Body Identified as Jennifer Hampton

Unfortunately, the body found in the water close to Oak Ridge, TN., has been identified as that of Jennifer Hampton, 21.

The official word came in today. The authorities are maintaining that this was a homocide, but no details are being released at this time.

Let's offer our thoughts and prayers to her family. Her poor parent's must be so lost.

This is TWO women that went missing and have been found murdered in a very short time!

What is happening that these women are being attacked and slaughtered like cattle and then disposed of like a piece of trash?? Whatever happened to men that knew how to be a man and walk away instead of doing these horrendous deeds?

Every time that I hear another body has been found, I hold my breath until an ID has been made. I pray everyday that "our" Jennifer will come home safe and sound. But, with each day that passes, I fear that will never happen.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up. Those children need their mother to be with them especially at Christmas. I'm an adult. I lost my mother 3 years ago, but I can tell you now, Christmas is NEVER the same without your mother being there with you, no matter what your age.

Keep your emails coming. Maybe one of those will be the one that will unlock this whole mystery.

77 Days with no answers

It has been 77 days since Jennifer Powers left home. There are still a lot of unanswered questions. The holidays are not far off.Don't you think that her kids would like there Mom home to eat Turkey at Thanksgiving and open gifts on Christmas.

Why hasn't Jennifer's picture been on the news. Does anyone care that she walked out of her house in the middle of the night.

There have been a few other cases that have been pushed under the rug. A few people gave me a great idea. We are going to start writing letters to our congressmen/women. There has to be more done than oh she/he left on there own. They need to follow every clue and not just say there is no foul play. The way the law sees it is no body no foul play.

If you would like to write a letter that would be wonderful. I will post the link at the bottom of this post. It will give you the info on the members of congress that Represent the area Jennifer went missing from.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=ALSR&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=AL&zipcode=35803&plusfour=N/A

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=ALJR&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=AL&zipcode=35803&plusfour=N/A

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=ALJR&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=AL&zipcode=35803&plusfour=N/A

Today marks the 2 month anniversary............

Today marks the 2 month anniversary, since Jennifer "left home".

This has to be the hardest thing that her children and parents have ever had to endure. Can you imagine not knowing where your mother/daughter is, or what has happened to her?????

Her children may laugh and continue with their lives, but in the backs of their minds, they have to be thinking about their mother and wondering why she would leave them. Her parents must be thinking about the phone calls that never come from her anymore, or the visits with their daughter that they must have looked forward to.

How could anyone live with themselves if they had something to do with this beautiful young woman now being "missing"? How could they look at her children, parents, family and friends, knowing that they have that piece of missing information that would bring her home. How could they sleep at night? Would her face and voice not haunt their dreams and every waking hour?

If anyone out there knows anything at all about the disappearance of Jennifer, they need to contact the proper authorities immediately. Please help to bring her home, for her children and parents.....if for no other reason.

Body found in well identified........................

The body found in the well at 229 Henry Bayless Rd., Ardmore, TN, has been identified as 36 yr. old Rachel Michelle Lane.

This case started out as a child's report of sexual abuse to a school counselor. It went from a report of sexual abuse, to the search for a missing person and then finally a case of murder.

The TN. Dept. of Human Resources, referred the case to Investigator Joyce McConnell. McConnell went to the home of Keith Allen Lane, 35, to investigate the allegations of child sexual abuse. McConnell also wanted to speak with his wife, Rachel Michelle Lane. Lane told McConnell that he and his wife were "seperated and his wife was out of the house".

Lane was living with his mother, and he and Rachel were married and had one little boy. Lane had another child, a biological daughter, and there was one more little boy in the home, a nephew. According to McConnell, the Lane's were in the process of divorcing.

McConnell said that she came to interview Rachel Lane, because "when you are working a child abuse case, you need to talk to the mother as a possible witness." However, McConnell could not find Rachel to talk with her. She finally located Rachel's mother. The mother was living in another state and had not heard from her daughter. The more McConnell checked, the more suspicous she became and the more the mother checked.

Rachel's mother filed a missing person's report on June 30th, and Rachel was listed as officially missing.

McConnell obtained a search warrant, to search the Lane home on Henry Bayless Rd. after further investigation. They searched for 2 days, and on Aug. 14th, investigators found the remains of a woman, 28 ft. down in the bottom of a hand-dug well on the property.

The medical examiner identified the remains as that of Rachel Michelle Lane with an old x-ray. Rachel had been in an automobile accident in Feb. and had pins in her ankle. The pins were what led to the positive ID.

Autopsy results cannot be released yet, but the TN. authorities believe that they know the cause of death.

A Preliminary Hearing has been held for Keith Allen Lane, and the case was bound over to the Lincoln County Circuit Court. A grand jury will convene on Sept. 16th to decide if there's enough evidence to indict Lane on the following charges:

1) Criminal homicide in connection with his wife's death;
2)Sexual battery by an authority figure; and
3)Assault in connection with abuse of one of the children.

The child's name and age are not being disclosed.

Keith Lane is being held without bond in the Lincoln County Jail and all 3 children have been removed from the Lane home.

McConnell says that she doesn't know if Rachel would have ever been found if there had not been an investigation of child abuse in the Lane home.

***NOTE***
This story was taken from the Athens-News Courier.