DEREK KELLY - MISSING FROM LANGLEY, B.C.

DEREK KELLY - MISSING FROM LANGLEY, B.C.

2008-04-18 16:31 PDT

File # 2008-1698

On January 1, 2008 Derek Kelly age 31 of Langley, was last seen in the area of Bridge Lake and Highway 24, close to 100 Mile House BC. He was reported missing to the Langley RCMP by his family on January 16, 2008.

An extensive investigation by the Langley RCMP Serious Crime Unit has not located him.

Derek Kelly is described as:

•5'11"                    

•170lbs

•short dark brown hair

•blue eyes, with Celtic tattoos on his upper shoulders/back, a Libra Lion on the center of his chest, and an "Irish Pride" script tattoo on his inner right forearm.

Anyone that may have seen or know the whereabouts of Derek Kelly are asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS 1-800-222-TIPS or Constable Andrew Roy of Langley Serious Crime Unit at 604-532-3376 604-532-3376.

 

Released by:

Cpl. P.J. (Peter) Thiessen

Nco i/c Strategic Communications & Personnel Development

Langley RCMP

Office: 604-532-3231 604-532-3231

Cel: 604-614-6177 604-614-6177

Email: peter.thiessen@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Blackberry: pthiessen@rogers.blackberry.net

Sabine Musil-Buehler - Motel owner MISSING

Husband seeks declaration of death



Motel owner missing since November


By DUANE MARSTELLER - dmarsteller@bradenton.com  


MANATEE — Nearly a year after a Holmes Beach motel owner disappeared, her estranged husband is seeking to have her declared legally dead.

There is evidence that Sabine Musil-Buehler “was abducted and killed” on Nov. 6, when she was last seen alive by anyone who knew her, Thomas E. Buehler said in a petition filed in Manatee County Circuit Court last week.






The three-page petition asks a judge to declare Musil-Buehler legally dead, thus allowing Buehler to collect on a life-insurance policy on her and become sole owner of Haley’s Motel. Musil-Buehler did not have a will, thus making her husband her sole heir, the petition said.






Typically under Florida law, a person must be missing at least five years before he or she can be declared legally dead. But an heir can seek a presumptive death certificate if there is evidence that the person was “exposed to a specific peril of death,” as Buehler’s petition contends.






Musil-Buehler’s body has not been found, and no charges have been filed in her disappearance.






She went missing Nov. 6 after an argument with her boyfriend, William Cumber. Later that day, authorities stopped her car, arrested the man driving it and found Musil-Buehler’s blood in it.






The driver, Robert Corona, was sentenced last month to four years in prison after pleading no contest to grand theft, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license. He has maintained that he is not involved in Musil-Buehler’s disappearance, saying he took the car after finding it with the keys in the ignition.






Cumber, the last person known to have seen Musil-Buehler alive, was sentenced in May to 13 years in prison for violating his probation on an unrelated arson conviction. He also has denied involvement in her disappearance.






Having Musil-Buehler declared legally dead could help the investigation into her disappearance, which the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is treating as a homicide, spokesman Dave Bristow said.






A local crime fighting group, the Manatee County Gold Star Club, recently presented Sheriff Brad Steube with a $25,000 check to give law enforcement some help in getting information on Manatee County’s recent wave of homicides and home invasions. Bristow urged anyone with information in the case to call the sheriff’s office at 747-3011 or Manatee County Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS (8477).

Duane Marsteller, transportation/growth and development reporter, can be reached at 745-7080, ext. 2630.






Missing woman’s ex pleads guilty


By ROBERT NAPPER - rnapper@bradenton.com


BRADENTON — William Cumber, the former boyfriend of missing motel owner Sabine Musil-Buehler and named a “person of interest” in her disappearance, pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating his probation on an arson conviction.



Cumber, 39, is the last person to have reported seeing Musil-Buehler alive. Musil-Buehler, 49, co-owner with her estranged husband of Haley’s Motel on Holmes Beach, has not been seen since Nov. 4.



In court Tuesday, Cumber pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license while on probation after his arrest in December by Marion County authorities outside Ocala. He faces up to 30 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced May 14. Assistant State Attorney Tony Casoria said he will ask for the maximum sentence.


Cumber has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Musil-Buehler’s disappearance, and his attorney, Tom Ostrander, said he believes prosecutors are asking for the maximum based on the Musil-Buehler case, not on the facts of his probation violation.


On Nov. 6, Musil-Buehler’s estranged husband, Thomas Buehler, reported her missing after Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over a man driving her stolen car.


The driver, Robert Corona, admitted to stealing her car but claimed no knowledge of her disappearance, according to sheriff’s officials. Detectives found Musil-Buehler’s blood in her car.


Detectives focused on Cumber, naming him a “person of interest,” and collected evidence from the Holmes Beach apartment he shared with Musil-Buehler. His past arson conviction, in which he pleaded guilty to burning an ex-girlfriend’s house down, led to suspicion, according to sheriff’s spokesman Dave Bristow.


More suspicion came Cumber’s way when a duplex at Haley’s went up in flames two weeks after Musil-Buehler went missing. Holmes Beach police called the fire “suspicious” and named Cumber a “person of interest.”


On Tuesday, West Manatee Fire Rescue Capt. Tom Sousa said the Haley’s fire has officially been ruled an arson, but it unknown who started the fire.