The latest on the Audrey Moate case

[Kane]

Remember the segment about the 1956 disappearance of Audrey Moate, who vanished after her lover Thomas Hotard was killed at a Louisiana swamp? Well, there is a new article that mentions the discovery of some remains. Audrey's daughter, Dekki Moate, gave DNA to police to determine if they are Audrey's remains.

Dekki, who currently resides in Montana, has cancer and, therefore, may not have much time left. So, as you can see, she hopes to have her mother's case resolved before she passes away.

http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/26703870/detail.html

[kane7474]

Originally Posted by Kane

Remember the segment about the 1956 disappearance of Audrey Moate, who vanished after her lover Thomas Hotard was killed at a Louisiana swamp? Well, there is a new article that mentions the discovery of some remains. Audrey's daughter, Dekki Moate, gave DNA to police to determine if they are Audrey's remains.

Dekki, who currently resides in Montana, has cancer and, therefore, may not have much time left. So, as you can see, she hopes to have her mother's case resolved before she passes away.

http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/26703870/detail.html

Good find. Didnt they suspect she had been tied to a cannon or buried in an area that is now underwater??

[soilentgreen]

Thanks for the link, Kane.

Originally Posted by kane7474

Didnt they suspect she had been tied to a cannon or buried in an area that is now underwater??

That's what was claimed by Ernest Acosta, who lived right near the Hotard murder site. I'm curious where and when these remains were found, since there are now a few houses, and a restaurant near the general area where this occurred. An illegal dump site used to be around there as well.

As far as I know, the actual site is still part of Lake Ponchartrain.

Audrey's daughter also posted on this thread:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60103

[wiseguy182]

gosh, that article is a fountain of misinformation.

the segment did not air in 1987, it was later than that.

and there have been reported sightings and such from her.

plus, it's been 55 years, not 50 years as the article states.

[Kane]

Originally Posted by wiseguy182

gosh, that article is a fountain of misinformation.

the segment did not air in 1987, it was later than that.

and there have been reported sightings and such from her.

plus, it's been 55 years, not 50 years as the article states.

I suspect that some of the pieces of misinformation were unfortunate typos, especially the part where the article said the UM segment aired in 1987. And you are right about the segment airing later than 1987; it originally aired in March of 1989. I remember that because it aired the first night I watched UM.

It's true that Audrey's disappearance occurred nearly 55 years ago. But if they had to generalize the number of years, then they should have said "over 50 years," "more than 50 years," or something similar. Otherwise, readers could misinterpret it as exactly 50 years.

[Victoria81]

Originally Posted by Kane

I suspect that some of the pieces of misinformation were unfortunate typos, especially the part where the article said the UM segment aired in 1987. And you are right about the segment airing later than 1987; it originally aired in March of 1989. I remember that because it aired the first night I watched UM.

It's true that Audrey's disappearance occurred nearly 55 years ago. But if they had to generalize the number of years, then they should have said "over 50 years," "more than 50 years," or something similar. Otherwise, readers could misinterpret it as exactly 50 years.

Always intrigued me! I bet they were both killed that night or shortly afterwards, she was

[Mysteryphile]

I'm dying to know what happened with this....if she is found...that will be SO many "unsolved" mysteries solved just this year! Who would have thought all these years later there would finally be some answers!

[bell83]

Has this been resolved, one way or the other? I haven't seen anything on the results of the DNA test. Everything I've been seeing says they will take "several months" to come back, as of three years ago.

[cordwainer1453]

Seems like in a lot of these cases, we get an update saying they are testing some remains or something like that, and then we never hear anything more.

[TracyLynnS]

Originally Posted by bell83

Has this been resolved, one way or the other? I haven't seen anything on the results of the DNA test. Everything I've been seeing says they will take "several months" to come back, as of three years ago.

I just did a quick search and the only results I get are either articles from the time the DNA was submitted (such as the article in the first post here) or earlier articles like anniversary pieces.

I didn't find any follow up articles even though they said they were going to test Audrey's daughter's DNA against several sets of remains they had. You'd think the results on at least one of them would be known by now.

[Corkys-Place]

Is the daughter still with us?

[sprinkles]

Originally Posted by Corkys-Place

Is the daughter still with us?

She has a facebook page and posted there just yesterday, so I would presume that yes, the daughter is still with us.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

From experience, I can tell you the crime lab in Montana is backed up, but not for over three years.

That tells me the DNA samples didn't match. Bummer.

[Guardian]

Didn't it say in the segment that dive teams were going to search the lake in the suspected area? I know the lake is good sized and all, but if they have a suspected dump site, seems like there would be a good chance they would find the cannon at least. Assuming that's true of course.

Another thing about this case: why separate the bodies anyway? For what purpose? Why not just shoot them both right there and be done with it?

If they were shot right there, leave them. If they were shot elsewhere and the event staged, why put them in different areas?

Personally, I think the sittings of Audrey afterwards are mistaken or pranks. So this business of the bodies being separated just doesn't add up to me.

[MegtheEgg86]

Originally Posted by Guardian

Didn't it say in the segment that dive teams were going to search the lake in the suspected area? I know the lake is good sized and all, but if they have a suspected dump site, seems like there would be a good chance they would find the cannon at least. Assuming that's true of course.

Another thing about this case: why separate the bodies anyway? For what purpose? Why not just shoot them both right there and be done with it?

If they were shot right there, leave them. If they were shot elsewhere and the event staged, why put them in different areas?

Personally, I think the sittings of Audrey afterwards are mistaken or pranks. So this business of the bodies being separated just doesn't add up to me.

I've always felt like Audrey Moate was taken to another area to be sexually assaulted. I think it's even possible she was held captive for a time, after which point she was murdered. Given the location of the car scene, I think the killer was probably local, but Moate's body may not have been placed in the immediate vicinity.