RaVen Blackehart
December 15th, 2008, 09:51 PM
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- "Divers searched a creek bed Monday looking for a break in a 25-year-old case.
Based on several tips, there was a search for remains of Ann Gotlib, a 12-year-old who disappeared in 1983.
The case has received a lot of attention in recent weeks after police named the late Greg Oakley a prime suspect in the girl's disappearance and presumed death.
Oakley used to live in an apartment complex near the search site.
The Louisville Metro Police dive crew searched the bottom of a fork of Beargrass Creek, much to the surprise of Daniel Hernandez, who lives in a nearby apartment building.
"I look out there and I see an underwater rescue team and I got, like, scared, you know? Maybe they found a body, I didn't know what," he said.
Dressed in dry suits, the dive team spent about two hours in the water searching for Gotlib's remains.
After a quarter century, if her remains were in Beargrass Creek, dive team members knew there likely wouldn't be much left other than bone fragments. They did find bone fragments, but they appear to be animal bones.
"Some of them weren't much larger than a size of a quarter, but that's how thorough of a search that the Louisville dive team does," said Sgt. Dave Minniear of the LMPD dive team.
"We're taking every crime tip we have that comes in. We're going to explore every possibility," said Lt. Barry Wilkerson of Metro Police. "We sent the divers out today. They did an excellent job finding what they did."
"It was a small creek bed and we had six divers abreast on their hands and knees crawling, turning over rocks and searching every area," Minniear said.
As far as Metro Police are concerned, the Gotlib case, although 25 years old, isn't closed.
Wilkerson said they do have new tips.
"We're exploring every possibility and looking into every one," he said. "We feel they're that important."
"Hopefully they found something that can help solve that case," Hernandez said.
State medical examiner Barbara Weekly-Jones said the fragments appear to be animal and not human.
Pictures of the fragments have been e-mailed to the state's anthropologist in Frankfort for a closer look."
http://www.wlky.com/cnn-news/18284324/detail.html
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- "Divers searched a creek bed Monday looking for a break in a 25-year-old case.
Based on several tips, there was a search for remains of Ann Gotlib, a 12-year-old who disappeared in 1983.
The case has received a lot of attention in recent weeks after police named the late Greg Oakley a prime suspect in the girl's disappearance and presumed death.
Oakley used to live in an apartment complex near the search site.
The Louisville Metro Police dive crew searched the bottom of a fork of Beargrass Creek, much to the surprise of Daniel Hernandez, who lives in a nearby apartment building.
"I look out there and I see an underwater rescue team and I got, like, scared, you know? Maybe they found a body, I didn't know what," he said.
Dressed in dry suits, the dive team spent about two hours in the water searching for Gotlib's remains.
After a quarter century, if her remains were in Beargrass Creek, dive team members knew there likely wouldn't be much left other than bone fragments. They did find bone fragments, but they appear to be animal bones.
"Some of them weren't much larger than a size of a quarter, but that's how thorough of a search that the Louisville dive team does," said Sgt. Dave Minniear of the LMPD dive team.
"We're taking every crime tip we have that comes in. We're going to explore every possibility," said Lt. Barry Wilkerson of Metro Police. "We sent the divers out today. They did an excellent job finding what they did."
"It was a small creek bed and we had six divers abreast on their hands and knees crawling, turning over rocks and searching every area," Minniear said.
As far as Metro Police are concerned, the Gotlib case, although 25 years old, isn't closed.
Wilkerson said they do have new tips.
"We're exploring every possibility and looking into every one," he said. "We feel they're that important."
"Hopefully they found something that can help solve that case," Hernandez said.
State medical examiner Barbara Weekly-Jones said the fragments appear to be animal and not human.
Pictures of the fragments have been e-mailed to the state's anthropologist in Frankfort for a closer look."
http://www.wlky.com/cnn-news/18284324/detail.html