Topic: Suspects Sought in Rape-Murder Investigation

Darien Fenner

Date: 2010-09-23 17:27 EST
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Suspects Sought in Rape-Murder Investigation September 23, 2010

WEST END, RHYDIN —- The RhyDin Watch continues to look for a suspect involved in the rape and murder of a West End woman Monday.

The victim, identified as Calico Rose Thibodeaux, was reportedly found brutally raped and murdered in a warehouse in West End in the early hours of the morning by a pair of vagabonds exploring the empty surroundings.

The woman died Monday night from luxation of the cervical spine consistent with neck trauma and spinal cord injury, Watch constable Matthias Slater said following an autopsy conducted Tuesday at RhyDin General Hospital in West End.

"It appears that this might just be a crime of opportunity," Slater told the RhyDin Post Wednesday. "There were no witnesses, and the victim was walking alone at night. It's tragic, but sometimes these things just happen."

Thibodeaux, 21, was allegedly seen leaving the Marketplace around 7 PM Monday night. According to acquaintances, Thibodeaux had no permanent residence, though she did often make a tidy living reading Tarot cards for customers at the Red Dragon Inn and within the Marketplace.

"I just don't understand who could do such a thing," said bystander Risa Nierow. "That poor girl didn't hurt nobody or nothing. She was an angel just trying to make her living in the world."

Investigators in the RhyDin Watch as of yet have no leads.

"A crime like this takes a lot of work," Watch spokesman Nico Hender told interviewers Wednesday. "Our detectives are continuing to gather information. A homicide investigation - even a terrible and gruesome one such as this - has steps that need to be followed. We're still in that process."

Anyone with any information is urged to contact their local Watch precinct immediately.

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