Saturday, February 18, 2012

No Clues Today in Search for Janice Rubendall, Missing Iraq Veteran

Iraq Vet’s Disappearance Flummoxes Family, Friends
Janice Rubendall, a 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran, hasn’t been seen since Jan. 4.
By David Powell
February 13, 2012


The moment that Ashley Barton saw the car, she knew something was amiss.

The cream-colored Chrysler PT Cruiser with California plates and a U.S. Marine Corps sticker had appeared near the end of the first week of January, parked by itself in a seldom-used auxiliary lot at the Riverview Landing at Valley Forge community in West Norriton. It was nearly half a mile from any of the housing units.

"They only use that lot when the Schuylkill floods the regular parking lot," said Barton, who lives in the complex. "Maybe once or twice a year. It’s on high ground. They tell us to park there and run shuttles [to the housing units]. Nobody would [normally] park there. I knew something wasn’t right.”

Through the car’s windows, she could see a purse and some military items. Traffic audibly zipped by on the nearby Betzwood Bridge that carries US 422 over the Schuylkill River.

“All of this [military] paraphernalia,” Barton said. “Posters, war stuff.”

Barton said she called West Norriton Police, but was told that police had already checked out the car out after an earlier call from another resident.

"They said it wasn’t stolen. I was more worried about the person who left it there," Barton said.

The car belongs to Janice Rubendall, a resident of the Trooper section of Lower Providence. Rubendall, a 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran, was reported missing by her father, Robert Rubendall, on Feb. 9. He hasn’t seen his daughter since Jan. 4.
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Update: No Clues Today in Search for Janice Rubendall
Lower Providence woman has not been seen by family or friends in more than a month.
February 17, 2012
Lower Providence Township has published the following information:

Canine and ground resources, as well as marine units, conducted an extensive search of the Betzwood recreation area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in an effort to locate Janice M. Rubendall, a 25-year-old Lower Providence woman who was last seen Jan. 4, 2012. Personnel were unable to locate anything relating to the disappearance.

Rubendall was known to frequent the Betzwood Park area near the Route 422 overpass prior to her disappearance. Rubendall’s vehicle, a white Chrysler PT Cruiser bearing a California license plate, was located and towed on January 26, 2012. The vehicle was towed from the Riverview Condominium Complex in West Norriton Township near the Betzwood Park.

Rubendall is a white female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 110 lbs. and has a tattoo on her left bicep showing a mustang horse and a tattoo across her back that reads “CREED.”
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2 comments:

  1. Janice's body was recovered over the weekend, according to her family. It's a terrible tragedy.

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  2. Very sad news. I posted the story this morning. Thank you for reminding me I didn't link it here.
    http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2012/03/father-told-body-found-may-be-missing.html

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