Story Created:
Oct 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM CST
Story Updated:
Oct 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM CST
She was the wife of a music professor at Del Mar College, and the mother of a 6 year old son. 41 year old Kathy Haskell disappeared with out a trace Five years ago. Police do suspect foul play, but they say the case has gone cold.
Haskell's father who lives near Pittsburgh called to remind us it's been five years since his daughter has been missing. He says he wants to remind our viewers there's a $10,000 reward for solid information in connection to this missing person case.
Walter Parucha says he talked to his daughter just two days before she disappeared on October 16, 2003. He says not a day goes by that he doesn't think about her.
"I think I've talked to Andy, her husband, twice over the last five years, and I talked to Drew maybe 10 minutes." That's her son.
A lot has changed in the five years since Kathy Haskell went missing. Her husband, former Del mar professor Andy Wen, filed for divorce following her disappearance.
During a 2003 interview, he told us Kathy had left their Island home to cool off following a marital dispute over finances. On October 16th 2003 police found her mini van just south of Bob Hall Pier. Her purse, keys and medication were all locked inside.
A couple of days later, police began their search of the Island looking in the dunes and fearing foul play. They never named a suspect, but did tell 3 News that under advice of an attorney Wen refused to take a lie detector test. Wen later re-married and moved to Arkansas with their son.
After Wen moved away, police say they received permission from the new homeowner to use cadaver dogs to search the Island home where Haskell and her husband once lived. Nothing came of the search. But that doesn't mean Haskell's father or police have given up hope.
"it's important that we have community help in a case like this," said Corpus Christi Police Lieutenant B. Breedlove. "That's where our answers will come from in a case like this."
Parucha said he's hoping someone could use the reward money, and come forward with information that might lead investigators in the right direction.
If you've seen Haskell or know anything about the case, you're urged to call Crimestoppers at 888-TIPS.
Friday, Oct 17 at 1:27 PM ED wrote ...
I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY IN FORENICS COULD SOLVE THIS COLD CASE--HOW ABOUT WE LET DEL-MAR COLLEGE TAKE IT ON AS A SPECIAL PROJECT IF THEY TURN UP LEADS,ETC GIVE THEM THE REWARD MONEY!!
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