Annie McCann, runaway teen, found dead hours later.

[Unamused Cat]

Annie McCann

The note left at her Alexandria, Va., home Friday told her parents not to worry - she had run away and wanted to be free.

But less than two days later, 16-year-old Annie McCann was found dead in an alley in the Perkins Homes public housing development in East Baltimore. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

McCann, an 11th-grader at West Potomac High School, was last seen about 6:45 a.m. Friday, her parents told police, and the note was discovered that evening.

In it, her father said, she indicated that she was traveling far away. He checked Washington-area airports and parking lots at area train and bus stations, hoping to find her vehicle, a white 2007 Volvo. Federal transportation and Amtrak officials checked area rail stations with no luck.

Troy Harris, a city police spokesman, said McCann was found about 3 a.m. Sunday by a man who was taking out trash and noticed her body near a trash bin. He flagged down a firetruck, and police were called to the scene.

Dan McCann said his daughter had not previously threatened to run away and was not a troubled girl. He said she "brought out the best in people around her" and was a skilled artist who loved animals. He said he had no idea how she might have ended up in Baltimore or why she left.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...,1063890.story

At this point, I'm thinking she met someone online.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...hpid=sec-metro

[Peeperann]

Poor girl, she probably met some guy online who turned out to be a murderous Pedo and she thought she was going to meet prince charming.

My prayers to her family for strength, courage and peace..............

[brokenandtwisted]

I think sixteen is a bit old for most pedophiles to prey on. I mean...it's an age of consent. She probably met someone, resisted sexual advances, was raped and killed...

5/10 UCat!

[Unamused Cat]

What I find odd is the note she left behind telling her parents not to worry - she had run away and wanted to be free. Maybe she didn't meet up with a stranger. Her body was found just over an hour's drive.

[DamagedGoods]

maybe it was suicide & she didn't want her parents to worry?

[Silvahalo]

I think this smells of an online encounter...maybe not a pedo but a sick fuck nonetheless. A teenager of 16 is still a child in many ways. So vulnerable and naive about the real world and it's dangers.

So very sad for the family, the parents I am sure are beside themselves in grief.

I pray for Annie and her family who will need to focus on the good memories and blessings this young lady brought to their lives.

Rest in peace Annie.

[Tallulah]

Call me cynical, but it will be interesting to find out how long she was dead, verses how long she was missing. And the body being found near Public housing, makes me think she was 'dumped', not killed there.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

WTF???

A Fairfax County teenager who was found dead in Baltimore in November apparently died from swallowing an overdose of the topical pain reliever Bactine, and her parents yesterday launched a campaign to find out how Annie McCann wound up in Baltimore and whether she took her own life.

McCann, 16, was an honor student at West Potomac High School, a seemingly upbeat, artistic, religious young woman who lived with her parents in the Groveton area of eastern Fairfax. But on Oct. 31, she ran away, leaving a note that read in part: "This morning, I was going to kill myself but I realized I can start over. I don't want help and I'm no longer scared." The note ended, "I love you and I will be careful."
[...]
Baltimore police considered Annie's death suspicious and initially worked the case tenaciously, Daniel and Mary Jane McCann said yesterday. There was no obvious cause of death, although the mother said, "There were clear signs of violence, including bruising, bumps and abrasions on both sides of her face and forehead."

Daniel McCann said police first mentioned to them in early November that lidocaine, the active ingredient in Bactine, was found in Annie's system. A bottle of the antiseptic liquid was found at the crime scene, and one was missing from the McCanns' home, her father said.
[...]
the Maryland medical examiner ruled that Annie died of lidocaine toxicity, with too much of the over-the-counter painkiller in her system. Daniel McCann said the substance was found in her stomach and not absorbed through the skin.
[...]
Daniel McCann said he doesn't rule out the possibility that his daughter committed suicide. "We're not in denial," he said. "We just want to know what happened."

The McCanns noted that Annie took her life savings with her Oct. 31 -- $1,000 cash -- along with all her jewelry and a large box of Cheerios. The day before she left, she stayed late at school to earn extra credit in an Advanced Placement class. Police told the McCanns that Annie appeared to have a "to do" list written on her hand.

"None of this seems consistent with simple suicide," Mary Jane McCann said.
[...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...030202695.html

[Wicked Doll]

Who the hell uses Bactine to commit suicide? Something just isn't right here. Ir will be interesting to see if the police turn up any leads. I'm sure she had her own computer or at least the family does. Hopefully, the police check it out. Sad.

[Kimberix]

The McCanns noted that Annie took her life savings with her Oct. 31 -- $1,000 cash -- along with all her jewelry and a large box of Cheerios. The day before she left, she stayed late at school to earn extra credit in an Advanced Placement class. Police told the McCanns that Annie appeared to have a "to do" list written on her hand.

"None of this seems consistent with simple suicide," Mary Jane McCann said.

Actually when people do decide to kill themselves, their minds actually become very focused and clear, once the decision is made it's like a weight is lifted.

[Unamused Cat]

Thanks for the update Dakota.

[Wicked Doll]

The parents of a Fairfax County girl found dead in Baltimore in November continued to press for leads in the case yesterday, releasing a sketch of a woman who might have been with their daughter shortly before her death and accusing Fairfax school officials of not cooperating with the investigation.

Annie McCann, 16, left a note Oct. 31 telling her parents that she had run away from their Groveton home. Her body was discovered in Baltimore two days later. Last month, the Maryland medical examiner ruled that Annie had died from swallowing the liquid antiseptic Bactine.

Annie's parents, Dan and Mary Jane McCann, have hired private investigators to assist the probe. They said a sketch artist they hired, a former Maryland homicide detective, created the drawing from an interview with a witness in Baltimore. The witness told them that she saw Annie with a young woman either Oct. 31 or Nov. 1.

The woman in the sketch is described as white with a dark complexion, about 18 to 23, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10 and weighing 120 to 130 pounds. The witness said the woman had dark-brown straight hair past her shoulders and dark-brown eyes with heavy makeup -- eye liner, mascara and foundation makeup to cover dark circles under her eyes. She also wore unusual yellow or brown nail polish, according to a news release issued by the family, and was wearing a navy blue hooded sweat shirt and tight faded blue jeans with artificial rips in the knees.

The McCanns said they released the sketch with the approval of Baltimore police, who are investigating the case.

The McCanns said they had hoped to show the sketch to students at West Potomac High School, where Annie was a junior, before releasing it to the public. But Fairfax school officials declined to allow investigators access to the school or students.

Paul Regnier, the Fairfax schools spokesman, said school administrators and students have cooperated at great length with the Baltimore police investigation. He said that the incident did not happen at the school or appear related to the school and that allowing the McCanns to distribute fliers or broadcast something over the intercom system would set a difficult precedent for parents pursuing other causes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...99.html?sub=AR

[Dex]

Paul Regnier, the Fairfax schools spokesman, said school administrators and students have cooperated at great length with the Baltimore police investigation. He said that the incident did not happen at the school or appear related to the school and that allowing the McCanns to distribute fliers or broadcast something over the intercom system would set a difficult precedent for parents pursuing other causes.

Wow, that is really cold of the school district! It is not as if the parents wanted to talk to the students to get the students to sign up with Amway or something; the parents were asking for help to find out how their daughter died. The school could have used this as a learning moment, to talk about teen suicide , dealing with depression, pressure on students, etc. I guess it was easier to say FU to the parents.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Wow, that is really cold of the school district! It is not as if the parents wanted to talk to the students to get the students to sign up with Amway or something; the parents were asking for help to find out how their daughter died. The school could have used this as a learning moment, to talk about teen suicide , dealing with depression, pressure on students, etc. I guess it was easier to say FU to the parents.

And if 52 sets of parents have issues that the feel require attention, should the school let them all in? It is not like they do not have access to the students via many other methods that don't disrupt school.

I feel for the parents but as the school said, it creates a precedence that is unnecessary... and they are cooperating with the police.

[Wicked Doll]

I went to school in and grew up in Fairfax County. Being just outside of Washington DC it is a very diverse and crowded school district.

I'm not saying it applies to these parents, but the general attitude is that it isn't "my" problem until it happens to my kid(s). I sincerely doubt that the McCann's would have much luck and have to agree that the precedent it would set would be a nightmare.

They have the Washington Post, a very widely read publication in the area, covering Annie's story. That is the best they could hope for.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

There is also standing on the corner passing out fliers and talking to the kids, MySpace, Facebook, phones, billboards, and a miriad of other things... little of which law enforcement does.

[Hellsbells]

New Details in the Death of Fairfax Teen Annie McCann

FAIRFAX, Va. - There is new information in the mysterious death of Annie McCann. The Fairfax teenager was found dead in Baltimore in 2008 after running away from home.

A man once questioned in McCann’s death has been arrested for murder and now the teen’s parents want their daughter’s case reopened.

Some might call the circumstances surrounding the death of Annie McCann, strange, unusual, even deeply troubling.



The medical examiner says she died from a lethal dose of Lidocaine from a bottle of Bactine, but ruled her death "undetermined."


The police say all signs point to suicide.

But Annie McCann’s parents are convinced she was murdered and are now asking the Baltimore police to investigate the case as they should have from the start.

A few hours after Annie McCann’s body was found near a trash bin in East Baltimore, her 2007 Volvo was found several blocks away.

While investigating her death, Baltimore police learned how it got there.

Several teenagers stole it; one of them claiming they removed the teens body before driving away.

The only adult charged in the theft was Darnell Kinlaw, now 21, who is facing a murder one charge in Baltimore for killing a 26-year-old woman on November 11th before stealing her car.

Daniel and Mary Jane McCann think Kinlaw may know what happened to their daughter.

"We can't rule it out," said Daniel McCann in an interview Thursday, "but we are not inclined to believe that Mr. Kinlaw poisoned our daughter with Lidocaine. What we do know is that he was at the scene of the car with our dead daughter and four juveniles and what we would like to find out is how they came to be there."

The McCann’s think Kinlaw and others know more than what they've told police in the past. Especially after hearing what one of the juveniles charged with stealing Annie’s car had to say in court.

"When we went to one of the juvenile hearings, a young man said that he was afraid for his life, for what he knew about Annie McCann," said Mary Jane McCann.

At the request of FOX 5, Baltimore police released a statement which says,
"In the case of Ms. Annie McCann, Mr. Kinlaw was questioned extensively in that investigation, and it was revealed that he was involved in stealing Ms. McCann’s vehicle from a neighborhood in east Baltimore.

However, despite numerous interrogations and execution of search warrants, there was no evidence, forensic or otherwise, to connect Mr. Kinlaw to Ms. McCann’s death. Mr. Kinlaw was charged by the Baltimore police department for the theft of the vehicle but those charges were later dropped by the former state's attorney".

Said Mary Jane McCann, "the police did not investigate, they need to reopen the investigation for Annie McCann now".

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/loca...e-mccann-12111

[GOREgeous]

So this guy made her drink bactine? Slipped it in a drink? When I got my labret pierced I used bactine and it tastes terrible. She would have tasted the amount it would have taken to kill her if it was slipped in a drink...trust me