Mystery Purse with lots of questions

[longsocks]

Today I went down by Lake Michigan, to see what I could find. Still along the shore yet, there are huge piles of ice and snow, but just to the land side of them waves have washed over the top and washed the sand away, so it was about 1 to 2 feet below the regular level of the beach. Along the shore this cut out of the sand, and hopefull that since it was lots lower, than the sourounding beach that I might find some buried coins. I got a hit like a quarter, so I took my sand scoop and started to dig. About a foot down, I got some resistance and started to see something and the more i started to uncover it , first it went thru my head ooh a gym bag or something.,. Soon i had it uncovered it was a woman's purse, I had to use the scoop to chop off about a big heavy chunk of ice attached to it. The purse was zipped close and felt heavy i thought it was full of water so I unzipped it needless to say soon i could see it was full of items like any woman would have in her purse only , Here's the goofy thing THERE was a brick in the bottom of the purse and an nice purse at that.. there looks like something like long thin wallet type thing in there I pulled that out and unzipped that it was full of credit, atm, and other types of cards, drivers license etc . So at that point I proceeded to call the cops and waited for some one to come to the beach to get it. soon one cop came talked to me asked some questions, with in a few min another cop pulled up and said to the first cop.... is it xxxxxx purse and the first cop said yes.. the first cop said to me the brick was prolly in there to sink it in the lake so it would not be found... My feeling was first, if it was stolen why scrounge looking for a brick to put in there to sink it in the lake , if you ripped some one off most crooks grab the cash and just toss it in a garbage can on a corner or a dumpster ... and where I found it I dint think there would have been a loose brick to have put in the purse with in a mile of the beach ..next question in my mind a thousand people get mugged and lose wallets and purses , how come the second cop when he arrived had a clue who it belonged to already didn't think a ripped off purse the name would have been on the tip of his tongue... I don't remember any murders or suicides in the last 6 months that jogged my mind.. Guess its a mystery for sure.. Anyhow if the person is alive I hope she gets her purse back , if not then i guess it added another piece to a puzzle..UPDATE below

 

[homer007]

ASK THE OFFICER, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PERSON THAT OWN THE Purse . IS THIS A SMALL TOWN THAT YOU FOUND THER PURSE? POSSIABLE POLICE COVER-UP? AS BEING A RETIRED COP, THIS SOUNDS STRANGE.. KEEP US INFORMED.

P.S. IF YOU GO MISSING, KEEP ALOT OF LOOSE CHANGE IN YOUR POCKET AND US TN MEMBERS WILL GO LOOKING FOR YOU. HEHEH

 

[allen]

that is a mystery...

 

[FloridaBill]

I guess they just took it away. They didn't take any photos or anything? Put in into a plastic bag to preserve it for evidence or prints? A detective didn't show up to interview you , they didn't take a statement from you? That would keep me from thinking that it wasn't a murder?

 

[gilgar]

It's obvious, the 2nd cop is the killer

 

[txkickergirl]

that would drive me nuts

 

[boogeyman]

Simple!
Why don't you go to the station & tell them you're the one who found the purse on ***** at ***** and I'd like a report made so I can claim it after the waiting period if it's not claimed or a possible reward. Oh, by the way how'd it get there?

 

[longsocks]

This was in Kenosha, Wisconsin, population about 97K ..The only things the cops did was take my name, phone, addy... never put it in a bag that I saw... Cop # 2 left before cop #1 by about ten minutes.. Cop #1 looked at the drivers license that was in there and kinda, pawed thru the purse a little bit.. At that point I said I was gonna go back on the beach where I found the purse and see if there was anything more .. He said fine and I grabbed my gear and left, I didn't find anything more in that area.. By that time it was noon, so I headed home which was in the next town north, so i had about 25 min to ponder all this in my head and had more questions than answers.. I was gonna check the Kenosha paper for a few days and see if there was any mention of it being found or a link to a crime or what ever. Only info besides name they asked me was where it was found, but when I suggested we walk that couple blocks to the waters edge I could see he wasn't interested in walking that far LOL . Maybe I should carry some silver rounds in my pockets for a while so if I go missing, you guys will have a bigger reading on me LOL .. further updates coming if I learn anything more ...

 

[FloridaBill]

any connection >>

Missing person named in car plunge investigation
Written by John Nordquist
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
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KENOSHA - In the investigation into the car that plunged into the icy waters of Lake Michigan on Sunday, Kenosha Sheriff’s Detectives have released the name of the registered owner of the involved vehicle. She is identified as Staci Paul, a 37 year old woman from Kenosha. She has not been located, and is considered missing. Investigators are unable to confirm that she had been driving the vehicle at the time it went into the lake. Due to unsafe conditions, a search of the lake is not being made at this time. [photo: WIIMAGES]

 

[gemee]

WOW....I bet you nailed it! It HAS to be this woman!!!

 

[gemee]

More; http://www.dailykenoshan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7344&Itemid=111

Appears to have been suicide; http://www.helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=9738

 

[creeper71]

any connection >>

Missing person named in car plunge investigation
Written by John Nordquist
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Hear this article
KENOSHA - In the investigation into the car that plunged into the icy waters of Lake Michigan on Sunday, Kenosha Sheriff’s Detectives have released the name of the registered owner of the involved vehicle. She is identified as Staci Paul, a 37 year old woman from Kenosha. She has not been located, and is considered missing. Investigators are unable to confirm that she had been driving the vehicle at the time it went into the lake. Due to unsafe conditions, a search of the lake is not being made at this time. [photo: WIIMAGES]

wow that just sent chills thru my body... that don't happen much to me.. I bet that is what it was all about...

 

[davest]

then why the brick in the purse?

 

[IronClad]

then why the brick in the purse?

Brick could have been in the purse to ward off an attacker. Whacked up side the head with a brick laden purse....OUCH !!!

 

[gemee]

Yup, that brick puzzles me also, unless because she was hell-bent on suicide, she planned ahead, and wanted the purse to sink with her.

 

[kdismuke1]

INTERESTING.

 

[longsocks]

UP DATE ON PURSE THINGY

i Thought of that also that it might have been that womanwho drove her car off the pier, so I went looking for the name and saw it was staci Paul, but the purse I found belonged to a JILL so back to the drawing board ...

 

[NGE]

Maybe she stole that purse to throw the cops off her Identification a little longer. Seems feasible.......NGE

 

[boogeyman]

If it was a homicide or a planned disappearance, the brick could've been put in the purse and jammed in the gas pedal. Article said surveillance video showed the car "speeding" down the pier and VEERING off the side. Broken window? jam the gas pedal point the car towards the end of the pier, reach in the window & give the gear shift a slap, and off it goes! Tidal action or the crash impact loostened the purse.

Just a possibility.

Now all they gotta do is figure out what happened to the owner of this purse.

 

[Mr.Jody]

I need to pay more attention to CSI when I'm watching it...this is a weird one

 

[boogeyman]

Yeah, gotta laugh Having a crime lab with a few million $ worth of equipment, with 25 year old investigators that are qualified to operate every single piece of equipment know to man. Getting DNA tests in less than two weeks. And solving a major crime in less than an hour. Yup, life must be good in TV land!