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  • Chelsea Bruck: Body Identified as Michigan Woman Missing Since October

    Chelsea Bruck went missing back in October after a Halloween party. Remains found on Saturday have been positively identified as those of the 22-year-old.

    According to a report from People magazine, the Wayne County medical examiner’s office told the Associated Press that dental records confirm the skeletal remains found at a home construction site are those of Chelsea Bruck.

    Back in October, when Chelsea Bruck first went missing, her sister Kassandra talked to People magazine.

    “We’re a very close family, and we talk all the time,” she said. “She was not unhappy or wanting to walk away. I’m getting married in two months and Chelsea is in the wedding. On the morning before she disappeared, she sent me a Facebook message saying, ‘I can’t wait until you get married.’ She wouldn’t go somewhere for this long without telling us.”

    Investigators in the Chelsea Bruck disappearance interviewed 138 people at the party she attended, and received numerous tips as a result. The fact that so many at the party wore costumes made it especially difficult for those investigators, however.

    Chelsea Bruck dressed as Batman villain Poison Ivy at the Halloween party where she was last seen alive. That costume was discovered back on April 5th, and ultimately led detectives to her body.

    A Facebook page dedicated to locating Chelsea Bruck posted a statement after her body was identified.

    Posted by Find Chelsea Bruck on Saturday, April 25, 2015

    This is the second 22-year-old whose body has been identified this weekend. How sad that two young women have lost their lives. In Indiana, 22-year-old Hannah Wilson’s body was discovered not far from Indiana University, where she was a student.

    How devastating it must be for the families of both of these young women to have sustained such tragic losses. Unlike the Hannah Wilson case, there have been no arrests made in the Chelsea Bruck murder.

  • Hannah Wilson, Indiana University Student, Murdered–Blunt Force Head Trauma Cause of Death

    Hannah Wilson, a student at Indiana University, was reported missing late last week. Her body was located on Friday in a nearby rural area just east of where the university is located. She had been murdered. Hannah Wilson died of blunt force trauma to her head.

    According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, a suspect in the murder of Hannah Wilson was taken into custody shortly after her body was discovered.

    49-year-old Daniel E. Messel, of Bloomington, Indiana, is being held at Brown County Jail. So far not motive has been disclosed. It’s uncertain whether Messel and Hannah Wilson were familiar with one another.

    The Indianapolis Star reports that thousands of people gathered on Saturday in two separate vigils to honor the life of Hannah Wilson. Her sorority sisters at Gamma Phi Beta released dozens of green and purple balloons in her memory on the deck of the solarium.

    Several of Wilson’s cheerleading teammates gathered some time later at the Indiana Elite Cheer Center cheerleading gym in Noblesville. Hannah Wilson was a competitive cheerleader at the gym for six years there before leaving to attend Indiana University.

    “She was the committed one, the focused one but also the light-hearted one who made them laugh and brought them together,” Bethe Beaver, co-owner of the gym, said of Hannah Wilson.

    Brown County coroner Earl Piper said Saturday that Hannah Wilson died from blunt force head trauma. He added that her body was riddled with scrapes and bruises as well. There was no weapon left at the crime scene.

    “This is a tragedy by any stretch, so I think what we’re trying to do is to make sure people have support,” Dean of Students Harold “Pete” Goldsmith said at the vigil in Bloomington. “It’s obvious that this is a caring community. I think people cared about her, and showed up in great numbers. I think it speaks to the Greek community and how they care for each other.”

    The family of Hannah Wilson has definitely experienced a tragic loss. Her university family and community and no doubt grieving, too. Hopefully the person in custody for her murder–Daniel E. Messel–is tried and convicted of this horrific crime so that some semblance of justice can be served.

    When a 22-year-old is murdered, however, is there really any justice?