Tina,34, & dtr. Bethany Sinclair, 15,Chesterfield, NH-2/3/01

[MerryJo]

Hello.

I came across your site and thought this a good place to tell our missing NH mother and daughter's story, along with other families that I recognize.

(We greatly appreciate any help your site and the public can offer. Please visit our website for further details).

Tina and Bethany Sinclair (Mother and daughter) have been missing over 5 years from West Chesterfield, NH. They were living with a "now-convicted sex offender."

Tina Sinclair, at the time age 34, and her 15-year-old daughter Bethany, were living in the Chesterfield home with Eugene Van Bowman. They were last seen on Feb. 3, 2001. According to Bowman, the two had a fight, and Bowman told police he ended it by walking out of the house. By the time he came back, he told police, Tina and Bethany had taken their clothes and left.

Left behind were Tina's car and cat, and both women's possessions.

On Monday, Feb. 5, an unknown woman called Keene High School to say that Bethany, who was a freshman at the time, would be out sick. The last person to talk to Bethany was her date on Saturday night, over the phone, just before midnight. The women have not been heard from again.

Chesterfield police were called after the women had been missing a week, and state police were brought in after that.

Officially, the disappearances are classified as a missing persons case, and no suspects have been named. However, Bowman has been called a "person of interest" by authorities, and his home has been searched several times, including a search of the residence in April and a river search after the river thawed out.

After five years, it is doubtful that the women will be found alive.

UPDATE 1: APRIL 28, 2006 - CHESTERFIELD, N.H. Searchers with dogs were in woods Friday in West Chesterfield, an area that has been searched before.

State police say the search was prompted by a tip from a local Keene, Canine Alert Search Team.

UPDATE 2: Not confirmed yet, but we believe the POI was arrested recently for violation of probation on a DUI offense, out- of-state (Alleged for now - Sept. 06').

Our family and friends have published a NEW website in attempt to bring new life to their COLD CASE. We are soliciting the public's help in finding the missing mother and daughter.

http://missingtinaandbeth.org/

Our contact email address is: Webmaster@missingtinaandbeth.org

Sharon Garry (sister of Tina Sinclair and aunt to Bethany Sinclair) can be reached at: mypurplestar@aim.com

MerryJo: friend of the family and webmaster can be reached at: Webmaster@missingtinaandbeth.org

Thank you for allowing us to post here.

[emmeblu]

:rose:

Why did it take a week for Tina and Bethany to be reported missing? Was the call that was made to the school to report Bethany out sick ever investigated?

:rose: Tina and Bethany

[MerryJo]

Bethany was last heard from talking to her boyfriend around midnight on Saturday night. Monday morning an unknown woman, thought to be Tina, called Bethany in sick to school.

The details of the conversation are kind of vague. Sharon could explain better than I. I will ask her to visit this site.

Sharon followed up not long after that with local LE.

The actual first search did not take place until about 3 months later, of the house and property. They assumed that Tina and Bethany left on their own....without their belongings or car.

Sad but true.

MerryJo

[emmeblu]

Originally posted by MerryJo
Bethany was last heard from talking to her boyfriend around midnight on Saturday night. Monday morning an unknown woman, thought to be Tina, called Bethany in sick to school.

The details of the conversation are kind of vague. Sharon could explain better than I. I will ask her to visit this site.

Sharon followed up not long after that with local LE.

The actual first search did not take place until about 3 months later, of the house and property. They assumed that Tina and Bethany left on their own....without their belongings or car.

Sad but true.

MerryJo

Sad. I would think if they left on their own, some personal items would have been taken. :eek: 3 months is a very long time to wait to search the house and property. This gives someone a lot of time to get rid of evidence if foul play was involved.

[MerryJo]

Yes. A very long time.

I suggest you visit our website for all the details.

http://missingtinaandbeth.org/ (http://)

The POI was a physicist at a nuclear power plant, across the river, and an ex-navy seal. He owned 5 properties, allegedly, at the time of their disappearances.

The neighbors reported him out on the river about 4:30 am being loud in his hovercraft that he drove to work to the plant and to drinking establishments.

The next day, Sunday, he had a bonfire and a run to the dump.

Thank you emmeblu for taking an interest in Tina and Bethany.
:rose:

[findcarrie]

Glad to see this case posted on this website. This case is one that is very out of place and it appears that this man obviously has some knowledge. Let's hope that somehow there'll be a break soon and these two can be located. We are thinking of you always.

[MerryJo]

Thank you :rose:

Our POI has allegedly been arrested which will make it a bit easier for searching.

Also, there is a pi involved that Sharon has alot of faith in.

Hopefully, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel in the near future.

Thanks Again,
MerryJo :hat:

[findcarrie]

Was unaware that your POI has been arrested. Interesting indeed. May I ask if this arrest is related to this case or if it's for another offense?
I've been following this for quite some time now. We've had these two listed on our forum and Carrie's main site for several months now. I've read every shred of material you all have posted on that site. I have never believed that Tina and Bethany got in the car and left that fateful night.

[MerryJo]

Thank you for your devotion/compassion/caring. We really appreciate people like you findcarrie. :rose:

Tina's car was left at the house that night. :(

The POI has allegedly been arrested for violation of probation for a DUI offense, out-of-state, if you can believe that.

He was actually allowed to travel out of NH to the same town that Tina and Bethany have family members living in.

I don't understand NH's laws at all...

Not to mention, allegedly, the offense carries a longer term in jail then the time served for molesting the under age 13 year old he was charged with.

MerryJo

[findcarrie]

MerryJo,

It's my experience and so many others on this forum that these people like the POI or sometimes I call them POS have more rights than the victims with our Judicial System and that's rather disgusting if you think about it.
You wonder how they are able to continue to slip through the cracks and how they can do things that if you or I did, we'd be put underneath the jail?
Just remember that eventually this will work itself out and you will find justice and answers for these two. Just continue to keep your material, facts, and stuff in order for the cops, District Attorney's office and remember that your help and voice does make a difference when dealing with situations like these.

You'll get Tina and Bethany back. Dont give up.:patriot:

[MerryJo]

Thanks you findcarrie!

I just know, in my heart, that justice will be served and Tina and Bethany will be found.

MerryJo
:rose:

[StarsOfHeaven]

Hi, Merry Jo. I pray that the girls will be found. This case has gone on so long, but I have faith that it will be concluded. There is always hope. They didn't deserve for this to happen. My heart goes out to the family. If there is anything more I can do, please let me know.

[MerryJo]

Word has it that our POI's house is for sale. The same house that Tina and Bethany lived in with him and another young man.

This will be the 2nd property, of 5, that he has sold.

We assume he has it up for sale while he is incarcerated.

There was a family living in one of the cabins on the estate, also.

I wonder how this will affect future searches.

We are so close to a search with equipment that can see through concrete.

Very Frustrating.

MerryJo

[StarsOfHeaven]

It's amazing that equipment can search through concrete. Maybe if the property is sold, LE can try again to get on there and do more searching. I know POI's land is extensive, so there is so much space to go through in general, in addition to the concrete.

[MerryJo]

Sharon Garry (Tina's sister/Bethany's aunt) currently has limited computer access, temporarily...so, I just had to copy this post from our Forum, to share.

Sharon posted:

"I got an interesting call today from a journalist out of the Tampa Bay, FL area who is investigating the Connecticut River Valley murders of the 80s. As it seems, the POI in those cases pulled a murder suicide with his current family in January and peices have since been falling together, linking him to the area of VT, MA and NH. Another link is that his wife had a previous married name of "Bowman" Dont know if theres a connection or just coincidence...also MK, OUR poi's ex best friend and ex husband of his fiance K lives in the Tampa area...what a web."

For more updates, please visit our site with your insights and help.

Thanks,
MerryJo
Admin. Missing Tinaandbeth.org
http://missingtinaandbeth.org/
http://misstinaandbeth.proboards107.com/index.cgi

[MerryJo]

p.s.

Tina and Bethany's Sinclair posts that I and others posted, in this section, seem to be gone?

Have they been moved.

Please redirect us.

Thank you,
MerryJo
http://missingtinaandbeth.org/

[MerryJo]

I see this thread is back in order.

Thanks for fixing it. :beer:

My posts (2 posts above) kind of got overlooked by my ps post. So, I will copy just what Sharon Garry (Tina's sister/Bethany's aunt) had to say at our board.

..."I got an interesting call today from a journalist out of the Tampa Bay, FL area who is investigating the Connecticut River Valley murders of the 80s. As it seems, the POI in those cases pulled a murder suicide with his current family in January and peices have since been falling together, linking him to the area of VT, MA and NH. Another link is that his wife had a previous married name of "Bowman" Dont know if theres a connection or just coincidence...also MK, OUR poi's ex best friend and ex husband of his fiance K lives in the Tampa area...what a web."

Our POI is a registered NH sex offender, same name as mentioned by the reporter in his phonecall with Sharon.

http://www.egov.nh.gov/nsor/display.asp?offenderID=2798

For more updates, please visit our site with your insights and help.

Thanks,
MerryJo
Admin. Missing Tinaandbeth.org
http://missingtinaandbeth.org/

[StarsOfHeaven]

Merry Jo, do you know if the reporter is interested in doing a story on Tina and Beth?

Thanks!

[BobbisAngel]

I was wondering about the young man who was living with the mom, daughter, and the creep. What did he have to say about the whereabouts of mom and daughter?

How could LE think that these two women just up and left? Do they really believe that they would leave all of their belongings plus their animal and CAR? That is just plain unbelievable to me.
How did they think that they left?

That is strange that someone called the school and said that Betheny was sick and wouldn't be to school that day. Do you think that maybe her mother did actually call the school with the plan to leave and that creep caught them trying to leave?

I hope that they are found. Every family deserves to bring their loved ones home. They also deserve justice.

[MerryJo]

Hi BobbisAngel

I was wondering about the young man who was living with the mom, daughter, and the creep. What did he have to say about the whereabouts of mom and daughter?

You really need to stop by our Main website Bobbi! The girl's story is almost too incredible to believe and difficult to understand. I will attempt to give you the short version.

Tina (mom) and Bethany (daughter) lived with Tina's boyfriend, our POI, and young man, MT. Our POI was not a registered offender at the time. He was a physicist at the nuclear power plant across the river, which he commuted via boat.

The young man, MT, that lived with Tina, Bethany, and POI is the stepson of his alleged, current fiance. POI worked with her ex-husband at the power plant, fought him, and was suspended.

Allegedly there was a relationship between the young man and the POI, while living at the house with the girls.

It is not known where MT went after the fight at the marina bar, between POI and Tina. He was at the bar with the POI at that time. The last night the girl's were seen. POI was reported on the river in the wee hours of Sunday morning making alot of noise on his boat by neighbors.

MT was there 3 months later, when he answered the door in his bathrobe to the search team. There have been warnings to make no contact with him, basically, to protect him from the victim's family from harassment. I, personally, consider him a victim too in a sideways kind of thinking.

How could LE think that these two women just up and left? Do they really believe that they would leave all of their belongings plus their animal and CAR? That is just plain unbelievable to me.

How many times have you heard the possible scenario by LE that the missing person(s) wanted to disappear and start a new life with no trail, out of fear or some other reason? Seems ridiculous to me, personally. And, the actual search took 3 months.

That is strange that someone called the school and said that Betheny was sick and wouldn't be to school that day. Do you think that maybe her mother did actually call the school with the plan to leave and that creep caught them trying to leave?

The girls were gone Sunday, the morning after the marina/bar argument. Bethany was last heard from on the phone at midnight with her boyfriend. Sunday, the POI had a bonfire and a dump run. Sharon Garry (Tina's sister/Bethany's aunt) was hot on their trail from Day 2 with the local authorities.

The voice on the machine is a tangled mystery that I don't believe anyone is going to let us listen to. I assume someone close to the POI called for him to provide time to do... what was necessary to cover up... what had been done.

(Hopefully I have all the facts mentioned correct. There are so very many details, I have to double check myself. And, I know Sharon hasn't had a chance to visit this board yet...but I will ask her again today).

MerryJo
Admin.
http://missingtinaandbeth.org/:)

[BobbisAngel]

Thank you so much for filling me in. I will go over to your web site and read the whole thing. It was unfair of me to ask so many questions when I haven't read everything myself. I have checked on the girls every now and then wondering if they had ever been found. This is really a horrible story. Those poor girls.

[MerryJo]

No problem, Bobbi :cool:

There are so many twists and turns in this case, it is difficult for me to keep all the facts straight.

I don't think Tina and Bethany will rest in peace until they are found.

The family left in the wake of this tragedy is equally a victim as Tina and Bethany were.

I, personally, won't rest until they are found either.

Thank you for caring and we would love to have you over at our main forum and our grapevine/discussion forum.

We get alotttttttttttttttttttttt of readers, and hardly any posters. A true mystery.

I think alot of people look at missing cases like they do television, waiting for them to be solved.....and hopefully, sites like this one and our own will help make that happen.

We welcome all visitors and accept all help.

Sincerely,
MerryJo
Admin.
http://missingtinaandbeth.org

[MerryJo]

I just have to comment on how disturbing this case is to me. :( Michelle Gardner-Quinn was found deceased, today, about 2 1/2 hours north-west of where Tina and Bethany disappeared from.

What disturbed me was the reference in the article below:

"Free Press, citing construction workers who declined to be identified, reported on its Web site that digging was to concentrate on a hole behind the house where concrete was poured on Monday" A striking simularity to the theory that Tina and Bethany will be found in a similar area, and our POI was working construction for a concrete company, allegedly, before his recent incarceration for probation violation.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Michelle's family and friends.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15251403/

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The body of a University of Vermont woman missing for nearly a week was recovered in a town east of downtown on Friday and the chief suspect in her slaying was arrested on unrelated charges, the police chief said.

Michelle Gardner-Quinn, 21, of Arlington, Va., has been missing since early Saturday morning when she was last seen walking from downtown toward her university dormitory.

Police have been focused on a man whose cellular telephone she borrowed as she walked and Burlington Police Chief Thomas Tremblay said that man, Brian Rooney, 36, of Richmond, had been arrested.

Burlington Free Press, citing construction workers who declined to be identified, reported on its Web site that digging was to concentrate on a hole behind the house where concrete was poured on Monday.

WCAX reported that a man who had been a subcontractor on the job was the person whose phone Gardner-Quinn had used as she walked toward her dorm

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**Burlington, VT is approx. 2 1/2 hours north-west of West Chesterfield where our girls disappeared from.

MerryJo
http://missingtinaandbeth.org/

Please visit our site and help us find our girls :rose:

[MerryJo]

Hello All
UPDATES:
Gil Alba of NY's Gil Alba Investigations has taken on our case!

Mysteriously, our POI, Eugene Van Bowman, Jr. has been taken off of the NH Sex offender registry. We are trying to find out why??? He was incarcerated on an unrelated offense. We are not sure if he is out or where he is at this time.

Please visit our sites for lots of updates.

http://missingtinaandbeth.org/index.html

We need the public's help/media attention.

Thanks,
MerryJo
Admin./friend of the family :seeya:

[StillHoping]

Bump for Tina and Beth

[starling]

http://www.boston.com/news/
House where missing woman, daughter vanished is torn down
March 28, 2008
Thursday, the house in West Chesterfield that was the last known home to Tina Sinclair and her daughter, Bethany, was torn down. Also on Thursday, police once again searched the site for clues in the Sinclairs' disappearance.
The attorney general's office would not comment on whether the search involved the house, or the land on which it stood, or whether it happened before the demolition or afterward.
The property has a new owner, who is said to be planning to build a new house on the site.....


http://missingtinaandbeth.org/home.html

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