Connie McCarthy, missing a decade. remains ID'd

**Valasca** · June 26th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Remains that were found in December and are believed to be more than a decade old have been identified as a Dayton woman.

A tip led officers to dig under a porch and that is where they found the woman’s body. Now, DNA tests have revealed who the victim is.

Officials at the coroner’s office said they suspected who the victim was, but could not come up with any dental records, so they relied on DNA results, which took six months.

The remains were found behind a house at 1124 Wyoming Street. Police said they believe the remains were buried on the property sometime during the mid-90s.

Now, evidence has identified the woman as 40-year-old Connie McCarthy.

Ken Betz with the coroner’s office said, “WE had DNA meaning we had to go back to the mother and father to determine if the human remains we found belonged to this particular person.”

Officials said McCarthy lived in the house where she was buried. Even though the remains have been identified does not mean that police know how she died.

At this time, the coroner’s office has ruled McCarthy’s death as unknown homicidal violence.

Betz said, “We know the victim was a victim of a homicide, we just did not know directly what killed her.”

Dayton police would not comment on the identity of the remains. They directed News Center 7 to talk to the prosecutor’s office, where a representative said, “The matter is currently an open and active case that was approved as a homicide investigation by a grand jury.”

http://www.whiotv.com/news/24039593/detail.html

**62julietandvoid** · June 26th, 2010, 02:37 PM

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

**ScribbleMuse** · June 29th, 2010, 03:20 AM

A tip led them to dig under the porch makes me hope that the tipster is reachable by police. I can't imagine that it's the killer, but if someone knew she was buried there, someone knows more about the story and will hopefully lead to an arrest.

**Rasputan** · August 14th, 2010, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by 62julietandvoid

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

Originally Posted by 62julietandvoid

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

I had Roy Vigus working under me at the time he must have comitted the murder. he was a very difficult coworker to say the least. He never let on anything about the killing & hiding the body. I know at the time he had his own house on Wyoming St. I know later for reason explained as defaulting on the mortgage that he let the house go back to the bank. He was a strange person, with a fixation on the Hannibal Lectre movies. I was surprised, but not doubtful to find that he murdered this woman. The guy is not a person of high stature to say the least. His presence is that of a smaller person. He didn't seem to be any real threat, but he was very threatening and had a disturbed nature. he seemed to have a drinking or substance abuse problem. alot of things didn't seem to add up. He had financial problems that were explained as previously built up debts. He had a good, above modest income working for my employer. He was divorced, but had custody of his 2 boys. He gave up his house seemingly after the time that the murder was comitted, The address on Wyoming St. seems like it was his residence at the time, but I may be wrong. I decided from his first hire in not to get close to him. He didn't seem to be "wrapped right".
I had problems from him after he was safely past the employment probation period. He tried to discredit any authority I had. Roy repeditively tried to usurp my position & tried to befriend my supervisor as both being former military men. He thought he should be in charge of the department instead of me. He was repetively challenging me to fights, which I mostly laughed off, but was disturbed by. I am glad i never obliged or seriously entertained the thought. I am of sizable bigger stature and experience. Roy was eventually fired for his conduct, but somehow worked the office politics for a very long time before that happened. I always perceived him to be a dangerous person, but for a long time noone heeded my observation. It would be morbid to gloat that I was always right, but the point is now proven without doubt. I am only curious as to the details of this case. It seems that Connie was his girlfriend when he did her in. The question of the circumstances of him murdering her really perks my curiosity. I'm glad he never triggered off completely in the workplace, but wonder what triggered this. I'm glad I never reacted and cleaned his clock as he appeared to be needing. This guy definately had an explosive nature. I am sorry to see that he actually ended someone's life.
From the news stories, Roy turned himself in for his crime. Maybe it was an act of accumulated conscience, maybe of despiration, maybe he saw that he was soon to be discovered anyway. The neighborhood the house is in is severely distressed. It it a very crime ridden neighborhood. Alot of homes are abandoned. Dayton is tearing down alot of nuisance abandoned homes in that area, alot of others are being targeted by arsonists. It is in one of 3 "War Zones" that plague Dayton. Was it an unending personal guilt that prompted him to expose himself in this matter? Was it damage control for something that was ready to finally come to light? It looks like prosecutors were so glad that this cold case was finally confessed to that the charges are so dumbed down for such a brutal crime. My feelings are that Roy should never be introduced back into society. The guy is very unbalanced, but the charges themselves reak of lieniency. It would be good if the detailed story of what happened were publicised. It would be good that society would be protected from such a person. Unfortunately under the circumstances of the resolving of the case may put him back into circulation in a time alot more minimal than most people who kill another.

**Valasca** · August 14th, 2010, 09:50 AM

Wow. Thanks for the input.
So it seems hindsight is 20/20?

**Hellsbells** · August 14th, 2010, 10:23 AM

Connie McCarthy

**Misskittychaos** · August 14th, 2010, 11:36 AM

Well I'm glad her family can have closure but ugh being buried under your house. You know people went there a ton of times looking for clues to where she was...she was there all along.

**Rasputan** · August 23rd, 2010, 04:42 PM

On August 18, 2010 Roy Vigus was sentenced to only 7 years for the murder he hid for 14 years and turned himself in for. As things usually go with prison sentences, he probally will serve less than half of the time. I guess murdering someone and hiding the body gets you less time than you'd get for drug posession, who knew?

**AngelFire** · August 23rd, 2010, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Rasputan

On August 18, 2010 Roy Vigus was sentenced to only 7 years for the murder he hid for 14 years and turned himself in for. As things usually go with prison sentences, he probally will serve less than half of the time. I guess murdering someone and hiding the body gets you less time than you'd get for drug posession, who knew?

That's insane! Why even bother charging him? Shit 7 years?