Connie McCarthy, missing a decade. remains ID'd

[Valasca]

Remains that were found in December and are believed to be more than a decade old have been identified as a Dayton woman.

A tip led officers to dig under a porch and that is where they found the woman’s body. Now, DNA tests have revealed who the victim is.

Officials at the coroner’s office said they suspected who the victim was, but could not come up with any dental records, so they relied on DNA results, which took six months.

The remains were found behind a house at 1124 Wyoming Street. Police said they believe the remains were buried on the property sometime during the mid-90s.

Now, evidence has identified the woman as 40-year-old Connie McCarthy.

Ken Betz with the coroner’s office said, “WE had DNA meaning we had to go back to the mother and father to determine if the human remains we found belonged to this particular person.â€￾

Officials said McCarthy lived in the house where she was buried. Even though the remains have been identified does not mean that police know how she died.

At this time, the coroner’s office has ruled McCarthy’s death as unknown homicidal violence.

Betz said, “We know the victim was a victim of a homicide, we just did not know directly what killed her.â€￾

Dayton police would not comment on the identity of the remains. They directed News Center 7 to talk to the prosecutor’s office, where a representative said, “The matter is currently an open and active case that was approved as a homicide investigation by a grand jury.â€￾

http://www.whiotv.com/news/24039593/detail.html

 

[62julietandvoid]

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

 

[ScribbleMuse]

A tip led them to dig under the porch makes me hope that the tipster is reachable by police. I can't imagine that it's the killer, but if someone knew she was buried there, someone knows more about the story and will hopefully lead to an arrest.

 

[Rasputan]

Former CoWorker of Roy Vigus

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

Most random killers don't go thru thru the trouble of burrying someone under the victims own house. I wonder if she was married or dating...had a stalker friend...

I had Roy Vigus working under me at the time he must have comitted the murder. he was a very difficult coworker to say the least. He never let on anything about the killing & hiding the body. I know at the time he had his own house on Wyoming St. I know later for reason explained as defaulting on the mortgage that he let the house go back to the bank. He was a strange person, with a fixation on the Hannibal Lectre movies. I was surprised, but not doubtful to find that he murdered this woman. The guy is not a person of high stature to say the least. His presence is that of a smaller person. He didn't seem to be any real threat, but he was very threatening and had a disturbed nature. he seemed to have a drinking or substance abuse problem. alot of things didn't seem to add up. He had financial problems that were explained as previously built up debts. He had a good, above modest income working for my employer. He was divorced, but had custody of his 2 boys. He gave up his house seemingly after the time that the murder was comitted, The address on Wyoming St. seems like it was his residence at the time, but I may be wrong. I decided from his first hire in not to get close to him. He didn't seem to be "wrapped right".
I had problems from him after he was safely past the employment probation period. He tried to discredit any authority I had. Roy repeditively tried to usurp my position & tried to befriend my supervisor as both being former military men. He thought he should be in charge of the department instead of me. He was repetively challenging me to fights, which I mostly laughed off, but was disturbed by. I am glad i never obliged or seriously entertained the thought. I am of sizable bigger stature and experience. Roy was eventually fired for his conduct, but somehow worked the office politics for a very long time before that happened. I always perceived him to be a dangerous person, but for a long time noone heeded my observation. It would be morbid to gloat that I was always right, but the point is now proven without doubt. I am only curious as to the details of this case. It seems that Connie was his girlfriend when he did her in. The question of the circumstances of him murdering her really perks my curiosity. I'm glad he never triggered off completely in the workplace, but wonder what triggered this. I'm glad I never reacted and cleaned his clock as he appeared to be needing. This guy definately had an explosive nature. I am sorry to see that he actually ended someone's life.
From the news stories, Roy turned himself in for his crime. Maybe it was an act of accumulated conscience, maybe of despiration, maybe he saw that he was soon to be discovered anyway. The neighborhood the house is in is severely distressed. It it a very crime ridden neighborhood. Alot of homes are abandoned. Dayton is tearing down alot of nuisance abandoned homes in that area, alot of others are being targeted by arsonists. It is in one of 3 "War Zones" that plague Dayton. Was it an unending personal guilt that prompted him to expose himself in this matter? Was it damage control for something that was ready to finally come to light? It looks like prosecutors were so glad that this cold case was finally confessed to that the charges are so dumbed down for such a brutal crime. My feelings are that Roy should never be introduced back into society. The guy is very unbalanced, but the charges themselves reak of lieniency. It would be good if the detailed story of what happened were publicised. It would be good that society would be protected from such a person. Unfortunately under the circumstances of the resolving of the case may put him back into circulation in a time alot more minimal than most people who kill another.

 

[Valasca]

Wow. Thanks for the input.
So it seems hindsight is 20/20?

 

[Hellsbells]

Connie McCarthy

 

[Misskittychaos]

Well I'm glad her family can have closure but ugh being buried under your house. You know people went there a ton of times looking for clues to where she was...she was there all along.

 

[Rasputan]

On August 18, 2010 Roy Vigus was sentenced to only 7 years for the murder he hid for 14 years and turned himself in for. As things usually go with prison sentences, he probally will serve less than half of the time. I guess murdering someone and hiding the body gets you less time than you'd get for drug posession, who knew?

 

[AngelFire]

On August 18, 2010 Roy Vigus was sentenced to only 7 years for the murder he hid for 14 years and turned himself in for. As things usually go with prison sentences, he probally will serve less than half of the time. I guess murdering someone and hiding the body gets you less time than you'd get for drug posession, who knew?

That's insane! Why even bother charging him? Shit 7 years?

 

[jimtek45]

is anyone still following this,, i am connies ex husband,,i just found out about this,,we havent talked 4 almost 20yrs ,, now i know why. she was a beautiful person,, she deserved so much better.

 

[Anubis]

Sorry to hear that jimtek. It is a shame what happened to her.

 

[Valasca]

is anyone still following this,, i am connies ex husband,,i just found out about this,,we havent talked 4 almost 20yrs ,, now i know why. she was a beautiful person,, she deserved so much better.

I confess I had forgotten I posted this.
can I ask a question? I swear I don't mean to be nasty. where did you think she was all these years? How can you just find out about it.

 

[jimtek45]

we were divorced in 1992, we stayed in touch 4 a couple years after,then, nothing,,just thought we both moved on. im in fla. she was from ohio, ocasioaly thought about her through the years,,wondering how she was doing,hopeing things were going good for her,ect. but i never acted on it,nor had any contact info if i did. plus i moved on also. i just found out a few days ago from searching the internet for an old friend i grew up with and in a meloncoly moment put her name in too. just curiosity what she looked like after all these years i guess,she was a year within my age 57,so she'd be like 56 i think now.

 

[jimtek45]

so maybey you can help me out,,she was from dayton ohio,is that where you are,,and can you ask hellsbells where he got that picture from,,is he a family member,,because i have a bunch of pics of connie during happier times i would like to give her family,,but i have no contact info,,,thank you, Jim

 

[Azryhael]

so maybey you can help me out,,she was from dayton ohio,is that where you are,,and can you ask hellsbells where he got that picture from,,is he a family member,,because i have a bunch of pics of connie during happier times i would like to give her family,,but i have no contact info,,,thank you, Jim

Hellsbells is one of our longtime members, and I'm pretty sure that she is not related to Connie at all.

The photo provided looks like either a mug shot or a DMV photo; do you know if Connie was ever arrested? Sometimes a mugshot is the easiest photo of a person to get ahold of, since it's often posted online on police or prison web pages.

I'd suggest calling the Dayton Police Department and asking to speak with their Victims' Liason. That person should be able to contact Connie's family members with your information so that you can get in touch and share your memories.

 

[Valasca]

Funny, I am from Cincinnati but I live in Florida now.

 

[Dakota]

From 2010:

The confessed killer of a woman whose remains were found last December pleaded guilty Friday, July 23, to voluntary manslaughter and gross abuse of a corpse.
[...]

Vigus walked into the Montgomery County Jail on Dec. 19, 2009, confessed to the crime and told police where to find the remains of Connie McCarthy. Police discovered the remains under the concrete steps of a vacant house at 1124 Wyoming Ave.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...uilty-in-case-of-remains-found-under-s/nNFhd/

The family of Connie McCarthy, who was missing for 13 years, feels some gratitude toward the family of her killer.

“We are thankful that they convinced their father to come forward,” said Brian Hall, McCarthy’s nephew, after Roy Vigus was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday, Aug. 18.
[...]

Vigus told investigators that the two had broken up, but McCarthy had come back to get some clothes. She had been drinking; the two started arguing; and she began to threaten Vigus’ sons, according to Vigus’ account, said Assistant County Prosecutor Robert Deschler.

Vigus said he smothered her while trying to shut her up, Deschler said. He then hid her in a coal bin until February, when he was able to dig a hole in the back porch, put her in it, then cover her grave with concrete, Deschler said.

Vigus told investigators that he was hearing voices and wanted to confess, Deschler said.

Vigus’ sons did not know of the crime at the time, but their father had since confessed to them. They convinced him to come forward, Hall said.

Hall was the last person in the family to see McCarthy, whom he described as more of a sister to him than an aunt. In December 1996, he saw her with a black eye, and she told him that Vigus had been beating her, Hall said. About a month later, Hall said, he got worried after he hadn’t heard from her, so he began contacting Vigus, who told him that she had run off and he did not know where she was.

Vigus pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and gross abuse of a corpse on July 23. Deschler said Vigus could have been guilty of murder, but prosecutors could not prove that, because of the deterioration of the physical evidence. Vigus’ story does support a voluntary manslaughter conviction, Deschler said.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...rs-of-womans-killer-convinced-him-to-c/nNGHx/

 

[jimtek45]

Hellsbells is one of our longtime members, and I'm pretty sure that she is not related to Connie at all.
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The photo provided looks like either a mug shot or a DMV photo; do you know if Connie was ever arrested? Sometimes a mugshot is the easiest photo of a person to get ahold of, since it's often posted online on police or prison web pages.

I'd suggest calling the Dayton Police Department and asking to speak with their Victims' Liason. That person should be able to contact Connie's family members with your information so that you can get in touch and share your memories.

no she was never arrested as far as i know,,but later who knows,, but yes thanks, thats an option,,as well as contacting the reporter that ran the story,,thanks