Private Detectives on Megan Waterman Missing Woman Case

Private detectives hired by an international activist group are investigating the disappearance of a Maine woman once thought to be among the four dead women found in Gilgo Beach, the woman's family said Monday.

Relatives of Megan Waterman, 22, who worked as a prostitute and vanished after meeting a client in Hauppauge in June, said they worked with Avaaz - an online group advocating on climate change, human rights and corruption - to hire two female investigators in mid-November.

Suffolk detectives have turned up no evidence that Waterman is among the dead whose bones were found wrapped in burlap on Dec. 11 and 13 off Ocean Parkway, police say, but they have not ruled her out definitively. Monday, Suffolk police said there was nothing new in the probe of the bodies.

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Forsyth Investigators Search Grounds Around Missing Woman's Apartment

Forsyth County investigators Tuesday afternoon were preparing to search the grounds around the apartment of a 66-year old Cumming woman who has been missing for a week.

The family of Ann Marie Barker, who lived alone at the Oxford Summit apartments on Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Cumming, has hired Alpharetta private investigator T.J. Ward to help find her, Ward said Tuesday.

“I’m working with the sheriff’s office, and so far it’s still a mystery what happened,” said Ward.

Forsyth County sheriff Ted Paxton said in a statement released by his office that there was no sign of a struggle at Barker's apartment and her purse and cell phone were at the residence. Barker was last seen Oct. 5 when she made a routine transaction at a nearby Wachovia Bank.

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