Continuing our posts about the cold case of Karen Caughlin:
1: Karen had a tire mark on her back
The tire mark was observed by Karen’s father in the morgue when he came to identify Karen.
According to the family, the parents did go in first.
Karen’s mother positively identified Karen but then broke down. She was not able to give officials further information about the physical characteristics she had observed that made her positive that the body in front of her was her own child’s.
Karen’s father could not positively identify Karen due to the extensive injuries but he did view the body a second time. That is when he saw the tire mark on her back.
Later, one of Karen’s older sisters told police that Karen had a birth mark near her knee. That sister went to the morgue accompanied by an uncle. The uncle was not sure but the sister positively identified Karen.
Again later, another older sister of Karen was picked up by police to positively identify the body as Karen’s. There is no record of this sister’s trip to the morgue but, she too positively identified the body as her little sister Karen.
The siblings have nightmares till this day about the sight of their baby sister’s dead body and the extensive injuries she sustained. Both parents have passed away since then.
2: We do not know whether this tire mark was photographed and if so, whether that photograph still exists. We also do not know what type of tire made the mark.
3: Karen was never objectively identified by comparison to her dental records. Either there was too much damage to the skull or, it just was never attempted in the first place. It is also possible that after the family positively identified Karen, officials left it at that.
4: This is a clip in which you see one of Karen’s older sisters.
5: Paint chips on her clothes
I think we made a mistake by assuming that the car we were looking for would have had a damaged front or, damage on the outside of the car.
I spoke to my friend Bill. He told me that it is possible that the car involved need not have any damage on the outside. The paint chips found on Karen’s clothes could have come from being hit by the undercarriage of the car. Along the bottom of the running boards, paint can be lifted easily due to water infiltration at the seam. So, the paint chips found on her clothes could be off the straight piece that sticks downward off the running board or fender flange at the bottom.
6: Please check out this video for a very touching clip of Karen Caughlin.
To be continued.