Search for missing Welch girls

Search for missing Welch girls

WELCH GIRLS.LAURIA BIBLE AND ASHLEYFREEMAN VANISHED TWO DECADESAGO AND ARE NOW PRESUMEDDEAD.THE ONLY LIVING SUSPECT LEDINVESTIGATORS TO A SITE INPICHER IN OTTAWA COUNTY...BUT HOURS OF SEARCHINGTURNED UP NOTHING BUT MOREHEARTACHE.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S GITZELPUENTE IS THERE WITHREACTION FROM FAMILYMEMBERS..

AND WHAT HAPPENSNEXT.CREWS WERE OUT IN THISREMOTE AREA IN PICHER..

JUSTA QUARTER MILE FROM HIGHWAY69..

SEARCHING FOR HUMANREMAINS.INSTEAD..

AN EMPTY HOLE INTHE GROUND..

AND ANOTHERUNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FORLAURIA BIBLE AND ASHLEYFREEMAN.

Gary 16:04:03- 09"He's more than 50%confident they would be inhere." HOPES WERE HIGH.

Gary16:03:58 "This is his bestguess you might say on whyhe thinks we need to look."BUT AFTER THREE HOURS OFDIGGING..

THE SEARCH ENDED.INVESTIGATORS DIDN'T FINDWHATTHEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

Gary16:04:19- 28 "We want to atthe very minimum toeliminate this as a possiblelocation.

We felt obligatedsince he's pointed this outto at least search it." D-AINVESTIGATOR GARY STANSTILLSAID THEY WERE LED TO THISCORNER BY RONNIE BUSICK..WHO PLEADED GUILTY LASTMONTH TO BEING ANACCESSORY TO MURDER.

THE68-YEAR-OLD TOLDINVESTIGATORS TO LOOK FOR ANUNDERGROUND ROOT CELLAR..WHERE THE BODIES OF LAURIABIBLE AND ASHLEY FREEMANCOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED IN1999.

Gary 16:03:08- 19"When asked why we should belooking at a root cellar, hementioned that the othersuspect David Pennington hadmade mentions that he had tofill in a root cellarshortly after the crimes."STANSTILL SAID BUSICK HASBEEN COOPERATING WITHPROSECUTORS INTHE LAST TWO WEEKS..

AFTERLOOKING AT OLD PHOTOGRAPHSOFTHE AREA.

BUT THE LOCATIONHE PINPOINTED..

TURNED upNOTHING.

Lorene 19:42:22- 32"I knew this was a day we'regoing to come and lookagain, all of thempreviously has ended up withnothing, so let's go see ifthey're here." LAURIABIBLE'S MOTHER HAS BEENTHROUGH DOZENS OF SEARCHESSINCE HERDAUGHTER DISAPPEARED 21YEARS AGO..

BUT SHE AND HERLOVED ONES REMAIN HOPEFULTHAT ONE DAY SHE'LL GETCLOSURE.

Lisa 19:43:11- 22"Maybe this is not the rightcellar, but if there'ssomebody that knows,somebody that saw themsomewhere, our Facebook pageis open, it's waiting justsend us a message or callthe OSBI."INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SEARCHDOESN'T END HERE..

THEY DOHAVE OTHERPOSSIBLE LOCATIONS BASED ONTHEIR INVESTIGATION.

THOSEDETAILS COMING UP TONIGHT AT6..

AND WHAT'S NEXT FORBUSICK.

REPORTING IN PICHER,GITZEL PUENTE, 2WFY.WE WERE TOLD LAST MONTH THATBUSICK HAS UNTIL AUGUST31-ST TO COOPERATE WITHAUTHORITIES AND HELP RECOVERTHE GIRLS' REMAINS.IF HE HELPS FIND THEIRBODIES, HE WOULD ONLY SPENDFIVE YEARS IN PRISON... ANDFIVE YEARS ON PROBATION.IF HE DOESN'T - HE WOULD GET15- YEARS IN PRISON AFTERPLEADING GUILTY TO BEING ANACCESSORY TO MURDER.

BUSICKWAS ARRESTED AND CHARGEDWITH THE CRIMES TWO YEARS