I'm sorry, but I do not think Joanna is alive, she may have been murdered by a man named JT, the body is located in the woods next to a small stream and a pond...look for a small dirt path that leads to the pond. I also saw a bloody apron next to the body, not sure if she or JT was wearing this apron. A man named Richard also knows where the body is.
This is the JT, a white male with dark eyes in his 30's...think he was paid $6000 to kill Joanna.
Santa Cruz Co. Officials Investigating
Sept. 15 - BCN - A pregnant woman found murdered in a remote, heavily wooded area of Ben Lomond five days after she mysteriously vanished was a very well liked, reliable young woman who stayed away from risky pursuits, the detective chasing her killer said today.
Santa Cruz County sheriff's Sgt. Dan Campos called the death of Joanna "Asha" Veil, 28, and her unborn six-and-a-half-month-old baby a definite tragedy.
The sheriff's department, which has its entire detective squad -- 28 investigators -- working on finding Veil's killer, is treating the slaying as a double homicide.
"There is another life there," Campos said, explaining why he thinks it's a double homicide although the fetus was unborn.
A dog walker found Veil's body around 6 p.m. Thursday at the end of Love Creek Road, an "extremely rural" area rarely traveled by people. While sad, the relatively timely discovery of Veil's remains is still a break in the case, Campos said.
"The sooner a body is found the better," he said.
Veil disappeared around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after leaving her job at the Ben Lomond Market, where she had worked as a cashier for about a year.
Barbara Loessler, human resource director for the Ben Lomond Market, said Veil was known to be "very reliable" so when she missed work on both Sunday and Monday, her co-workers became concerned for her welfare and called police on Tuesday morning.
Later that day, police found Veil's 1979 BMW abandoned on Brookside Road, miles away from where her body was discovered, but just a short distance from her home and workplace, Campos said. He declined to comment on the conditions of the car, but noted that it was parked off the road.
Investigators are not releasing any information about the condition of Veil's body or how she was killed.
Campos said Veil was estranged from her husband, Scotts Valley resident Richard Veil, and lived alone.
He would not comment on whether Veil was the father of the unborn child nor whether he was considered a suspect. He also declined to say whether Joanna Veil was dating anyone else.
Campos said investigators were continuously interviewing as many as possible, although he refused to name any persons of interest.
"We've learned this person was very well liked, very reliable and someone who did not engage in dangerous behavior at all," Campos said about the interviews. "There will be developments in this case. I am confident that we are going to resolve it."
Campos said Veil, a Polish immigrant who moved from New York City to the Bay Area in 2004, had no immediate family living in the United States, except her husband.
"She was one of those genuinely nice people," her co-worker Loessler said.
An autopsy will be performed on Veil's body in the next few days to determine how and when she died.
A woman who answered the phone at Richard Veil's home said he was unavailable and would not like to comment until the investigation is closed.
10.10.2006
Brian:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/16/BAG4CL6OFP1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Jack
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Thanks Jack, story posted.
Brian
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Body found in woods IDd as missing woman
Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Authorities have identified a body found in a remote
area of Santa Cruz County as a 28-year-old pregnant
Ben Lomond woman who vanished after leaving work Sept.
9, and they have ruled her death a homicide.
A woman walking her dog in a wooded area at the end of
Love Creek Road discovered the body of Joanna "Asha"
Veil on Thursday night, and although "it sounded like
our missing person right off the bat," investigators
did not confirm it was Veil until Friday morning, said
Detective Sgt. Dan Campos of the Santa Cruz County
sheriff's office.
The news stunned many in Ben Lomond, a community of
about 2,300 people just north of Santa Cruz, and at
the Ben Lomond Market, where Veil was known as a
friendly, cheerful woman widely liked by her 74
co-workers.
"It's been a very hard week," said Barbara Loeffer,
the market's director of human resources. "We've been
supporting each other through it. When you work with
people for any length of time, you become a family,
and it's extended to the community. We're all very
sad, and the customers just can't imagine that it's
happened. It's a very somber mood today."
Veil, who was 6 1/2 months pregnant, was last seen
leaving work at about 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. She was a
reliable and punctual employee, Loeffer said, and
co-workers grew concerned when she did not arrive for
work Sunday morning.
"She didn't call, which was unlike her, and we
couldn't reach her," Loeffer said.
Veil had requested Monday off to attend to a personal
appointment, and when the person she was to meet
called the market to say Veil did not arrive,
co-workers grew more concerned, Loeffer said. They
notified the sheriff's office Tuesday morning when
Veil did not show up for work.
On Tuesday, investigators found Veil's brown BMW,
unoccupied and unlocked, on Brookside Avenue about a
quarter-mile from Ben Lomond Market, Campos said.
Neighbors said the vehicle had been there since Sunday
morning, he said. Authorities believe someone took
Veil to the location where her body was discovered,
several miles away.
"It was too far for her to have walked," Campos said.
"It's very rural, heavily wooded and out in the middle
of nowhere."
Campos declined to comment on any evidence
investigators found in the car, nor would he say how
Veil died. They are investigating the case as a double
homicide, and all 25 people in the investigations
division are working on it, he said.
Veil, who was expecting a daughter, was married but
separated and lived alone in Ben Lomond, Campos said.
He would not say whether investigators have identified
a suspect in her killing. He said Veil was a private
person who kept to herself and did not engage in
"at-risk behavior."
"It's really clear to us that she was a very
well-liked, reliable person, which just adds to the
mystery of her death," he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Santa
Cruz sheriff's office at (831) 454-2311.
