It’s been ten lengthy months for the household of Alexis Gabe. But now they lastly have some closure.
For those that don’t keep in mind the case again once we first lined it over the summer season, the 24-year-old was final seen on January 26 in Antioch, California. Police believed she was murdered by her boyfriend, Marshall Curtis Jones, at his house in Antioch after which dumped someplace. But after they lastly caught up with him in June, US Marshals say they had been unable to detain him, claiming he got here at them with a knife, main them with no selection however to shoot him useless.
Thankfully in a while there was a clue discovered — a notice handwritten by Jones which contained detailed instructions to Pioneer, a location some 60 miles east of Sacramento. There was hope this is able to lead the authorities to Alexis’ physique. They even stated they had been solely specializing in Pioneer. But that was 4 months in the past. Four extra lengthy months of not figuring out. On Monday, in spite of everything that point, every part modified.
In the tip it was a civilian who stumbled upon her partial stays. In a press convention on Monday, police revealed {that a} customer all the best way from Alaska was on a stroll with a metallic detector on Jackson Road close to Plymouth, California, after they got here throughout what they thought is perhaps human stays. Plymouth is about 40 miles east of Sacramento — fairly a methods from the place the instructions had led cops.
Detective Tyler Horn of the Oakley Police Department revealed in a press convention on Monday that together with human bones, duct tape and rubbish bag remnants had been additionally discovered on the scene — and a pair of earrings:
“The earrings that were found were determined to belong to Alexis based on photographs of her wearing them.”
What was there was solely partial and badly decayed. But after they knew which lacking individual to check the bones in opposition to, a forensic odontologist was in a position to positively ID them as belonging to Alexis. As her father Gwyn Gabe defined to gathered reporters:
“When Detective Horn called me asking for our dentist’s phone number, I knew something was up. They came to our house Friday night to tell us about their discovery. While it was that we were praying to find Alexis and lay her to rest, the reality was still devastating to hear. Our hearts were shattered even more than what we thought possible.”
They had been nonetheless holding out hope she can be discovered protected. Heartbreaking.
In an official press launch, the Oakley PD broke the horrific information that this can be all that’s ever discovered:
“Due to the nature of the condition of Alexis’ remains, and the lack of her full body, we do believe the remainder of her remains are scattered in various areas… Due to the condition of Alexis’ remains we realize there may never be a full recovery of her.”
Obviously this ends any hopes of her being on the market. Horn confirmed police consider she was dismembered and her elements put in rubbish baggage then “separated from one another and scattered to several areas.” If this one had earrings and tooth, it clearly will need to have been the bag with the top. Just horrific.
See the total press convention for your self (beneath):
[Image via Oakley Police Department/NBC Bay Area/YouTube.]