Amber Alert Missing Teen, Taylor E. Manley, Found Dead with Kidnapper

[Rawrehz]

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NEWPORT, Mich. - Police found a 38-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl he knew dead in a van in a cemetery, hours after she was expected to testify against him on charges alleging he sexually assaulted her, authorities said Thursday.

Raymond R. Bush, of Newport, who had a tattoo of the girl's name on the back of his neck, was scheduled to appear Wednesday in 80th District Court, where he was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, authorities said.


An arrest warrant was issued after Bush failed to appear, Clare County Sheriff John Wilson said. State police had issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday morning for Taylor E. Manley, saying she had been kidnapped from the Reed City area and Bush was a suspect.

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Taylor was scheduled to testify during Bush's preliminary examination, where a judge determines whether there is enough evidence to send a case to trial, said Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis.

The Amber Alert was issued after Taylor was determined to be missing from her father's home, Ambrozaitis said

Bush befriended Taylor and her mother about a year ago, when they were living in the area where Bush lived, Ambrozaitis said. His relationship with the girl turned sexual after Taylor and her mother moved to Clare County, Ambrozaitis said.

Bush had "Taylor" tattooed on the back of his neck, said Sgt. Joe Cairnduff with the Michigan State Police in Reed City.

Third-degree criminal sexual conduct is a felony involving sexual penetration that may be charged when it involves a child at least 13 years of age and under 16. It's punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

^ Taylor E. Manley ^

Bush was shot once in the head. Taylor was shot multiple times. At least one .22-caliber slug was to her head. She also was shot in the chest.

"It appears he shot Taylor, then shot himself," said Lt. Mary Kapp, commander of the state police post in Monroe. Bush's death was ruled a suicide, while Taylor's was ruled a homicide, according to the Wayne County medical examiner's office, which performed the autopsies.

Authorities believe Bush abducted the girl, on the morning that she had stayed home from school to testify against him in a sexual assault case.

The sexual assault "wasn't sexual contact with force," said Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis, whose office was handling the case, but was based on Bush's behavior and actions. Michigan's legal age of consent for sex is 16.

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[62julietandvoid]

UGH. I wish young girls would wake up to the fact that these old males just want them because they're easily controlled and will listen. Anyone at that age wanting a 15 year old is NOT a good catch. They need to teach girls this stuff. And parents need to keep a watch out for these people. They're everywhere.

[Silkprints]

Child killer and a pedo . So she had to die because he didn't want to go to jail .
He was born to look like a convict

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Taylor Manley, 15, spoke with her dad before he took off for work Tuesday night about her big day Wednesday.

She was supposed to be out of bed when he got home from an overnight shift and ready to go to court to testify. The teen planned to miss school that day to be the main witness against Raymond Bush, 38, who faced a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for a relationship with her.

When Robert Manley arrived at his Evart home in Osceola County around 7:30 a.m., his daughter was gone. He knew something was wrong and immediately called authorities, prompting an Amber Alert to be issued for the teen.
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"She was afraid of him," Robert Manley said of Bush, who had Taylor's name tattooed near his lower neck. Taylor told her dad that Bush had threatened in the past that he would "do something" if she planned to testify.
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Bush threatened Taylor about testifying and told her that he would rather run than face the charge, the girl's father said.

Now police are investigating whether Bush snatched Taylor out of her father's Osceola County home sometime early Wednesday and drove downstate, shooting her to death before turning a .22-caliber pistol on himself.

Glimpses into Bush's growing desperation emerged Thursday as police investigated the discovery of their bodies the day before in the St. Charles Cemetery on Dixie Highway in Newport in Monroe County. Michigan State Police said the bodies were in the back of a minivan parked near the graves of Bush's grandparents, who raised him.
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Taylor's grandfather, Joseph Manley of Farwell, said investigators told the family that there were signs a door to the mobile home where she lived with her father in Evart had been pried open, indicating she was abducted, and that several hours may have elapsed between her death and Bush's suicide.
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Bush's worries had worsened as his day in court neared. He had fired an urgent barrage of text messages to Taylor in recent days, though they contained "nothing threatening," Ambrozaitis said. "It was mostly 'I love you.' 'Call me.' 'Text me.'"

That violated terms of his bond, which ordered Bush not to have contact with the girl.
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...te=fullarticle

An ex-girlfriend said he drove to her house in the Beaches area and she saw a body wrapped in a blanket lying in the back of the van. Tommy Bush said his brother dropped off some things at his ex-girlfriend’s home then told her he was going to commit suicide.

“She begged him to turn himself in,” Tommy Bush said. “She told him to stop. Then she called police.”

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[Silkprints]

So friggin sad .
I am out of thanks

[AngelFire]

Poor kid

[Nell]

Her dad should have missed work or had someone sit with her. He had threatened to do something if she testified.