The Possible Double Homicide of Terry and Arieka Carr
The attached video records your intrepid reporter collecting direct evidence in Clear Lake Oaks, California, where “On Golden Pond” director Terry Carr and his nine year old daughter Arieka were found dead in Mr. Carr's Jeep Cherokee on August 1st. The Jeep had been parked outside the Tower Market, the busiest place in town, from 4 am until the bodies of father and daughter were discovered lying in their underwear sometime after 1:30 pm. The Lake County Sheriff's office says a Tower Market employee saw movement in the vehicle at 10 or 11 am. Temperatures reached 104 degrees that day. Forensic reports says substance or sexual abuse has been ruled out. The Sheriff says Mr. Carr had a heart attack and collapsed on his nine year old, causing her to expire. Having gone to the location of the father-daughter death, I must register my serious objection to this explanation.
My attention was piqued when Mr. Carr and Arieka vanished from the Market of Choice in my homebase in Ashland, Oregon and turned up dead 270 miles away under circumstances utterly mysterious. In fact, I was a grocery clerk at the predecessor of Market of Choice, Meister's Buy-Rite, back in the late seventies, so the thought that Mr. Carr might have been the victim of foul play that started in Ashland felt like an invasion of my turf. When I learned that Mr. Carr had suddenly disposed of a clutch of personal belongings and files by hurriedly discarding them in a field by side of the road that leads out to the Ashland municipal dump, it seemed that too many strange signs were adding up in the wrong column. After visiting the place of Terry and Arieka Carr's death last weekend, I am even less satisfied by the coroner's explanation that Mr. Carr killed his child by falling on her in the throes of a heartattack. Come with me to the scene of the deaths and judge for yourself whether the police have provided a sufficiently credible theory to close the book on this very suspicious possible double homicide.
keep looking.
Yes, that's definitely the place to be inquiring. I had a chat with a local cop recently that made it clear that there is some reason why there is no police report from either jurisdiction. The case really has not been formally closed, but it's like a fly ball that fell on the ground while the left and center fielders stared at each other. Nobody's job. Except mine.
did this police officer say what the reason was? is it possible for you to interview the wife? what about his brother? apparently he lived in the area where they died.
i still can't believe that this mystery has not piqued more interest...
did this police officer say what the reason was? is it possible for you to interview the wife? what about his brother? apparently he lived in the area where they died.
i still can't believe that this mystery has not piqued more interest...
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Judy,
I have spoken with the Ashland Police Chief, who added a few interesting details, i.e., that among the items discarded by Terry Carr in the Oregon field were some firearms, and that among the items found in his car were some ”essential herbal oils" that were potentially poisonous. The fact that Terry's body was not given a full screen for drugs of abuse is strange. The case begs for toxicological expertise.
I have not had the time or opportunity to pursue the case further, and don't know if there have been any new police reports from Lake County or Ashland. It's a real case of something being placed between the cracks where neither jurisdiction wants to take it seriously.
Well of course, what with terrorists everywhere, how can we worry about the death of a Hollywood producer and his little girl?
Cheers,
Chas
We will try to thwart destiny just a little. I will be doing an article on this topic for www.ashlandfreepress.com after doing a couple of further public records requests. Thanks for the encouragement!
:)Chas
My attention was piqued when Mr. Carr and Arieka vanished from the Market of Choice in my homebase in Ashland, Oregon and turned up dead 270 miles away under circumstances utterly mysterious. In fact, I was a grocery clerk at the predecessor of Market of Choice, Meister's Buy-Rite, back in the late seventies, so the thought that Mr. Carr might have been the victim of foul play that started in Ashland felt like an invasion of my turf. When I learned that Mr. Carr had suddenly disposed of a clutch of personal belongings and files by hurriedly discarding them in a field by side of the road that leads out to the Ashland municipal dump, it seemed that too many strange signs were adding up in the wrong column. After visiting the place of Terry and Arieka Carr's death last weekend, I am even less satisfied by the coroner's explanation that Mr. Carr killed his child by falling on her in the throes of a heartattack. Come with me to the scene of the deaths and judge for yourself whether the police have provided a sufficiently credible theory to close the book on this very suspicious possible double homicide.
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hallelujah!
thank goodness someone is following up on this story...the police theory makes them sound like morons...there are more questions than there are answers and i for one have been hoping someone would at least try and find some answers...has no one spoken to Carr's wife?...i have not read one word attributed to her...it must be a hard time for her but come on, she must know something that would shed some light on this mystery...keep looking.
Re: hallelujah!
judy wrote:
Carr's wife?...i have not read one word attributed to her...it must be a hard time for her but come on, she must know something that would shed some light on this mystery...
keep looking.
j
Yes, that's definitely the place to be inquiring. I had a chat with a local cop recently that made it clear that there is some reason why there is no police report from either jurisdiction. The case really has not been formally closed, but it's like a fly ball that fell on the ground while the left and center fielders stared at each other. Nobody's job. Except mine.
anything new?
“some reason why there is no police report...”did this police officer say what the reason was? is it possible for you to interview the wife? what about his brother? apparently he lived in the area where they died.
i still can't believe that this mystery has not piqued more interest...
Re: anything new?
[quote="judy“]”some reason why there is no police report...“did this police officer say what the reason was? is it possible for you to interview the wife? what about his brother? apparently he lived in the area where they died.
i still can't believe that this mystery has not piqued more interest...
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Judy,
I have spoken with the Ashland Police Chief, who added a few interesting details, i.e., that among the items discarded by Terry Carr in the Oregon field were some firearms, and that among the items found in his car were some ”essential herbal oils" that were potentially poisonous. The fact that Terry's body was not given a full screen for drugs of abuse is strange. The case begs for toxicological expertise.
I have not had the time or opportunity to pursue the case further, and don't know if there have been any new police reports from Lake County or Ashland. It's a real case of something being placed between the cracks where neither jurisdiction wants to take it seriously.
Well of course, what with terrorists everywhere, how can we worry about the death of a Hollywood producer and his little girl?
Cheers,
Chas
stranger than fiction
it seems that this case is destined to remain a mystery...i agree that toxicological screening might have revealed something that could help explain what happened and why...still no word from the wife/mother?...do you know if she is still living in the area?: The Possible Double Homicide of Terry and Arieka Carr
Judy:We will try to thwart destiny just a little. I will be doing an article on this topic for www.ashlandfreepress.com after doing a couple of further public records requests. Thanks for the encouragement!
:)Chas