October 2, 2005

TAYLOR BEHL UPDATE: ITEMS RECOVERED FROM SUSPECT





Items seized in a search of the apartment belonging to a man under investigation in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Marie Behl include fabric from a mattress that might be stained with blood, a cell phone that might belong to Taylor, women’s clothes and a .32-caliber gun cartridge, court documents released yesterday show.

Other items that were seized by police in the Sept. 23 search of Ben Fawley’s residence include: videotapes, bags of clothes, a hatchet, a hammer and three pairs of underwear from an outdoor garbage can; a beaded necklace with a cross and a watch from an outdoor supercan; a black brassiere, white panties, tissues and tampon wrappers, several VCU student IDs — which might include one belonging to Taylor, copies of student IDs, a box of bones and five skateboards from inside Mr. Fawley’s apartment. Also seized were several fitted bedsheets, a futon cover, a bra and hat and a vacuum cleaner bag.

Police Chief Rodney Monroe did say that three items Behl was known to be carrying before leaving her dormitory room at 10:20 p.m. — her cell phone, VCU student ID and car keys were not among the items recovered by federal agents who searched Fawley’s home.

Monroe said it has yet to be determined whether other female “personal items” seized during the search belong to Behl.


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