Post by admin4laney on May 18, 2006 14:02:28 GMT -5
Missing Since May 3rd, 2006: Tracy Tribble, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa (Crime Library) — As of May 15, 2006, 5'2", Tracy Tribble has been missing for almost two weeks. The last time anyone saw red-haired and green-eyed Tracy, age 35, of Council Bluffs, Iowa (IA) was early in the morning on May 3, 2006. Her husband, Stan Tribble, said he'd last seen Tracy between six and six-thirty that morning.
Internet domain registration records indicate two websites were created to promote finding Tracy Tribble on May 7th, 2006: www.tracytribble.com and www.tracytribble.info. The pages were essentially mirrors of each other, and information pertinent to bringing Tracy home could be found on either page. Tracy's father, John Gostomski, was listed as the point of contact. A $75,000 reward was being offered for information leading to Tracy's whereabouts.
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Speaking to Omaha, Nebraska television station KETV on May 8, 2006, a friend of Tribble's family, Bryon Batchelder, said that Tracy's cell phone, purse, and car had been left behind. On May 10th it was reported that Batchelder was actually an ex-boyfriend of Tribble's, and that it was known that the night before Tracy Tribble vanished, she'd had an argument with her husband Stan, and was "distraught."
On May 12th there was fear among some searching for Tribble that she'd been found. That day it was reported that human remains had been found in a barrel on May 6th in a secluded part of Pottawattamie County, IA. However it was established that the corpse in the barrel, a female between 5'6" and 5'9" and somewhere between 24 and 32, had been deceased for some time, and didn't fit Tracy's overall description or even her ethnic heritage investigators believed the deceased could be biracial, Caucasian and African-American.
Though suspicion is often directed towards spouses in situations where one member of the couple goes missing, Council Bluffs authorities were being careful with statements made to local media. KCCI TV in Des Moines, IA reported on May 12th that even though Stan and Tracy Tribble had fought often in their three years of marriage, Stan being arrested more than once on domestic violence charges, Council Bluffs police "had no reason to believe" that Stan Tribble had "done anything wrong."
Discussion of Tracy's vanishing was not widespread across weblogs, but what could be found in the blogosphere was intriguing because it was so blunt. A blogger using the screen name "avyakata" wrote at www.elowel.org, on May 10th:
"Tracy Gostomski married this guy named Tribble and they live across the river in Council Bluffs. There have been three domestic violence calls there in the last few months and now she has vanished completely, leaving car, keys, wallet, jewelry, and her pet. These are not the choices of a woman dashing off to make a new life for herself Some of my business associates work for her father. The reward started at $25k, then it was $50k, now its $75k. I talked with one of them today. I said (kindly) 'She isn't coming back ...'. There was a long pause. She said 'We know that'. There wasn't much else to say."
Stan Tribble was cooperative with police investigating his wife's disappearance for at least a week. But on May 12th it was reported in The Southwest Iowa Daily Nonpareil that Tribble had hired an attorney and was no longer speaking directly with investigators.
In the same Daily Nonpareil article by reporter Chad Nation, a few extra details came out: one reason Tracy's family was so worried was the fact that she'd left her dog behind; Stan Tribble had been truthful with police about he and Tracy arguing the night before she disappeared, but he "denied assaulting her."
Perhaps more ominous was where Tracy's dog was found: animal control officers picked the animal up at a cemetery near the Tribble home
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Searches for Tracy Tribble are continuing in and around Council Bluffs. It isn't clear just how involved husband Stan Tribble is in the efforts being made to find his wife. Anyone with information regarding Tracy's whereabouts can call the Council Bluffs Police at 712-328-4764 or 712-328-5737.
www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0506/1501_tracy_tribble.html
Council Bluffs, Iowa (Crime Library) — As of May 15, 2006, 5'2", Tracy Tribble has been missing for almost two weeks. The last time anyone saw red-haired and green-eyed Tracy, age 35, of Council Bluffs, Iowa (IA) was early in the morning on May 3, 2006. Her husband, Stan Tribble, said he'd last seen Tracy between six and six-thirty that morning.
Internet domain registration records indicate two websites were created to promote finding Tracy Tribble on May 7th, 2006: www.tracytribble.com and www.tracytribble.info. The pages were essentially mirrors of each other, and information pertinent to bringing Tracy home could be found on either page. Tracy's father, John Gostomski, was listed as the point of contact. A $75,000 reward was being offered for information leading to Tracy's whereabouts.
Speaking to Omaha, Nebraska television station KETV on May 8, 2006, a friend of Tribble's family, Bryon Batchelder, said that Tracy's cell phone, purse, and car had been left behind. On May 10th it was reported that Batchelder was actually an ex-boyfriend of Tribble's, and that it was known that the night before Tracy Tribble vanished, she'd had an argument with her husband Stan, and was "distraught."
On May 12th there was fear among some searching for Tribble that she'd been found. That day it was reported that human remains had been found in a barrel on May 6th in a secluded part of Pottawattamie County, IA. However it was established that the corpse in the barrel, a female between 5'6" and 5'9" and somewhere between 24 and 32, had been deceased for some time, and didn't fit Tracy's overall description or even her ethnic heritage investigators believed the deceased could be biracial, Caucasian and African-American.
Though suspicion is often directed towards spouses in situations where one member of the couple goes missing, Council Bluffs authorities were being careful with statements made to local media. KCCI TV in Des Moines, IA reported on May 12th that even though Stan and Tracy Tribble had fought often in their three years of marriage, Stan being arrested more than once on domestic violence charges, Council Bluffs police "had no reason to believe" that Stan Tribble had "done anything wrong."
Discussion of Tracy's vanishing was not widespread across weblogs, but what could be found in the blogosphere was intriguing because it was so blunt. A blogger using the screen name "avyakata" wrote at www.elowel.org, on May 10th:
"Tracy Gostomski married this guy named Tribble and they live across the river in Council Bluffs. There have been three domestic violence calls there in the last few months and now she has vanished completely, leaving car, keys, wallet, jewelry, and her pet. These are not the choices of a woman dashing off to make a new life for herself Some of my business associates work for her father. The reward started at $25k, then it was $50k, now its $75k. I talked with one of them today. I said (kindly) 'She isn't coming back ...'. There was a long pause. She said 'We know that'. There wasn't much else to say."
Stan Tribble was cooperative with police investigating his wife's disappearance for at least a week. But on May 12th it was reported in The Southwest Iowa Daily Nonpareil that Tribble had hired an attorney and was no longer speaking directly with investigators.
In the same Daily Nonpareil article by reporter Chad Nation, a few extra details came out: one reason Tracy's family was so worried was the fact that she'd left her dog behind; Stan Tribble had been truthful with police about he and Tracy arguing the night before she disappeared, but he "denied assaulting her."
Perhaps more ominous was where Tracy's dog was found: animal control officers picked the animal up at a cemetery near the Tribble home
Searches for Tracy Tribble are continuing in and around Council Bluffs. It isn't clear just how involved husband Stan Tribble is in the efforts being made to find his wife. Anyone with information regarding Tracy's whereabouts can call the Council Bluffs Police at 712-328-4764 or 712-328-5737.
www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0506/1501_tracy_tribble.html