distributed pictures of Chandra with different moptops cut and paste on a picture of her to show what she might look like in disguise as a runaway, even as the whole nation looked for her. The only place she wouldn't have stood out looking like those pictures would have been in the Barnum and Bailey circus clown school in Florida.


I'm not sure how far we have come since then in all cases that involve missing people but our departments seem to be taking cases more seriously. They tend to look at suspects close even when not telling the media who they are targeting. The quote above just stands without further comment.

Well, let's all hope for the best in this case.

I noticed that the case was to be discussed on "The Big Story." I will try to watch the link---posted below.

I did not watch the show. The transcript is not available yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158537,00.html

Sunday, September 18

We'll be joined by:

Janet Pelasara, mother of missing student Taylor Behl
Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist
Pat Brosnan, former NYPD homicide detective

-----Beth Holloway Twitty, Natalee Holloway's mother* NOte of further interest- the Holloway case.....*

Real journalism: fair and balanced. That's why we're No. 1 — FOX News Channel.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:55 am    Post subject: Scents found in missings car! Reply with quote

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Scents found in missing teen's car

-------One is Behl's; 2nd produces several leads, police say****

BY JIM NOLAN AND DENA SLOAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS Sep 19, 2005


Missing VCU student, Taylor Behl
TIPS
Anyone with information on Taylor Behl's whereabouts is asked to call VCU Police at (804) 828-1196 or 1-800-THE-LOST.
RELATED
Scents found in missing teen's car

Mark Holmberg column:
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The dog could smell her, but he couldn't find her.

The scent of Taylor Marie Behl, a missing Virginia Commonwealth University freshman, was one of two scents that were picked up by a Louisa County police dog brought in Saturday night to search her recovered car.

The other scent produced what police chief Rodney Monroe described as a "successful track," which produced several leads that investigators were aggressively pursuing last night. Monroe would not say what the dog discovered or where its nose led investigators.

But the lead was a sign of further progress in the intensive criminal investigation into the disappearance of the 17-year-old Vienna girl, who has not been seen or heard from since leaving her dorm room two weeks ago on Sept. 5.

Because she was reported missing to authorities Sept. 7, police have conducted extensive interviews with family and every known friend and acquaintance in the teen's extensive social circle. It extends from her life in Vienna -- attending Madison High School and working at the local Starbucks -- to the skateboarding scene at a local VCU watering hole, to a large network of Internet contacts.

Monroe said the fact that Behl has not been in contact with anyone since her disappearance makes it a "strong possibility" that she is in trouble, increasing urgency of the investigation with every day that passes.

"At that age, being away from home and in a different place, there are individuals who could and would seek to take advantage of her, even to the point of bringing harm to her," the chief said.

Behl's 1997 Ford Escort was discovered on the 500 block of North Mulberry Street in the Fan District early Saturday by an off-duty Richmond police lieutenant. The vehicle had stolen Ohio license plates in place of its Virginia plates. It was parked about a mile and a half from Behl's dorm.

After conducting surveillance of the vehicle for 12 hours and not seeing anyone approach it, authorities impounded it.

When the Fairfax County teenager left her room two weeks ago, she was carrying a small amount of cash, a student ID, a cell phone and her car keys. Police did not say whether any of the items were recovered from the car.

The vehicle was being examined by the FBI, which will send any prints recovered from the search to a national database for analysis.


Investigators yesterday also continued to sift through evidence collected from computer information obtained through search warrants executed at Behl's home and at the home of a 38-year-old amateur photographer with whom Behl, according to her family and investigators, had a relationship.

Friends and family have assembled pictures and information about Behl at www.friendsoftaylor.com.

The news of the leads, following the discovery of the car, has buoyed the sprits of Behl's family. Last night, Behl's mother, Janet Pelasara, displayed a pink rubber bracelet on her right wrist.

It said, simply, "HOPE

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:08 pm    Post subject: more- please read, opinions all Reply with quote

http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=3857437

- 8News - WRICTV8

Missing VCU Student


The family of missing VCU student Taylor Behl is preparing to offer a $10,000 reward as search efforts intensify. We've learned Behl's mother may officially announce the reward in a news conference as early as this morning.

Behl's friends and family are also aiding in the investigation with a website that has Behl's description, pictures, phone numbers and more.

Behl's mother, Janet Pelasara, has no clue where her daughter might be, or what's happened to her, but she's encouraged her car was found. She says its an important piece of the puzzle leading to Taylor's safe return

But she says the discovery of the car in the Fan does make things more confusing. Specifically, because police tell her the car had Ohio plates on it, stolen from somewhere here in Richmond.

"I think it makes it much more puzzling...Ohio, who does she know from Ohio, or you know if she's with someone from Ohio, or if someone from Ohio has taken her..i don't know," says Pelasara.

Police confirm evidence was seized from Taylor's car before turning it over to the FBI for forensic testing. Pelasara says no word yet on results but she's counting on them to lead the way to her daughter.

"I think we're that much closer to finding her and I think once the FBI finish their analysis, I'm praying to God it will bring new information that will take us right to her."

But, on the chance that nothing happened to Taylor, and she just ran away, Janet says she does have a message for her.

"that, the gig is up, you need to let me know your okay and come on home."

Behl's family wants to hear from anyone who may have seen Taylor's car being parked along the 500 block of Mulberry Street. It's about a mile and a half from the VCU campus. On Saturday, police watched the car for nearly 12 hours, hoping someone would approach it, but after no luck, the car was seized just before 9:30pm.

Police canvassed a six block radius where the car was found. Twenty detectives went door to door talking with neighbors while a K-9 unit tracked scents leading from her car.

A candlelight prayer vigil for Taylor Behl is scheduled for Monday night in Monroe Park. It will begin at 8pm. The public is invited to participate.

Police are entering the third week of the investigation into the disappearance of 17-year-old Taylor Behl. The VCU freshman disappeared from her dorm on September 5th. After taking over the investigation from VCU, Richmond Police issued an Amber Alert for Taylor on September 15th. On Saturday Taylor's car was discovered in the 500 block of Mulberry Street in the Fan. Police have seized evidence from Behl's car, her dorm room, her home computer in Northern Virginia, and the home of a local photographer.

If you have any information, you are asked to call the Tipline at 514-TIPS.

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This is a quote from Taylor's mom below:

Quote:
"that, the gig is up, you need to let me know your okay and come on home."


Does anyone think it is just a plea because she is a parent, and of course parents hope for the best?

Or do you think she really may think the child ranaway?

My comment is: If they child ran, maybe she was in trouble, maybe in too deep in some situation and did not know how to get out of it. I have read this being compared to J.Wilbanks- I think that is unfair considering this gals age and just starting college. Children get confused, the gal is only 17 years old.

My feeling is the mother is afraid and clinging to any hope and may plea like any parent. Why not! I feel panic setting in.

I think, feel, and could be wrong that Taylor met with foul play.

I would like to see what everyone here thinks on this?

Thanks

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not think this young woman who had just started college would just run off, she has no history of such, and with the media, she would likely know that they are searching for her and would not upset her mother and family, friends. Hopefully the person who took her car left some prints and other data. It maybe that she is alive being held captive, but this seems very unlikely. There were a number of road side murders several years ago, and I do not believe that the perp was found, therefore we know that there is at least one serial killer on the loose in this area.

Hopefully the searching of the photographer's residence leads to something.

I too believe this woman has meet with foul play, let us hope not, but three weeks is a very long time to not notify anyone. Blessed Mother protect our children from the evil that is in the world.....kate
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HI Kate, hope your having a great evening.

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It maybe that she is alive being held captive, but this seems very unlikely. There were a number of road side murders several years ago, and I do not believe that the perp was found, therefore we know that there is at least one serial killer on the loose in this area. by Kate


So true Kate- It would be nice if she were found alive, maybe she was drugged, hoping for anything but what we think may be the end result. And as I stated too, "I don't think this newly bound college gal just took off" but at this point, I'm hoping she did.

You are right, it seems there are so many serial killers in every area that it baffles the mind. I once had the stats on this. I do have a link I will post this week on just serial killers though. I found it interesting.

As to the photographer- that whole situtation gives me the creeps. I mean, maybe she was involved with him on some level, I don't know. But he appears to be some sort of leech when it comes to gals. (I mean not your everyday photographer, not just cause of his content- which has been taken down) but I don't think he got permission on the SO-called Art. I think it could be easy to talk young gals into making easy money.

As I stated once, a serial killer approached me using the photo-model line in a parking lot in Florida years ago. What he did to the women he captured was just to evil to talk about. What goes on today on college campus's is very different. Many think these are like home-based reality shows, - doing little flicks of naked gals/guys in their everyday life and letting all see to make side cash.

What is sad even if they are aware they are doing this is they forget this does not stay inside the college. This is the cyber world, all creeps can log on and see.

***I'm not saying that this is the case here, just thought I would add that as a side note and reference that many fail to think about these things in the context that they are taking place now a days. It is not just viewed by the so-called campus crowds.

Back to the case. The family must be just in peices Kate. This just never stops.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the mother is hoping against hope that her daughter will hear her say the gig is up, come on home. It's all she has, is hope.

The murderer lives near the VCU campus, which I believe the photographer does. Remember Tracey Leigh Tetso's murderer (i.e., her soon to have been ex) drove her car toward DC and the concert she was going to, but not out of range of public transportation to get back home?

This murderer wanted Taylor's car not to be found, but how to hide it? Just change the license plates with stolen ones, out of state plates stolen right there in Richmond. Hidden in plain sight right there in the campus area within walking distance back to his home.

So where is Taylor? He drove her lifeless body somewhere and hid it, then drove back within walking distance of his home. She could be quite a distance away, unfortunately laying in a field somewhere off a backroads highway like Julie Popovich outside of Columbus, Dru Sjodin outside of Grand Forks, Carlie Brucia outside of Tampa, and on and on I'm afraid.

Why? I think he tried to rape her and thought he would get away with it, but she was angry and tried to call the police and he stopped her, permanently.

He could tell a different story, but he won't take a lie detector test, just like Condit and the rest of them that have secrets to hide.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello all,

I'm glad that they found Taylor's car. Impressive police work as you point out, rd.

What I would focus on are the plates. They say Ohio plates? Were the plates stolen or were they
from a stolen car? Where did they originate I wonder? IOW, could be that the person involved in the
disappearance could have stolen a car in Ohio.

How often do you hear about someone stealing only plates?

OTOH, it seems like this guy (guys?) are savvy. They may have something to do with cars if they
have possession of plates (only).

Seems like whoever it was had some premeditation?

I sure they find Taylor alive but as you point out, Kate, it's seems like she met with foul play.

Thanks for the thread, Gozgals,

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ohio plates stolen right there in Richmond, skipper, some time ago, exact time wasn't given.

In my opinion was stolen by the murderer and used by him to camoflouge his plates as he lurked around, stalking girls.

He had them handy when he needed to hide Taylor's car in plain sight.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could be, rd.

Didn't the board "Deviant Art" come into play in this story?

I must confess that I only skimmed the info about Taylor. I did see a report this morning about them finding her car but I could have sworn that they mentioned that someone (the photographer?) was posting on
Deviant Art.

The reason for my concern about the art board is because my Granddaughters post to that board. Have for years.

There are some real whackos there. Most of the posters are just average teens who are artistic or who enjoy the work of the other posters.

Bizarre. My skin is crawling just thinking about it.

I'll get you guys a link.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He posts his pictures, including those of Taylor, but I didn't know where. What is this Deviant Art thing?

More on Greta now. The mom says the car was parked near another friend's house, the close friend that she had dinner with earlier? In my opinion the car was parked there by the murderer to shift suspicion to him. She called another guy after dinner at 9:44, I don't know who for sure, I think the photographer. but not her close friend she just had dinner with, and I think the guy she called parked her car close to the home of the friend she had dinner with to set him up.

That's my take on it anyway.

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