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The
Jill Bohl
Story
By
Bonnie M. Wells
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Warren High School, Barlow, Ohio
I'd never known Jill Bohl, but over the years I spoke to several people who had gone to school with her or knew her from sports or from the small dairy bar where she worked when she was in school.
After graduation, Jill hung around this area for awhile but soon realized there were few 'good jobs' available and decided to join the U.S. Army.
Some were surprised that Jill decided to join the service, because the pretty, dark haired girl had always seemed a little reserved and shy. Still, they thought if anyone could do it, Jill could.
She Wanted To Be A Cop
They say Jill wanted to be a police officer. Perhaps that's why she chose to become an MP in the military.
Regardless of her reasoning, she was good at her job, and few doubted that when she returned home she would join one of our local law enforcement branches and continue her police career there.
She had been stationed in Louisiana, and had come home on leave before heading out west to her next assignment.
Jill was staying with her aunt and uncle just a short distance from the little dairy bar where she'd worked as a high school student. It was home to her and most of her family. She knew everyone -- or thought she did.
May 6th, 1983
We'd had a late snow in this area in 1983, and on May 6th traces of it still remained in some areas, and the ground remained wet and muddy if you got off the beaten trail.
The lady who owned the restaurant where Jill had worked as a teenager opened shop that May morning as usual -- but that's where 'usual' ended - for her and for Jill Bohl.
Jill's lifeless body lay underneath the huge oak tree located to the side of the business, and overlooking Davlin Lake - a summer camping and fishing area that had been built back when I was in Warren High School, and named after the owners son [Dave] and daughter [Linda] which were classmates of mine.
As luck would have it, a state trooper came by, so the restaurant owner flagged him down.
Trooper Nick called the incident in to the sheriff's department, and requested the county coroner.
Thus began the nightmare .....
Note: The following information is based upon interviews I conducted with witnesses as well as family, friends and class mates of Jill Bohl:
Suicide
Jill's lifeless body lay on top of the ground; her .357 Magnum about six feet beyond her body, as if carelessly tossed there, almost as an afterthought.
Jill had been shot through the main artery in the leg and had bled to death .... but there's where understanding and normal ended. There was no blood on the ground beneath Jill, as there should have been if she had died where she lay.
There was no trail of blood leading to her body -- as there would have been if she had stumbled her way onto the property - perhaps seeking help.
And, to make matters even more confusing, there was a set of tire tracks plainly visible across the soft ground and right up to Jill's body -- but, her own vehicle was no where in sight!
After an extended period of time, the Washington County Coroner managed to get to the crime scene -- only to determine it wasn't a 'crime scene' after all!
He simply drove into the parking lot, looked at the body, said "suicide" and drove away -- leaving all concerned standing there in shocked disbelief.
That 2.2 Mile Thing
It was the mid 1990's before I stumbled upon the 2.2 mile measurement within several of our unsolved murder cases in this area.
I didn't know much about Jill Bohl's case back then -- didn't know where her car had been located -- didn't even know about the tire tracks leading up to her dead body -- but I would. By the time I got finished I'd know a whole lot about Jill's case, and with each piece I learned, I became ever more convinced that Jill Bohl had not committed suicide -- no more than Dawn Holiday had committed suicide.
After a few weeks of talking to people I pieced the story back together.
Jill had been stationed in Louisiana, and her vehicle bore Louisiana tags on it. The car had sat along a back road for nearly a week before it was reported. By that time Jill was already dead, but the person who reported the car had not made the connection. The car was near a power station -- something else I'd noticed in these cases; power company right of ways, and over-looking water. Electricity and water didn't mix -- or if it did, it was a deadly combination.
I'd known a man one time whose grandfather had been struck by lightening and killed during a storm. Guess that would be a mixture of electricity and water, wouldn't it?
Jill's vehicle was located 2.2 miles from her dead body. It seemed awfully strange to me, but even stranger was how the coroner could say she'd killed herself when there was no blood present. It was obvious that she'd bled to death, but where? And who drove the vehicle that brought her to the big oak tree overlooking the lake?
It's been twenty years since Jill died. No one speaks of her case -- well, there isn't a case. The coroner took care of that, and, in his negligent wake he left a family shattered and confused.
I don't know how much insurance Jill had on her -- but however much it was, the coroner deprived her family of it. Life insurance doesn't pay for suicides .... and neither does Uncle Sam.
His ruling cost the pride of one of our soldiers, and a future cop. How can he sleep at night? Probably pretty well since this same thing has gone on here for years and years with one lone woman standing up in protest, case after case.
So, for those who are interested .....
In my opinion - based upon information gathered from various sources -- Jill Bohl did NOT commit suicide.
Jill was murdered, and I believe her case fits into the same pattern as others since. I believe she was killed by a serial killer ..... the same guy who lost his grandfather in the storm!!
And I have been bold enough to tell every cop, every individual that I have come to -- Jill Bohl was murdered. Her case needs to be re-opened and this time it needs to be investigated by the U.S. Army -- the ones who should have investigated it to begin with.
If we ever get an outside agency in here to take a look at some of these cases, I believe it's only a matter of time until someone has guts enough to say to the locals --- "Coincidence, my butt, there's an obvious pattern to these cases - there's even a rhythm and rhyme to them."
The Rhythm & The Rhyme
Jack & Jill - went up the hill -
Jill was found on May 6th, so that's the official date of her death -- but, I'll guarantee you she was killed the night of May 5th -- 5-5: Add the month and day 5+5 = {10:} Remember this:
Jill Bohl {J.B.} was {shot with a .357 Magnum:} 9 years later, Jenifer Barrett-McCrady {J.B.} was {shot with a 357 Magnum} on 9-19 -- add the month and day 9+1+9 = 19; 1+9= {10:}
Both were taken 'up a hill' to dump: Tire tracks led to both sites: {none of which matched Jenifer McCrady's {trooper} husband's vehicles, I might add.}
Jenifer was dumped just off township road 298: Add the numbers - 2+9+8 = 19; 1+9={10}
Jill's vehicle was found just off state route 550: Add the numbers - 5+5+0 = {10}
Whoever murdered Jill Bohl went on to murder Jenifer McCrady. And Jenifer McCrady wasn't the end of his killing spree either. Jenifer's husband {Jackie D. McCrady} sits in prison for her murder. He is innocent, and if I could ever be given the chance, I could prove it to any reasonable body of people.
By the way, Trooper Victor Nick was Jackie McCrady's partner.
And there was a dream reported to Trooper Victor Nick, back in 1994, in which the killer was identified. All he would have had to do was go over to the jail and see who was sitting in there at that time. He decided he couldn't do that.
Someone once said that a person can't fight city hall. Well, they were wrong. I said years ago that Marie Blough did not die of natural causes as everyone contended. It took several years, but you know what, Marie's case has been re-classified. She was [and is] a murder victim.
Now I want Jill Bohl's case re-opened, and I want it investigated, because I'm telling everyone here and now "Jill Bohl was murdered."
And I want Jackie McCrady's case re-investigated by someone not affiliated with this area -- someone who doesn't have an ax to grind or a re-election to win, because I'm convinced that Jackie McCrady did NOT murder his wife.
We have a serial killer living in our midst. Doesn't anyone care?
PS: The 42 day phenomena does not appear to apply in Jill Bohl's case -- unless I missed something, which is highly possible:
42 days forward would be: June 16th: {{ Amanda Tusing disappeared on June 14th / maybe I didn't miss the 'case' after all. Maybe someone else just missed the date because he'd chosen another 'more symbolic date' !!}}
42 days backward would be: March 25th:
The Coincidences
Jill Bohl & Jenifer Barrett had the same initials - JB
Both died of .357 Magnum shots:
There was no blood found with either victim:
No blood was found in either victim's vehicle:
The number 10 is involved in both cases, in two ways each -- date of death and location of body and/or vehicle:
Both cases involved the 2.2 measurement.
Both women were connected to 'cops,' - one was a cop, the other was married to a cop:
Both women were found dead under a large tree: One on top of the ground; one under it.
Jill was dumped near water, while Jenifer's vehicle was left by water.
Both cases involved restaurants: Jill where she once worked; Jenifer's vehicle behind Hardee's in Belpre:
Both women had recently returned from other states: Jill - stationed in Louisiana; Jenifer - vacationing in California:
Both women's death/disappearance involved a week-day, and not a week-end:
Both women had a close relative named 'Jackie.'
Total of Similarities: 13
Research
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) is a unit of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation responsible for the analysis of serial violent and sexual crimes, organizationally situated within the Critical Incident Response Group's (CIRG) National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC).
The pattern that links serial homicides is what is commonly referred to as "signature". VICAP operates under the knowledge that serial homicides are almost always sexually and control driven with a consistent evolving signature present in each murder.
In the summer of 2008, the ViCAP program made their database available to all law enforcement agencies through a secure internet link.
Email
Bonnie M. Wells
Off Site Links
Scott Lomax - 'When Pathologists Get It Wrong'
On Site Links
The 2.2 Cases
The 42 Days Cases
Amanda Tusing
Amanda Tusing Analysis
Ashley Howley
Home
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