Fawley No Longer Person Of Interest In Taylor Behl Disappeance

Police now claim to have no persons of interest in the disappearance of Taylor Behl. What's that remind you of? I can hardly wait to see who is going to suggest there's a large government conspiracy at work. Sorry, but I'm so disgusted with the coverage I have seen on that other matter, maybe it's time to tell the whole truth as regards the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Someone has to - clearly we can't rely on American news media.

Richmond, Va (AP) - Police no longer consider a 38-year-old Richmond man a person of interest in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl.

Richmond police spokeswoman Cynthia Price says police initially called Ben Fawley a person of interest in Behl's case because they wanted to interview him. But they've done that, and NO longer classify him as such.

More at Missing And Abducted.

Comments

[sensible]

Police now claim to have no persons of interest in the disappearance of Taylor Behl.

Are you sure? I thought the two others - flunked lie detector test one and refused lie detector test one were persons of interest.

[Eric]

Perhaps the logic is: 1) We already have Ben for a long time on the porn charges (and others pending). The focus has to be finding Taylor and they may have exhausted Fawley's "usefullness" (I hesitate to use both usefullness and Fawley in the same sentance)

2) Let's focus our resources on the "Skateboarders" who according to Taylor's roomate, the last person(s) to be with her.

3) Perhaps this will lead back to Fawley? Maybe, maybe not, regardless, one less wacko on the Richmond streets. Strange, however, that they used this POI agruement to depict Fawley as prone to flee yesterday in the court, then today not a POI. Maybe they flip a coin in the morning? Or have an "eight ball".

PS Still Fawley's abduction story/alibi don't add up...(but we don't have all the facts)

[Dan]

Care to enlighten us?

Yes, but it's going ot take sometime to write coherently - with all the nonsense out there. I am working on it. It's time.

[blues]

It's a little shocking that he's exonerated - but we also don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Perhaps, by stating that Ben is no longer a suspect, he will be more likely to talk?

[fishie]

Just like Natalee's case the LE lost so much ground in the beginning. I am not putting down the VCU police but how much experience can they have beyond the usual missing student cases where they eventually show up after a day or two. By day 5 they had to realize that Taylor's case wasn't the usual college student taking time off.

[Justice for Natalee]

Dan,

I, too, look forward to your solid info on the Natalee Holloway case.

[absynth_minded]

While I am happy to know that a predator like Fawley is off the streets, I hope that the actions taken by both law enforcement and the media do not prove to be the same single mindedness and tunnel vision that doomed both the Jon Bennett and Natalee Holloway investigations from the jump.

[DaveinAtl]

Interestingly enough, I had a wild idea the day it was announced that Ben had an abduction story on the night Taylor dissappeared that isn't sounding as wild now.

What if... Ben was indeed abducted and the abductors were the 3 guys that Taylor was rushing out to meet supposedly to go skateboarding? What might have happened after that, I have no idea!

[#7]

It's a little shocking that he's exonerated - but we also don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Perhaps, by stating that Ben is no longer a suspect, he will be more likely to talk?

In no way is Ben exonerated. They certainly have not cleared him of anything, just for some reason taken the label "POI" off of him.

[absynth_minded]

What came to my mind is what if the two cases are connected and Ben Fawley and Taylor were both "victims" (ok, Fawley could never be a victim, but follow what I'm saying) of a night of "Wilding."

Think back to the 1989 attack on the Central Park jogger and how she was randomly attacked by a group of youths who were out for a night of "Wilding" AKA criminal activities by way of mob mentality. Before attacking her, they had already robbed and mugged various people just for kicks.

This doesn't even have to necessarily have anything to do with the skaters. What if it was something like, I don't know, fraternal initiations or fraternal initiations gone terribly wrong???? (If anything, this case has shown us what length young people will go to feel accepted or feel like they belong.)

It may be a stretch, but it is a college town, it was the start of the semester, and crazier things have happened.

[AkekoaHoAlethia]

TACTICAL!

"Police no longer consider a 38-year-old Richmond man a person of interest in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl."

[ciarra]

Very confused here about the scents the dog tracked to the brown nissan and to "a couple's house" where their nephew visited. Good recap here:
http://www.taylorbehl.notagz.com/

but it meanders and lead to my confusion.

Is the nephew of this couple, to whom whose house the dog tracked a scent, Jesse Schultz? Is the scent that the dog tracked ONLY Jesse's? And who is Jake? Is he Taylor's on-again, off again boyfriend?

This Jake guy, Ben Fawley and Jesse Schultz, arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession, Jesse's roommate "arrested on an unrelated warrant" and Taylor must all know each other. Ben claims to have had sex with Taylor at 9:30 pm-ish, yet also claims to have dropped her off at her dorm around 10. um, with a mile and a half walk, from wherever they were, (I'm assuming Ben's place) when was there time to have sex?

Just a thought. my speculation: Taylor went to have a drink with her on-again, off again boyfriend wherever. She left, went back to the dorm, saw her roommate was occupied, and left again, and went to Ben's. (presumably to borrow a skateboard?) She and Ben went to their skateboard buddies' apt (Jesse?) They all got to partying instead of skateboarding. Someone or two, made passes at Taylor, she wasn't interested, OR she passed out and things got ugly. Either way, I think Ben, the photographer, took pictures. Someone probably realized things were really bad, and Ben had the camera, so they attacked him for the film. He was all screwed up on his meds and alcohol and very possibly the coke, so he offered little resistance. Perhaps he got knocked out. Perhaps Taylor passed out and Ben watched the proceedings.

The "skateboarder friends" realize they had a liability in Ben, because he took the pictures. So, they loaded up a loaded Ben, and drove away somewhere and dumped him by the side of the road, taking his camera and, knowing that he was involved, speculated that he'd not "tell on" them for their party antics. Also, after all, who'd believe him in the first place? So, they disposed of Ben and then returned to deal with the issue of Taylor. Maybe they then decided to do the same to her, drive and dump.

Young f'd up men and women have NO good judgment and do the most insane things in hopes to cover up their actions. and they LIE. having been one, i know. WHOPPER lies for no good reason other than not wanting to get into trouble. My dad used to tell me that "everytime you do something bad, something bad happens." and i used to lie through my teeth to him just to avoid trouble, and only got myself in deeper.

So I hope that the truth will come out here soon enough, with Ben in jail for child porn perhaps he'll try to make a deal to lessen his sentence.

in my opinion, he's a sociopath. he will go for self-preservation. he'll try to save his hide and spin another yarn, and MAYBE enough of it will be true and lead to solving this mystery.

Women go missing every day and it's usually because a spurned lover can't stand the thought of 1) not possessing the object of their desire or 2) being rejected, and in their mind, have been made a fool of and therefore, must exact revenge somehow.

I just don't understand how people can think that way.

[Captain Joe]

Cops ought to consider this.
We know Fawley's alibi was phoney because it misstated when sunrise occurred and when his account happened, plus his "kidnapping" account lacked sufficient detail that most people would notice.

We have to wonder why he made a phoney alibi. He would only do that if:
(1) he knew she was missing long before anyone else knew she was missing
(2) therefore he probably knew the details of her disappearance
(3) he knew he looked to be a possible suspect in her disappearance

[absynth_minded]

If "they" killed Taylor, they surely would have done the same with good old Ben. (unless someone knew about his thing for kiddies and threatened to use THAT against him.)

[AkekoaHoAlethia]

It has not been in vain. Sometimes, in the course of investigative events, new crimes are uncovered!

Imagine if one, Joseph E. Duncan of Fargo,
ND, had been scrutinized to such an extent, before the more tragic horrors forced the unveiling of his self-authored warnings!

At least, I think, Mr. 'Folly,' has properly given HIMSELF much credit for his own current "publicity," and, as it now seems painfully obvious, apparently deserves some more investigation:
"Mr. Benjamin Fawley, currently in jail on child pornography charges..."

"almost as if he knew that fire was going to take place. Boy, life sure is full of coincidences, isn't it?" [stated by Dan of RWV]
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/09/skulz_what_a_co.html
________________________________

"Joseph E. Duncan" from link below: http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/07/groene_updates.html

[Eric]

I would assume anyone who knew Fawley and may have killed Taylor in his presense would simply do the same to him unless of course Ben's in on it. If this is the case, the other perp(s) must be a little nervous (with Fawley looking down 80 years). Perhaps this is the reason the police "demoted" Fawley from a POI (to make the remaining perp(s) squirm even more)???

[absynth_minded]

That could very well have been the thing he "wanted to try with "T."

[AkekoaHoAlethia]

This also desrves more investigation!

" Free: If you bid and win on this item I will toss in a free "surprise" photo CD with images by: Skulz, from a Suicide Girls photo shoot. (images archived on Suicide Girls and also on Veg Porn site)"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3979&item=6550411571

Above comments Posted by: lost | Sep 27, 2005 12:38:44 PM
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/09/ben_fawley_upda.html#comment-9745851

[festa]

NOT SO FAST BEN

http://www.nbc4.com/news/5025922/detail.html

Police: Man No Longer 'Person Of Interest' In Behl Case
Photographer Arraigned On Child Porn Charges

POSTED: 11:49 am EDT September 27, 2005
UPDATED: 11:58 am EDT September 27, 2005

RICHMOND, Va. -- According to police in Richmond, Va., 38-year-old Ben Fawley is no longer a person of interest in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl.

However police spokeswoman Kirsten Nelson said it's a matter of semantics. She said Fawley is still someone police are interested in and that he's "still a part of this case."

Police said Fawley was initially called a person of interest because they wanted to interview him.

Fawley was arraigned Monday on 16 counts of possession of child pornography and ordered held without bond.

[sad but true]

why have i not heard anything about hcjordan in all of this? i read some things on his blogs that showed a total lack of respect for taylor. and werent they involved at one time? and wasnt he also a roomate of fawleys at one time? i keep thinking that he is somehow involved.
any info?

[Captain Joe]

Interesting shoptalk bearing on Skulz selling certain CD's
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:NRHm8S5LrzAJ:www.greenguyandjim.com/board/showthread.php%3Ft%3D22533+suicidegirls.com+skulz&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[1in Richmond]

When the story first came out about Ben being abducted, the police BELIEVED him, so could this be true? Is he bipolar as he says he is or Schizophrenia ? I cannot imagine his being disabled for being bipolar, but for Schizophrenia, yes I can.

[nikki]

3) Perhaps this will lead back to Fawley? Maybe, maybe not, regardless, one less wacko on the Richmond streets. Strange, however, that they used this POI agruement to depict Fawley as prone to flee yesterday in the court, then today not a POI. Maybe they flip a coin in the morning?

Yeah, Remeber Latoya fomr New Jersey area who was 8 months pregnant, and the father of her unborn baby murdered her? Last monthish they found her body.... they caught him red handed... they told him a week prior to catching him trying to re-hide her body that he was no longer a poi... after that he thought he was off!!! They were watching him all along!!! Still hasn't gotten what he deserved..

[1in Richmond]

Has anyone heard about whether Taylor's cell phone is STILL ringing through? It was, and I wonder if it has been located.

[crapapple]

The phone no longer rings through. It stopped ringing through shortly after (within 1-2 days) she went missing. He voicemailbox is now full, as well.

[Captain Joe]

Fawley reviewing VCU
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:L1Aac8hjsi0J:www.reviewcentre.com/review153772.html+skulz+murder&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[absynth_minded]

* is a General Digital Photographer
* is Male
* is a deviant since Sep 14, 2002, 7:19 AM
* has 48,459 pageviews
* is located in United States
* last visited 7h 8m 11s ago
* is currently Screw The World
* is an AIM user; C:=
* is an MSN Messenger user; C:=
* is a Yahoo Messenger user; C:=

HUH????? Am i seeing correctly????

last visited 7hours 8minutes 11seconds ago??????

Wonder who else has his passwords or maybe he was hacked?

[fishie]

Interesting link Captain Joe, seems to me Fawley was quite concerned with crime in Richmond and the potential fire hazards of the buildings used by VCU.

[Someone]

First of all, you all are commenting on just the things the media has decided to report. There are other factors to consider like #1 There is ABSOLUTELY no evidence that Ben has anything to do with Taylor's disappearance #2 The computer in which the pornopgraphic material was found was NOT his to begin with. It was left by the previous tenant of his apartment who passed away a while ago. #3 How do you all know he is a scumbag? He is a great father to his children never harmed them in any way and has only tried to make a better life for them. As a person close to the family, I know firsthand how Ben really is. I am not saying he is saint by any means but do not compare him to Scott Petersen!!!

[Captain Joe]

Geez Someone
17 charges on his Virginia record, plus 16 counts of child porn, several items on his PA record, Went to prison in Ohio for auto theft, pending charges for sex with 17 year old. Yeah, he's a nice guy isn't he. Don't you think that the child protective agencies are questioning his girls right now?

[Captain Joe]

He admits he took his girls to goth bars and Raves. I guess he couldn't get a baby sitter.

[AkekoaHoAlethia]

"The computer in which the pornopgraphic material was found was NOT his to begin with. It was left by the previous tenant of his apartment who passed away a while ago."
...

HOWEVER...
There were seven computers seized along with HDs and boxes of CDs.
(according to video of warrant at http://www.nbc4.com/news/5009246/detail.html)

...........
Items taken from apartment at 407A Hancock:

1 BoldData tower comp
1 grey tower comp
1 dell Dimension tower comp
2nd dell Dimension tower comp
1 dell Inspiration 8600 laptop comp
1 Compaq Presario tower comp
1 generic tower comp

1 Avid 4 GB ext hard drive
1 Fujitsu HD
1 yellow disk
1 512 MB photo card
5 boxes (sizes unknown) of CDs
1 black bag of CDs
...............................

But he had more than that (at least 9 including a MAC) according to this:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/line_nowhere/

":: I use MSIE on five of my PC's. I have Safari on the crapMac, but I have just added Firefox to three of my PC's as I find MSIE is a royal pain in the a.."

Above Posted by: AkekoaHoAlethia | Sep 23, 2005 2:53:34 AM here:
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/09/strange_timing_.html#comment-9691780

..........

The police seem to believe he is culpable and a judge agreed.

"... was arraigned on 16 counts of possession of child pornography and ordered held without bond."

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/09/ben_fawley_arra.html#comments

I think one would have to look at ALL of those computers and disks to see what HE possessed that was illegal!
Can "someone" verify THAT?

[Randy]

"Someone", you have a good heart. I hope you are right about your friend Ben. Sadly, on the surface, it seems as though Ben doesn't deserve the kind words you expressed for him here. Captain Joe makes a good point.

[someone]

Again, I never said he was a saint or even a good person, I am just saying that there is NO evidence associating him with the disappearance of Taylor. BUT, To answer Captain Joe's question No the child protective services HAVE NOT questioned his girls and yes he does have a lengthy record but not for things as terrible as what he is being accused of. His girls love him immensely and it will be a terrible loss for them if he gets convicted.

He is NOT a friend. Let me make that clear. Obviously, Taylor consented to having sex with him on numerous occasions and her parents knew she was having a relationship with him. As a parent myself, I would make DAMN sure I knew all there is to know about who my child dates. So if she was 18, would it make a difference?

[fishie]

Someone, just curious if you know, why does Ben collect license plates. Sure made me wonder when Taylor's car was found with switched ones from Ohio.

[someone]

Why does one collect stamps or coins? Ben may be weird but he is not stupid. But yes I do agree it does seem suspicious.

[fishie]

Someone, to be honest with you if Ben had something to do with harming Taylor I believe it was either an accident or he got angry about something. In any event he did not plan to hurt her that evening, "something went very wrong".

Knowing him in what ever way you do, could you see him "flying off the handle"?

[absynth_minded]

I hate to place judgement on anyone, especially those I do not know..

That being said...

That Ben went out of his way to cover his cyber tracks says alot if you ask me... Maybe he was worried that someone would notice that he took pictures of his own daughter dressed as a lolita schoolgirl? (Or was that also the work of his former roomate?)

http://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?cmd=1&offset=72&search=Skulz

Anyway, alot of this is a bit hard to digest and I'm afraid that with each lie told, Ben digs a deeper and deeper hole.

Now all of a sudden, he had sex with Taylor the night she vanished???

A rather convenient way to explain away any DNA that might turn up, don't you think?

I'm still not 100% on his being jumped the night Taylor vanished, but I do know that story would offer reason for any bumps, bruises, or scratches that might have been the product of a struggle.

This is all just a bit too coincidental.

[New Creature]

absynth minded- the "Lolita School Girl" is one of his "models", not his daughter.

[1inRichmond]

Check again.....4 days!!!! He hasn't been online in 4 days.

* last visited 4d 8h 34m 27s ago
* is currently Screw The World
* is an AIM user; C:=
* is an MSN Messenger user; C:=
* is a Yahoo Messenger user; C:=

[lee]

someone,how do you know for sure that Ben had sex with this girl, who BTW...was just 17......sounds almost like statutory rape to me....

also....do you know why Ben at age 38 is on dissability?.....

[Muirnin]

This may sound bizarre...

but, I think we are looking for a present/prior fireman........or someone that wants to be a fireman (turned down?).......that is in some way associated with the photographer.

[Legalbeagle]

1inRichmond - yes - from what I have heard, some people actually do receive disability for bipolar disorder... (and no that's not from personal experience)

Maybe i'm in the minority here, and I could be all wrong, it's just my feeling - but I read some of the stuff Skulz wrote online, and I have a hard time believing he's a cold blooded killer. The things he's written just seem too 'sensitive' and weepy to have been written by someone who'd kill someone in cold blood. Yes, he's creepy, no doubt about it - and a little bit of a Peter Pan which is all the more creepy considering that he has two daughters.. but not the angry psycho stuff you'd expect from a deranged killer.

[Muirnin]

Posted by: Legalbeagle | Sep 27, 2005 11:34:52 PM

Yes...disabilty can be legit, and claimed for any emotional reason.

Have you looked at the difference in photography of the ladies photographed....compared to regular photographs taken?

They appear to be taken by two entirely different people. When I compared them, I couldn't believe the photos were taken by the same person...I still can't.

I'm beginning to wonder....was this planned, or are there two personalities?

[absynth_minded]

The caption that went to the "lolita" picture I'm mentioning said something to the effect of him "having to get a gun soon to keep the boys away from his daughter." (OH THE IRONY.)

I could have sworn it was his daughter, but if it isn't, he must be shooting for those non-nude model sites with that borderline CP.

Also, if we are talking mental illness, being bi-polar and having a diagnosed case of Multiple Personality Disorder (more commonly known today as Dissociative Identity Disorder) is like night and day.

Also, DID is a very misunderstood disease

http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html

Anyway, all of this is speculation... the truth will eventually surface and I sincerely hope that if the guy isn't involved, the media goes as out of its way to clear him as it did to smear him.

[curiousmom]

A friend from the notagz website that has been keeping up with the Taylor Behl dissapearance sent me this a little while ago. I so hope this is not related to Taylor. If you map it out though, one has to wonder. Mapquest mapped this out to be 104.85 miles from Richmond, straight up interstate 95??? Not trying to jump to conclusions, but very openminded after todays news of BF not being "person of interest" anymore

"Investigators Search for Clues in Falls Church Homicide"

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Investigators still aren't sure who the woman is who was found dead this morning in Falls Church.

Fairfax County Police spent the day searching for clues near the Devonshire Gardens Court apartments. Investigators say they're not sure whether the woman had been sexually assaulted. But they're calling it a homicide and say there was upper body trauma.

Investigators say the body could have been lying there for days. The woman's body was found lying face-down between a power utility shed and a fence. A passer-by made the gruesome discovery. Residents say it's usually a quiet community, but they're concerned it's changing.

This is the second brutal attack in the area in just over a year. Last September a woman was raped and beaten nearby. That case remains unsolved.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[absynth_minded]

Sadly, this is my neck of the woods.

I'm also wondering if one of these could be connected:

Taken from the Washington Post

CRIME & JUSTICE

Tuesday, September 27, 2005; Page B02

VIRGINIA

Sex Assault A 26-year-old Fairfax City woman was sexually assaulted Saturday night as she walked home from a nearby grocery store, Fairfax City police said yesterday.

The woman told police she was walking in the 3700 block of Jermantown Road after she left the store at Jermantown and Route 50. About 10 p.m., a man grabbed her, dragged her to a wooded area behind the Oxford Row townhouses and assaulted her, police said.

He fled when a passerby came upon the attack, officer Lynn Coulter said.

The assailant was described as a black man in his mid-twenties to early thirties, with a medium to heavy build, short hair and a mustache. He was about 6 feet tall and wore a black pullover sweater with a white T-shirt underneath, police said.

Home Intrusions Two Fairfax County women were awakened by intruders in their bedrooms early yesterday, but neither woman was hurt or robbed, and police do not think the incidents are related.

The first episode happened about 2:50 a.m. in the Fairfax Station area. A woman who lives on Jumet Court told police she awoke to find two men rifling her jewelry box. The woman said she spoke to the men, and they fled without taking anything, officer Bud Walker said.

A short time later and miles away, another woman discovered a man in her bedroom on Darkwood Circle in Centreville. The woman told police she screamed, and the man ran away about 3:30 a.m.

WHile I do not think that it's likely that this is related to Taylor, the fact that this is going on in practically my backyard is bad enough..

Keep in mind that ALOT of young women have vanished in the Northern Va/DC/ and MD areas in recent years.

[cosmicMojo]

"Ben Fawley is no longer a person of interest in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl.

However police spokeswoman Kirsten Nelson said it's a matter of semantics. She said Fawley is still someone police are interested in and that he's "still a part of this case."

Police said Fawley was initially called a person of interest because they wanted to interview him."

It's important to note that he is NOT being dismissed as a suspect and he is still someone police are interested in and that he's still a part of this case.

[cosmicMojo]

This is the most interesting recent turn of events; I'm surprised no one's mentioned it:

"[Attorney] Collins did not appear in court with Fawley yesterday and later issued a statement saying he will be stepping aside on the case.

[Judge] O'Donnell appointed an attorney from the public defender's office to represent Fawley..."

Why did the attorney leave the case? That's VERY atypical, especially for this attorney who's very driven and experienced in high-profile cases.

[Mary L.]

I saw the school girl photos at the onemodelplace site, and he does indeed claim that is his daughter. And she claims that she's only been photographed by her dad. I don't know if that's her real name.

The photo with her knees together is really twisted. A normal, responsible parent does not try to sexualize his prepubescent daughter. His daughters need to be interviewed.