No Confirmation Yet
We do not yet have confirmation that the remains found in Lyman Lake were Danice. I think, we all hoped for a quicker turnaround, but I suppose these things take time. We are waiting patiently as we have for seven years. We know that we are closer to an answer.
Thanks to everyone for their outpouring of support in the last month. The response from people who knew Danice at some point in her life or just feel some connection to this case has been greatly appreciated and everyone's comments and prayers mean a lot to my family and me. We get closer to answers every day.
Although there may be closure to this part of the case, as in, we might be closer to long awaited answers, my heart still feels a very open wound. I am still missing Danice and having a hard time believing she is gone. It is cliche, but time is supposed to heal wounds. I am not ready to accept that yet. The fact that she is unable to see her children grow is something I am not ready to accept either. Somehow it seems very unfair, but I will continue to take time each day to just be quiet, sometimes pray, and sometimes just remember a special memory of her.
The latest story to be published on the case is a short update. Please follow the link:
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=75&story_id=13680
No word on Danice Day identification
Posted: Thursday, Jul 23rd, 2009
DNA
confirmation pending
By RUTH HEIDE
DEL NORTE — Rio Grande County Sheriff Brian Norton said on Thursday he has still not received confirmation from the El Paso County forensic pathologist that remains found last month in Arizona were conclusively those of missing Monte Vista woman Danice Day.
Four weeks ago today authorities announced they believed they had recovered Day’s remains in Lyman Lake State Park, Arizona. Day, who would have been 27 this year, disappeared on January 9, 2002, from Monte Vista where she lived.
One June 26 Sheriff Norton announced that what authorities believed to be the remains of the missing Monte Vista mother of two were located through a combined effort of the Rio Grande Sheriff’s Office, Apache County Sheriff’s Office and the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team.
The remains were turned over to the El Paso County forensic pathologist for further DNA testing that could lead to positive identification.
Sheriff Norton said on Thursday he still has not received word back from El Paso County. When the remains were turned over to the pathologist, Norton said although he hoped for a quick turn around, it could be weeks before he received an answer.
No one has yet been arrested in connection with Day’s probable homicide.