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Police Focus on Friend of Missing Tempe woman

Like many Arizona residents, I’ve purchased furniture from Terri’s Consignment, now a well-known series of Phoenix area furniture stores called "Terri's Consign & Design".

The sad news that Terri’s mother, Lorretta Bowersock, has been missing after being dropped off at a Tuscon Mall by her long-time companion came to Valley residents as a surprise. Bowersock, who lives in Tempe, has been missing for over a week and Terri has been fervently looking for her mother, resorting even to psychics and searching desert areas.

The case has taken another unfortunate turn as Bowersock’s companion, Taw Benderly, is now labeled by police as an "investigative lead." In fact, he is the only lead. Authorities have not been able to corroborate his story and believe that Bowersock disappeared prior to the day Benderly reported her missing. Surveillance video failed to show that Bowersock ever entered the Mall.

Benderly, who is reportedly staying in a Phoenix hotel, is no longer cooperating with authorities. "Undoubtedly he holds all of the answers to most of the questions we have surrounding her disappearance," said Tempe police Sgt. Dan Masters. "At this point what we have is circumstantial evidence, though. We don’t have any physical, concrete, tangible evidence to establish that a crime took place yet." [East Valley Tribune]

Please pray for Terri Bowersock and her family during this difficult Christmas Season and for her mother.

Posted by tim at December 21, 2004 11:15 PM

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