12-08-2010, 07:02 AM
very strange disappearance. she must have become disoriented after the accident. or was she grabbed?
LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. WGN
Authorities in LaSalle County have suspended the search for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband.
The search may resume at the end of the week if the weather warms and ice melts in the area.
Tanya Shannon, 40, disappeared early Sunday. Police think she walked away from the accident. Her husband, Dale Shannon, 41, was killed when he lost control of the car -- hitting a utility pole.
Investigators say they cannot rule anything out. They have been monitoring the missing woman's cell phone as well as her credit card records to see if there is any sort of unusual activity that could point to foul play.
No new leads have turned up after several days of searching, and rescuers have not been able to find any clues that will lead them to Shannon.
Today rescuers turned their attention to the drainage ditches along the roadways. Special plows cleared away the snow drifts -- sometimes three or even four feet deep -- along these ditches near the accident scene.
Investigators found footprints leading away from the crash.
Tanya Shannon was wearing a bright red dress and a thin fleece hoodie when she staggered off into the brutal cold.
The wind chill has been sub-zero or in the teens the last three days, and the relentless wind has hampered the rescue efforts.
400 people live in the farm community of Ransom -- home to Dale and Tanya Shannon and their four daughters, ages 4 to 15. News of the tragedy has devastated the close-knit community. People have started collecting money, food, toys, and anything they want to share with the grieving family.
LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. WGN
Authorities in LaSalle County have suspended the search for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband.
The search may resume at the end of the week if the weather warms and ice melts in the area.
Tanya Shannon, 40, disappeared early Sunday. Police think she walked away from the accident. Her husband, Dale Shannon, 41, was killed when he lost control of the car -- hitting a utility pole.
Investigators say they cannot rule anything out. They have been monitoring the missing woman's cell phone as well as her credit card records to see if there is any sort of unusual activity that could point to foul play.
No new leads have turned up after several days of searching, and rescuers have not been able to find any clues that will lead them to Shannon.
Today rescuers turned their attention to the drainage ditches along the roadways. Special plows cleared away the snow drifts -- sometimes three or even four feet deep -- along these ditches near the accident scene.
Investigators found footprints leading away from the crash.
Tanya Shannon was wearing a bright red dress and a thin fleece hoodie when she staggered off into the brutal cold.
The wind chill has been sub-zero or in the teens the last three days, and the relentless wind has hampered the rescue efforts.
400 people live in the farm community of Ransom -- home to Dale and Tanya Shannon and their four daughters, ages 4 to 15. News of the tragedy has devastated the close-knit community. People have started collecting money, food, toys, and anything they want to share with the grieving family.