Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Family hires investigator to probe further in women's death

Bradenton Herald | 03/05/2007 | Family hires investigator to probe further in women's death: "Unanswered questions have left the family of Tarah Sudlow searching for evidence on their own to close what they suspect was a murder case.

Her grandmother, Barabara Killian, doesn't think Tarah jumped from a van to her death last November, as those in the van - Tarah's husband, Heath Sudlow, and mother-in-law, Vickie Sudlow, have attested.

During a news conference this morning at the Manatee County Courthouse, Killian and other members of Tarah's family discussed holes in the investigation, like the van not getting impounded soon enough and Tarah's clothing getting incinerated instead of being examined by a lab.

With help from private investigator Chuck Chambers, the family hopes additional interviews with witnesses will change the state attorney's office's decision to not press charges against Heath and Vickie Sudlow, a decision the office announced Friday.

'If the questions are left unanswered, it's hard for the family to believe it was an accident,' Chambers said."

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