Comments on: South Carolina couple, missing for days, found dead in North Carolina http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/ Have Blog. Will Travel. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Randy C Ford http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-80761 Randy C Ford Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:23:08 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-80761 The post mortem done on the couples corpses made it very clear that it was extremely difficult to determine the exact cause of death; due to the very poor condition of Wayne and Diane's bodies. After spending 5 days dead under water both were badly bloated and severely decomposed. According to the county coroner Diane was essentially unrecognizable as she had swollen to 3 times her normal size and her skin had turned coal black with decomposition. The post mortem done on the couples corpses made it very clear that it was extremely difficult to determine the exact cause of death; due to the very poor condition of Wayne and Diane’s bodies. After spending 5 days dead under water both were badly bloated and severely decomposed. According to the county coroner Diane was essentially unrecognizable as she had swollen to 3 times her normal size and her skin had turned coal black with decomposition.

]]> By: Ian http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-72410 Ian Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:41:56 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-72410 This story caught my attention it is full of susspence and mystery they could have called for help and called 911 so they didnt have to be in such a situation now This story caught my attention it is full of susspence and mystery they could have called for help and called 911 so they didnt have to be in such a situation now

]]> By: tonya http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-7436 tonya Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:03:59 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-7436 This story caught my attention....It is a total mystery and will always remain a mystery..There will never be "for sure" answers to what actually happened to these climbers on Mt. Hood....Obviously a very nice day and wonderful planned trip turned into total horror story for these men and thei families...My heart goes out for their families and friends. It is a very devastating thing for them all to face. They have to face the reality of their loved ones trapped and possibly suffering until death overcame them...Then I'm sure they still have the hope of "maybe they are still alive"...I think (just my opinion)that James was the one who survived the longest and the other 2 died in front of him and he probably witnessed their deaths, or they didn't get too far before they fell to death. This story caught my attention….It is a total mystery and will always remain a mystery..There will never be “for sure” answers to what actually happened to these climbers on Mt. Hood….Obviously a very nice day and wonderful planned trip turned into total horror story for these men and thei families…My heart goes out for their families and friends. It is a very devastating thing for them all to face. They have to face the reality of their loved ones trapped and possibly suffering until death overcame them…Then I’m sure they still have the hope of “maybe they are still alive”…I think (just my opinion)that James was the one who survived the longest and the other 2 died in front of him and he probably witnessed their deaths, or they didn’t get too far before they fell to death.

]]> By: glenn http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5534 glenn Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:03:14 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5534 I found this link on another blog...I cannot confirm its accuracy but this might be the stretch of highway where they had their accident. Location B on the map is a possible location of the accident. http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=h&tp=1&tt=all&q3=36.010332,-77.865108&q2=35.989709,-77.873841&q1=35.986272,-77.875064&trf=0&lon=-77.870128&lat=35.998303&mag=3 I found this link on another blog…I cannot confirm its accuracy but this might be the stretch of highway where they had their accident. Location B on the map is a possible location of the accident.

http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw–#mvt=h&tp=1&tt=all&q3=36.010332,-77.865108&q2=35.989709,-77.873841&q1=35.986272,-77.875064&trf=0&lon=-77.870128&lat=35.998303&mag=3

]]> By: mapper http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5508 mapper Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:03:56 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5508 I'm almost 100% positive they had his phone number to call him back if he called 911... I’m almost 100% positive they had his phone number to call him back if he called 911…

]]> By: glenn http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5484 glenn Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:59:43 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5484 FYI Joe...some of the links posted above in your blog entry are no longer valid. FYI Joe…some of the links posted above in your blog entry are no longer valid.

]]> By: glenn http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5476 glenn Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:07:00 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5476 (67),(68) Failure on 911 for sure - They should have called the man back. His last name is Rodgers - I am sure they could have tracked him down. Since HP went back to exit 138 and traveled north searching they should have found the location. Based on reports coming out Wayne Guay was killed by the impact of the collision (assume tree at this point) Wife drowned. They both appeared to not have their seatbelts on. Big mistake on their part. They still have not reported how the accident occured in the first place. Amazing to me now 911 and LE put blame on the caller - that he was mistaken about the location. Someone familiar with the area should disect the call and location details to see just how far he was off. It is in-excusable that 911 did not call the caller back or ask the caller to return to the location to aid HP. Is this stuff really this hard? I have reported several accidents to 911 while I have been on the road - granted I am familiar with mile markers, exits, etc and I am careful to give as near of complete description as I can. In some cases I have to push the 911 operator to make sure they have every detail I am providing - they always seem more concerned to see if I was part of the accident! (67),(68)
Failure on 911 for sure -
They should have called the man back. His last name is Rodgers – I am sure they could have tracked him down.

Since HP went back to exit 138 and traveled north searching they should have found the location.

Based on reports coming out Wayne Guay was killed by the impact of the collision (assume tree at this point)

Wife drowned.

They both appeared to not have their seatbelts on. Big mistake on their part.

They still have not reported how the accident occured in the first place.

Amazing to me now 911 and LE put blame on the caller – that he was mistaken about the location. Someone familiar with the area should disect the call and location details to see just how far he was off. It is in-excusable that 911 did not call the caller back or ask the caller to return to the location to aid HP. Is this stuff really this hard?

I have reported several accidents to 911 while I have been on the road – granted I am familiar with mile markers, exits, etc and I am careful to give as near of complete description as I can. In some cases I have to push the 911 operator to make sure they have every detail I am providing – they always seem more concerned to see if I was part of the accident!

]]> By: tara http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5465 tara Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:12:30 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5465 They havent reached it... comment indicates perhaps it had been there a little while, and a car in the swamp area... its not going to get out without help... total failure on 911 part. They havent reached it… comment indicates perhaps it had been there a little while, and a car in the swamp area… its not going to get out without help… total failure on 911 part.

]]> By: tara http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5464 tara Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:10:31 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5464 911 Tape: Caller: "There's a car on the right side going northbound. There's a car in the swamp area." Operator: "Ok." Caller: "They haven't reached it because the lights are still on and everything." And police responded but the directions given by the caller are so vague and confusing, and the dispatcher never asked for sufficient clarification, so police didn't find the car that night. 911 Tape:

Caller: “There’s a car on the right side going northbound. There’s a car in the swamp area.”
Operator: “Ok.”
Caller: “They haven’t reached it because the lights are still on and everything.”

And police responded but the directions given by the caller are so vague and confusing, and the dispatcher never asked for sufficient clarification, so police didn’t find the car that night.

]]> By: mapper http://joeduck.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5418 mapper Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:58:30 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/couple-missing-find-their-car-four-door-white-2003-mazda-3-south-carolina-license-732-rss/#comment-5418 leaving the scene of an accident!? they were lucky he even called! and...yeah I think they could have called him back if they thought it was so important. leaving the scene of an accident!? they were lucky he even called! and…yeah I think they could have called him back if they thought it was so important.

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