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| Jeremy Bechtel; Erin Foster |
'A Baffling Case:' 2 Sparta teens disappeared 12 years ago
By Jim Balloch
Knoxville News Sentinel
Posted January 15, 2012 at 4 a.m.
One person disappearing without a trace is mystery enough. When two vanish together, the case can be more than twice as difficult.
On April 3, 2000, Jeremy Bechtel, 17, and Erin Foster, 18, both of Sparta, attended a party. Later that night, around 10 p.m., they were seen together in her car, a sporty black Pontiac Grand Am.
Since then, there has been no trace of Bechtel, some unproven sightings of Foster, and no sign of her car.
"This is a case with two victims and many possibilities, but no crime scene and no forensic evidence," said White County Sheriff's Office Detective Chris Isom.
In 2005 and again in 2006, investigators actively searched for Foster in Pensacola, Fla., following reports that she was living and working there.
Closer to home, authorities have periodically dug up wells in White County. Those searches were sparked by a tip that came in several ears ago, reporting the pair had been murdered and their bodies dumped in a well or abandoned well site somewhere in White County. (more...)
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