12/10/07 - Troy Tyo's ex-wife, Dena "Winky" Thompson, 38, and her husband, Kristofer Thompson, 28, were to be arraigned today on open charges of murder, records show.
Earl Stedman said he and his son were looking for a lost puppy Saturday when he saw the truck at the former gravel pit near 29th Street and 22nd Avenue.
The gravel pit had been filled in, cleared off and was being sold for development.
Stedman said the truck's windows were covered with soot. He said he opened the door to find the body behind the wheel.
"It looks like they set a garbage bag on fire in the cab, but they didn't open the window, so it sputtered out," Stedman said.
He said he quickly shut the door and left to alert police.
Later, Stedman said, he saw the police search the Thompson house on Paulson Road in Gobles, not far from where the truck was found.
The Thompsons were in Allegan County Jail until their arraignment, scheduled for early this afternoon.
Tyo's neighbors expressed shock.
Linda Smith said he was a great addition to the Dumont Creek Estates neighborhood when he moved in a year ago.
"He was a wonderful guy, and we'll miss him," she said. http://blog.mlive.com/
12/09/07 - Saturday residents in Gobles in Van Buren County found Tyo's truck, and inside it a body.
Police believe the body is Troy Tyo, but a autopsy will confirm it Monday.
But in just a few hours, the entire case of Troy Tyo unraveled.
At 5:00p.m. Saturday, his truck was found, but even before that two people were being questioned about his disappearance.
Those two turned out to be Tyo's ex-wife and her new husband.
Monday he'll be arraigned for murder and she'll be charged as an accessory.
The key is when he didn't pick his children up from school, anybody that knew Troy knew that something had happened, something was wrong because his kids meant the world to him," says Tyo's long-time friend Rick Day,
Day says he and the family were always hopeful, but the find does not come as a surprise.
"We're relieved that they found the body," he says. "Hopefully it will give some closure to the family, it's been a pretty traumatic week."
Day, who's also Allegan's mayor, says this murder shouldn't cause alarm as it's not a random killing.
"Troy was divorced, but he was happily re-married and moving on, this just didn't happen overnight," he says. "Troy was happy and he was content, he was doing well, there's just really no explanation."
Now that there are some answers, Troy's family wants to say thank you, and move on.
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12/09/07 - VAN BUREN COUNTY - A man and woman are being held on an open murder charge after a body was found in a burnt truck that matched the description of one owned by a missing Allegan man.
The Allegan County Sheriff's Department told 24 Hour News 8 the interior of the truck was burnt, and there was a considerable amount of blood at the scene.
Authorities also confirmed the woman, 38, and the man, 28, were acquaintances of Troy Tyo, the man missing since he left for work at Perrigo Monday morning. Additionally, police searched Tyo's ex-wife's house in Gobles.
An autopsy is being performed on the body, and a confirmed identity will be released afterwards.
The man and woman in custody are scheduled for arraignment Monday afternoon.
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12/09/07 - Two
hunters stumbled upon the truck belonging to missing Allegan resident Troy
Tyo around 5:00pm Saturday. They found it in a field near the intersection
of 29th Street and 22nd Avenue just southeast of Gobles.
Earl Stedman was scouting locations for deer hunting season when he found
it. "I'd been reading about it all week and I says man, that's it,
there ain't no doubt about it" Stedman said.
A body of a male was found inside the truck. The body will be sent to
Lansing for positive identification. Police loaded the GMC Sierra and took
it away back to Allegan County.
Troy Tyo has been missing since early Monday morning. That's when he left
home on Sarah Street at 6am, headed to work at the warehouse for the
pharmaceutical manufacturer, Perrigo.
Crime scene investigations focus on an area near a dumpster where a small
amount of human blood was found. The dumpster is just outside the mobile
home park where Troy Tyo lives.
A candlelight vigil will take place Friday, December 7th at 6 pm at the
Christmas tree near the Jaycee Park and Allegan police station. Those who
wish to attend are asked to bring a candle or extra candles to pass
around.
Police are still asking for tips to help solve this case. Tyo was wearing
dark blue cargo pants, camo boots, a Perrigo sweatshirt and jean jacket
and a black baseball cap with gold lettering.
You may have also seen his truck. It's a white, 2005 GMC Sierra extended
cab pickup with a license plate of 2-j-b-b-8-6, the truck also has a
Harley-Davidson sticker in the rear window and a red white and blue
sticker in the rear window.
A private donor has come forward to offer a substantial reward for
information leading to the arrest of any person or persons involved in the
disappearance of Tyo.
Last seen Monday 12-3-07 at 6:00am when he left his residence on Sarah
Street in Allegan, Michigan to go to work in Allegan.
Was wearing:
dark blue cargo pants
camo boots
Perrigo sweatshirt
light blue jean jacket
black ballcap with gold lettering
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