ABSTRACT
Tommy Booth was last seen on the night of January 19-20, 2008, and was recovered 14.5 days later in Ridley Creek on February 3, 2008. After our team’s appearance on the ABC program Good Morning America (April 28, 2008, at approximately 07:30 hours), the supervising Detective Sergeant in Ridley Township, Scott Willoughby, called and asked us to confer with him regarding the suspicious circumstances of the disappearance, death, and recovery of Tommy. The team arrived in Woodlyn (Ridley Township, Pennsylvania) on May 2, 2008, and met with Willoughby to go over case materials and to examine associated sites. Before leaving, the team provided an initial assessment of its findings and conclusions. That analysis was based on recovery and autopsy photographs, an examination of the sites where Tommy was last seen and where he was recovered, as well as information shared with us by the Ridley Township Detective. Our initial conclusion was that Tommy had been in the water for no more than 36 hours. The medical examiner’s autopsy report was finally released on August 2, 2008, and verified our findings of three months earlier.
