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| LaLima, Keith May 7 1981; Norwich Conn 20 YO | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 29 2012, 11:28 PM (974 Views) | |
| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:28 PM Post #1 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Police still looking for Norwich man missing since 1981 Clues in case sparse; foul play suspected.Zoom Photos. Contributed.Keith LaLima, missing since 1981 . By GREG SMITH The Bulletin Posted May 28, 2012 @ 11:20 PM Last update May 29, 2012 @ 12:35 PM Norwich, Conn. — Thirty-one years after his brother disappeared, former Norwich resident Gary LaLima, 59, can’t help but feel frustrated during visits to the Norwich area. LaLima, a former builder who grew up in Norwich but now lives in Florida, said part of the frustration is not knowing what happened to his younger brother and a perception that not enough was done. Keith LaLima, 20, disappeared on May 7, 1981. Police suspect foul play but have neither located a body nor made an arrest. “When I come up (to Norwich), I say to myself, ‘what happened?’ ” LaLima said. “It’s depressing. I get frustrated when I see how much effort is put into some missing people today. I’m not saying my brother should be on a milk carton, but what’s been done?” Norwich police detectives have taken turns studying reams of paperwork that have accumulated since the start of the investigation — the day LaLima’s mother, Katherine Helm, called police to report her son had not returned home, had not been in contact with friends and had not shown up for work. LaLima, who had a girlfriend and a young son, was living with his mother at Oakwood Knoll at the time of his disappearance. Norwich Police Deputy Chief Warren Mocek said police have consulted psychics, dredged ponds and excavated backyards. Mocek was a police officer at the time LaLima disappeared and said, despite numerous interviews and leads, an arrest has remained elusive. Through the years, new sets of eyes have taken a look at the case file. “It’s not through lack of effort that we haven’t solved this case,” Mocek said. Norwich police Sgt. Corey Poore , a member of the Chief State’s Attorney’s Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Unit, said the information contained in the three binders associated with the case has been distributed to a team of investigators. Woman’s bones found While the cold case unit targets unsolved homicides, the LaLima case and the case of missing Norwich woman Erika Cirioni were taken up because of the likelihood of foul play. Cirioni’s bones recently were discovered in Oakdale and have prompted a more intensive follow-up investigation. Poore said the LaLima case is still active but has a higher probability of being solved with help from the public — someone who has information he or she never shared. Poore said he could not go into specifics, but information about the case has come to light as recently as this year “It’s frustrating for us because so much work has been done,” Poore said. “The case was never shelved.” There are differing stories from a number of witnesses, but Keith LaLima was last seen May 7, 1981, at the former Village Green Cafe, at West Main and Maple streets in Norwich. Police declined to name any of the initial suspects in his disappearance. Gary LaLima, one of 10 children, said information from police always has been scarce. “No one’s called me in 10 years. Any time I wanted to know anything about my brother I’ve had to call them. They have nothing for me.” His memories of his brother include weekend baseball games at Fort Shantok in Montville and meals at either BeeBee Dairy or Friendly’s in Norwich. When he needed extra help on a construction project, Gary LaLima said, his brother never refused. Read more: Police still looking for Norwich man missing since 1981 - Norwich, CT - The Bulletin http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x18986...1#ixzz1wK8o6PTp Read more: Police still looking for Norwich man missing since 1981 - Norwich, CT - The Bulletin http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x18986...1#ixzz1wK8VBG2x |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:29 PM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/show/3283 very sparse details here |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:33 PM Post #3 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Cold case unit takes on missing man's case Updated: Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 5:57 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 4:06 PM EDT Tina Detelj NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) -- A missing person's case that dates back to 1981 is getting a fresh look. Twenty-year-old Keith LaLima was last seen on May 7, 1981, just a couple of weeks shy of his 21st birthday. Now 31 years later the Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Unit is taking on his case and News 8 decided to do a little digging ourselves. We tracked down the Oakwood Knoll apartment where LaLima lived with his mother. Tom Martin moved in when LaLima's mother moved away years ago. "I talked with him that evening and I encouraged him not to go out drinking and so on," Martin said. At the time of his disappearance LaLima, who had a girlfriend and young son, had gone to the former Village Green Cafe on West Main Street. "He went out and unfortunately he didn't come back that night," said Martin. Most of Martin's other neighbors weren't around in 1981, but they understand the heartache his family has suffered. "To not know where he's gone and not be able to put it to rest and at least have closure, it's tough," said Mary Cook. "If anything I would like to see his remains found or something," Martin said, "but to find him alive, I don't think that's realistic at this point." The cold case unit usually only takes on unsolved homicides, but it is looking into this case because even though Keith LaLima's body has never been found foul play is suspected. As it is in the case of Erika Cirioni, whose skeletal remains were recently found in Montville. One of her sisters lives in the same Norwich housing complex. "Unfortunately it was a bad turn out," said Cook, "but they have the closure of knowing where she's at. Now it's just finding out what happened to her." LaLima's mother passed away never knowing what happened to her son. "I knew him for some time and I would like to see something come out of it," Martin said, "some good or something, especially for the family." Police are hoping anyone with information will come forward now. http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_london_ct...se#.T8U24WgTsy4 |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:36 PM Post #4 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915...pg=3615,3473079 |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:38 PM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://articles.courant.com/1999-03-10/new...missing-buckley Buckley Case Revives Memories Of Others Who Remain Missing March 10, 1999|By JOHN SPRINGER; Courant Staff Writer People get reported missing to police departments every day, and experts say they are usually found -- most often alive -- within hours or days of their disappearance. What Denise Graves of Norwich finds most troubling about the case of F. Mac Buckley, the prominent defense lawyer who has been missing since March 1, is the possibility that his wife and daughters may never know why he vanished. The Buckley case makes Graves think about her friend Kenneth S. Reed, 24, of Colchester, who disappeared 10 years ago this month. ``It's just an unsettling feeling,'' Graves said Tuesday. ``One minute they are here and then one minute they're gone. It makes you think.'' Like Buckley, Reed exhibited no outward signs that he was troubled, feared anyone, had a substance abuse problem or needed to take a break from his life. Graves, who worked with Reed at a dairy store in Norwich, understands the emotions Buckley's family must be feeling. Some days, they will have hope. Others, they will resign themselves to the worst. ``Not knowing can drive you crazy,'' Graves said. Some seasoned police investigators and an expert on missing persons cases said that people who disappear without a trace usually do not want to be found. People who fall victim to foul play usually have an indication of danger and relate that to someone, giving police a few avenues to pursue. ``Most of our missing persons cases are closed within a day,'' said Bristol police Det. Lt. Thomas Killiany. ``I'd say 98 percent of our missing reports are about kids, and 99 percent of those are back within 24 hours.'' The FBI's national crime computer contains information on more than 90,000 missing persons, about 85 percent of them children who have run away or been taken in custody disputes, said Charles Sutherland, a New Jersey-based expert on missing persons. The missing adults have either run away, met foul play or suffer from mental illness or disease, he said. When healthy adults are missing, seemingly without leaving a trail for police or loved ones to follow, it usually means they do not want to be found, Sutherland said. ``I've seen in 20 years cases of missing people where the families were the last ones to know what was going on, a secret life or something that was never talked about at home,'' he said. Norwich police have run out of leads in one case, but they will never close the file on Keith LaLima until his body is found or he re- establishes contact with the people looking for him since 1981. ``That case is 18 years old, missing without a trace,'' said Norwich police Det. Lt. Robert Aldi. ``The case file is like 500 pages long.'' LaLima, then 18, was last seen leaving a Norwich bar May 9, 1981. He never made it home that night, nor to work the next day. His brother, Gary LaLima of Bozrah, remembers the anguish and torment that their mother went through. Until the day she died in 1997, Catherine LaLima held out hope that Keith was alive. People claiming to be psychics, who said they could ``see things,'' kept up her hopes for a price, said Gary LaLima, who remains bitter that Norwich police did not treat the disappearance seriously at first. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:45 PM Post #6 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915...pg=2293,1470770 |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 29 2012, 11:49 PM Post #7 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| Ell | Jun 1 2012, 05:49 AM Post #8 |
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Ell Only after the last tree has been cut down; Only after the last fish has been caught; Only after the last river has been poisoned; Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. | |
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| Ell | Jun 1 2012, 05:51 AM Post #9 |
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The Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Unit has decided to give a 31-year-old mystery another look this week with the renewed investigation into the disappearance of 20-year-old Keith Lalima of Norwich, Connecticut. Keith was last seen alive at about 1a.m., March 7, 1981, outide of what was formerly the Village Green Pub on West Main Street in Norwich. He had been seen arguing with a man and witnesses stated that he walked in the direction of his mother's home, where he was staying with his girlfriend and young child at the time. He never arrived. Former Norwich Police Chief Richard Abele had said in a 1986 interview by a local newspaper that "We followed all leads that we had and interviewed everyone that we could come up with that had any knowledge of when he was last seen.." In the end, Keith's disappearance became a cold case and Keith's mother, Catherine Lalima Helm, died in 1997, without ever knowing what happened to her son. Keith was one of ten children and Keith's siblings still would like to know what happened to their brother and if he is deceased. http://www.examiner.com/article/connecticu...ear-old-mystery |
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Ell Only after the last tree has been cut down; Only after the last fish has been caught; Only after the last river has been poisoned; Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. | |
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