Post by aleamon98 on Apr 10, 2008 16:04:29 GMT -5
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Authorities on Thursday continued the search for Theresa Parker by using a robotic camera to search an abandoned well on U.S. 27 and an underwater cave on Pigeon Mountain.
“We are going to be doing a couple of exercises today, just clearing some suspected areas, in the Theresa Parker missing person case,” Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said.
The well was discovered Wednesday by state Department of Transportation workers on a U.S. 27 widening project. The DOT contacted the Walker County Sheriff’s Department.
“We are going to send a camera down (the well) and just check it out real good,” Sheriff Wilson said. “It’s nothing suspicious. It’s just some areas we are clearing and we want people to know we are still looking for Theresa Parker and have been.”
Theresa Parker has been missing since March 2007. Her husband, Sam Parker, has been charged with murder and is in jail awaiting trial. Theresa’s body has not been found.
GBI agent James Harris, lead agent in the case, said, “(Walker County Water and Sewer Authority) has a robotic camera that will walk itself down into the water, into the area there (in the well), just checking. Anytime we find a spot like this, we just clear it.”
The camera-equipped robot is called a “main line crawler system.” Footage from the camera is displayed onto a monitor in a Walker County Water and Sewer Authority vehicle.
Nothing was discovered in the well.
Walker County Sheriff’s Departments detective Lt. Burt Cagle said, “… If anybody knows of any wells, cisterns or whatever, that are isolated, we would like to know about them because we would like to check any and every place they can be.”
According to Sheriff’s detective Sgt. Walter Hensley, there could be 5,000 undiscovered wells, or cisterns, in Walker and Chattooga counties.
Asked what someone who discovers an unknown well should do, Harris said, “Call the tip line that we have at (706) 639-2255 and let us know about it and with their permission, we will go out and clear it.”
Camera glitches in search of undewater cave
After searching the well, investigators moved to the Blue Hole on Pigeon Mountain.
The Blue Hole is a popular natural water-fed swimming hole,
Walker County Water and Sewer Authority’s Jack Winesburgh and Richard Bradley used the robotic camera to search an underwater cave at the Blue Hole.
Walker County Sheriff’s Sgt. Donny Phillips, detective Sgt. Hensley, detective Lt. Cagle, Special Agent Harris, Bradley and Winesburgh were met by retired Department of Natural Resources ranger Alan Padgett to determine correct positioning of the entrance to the cave, due to the murky and clouded water.
Unfortunately, the camera experienced some problems, such as freezing up due to the cold water, and the search was postponed for a later date.
Authorities on Thursday continued the search for Theresa Parker by using a robotic camera to search an abandoned well on U.S. 27 and an underwater cave on Pigeon Mountain.
“We are going to be doing a couple of exercises today, just clearing some suspected areas, in the Theresa Parker missing person case,” Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said.
The well was discovered Wednesday by state Department of Transportation workers on a U.S. 27 widening project. The DOT contacted the Walker County Sheriff’s Department.
“We are going to send a camera down (the well) and just check it out real good,” Sheriff Wilson said. “It’s nothing suspicious. It’s just some areas we are clearing and we want people to know we are still looking for Theresa Parker and have been.”
Theresa Parker has been missing since March 2007. Her husband, Sam Parker, has been charged with murder and is in jail awaiting trial. Theresa’s body has not been found.
GBI agent James Harris, lead agent in the case, said, “(Walker County Water and Sewer Authority) has a robotic camera that will walk itself down into the water, into the area there (in the well), just checking. Anytime we find a spot like this, we just clear it.”
The camera-equipped robot is called a “main line crawler system.” Footage from the camera is displayed onto a monitor in a Walker County Water and Sewer Authority vehicle.
Nothing was discovered in the well.
Walker County Sheriff’s Departments detective Lt. Burt Cagle said, “… If anybody knows of any wells, cisterns or whatever, that are isolated, we would like to know about them because we would like to check any and every place they can be.”
According to Sheriff’s detective Sgt. Walter Hensley, there could be 5,000 undiscovered wells, or cisterns, in Walker and Chattooga counties.
Asked what someone who discovers an unknown well should do, Harris said, “Call the tip line that we have at (706) 639-2255 and let us know about it and with their permission, we will go out and clear it.”
Camera glitches in search of undewater cave
After searching the well, investigators moved to the Blue Hole on Pigeon Mountain.
The Blue Hole is a popular natural water-fed swimming hole,
Walker County Water and Sewer Authority’s Jack Winesburgh and Richard Bradley used the robotic camera to search an underwater cave at the Blue Hole.
Walker County Sheriff’s Sgt. Donny Phillips, detective Sgt. Hensley, detective Lt. Cagle, Special Agent Harris, Bradley and Winesburgh were met by retired Department of Natural Resources ranger Alan Padgett to determine correct positioning of the entrance to the cave, due to the murky and clouded water.
Unfortunately, the camera experienced some problems, such as freezing up due to the cold water, and the search was postponed for a later date.