Christopher and William Cormier, 31
year old twin brothers from Pensacola, Florida, were charged with murder after
police discovered a body encased in concrete in a Georgia backyard. The body is
presumed to have been buried for 21 days in a plastic tomb filled with concrete
from Home Depot in the father of the twins’ backyard. The twins had told their
father that they had buried a dog in the backyard while he was away, but when
he relayed this information to police investigating a tip in connection to the
death, the authorities decided that this was suspicious and needed further
investigation. They found the body on October 8th, which is also the
night both twins were detained. One has been denied bond on the grounds that he
is a flight risk.
The victim of the crime has been
identified as 30 year old Sean Dugas, a former reporter for the Pensacola News Journal
in Florida. An interesting fact in this case is that Dugas was last heard from
in late August, but was not reported missing until September 13,. A large
disparity such as this in the time a person notices a loved one is missing and
the time it takes for them to report it is a common phenomenon because many
people do not want to cause trouble for the person in the event of a
misunderstanding. However, this can have adverse effects on the investigation
of the missing person. Therefore steps have been taken to prevent hesitation in
reporting missing persons. In fact, state establishment of a mandatory waiting
period before reporting a missing child is illegal according to federal law. A major fact in the case against Casey
Anthony, the infamous mother from Florida who was tried for infanticide, was
that she failed to report her child as missing for a prolonged period.
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