Stephanie Newsom

A Second Girl Disappears in West Salem Oregon

FROM MY READERS:

Ann's case drew statewide media attention, but the spotlight widened after a second girl went missing four days later near Salem.

Stephanie Newsom, 11, vanished after she left her West Salem home late in the afternoon of April 19.

Authorities immediately suspected the two were linked, but were reluctant to say so officially. Some similarities, however, were obvious: Stephanie and Ann were close in age and appearance. Both were last seen alone, walking in daylight.

Other similarities were eerily coincidental: Stephanie's middle name was Ann. Ann delivered newspapers; Stephanie disappeared while delivering newspapers on her brother's paper route. The dog that tracked Ann's last known steps was brought to West Salem to search for Stephanie.

The morning of April 27, a farmer found a girl's body in a field bordering Ankeny Wildlife Refuge that was the remains of Stephanie Newsom.

She had been strangled and sexually assaulted. Her semi-nude body was not far from a road, but it had been concealed beneath a small tree. Investigators determined the body had been there for several days.

Accompanying the discovery of the body was the news that a 7-year-old girl had been abducted from her Gresham school. The girl had been raped, beaten and left for dead but survived.

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This young girl disappeared around the same time as Ann Ellinwood. Many people thought the cases might be linked and at that time, they were looking for a single perpetrator. Ann's body was never found but Stephanies body was found, semi nude and sexually assaulted. Could this be a serial killer? I will try to compare my findings in this case with the findings in the Ann Ellinwood case and see if there are any matches. The first thing I should mention is that there are similarities in both cases. The girls disappeared only 4 days apart which means that most of the planets are in the same signs and making the same aspects. Ann was reported missing at around 5 pm after last being seen around 1 pm. This child, Stephanie Newsom, disappeared in "the late afternoon" by all accounts, which means this window of time applies in her case as well. They both disappear from the same area within a few days and about the same time of day. The charts are going to be similar simply because of this fact.

However, I must also grant this much more. Abductors are strongly motivated to do their dirty work or they wouldn't bother. Abduction takes planning, taking risks, being willing to get caught if a mistake is made, all for the chance to snatch someone and do something ugly to them. So the abductor is highly motivated. As astrologers we must assume that some of this motivation comes from aspects and transits if we are to consider the stars a player in these events. In that regard, it is logical to assume that these events would occur around the same time and place as the aspects at that location at that time would be favorable. In this case, it builds an argument for the same perpetrator in both cases because we would then assume that the same aspects that motivated this one person in the first place are likely to motivate him again and not perhaps motivate anyone else. But this is just conjecture and this blog is just the lab where we are running the tests to find the results. Sort of a clinical trial, I guess. There is always another argument, also logical and possible, that many perpetrators are motivated at the same time by the same aspects. It's just too hard to tell from here. It will take a full analysis of the perpetrator in each individual case to see if there are similarities.

But there are many factors present in Anns chart that are also present in Stephanies, simply because of time and location. In that regard, it is very likely that the same man is responsible for both crimes even though the charts show the outcome to be very different. I think perpetrators escalate in their crimes, especially if they are so motivated that they committ them within days of one another. They get worked up into a frenzy I suppose. In these cases there was yet a third child taken not but days of Stephanie's abduction and her body was also found. That child was 7 years old. I have no more facts in that case at this time so I am not profiling it. But I am going to look at Stephanies chart and analyze it and in the process point out similarities in Ann's and then let you, my readers, decide which is what.




The first chart I am analyzing is the chart for 4 pm, an average possible time as per the description "in the late afternoon". I think this might mean any time between 3 and 6 pm as 7 pm might more properly be described as "early evening". I am not sure, however, so this window is, unfortunately, flexible. I don't usually do charts for flexible time windows but having found these charts to be both similar and consistant I'm going to dare it. Looking first at this chart for 4 pm some interesting aspects stand right out. Mercury is rising, the natural indicator of children in general and this is a young child after all. Mercury is in the seventh house, showing she has come upon someone. The seventh house ruler is Neptune, right on the axis of the third and fourth houses showing that this someone is standing outside of their home. Neptune is disposed of by Jupiter in the tenth, showing this person to be a "patriarchial" and "fatherly" figure, in other words, an older man.

Jupiter is in Cancer so he may live with his mother or have ties to his mothers family. Jupiter in Cancer often describes body weight and a love of food so he may well be, at the least, overweight and it is possible he is obese. Jupiter in Cancer is also a caretaker personality so he may be his mother's caretaker, cooking for her, tending the garden, doing the chores. Jupiter is in the tenth sector, where it indicates his line of work. There are many things that Jupiter describes, such as travel, education, law and government. He could well have a government job. Jupiter also describes those things that bring joy in life and Jupiter in Cancer indicates love of family, especially for the mother. This man loves to eat, loves his home and his mother, loves his country, in fact, and may be known for his patriotism.

Neptune as his significator indicates he has secrets. He may have addictions that no one knows about. In general, this can indicate drugs and alcohol but can also indicate perversities and dark desires that one is ashamed of. The interesting correlation here with Ann's chart is that this man is also a hunter. He is an outdoorsmen of sorts, either riding horses or camping, for instance, and may also like to hunt animals. Sagittarius indicates the bow and arrow but guns are not ruled out here. Also, another similarity, is the likelihood that this man was waiting outside of his home in much the same manner as Ann's abductor. And this was a home in the neighborhood, just as the home was in the neighborhood near where Ann was walking that day. This home, in Stephanies' case, was right on the paper route. Consider that Mercury in Aries is disposed of by Mars in the eleventh which shows that Stephanie was doing someone a favor that day. We know she was doing her brother's paper route for him as a favor. Neptune being in the third also emphasizes her brother and his paper route (3rd house- siblings and 3rd house- newspapers). This shows that this man was on her brothers' paper delivery route and perhaps he was waiting outside for the paper at the time.

If this is the same man, he is quite the opportunist. Spotting Ann limping along and then taking advantage was a long shot of unique opportunity. For a pedophile to just be there, at that time, under those circumstances, is kismet. Could lightening strike twice? Here he is, AGAIN? Waiting for the boy to bring the paper and just getting lucky again with a girl he didn't expect? Is this possible? If so, then it is likely that he invited her in for lemonade or some other ruse. And only those who know Stephanie would know if she would take a stranger up on such an offer and if not, then the consideration must be given to this being someone she knew. In Ann's case chart, the man appeared to be a teacher or someone from a school. He appeared to have a prediliction for children and a hatred for them at the same time. Here, in Stephanies' case, no such stressor exists. Neptune in Sagittarius, the marker, is involved in a grand trine with Saturn in Leo and Mercury in Aries. But consider this. The Moon, the chart co ruler, was in the twelfth at this hour, showing that no one saw what happened in this case, the event occurred in a private place not visible to anyone else. This indicates, to me, that she entered the house first. The Moon was in Virgo, indicating again a proclivity towards children (disposed of by Mercury, which rules the child) and lends an "old maid" quality to the individual; it is likely this man was never married and had no children of his own. This dovetails to a great extent with the descriptors in Ann's case.




Other factors are at play. Pluto is in Libra in the first house, retrograde. This was a violent act, very personal in nature, that went on for quite some time. The node is also in the first, disposed of by Venus in Taurus, showing a strong desire that fueled the action. This node tends to indicate a planned event and not one of circumstance. This man was waiting for the child who was to deliver the paper and it is not known by this chart whether he planned on Stephanie to be his victim or if he had been looking for her brother. Mercury is trine Neptune which creates energy between the victim and her attacker. They are both trine Saturn so the timing was right; destiny was at play. Mercury is approaching Saturn and is within 7 degrees of it from an angular house, meaning the body (her bones) would be found within a 7 day period after her death. Since she was found 8 days later, we can assume she was not killed until the next day, or on April 20. This means she was held for a while. I do beleive, because of Pluto retrograde in the first and co ruling the third house, the assault went on for awhile and it occurred right there, in that neighborhood. Right on the paper route.

At this point, looking at both charts and what they appear to say, I am going to venture a guess. The same person committed both of these crimes. Ann Ellinwood was his first victim. He took her to rape her and kill her but didn't accomplish everything he wanted to. He made mistakes and killed her quickly and then had to dispose of her quickly, most likely by burning as I thought in the first analysis. Both charts show a tendency to burning or committing things to fire. He went after Stephanie intentionally, several days later, because he had been unable to do all that he wanted in Anns case and was frustrated. Ann had been a crime of opportunity but now he is planniong things. He may well have thought to take the boy. He may not be particular about boys or girls but prefers girls. I am not a profiler or even a forensic anything except an astrologer but I watch enough crime TV to have a basic knowledge of this. A knowledge that I am sure you all share. So Stephanie was his chance to act out the real crime he wanted to commit. He planned it out and was more careful, he kept her alive long enough to "enjoy" her and then he discarded her to be found so he could enjoy the public outrage.




I do not believe that she actually nabbed until around 5 pm. The chart for 5 pm has Libra rising with Venus in the eighth, showing sexual contact of some sort. Venus is in Taurus and is in dignity so she is not killed right away, the attraction is too strong. The seventh house ruler, Mars in Leo, is placed in the tenth house, showing them to be in his home, where he is in total control of her. Mars is disposed of by the Sun, which is in the seventh, lingering close to Mercury. He has a strong fetish for children and fancies her his partner. Although he realizes they are not close or familiar, he plays the role with her as his girlfriend or, at the least, a willing partner. Mercury opposes Pluto so all of his sexual energy is pointed towards children; he is a pedophile. Venus in Taurus in the eighth opposing Uranus in Scorpio in the second presages rape. He attacks her and rapes her, even against her will, all the while seeing her as "property". The Taurus-Scorpio axis creates desire of such great force that it cannot be controlled. This is a pattern with him and he could well be a serial offender. In fact, it's likely that he was picked up for molesting a child at some time in his life and may very well have gone to jail for other crimes after committing this one.

Mars in Leo is extremely forceful and Leo is the common ruler of children in the natural horoscope so I often see it in charts involving the rape and seduction of kids. Moon in the twelfth trine Venus in the eighth shows ongoing sexual activity that is hidden and out of view. He holds her overnight for this purpose. Without a body or a TOD I cannot do a chart for her actual death. She was found dead, though, so we know that he did kill her. That is all anyone needs to know. But now that he know he is likely the serial abductor responsible for both of these kidnappings and for Stephanies' murder, then who the heck is he? Can we find him? Like I said, it is likely he has done this again and again and has likely been caught and jailed for something. He may well be in jail already for another crime. The first place to look is at school personnel during that period and checking to see if anyone at all ended up in jail later on. That would be the first person to talk to. Without that much, then focus should be extended to men who lived in those neighborhoods at that time and lived either alone or with their mother. These men, once narrowed down, should be considered for employment ruled by Jupiter. Those should be narrowed down and then consideration given to his marker, Neptune in Sagittarius. This gives an armchair athlete and a huge fan of competitive sports. In particular, he would be a fan of tennis, marathon running, horse racing, rodeo, bronco busting, greyhound races, archery, pool, knife throwing, downhill racing, skiing and track. He would love the olympics, in particular. It is unlikely that he is an athlete himself and he is probably grossly unhealthy, very overweight, indulgent and lazy. He may abuse drugs or alcohol. He may get drunk before he grabs these children. Neptune in Sagittarius points to drugs that burn so consider crack cocaine or marijuana. The man also loves to eat so he may be known locally for his cooking as he loves to share the spoils.


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Ann Ellenwood

Girl Disappears On March of Dimes Walk a Thon


The girl in the photo has a freckled face, a smile to match her outgoing nature and her mother's eyes. Her chin-length hair looks brown in the black-and-white image, but it was auburn in real life.

Ann Ellinwood was a popular student and beloved daughter. On April 15, 1978, the 12-year-old joined some friends for the annual March of Dimes walk-a-thon in and around Corvallis.

The course took walkers along a bike path by the Marys River. At about 1 p.m., Ann, complaining that her foot hurt, told her two friends to go on without her; she would head to a checkpoint at Gill Coliseum. She was last seen on the path near the Pioneer Park ball field, just across Highway 34 from the coliseum.

At 5:15 p.m., Ann's parents reported her missing after she failed to return home. She delivered The Gazette-Times (then an evening newspaper) in the afternoon. She never neglected her job. Something was very wrong.

Searchers immediately scoured the area where Ann last was seen; they found nothing.

In the days that followed, an intensive water, land and air search was launched. Dive teams searched the Marys River. Law enforcement agencies and Benton County Search and Rescue members walked the area with tracking dogs. Pilots scanned from the air. Nothing.

"She's just gone," said then-assistant Corvallis police chief Kenneth Burright.

Less than a week after Ann disappeared, Corvallis police began searching for the driver of a red pickup pulling a tear-drop-shaped trailer. It was seen April 15, near where Ann disappeared. Soon, authorities in Salem and Corvallis released information on suspects: In Salem, a boy said he saw a stocky white man in his late 20s with shaggy, light brown hair. The Corvallis suspect was described as a white man with a medium- to stocky build, reddish brown or sandy hair, with a gruff voice and possibly a mustache.

Unconfirmed reports circulated that the man in Corvallis was overheard telling children that he was a police officer.

The Benton County District Attorney, Pete Sandrock, was tight-lipped about the case at the time. But looking back more than 30 years later, he revealed that investigators talked to witnesses who reported hearing a man claim to be either the police chief or a police officer.

A week after Ann's disappearance, search efforts expanded to include western Linn County. More than 700 volunteers turned out on a rainy Saturday to look along country roads and paths. They found nothing.

The Ellinwoods had held a private memorial service for Ann on July 2. On July 31, 1978, authorities announced they had officially ended the search for Ann.

"There simply isn't any place left to look," Sandrock said at the time.

It's now a "cold" case, considered inactive, but open.

I was emailed this case by one of my readers. I realize it is another very cold case but I just couldn't resist taking a look. The information above was emailed to me along with the general case information. When I checked on the internet I could find NOTHING about this case so I am dependant upon my readers for the details. According to them, this information is correct.




This is a beautiful, concise chart. I am going to show you how Astrology often just shouts out the truth. The first chart, as shown, is for the time she was last seen, 1 pm. Notice that Leo is rising and the Sun, which represents Ann, is in the ninth house. This means she is outdoors doing something. We know she was in a walk a thon and was walking outdoors by a river. Notice Mercury right near the Sun. This shows the other kids who were walking with her. And then notice how the Sun is disposed of by Mars in Leo in the twelfth house. At 1 pm, the time of this chart, Ann was complaining that her foot hurt! The twelfth house rules the feet and there is Mars, hovering near the Moon. The Moon in this configuration would indicate that the injury wouldn't be overtly obvious and may have been settled in deep like a thorn or other sharp object (Mars and the Moon). It would also be very painful.

Anyways, the person she came upon after this departure would be represented by the seventh house. This is Aquarius with Uranus in the fourth. This is a person in the neighborhood, in fact, someone who had a home nearby or along the walk a thon route. Uranus is in Scorpio and, interestingly, is disposed of by Mars in Leo in the twelfth house. This implies a connection between Ann's foot problem and this person coming along later. It is possible that he or she saw Ann limping and offered her some help, perhaps a ride or a moment's rest on a chair. Uranus disposed of by Mars in the twelfth also implies that this person was behaving secretly on this day and may even have had ulterior motives from the start.

The Moon co rules Ann in this chart and it is also placed in the twelfth in the last few degrees of Cancer. This is the Moon in her baliwick, she is powerful in Cancer but her position is void of course (meaning she makes no aspect to another planet before leaving the sign Cancer) which strips her of a great deal of that power. The first aspect the Moon makes is on leaving the sign Cancer and entering Leo. It is a conjunction to Mars in Leo, which disposes the rulers of both Ann's and her abductors rulers. I know this seems a little like ring around the rosy but the interactions between these planets are important. In this configuration you are seeing the combining of both rulers through their dispositors. This means, to me, that these two people ended up together by mutual assent. I am of a mind to believe that perhaps Ann went up and knocked on the door of this house, looking for something to lean on. She was perhaps having way too much trouble with her foot to make it back to the checkpoint. Uranus indicates that this was a crime of opportunity. The chart conspires to show that her foot injury provided that opportunity.




One more factor I have to point out is the secondary disposition of Mars by Pluto in the third. Pluto opposes Mercury in the ninth. This person is somehow connected to schools or the school system. He or she dislikes children but keeps this a secret. Notice how Uranus opposes Venus, which is right at the midheaven. He or she may be a teacher. And he or she dislikes little girls the most.

At just around 2 pm, Virgo moves onto the Ascendant. At that same hour, Mercury moves into the eighth house. Saturn has crossed the Ascendant and moved into the twelfth house. Mercury is exactly trine Neptune in the fourth house and part of a larger grand trine including the twelfth house Saturn. This is a death pattern. Neptune now rules the seventh cusp. Uranus is inconjunct to Mercury in the eighth, Uranus opposes Venus which now rules the tenth and Pluto is inconjunct to Venus as well. This child was killed inside this persons house by accident. There was a physical situation which I am not sure about, whether the child was outright attacked, manhandled or reprimanded, but whatever it was it went too far. I do not see sexual implications. The chart does not show her being molested or raped. Mercury, the first house ruler, is trine Neptune, the seventh house ruler, in fire signs. She may have been drugged but I think it looks like she was suffocated or strangled. For sure, damage was done to the head. In all of the charts for this instance Mercury is under the Sun's beams showing clearly that Ann came into harms way and was in grave danger from the start.

Some things stand out for me. Neptune is in Sagittarius so this person was a hunter or a sportsman. He or she may have sporting type items in the home. Whether is it actual participation, shown by trophies, animal skins, fishing or archery gear or the like or whether is armchair participation and the house is full of baseball cards or football jerseys it is just hard to say. There is a chance he or she was a runner or walker. He or she may have had an interest in the walk a thon because of their own involvement in walking or running. Hiking mountains comes to mind. Competitive hunting is another possibility. Entering hunting or fishing contests is yet another. But again, I have to assert that this chart is showing a person involved in the school system, either as a teacher, professor, a member of the school board or the school janitor, et al.. He or she has a job in a school with children. So this is the profile thus far, somebody who works in a school in any capacity who also loves sports and sporting activities.




I beleive, looking at these charts, is the reason they never found Ann is because her body was burned. I am not only saying this because of the grand trine in fire signs but also because both Mercury and the Sun are in Aries in the eighth and disposed of by Mars in Leo. Mars and the Sun are in mutual reception, to boot. Because Saturn is in the twelfth I tend to think that after the body was burned the remains were buried. And I would guess it was buried in a place just outside the back door of this house. And remember, this house is in the same neighborhood as the area where the walk a thon occurred and this person who did this lived in this house.

Another small crumb of information I can garner here is that this person is unusual looking. No doubt dark haired and perhaps even dark skinned (for their race). Uranus in Scorpio in the third makes me think he or she has a "unibrow". That is where the eyebrows run together over the nose. Uranus also opposes Venus so this person would not be considered good looking, he or she would not be "easy on the eyes". There would be a hardness to the features that people find unpleasant. Neptune as the secondary ruler in Sagittarius describes someone thin and even frail looking, although also athletic. I do not get a clear definition of sex; this person could be male or female. At the time, they lived alone and no one else was involved or has information regarding what happened. And here is the thing. Saturn is retrograde in the twelfth so the body will never be found.

Along with this case I was sent the details of a second case that occurred within a short while after Ann disappeared. Many people believed that the two cases were related but some of the police did not. This is the case of Stephanie Newsom. This girls body was found, contrary to the mystery surrounding Ann Ellenwood, so there is a little more data on that one to examine. I am going to post it next. I am going to compare the two cases and see if, in fact, the charts corroborate a tie between the two or if two different people did these awful things. You will see this next chart on the blog within a week or so. Thanks for reading!

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