Bryon Drennan; Stefanie Casey

Williamson, NY – On Thanksgiving, the mother of Bryon Drennan, 36, called police to report that he and his wife of one month were missing. Later in the day, Drennan returned to his parents’ home, where he and 28-year old Stefanie Casey had been living, and reported that everything was hunky dory. No need to worry, folks! He’d driven Casey in his maroon 2008 PT Cruiser to the airport so she could make an impromptu visit to family in Texas. After all, it’s no big deal to just walk into the airport on Thanksgiving and get a dirt-cheap seat on the very next flight to your destination of choice, right?

Except, of course, that’s not what really happened.

Lakewood Drive is just a short distance from the Drennan home; from the map I saw, part of it runs parallel to and very near Lake Ontario. The street ends in a cul de sac, which probably explains the quietness of the neighborhood and the alertness of the residents to unusual events. Police apparently received more than one call from area residents on Thanksgiving reporting “suspicious circumstances” involving a maroon PT Cruiser. For example, after observing a man in such a car carrying a white trash bag into the woods, a woman living on Townline Road sent her son out for a look-see. He found the bag, which contained, among other things, bloody clothes.

Police took Drennan in for questioning FridayFriday reviews night. He admitted that things hadn’t been all lovey-dovey between him and Casey the day before, unless you count “I hit her with a 10-pound barbell plate” and “Then I stabbed her with a wooden heart” as the epitome of devotion. Whatever the case, Drennan insisted that although Casey was bleeding when he left her, she was alive and conscious. He declined to tell them where exactly it was that he left her, but my bet is the airport, because I really prefer to do my long-distance traveling when bloodied by an attack by my spousal unit using unlikely weapons (not to mention the awesome fares and ease of booking mentioned previously). Hoping for the best but fearing the worst, police arrested Drennan and charged him with assault.

SaturdaySaturday reviews morning, police began searching the wooded areas near where the maroon car had been sighted on Thursday. Early that afternoon, they discovered the body of a woman covered with rocks near the shoreline of Lake Ontario and Lakewood Drive. While the body is believed to be that of Stefanie Casey, authorities are awaiting official confirmation, at which time additional charges are expected to be filed against Drennan.

There isn’t a lot of backstory out in the Webiverse regarding the couple, except that they’d met in Texas, known each other three or four months, and been married about a month. Casey was not employed at the time of her death, and it is believed Drennan was unemployed as well. There may have been previous signs of trouble, as media reports suggest that Drennan had previous domestic violence charges in Hawaii and Texas.

The truth of the matter is that Bryon Drennan almost certainly did kill Stefanie Casey. However, was Stefanie Casey his wife? A search of Denton County, Texas, court records shows that a Bryon D. Drennan filed for divorce from a Rhonda Drennan in AugustAugust reviews of this year. The final hearing in the matter is scheduled for February 2009. Is Bryon Drennan a bigamist as well as a murderer, or was the marriage of Drennan and Casey a fairy tale told for unknown purposes?

Unamused Cat says, “Bah!” over in the forums.

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