Teen strangled, slit 9-year-old's throat
Monday, Oct. 20 2008 @ 10:46PM
AP report about the bus driver who found Cole Puffinburger on a Las Vegas street.
Six-year-old Cole Puffinburger, the Las Vegas boy allegedly abducted by a Mexican drug cartel, has been found alive and well. That doesn't mean the investigation is over, though. It looks as though it's just beginning.
A 42-year-old woman named Terri Leavy was arrested today in Fontana, California. Fox 5 Vegas reports that the feds picked Leavy up on a "federal material witness warrant."
Leavy is allegedly a "companion" to Cole's grandfather, Clemens (some reports spell it Clemons) Fred Tinnemeyer. The 51-year-old Tinnemeyer -- first publicly named in connection with this case by the True Crime Report -- is also in custody in California awaiting extradition while police search for yet another person of interest in this case, Jesus Gastelum. Gastelum is a Mexican national. He may be the link between the drug cartel and Clem Tinnemeyer.
Police won't talk about any possible charges against Cole's mom, Julie Puffinburger (Tinnemeyer), but she is being investigated as well.
Call Las Vegas Crime Stoppers if you think you have information relevant to this case: (702) 385-5555. [KVVU Las Vegas]
Leavy was stopped by Fontana police on an unrelated charge when police discovered the federal warrant, Eimiller said.
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/news/digest/2008/10/just-in-2nd-arrest-made-in-fon.html
Posted 10/20/2008 at 11:05:45 PMWhat's this about a woman finding Cole?
Posted 10/21/2008 at 09:54:55 AMIt was the bus, the bus driver ....
Who is that woman in the photo?
According to news reports Cole said a friend of his grandfather dropped him off where the bus driver found him.
Posted 10/21/2008 at 10:22:05 AMThat's not a photo. It's a video. And the first words in it are "It was a bus driver who..."
Posted 10/21/2008 at 02:05:49 PMHere's an article and VIDEO about the bus driver, Julio Diaz
Posted 10/21/2008 at 06:27:35 PMhttp://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/20/police-release-more-details-boys-kidnapping/
The cutline on the video here, "AP report about the woman who found Cole Puffinburger on a Las Vegas street" is incorrect. A male bus driver found the boy. The video is a general story of the relief about Cole being found. There also has been more info out at the Las Vegas Review Journal and the Las Vegas Sun regarding two other people arrested in the case, Tinnemeyer's companion and a local man.
Posted 10/21/2008 at 08:47:12 PMSheesh, I give up! No where does it say here that a woman found Cole.
Either some don't VIEW videos or READ links.
Nite Lucy...........
Posted 10/21/2008 at 09:59:51 PMLatest news regarding little Cole's mother, Julie. Looks like she may have had ties in some way with illegal activities from reading here:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/33296289.html
Seems Coles mom and her boyfriend not only purchased an upgraded home, they also recently purchased a new truck, new car and new trailer.
Cole's father, Robert is now seeking full custody.
Posted 10/25/2008 at 11:52:06 AMJust a quick update on this case. Cole's father won custody of him, and in fact Cole's mother Julie only has supervised visitation at the moment. I also found something else interesting. It seems mom has faked kidnapping in the past:
Per the article: During the hearing, a Metro Lieutenant testified that Cole would be safer with his father. He said Cole's mother previously tried faking a kidnapping to get the attention of Cole's grandfather's, Clemens Tinnemayer.
Posted 10/30/2008 at 04:22:18 PMhttp://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=9262616&nav=168Y