Police, family continue search for missing mother, son

Table Of Content

• Report: Longtime Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling moving to Tennessee
• Charlotte Schilling and son Owen found dead in Iowa state park 10 days after they disappeared
• National News
• Plattsmouth Police yet to find missing woman, 10-year-old son
• News
• Authorities believe they know deaths' causes for Plattsmouth mother, son
• Tears and despair at Florida abortion clinic in final hours before ban

Authorities had to rely on autopsy results to confirm the identities because the bodies had decomposed. Cody Johnson, a clerk at the Lake Manawa convenience store where surveillance video captured Schilling and her son shortly after she checked him out of school, was one of the last people to see them alive. The day after they disappeared, police found Schilling's vehicle at the same park where the pair would eventually be found dead. A man stumbled across the two bodies Sunday night about a half-mile from where the car had been parked. They were too decomposed for immediate identification, but the FBI said the bodies were those of an adult woman and a boy. Investigators said friends described behavior in the days before Schilling disappeared with her son that’s consistent with someone contemplating suicide.

Report: Longtime Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling moving to Tennessee

Police had found Schilling's vehicle at Lake Manawa State Park Schilling's wallet and cellphone were found in the car, a half-mile from where the bodies were later discovered. Investigators believe the bodies of Charlotte and Owen Schilling had likely been lying in the woods near Lake Manawa since May 10 when Schilling checked Owen out of Wade Robin Elementary School in Bellevue, Neb. Her family grew worried when neither she nor Owen returned home, and Schilling's cellphone went unanswered. "Individually, each one of these people probably wouldn't have known anything was different," he said. "When you put it all together and look at it, it paints a pretty clear picture of someone who is contemplating suicide." The night before the woman and boy went missing, another neighbor, Athena Meneses, said she spoke to Schilling at a local Cub Scout meeting, where Meneses had taken her own son and Owen.

Charlotte Schilling and son Owen found dead in Iowa state park 10 days after they disappeared

Officials said the bodies were not dumped into the lake, and they're not releasing any information as to the cause of the deaths. Meneses and her family moved to Plattsmouth about two years ago, just blocks from the Schillings. She said Owen was a playmate to her four oldest children, ages 6 to 14. Search efforts turned up nothing until May 20, when the bodies of both the woman and the boy were found near the Missouri River, south of the lake.

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The FBI has gotten involved in a search for a 41-year-old mother and her 10-year-old son who disappeared Thursday morning. The Council Bluffs and Plattsmouth police departments, along with the FBI, plan to release a joint statement in the coming days, after first sharing their findings with the family, Dawson said. Schilling loved her dogs, pugs George and Gigi, and fawned over Jillibean, the Andrewses' Weimaraner.

Since then, the two-time World Series champion with the Red Sox and three-time World Series champion overall has become a bit of a controversial figure. He was fired by ESPN in 2018 for sharing a transphobic meme to his social media page. That move came after Schilling had been suspended by ESPN for posting a meme that compared Muslims to Nazis.

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Schilling has failed to earn election to the Hall of Fame in his first nine years on the ballot and will make his final appearance in 2022. Schilling has served as mayor since being appointed in 2007, previously serving 2.5 years on the city council. A sample ballot listing the petitioners’ reasons for recall, and the response by Mayor Schilling, is available on page 4B.

Authorities believe they know deaths' causes for Plattsmouth mother, son

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The FBI and Council Bluffs police said autopsy results have confirmed that the bodies of two people found in a western Iowa state park are those of a missing Nebraska woman and her 10-year-old son. Someone was able to cut the zip tie off Schilling's neck quickly enough for her to recover. OMAHA, Neb. – Police say a Nebraska mom who disappeared last month with her son strangled the 10-year-old boy before strangling herself in the woods of an Iowa state park.

Investigators believe they know the cause of death but still were awaiting official word from the medical examiner who performed the autopsies, said Council Bluffs, Iowa,  Police Sgt. Dave Dawson. Christian Meneses’ relationship with Owen Schilling wasn’t so much about help as it was about roughhousing. The two boys hung out every day, said Christian, 8, who lives down the street.

Police declare case of missing Nebraska mom and son a murder suicide, say she strangled them both

'I just about went to my knees,' said the family's neighbor, Naomi Raposo, 50, describing her reaction to news of the deaths. She just found out Tuesday, not realizing that earlier reports of bodies being found were about Schilling and her son. "Outside of our circle of friends, it hasn't been a real pleasant experience in Boston," Schilling told USA Today. "So we're just trying to find a place to live out our lives with happiness with people that are nice, and Tennessee is it." Plattsmouth police Sunday had yet to find a mother and son who were apparently last seen Thursday. Meyers said some of the items that were purchased at the convenience store were found partially consumed near the bodies in the woods.

Schilling and her son were last seen in surveillance video from a convenience store near the park. The video showed Owen hugging his mom, and Schilling kissing her son on the head, and the clerk said nothing seemed unusual in the store. Relatives have said it wasn’t unusual for Schilling to surprise her children with short road trips to parks, zoos and other nearby attractions.

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