Evening star., 1963-02-07
TEACHER
TEACHER
Police Comb Area, Find No Clues in Search
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vestigators told reporters they
are without leads in the death
Of the pretty, brunette teacher
and have no plans to question
any one at this time.
State police will canvass the
entire area between Mrs. Re-
planes home in Laurel and the
spot in Howard County where
her body was found in an ef-
fort to locate any one who may
have seen her on the night she
disappeared.
Meanwhile, State Police in
vestigators staged an intense
but futile search for clues
early this morning In a lovers
lane area where two young
boys found the body. An acre
of the lonely area was roped off
last night and kept under po-
lice guard to keep away the
curious until investigators were
able to comb the ground for
anything that might lead to
solution of the mystery.
Search Now Completed
A team Of Investigators from
the State Police Crime Labora-
tory at Pikesville, Md, wound
up their search of the area to-
day, reporting they had found
nothing of significance. A purse
found several miles away was
not the property Of the dead
woman.
1t. Harry Harrison Of the
county force said it ap-
peared Mrs. Replane's fully
clad body had "been dragged
80 feet into the woods" Howard
County Patrolman Robert w.
Moore, first officer on the
scene. said it appeared she had
been beaten and possibly
strangled."
Mrs. Edward Hinegardner,
mother Of one of the boys who
found the body, said, Her
face was covered with ice and
one of her hands was twisted
behind her back"
One investigator said Mrs.
Replane's coat was jammed up
around her neck "as if she
had been thrown" where she
was found. She was lying on
her back with her face turned
to one side. There we're patches
of snow on the body in the
somewhat open area surround
ed by pine and oak trees.
The body Of the shy, retiring
schoolteacher was fully clad
except for her shoes. A watch
and a wedding band were still
on her finger and wrist. A
necklace was still in place
around her neck.
Identification was made last
night by Mrs. Replane's hus-
band, William S. Replane, 28.
who appeared grief-stricken as
he drove to the morgue with
State police and neighbors.
Disappeared January "a
Mrs. Replane had been car
ried on the missing persons list
since the night Of January 2l
when she taught her first sew
ing class to an adult education
group at Laurel High School,
an 8-minute drive from her
apartment. School Custodian
Oliver Smith told police Mrs.
Replane was the last person to
leave the school about 10 pm.
Mr.. Replane, a general SCI
ence teacher in the seventh ard
eighth grades at Laurel Junior
High School, said he became
alarmed when his wife Jailed
to return home in her 1858 /
Oldsmobile by IL pm. At that |
hour, he called Jerry Carson,
an official of the Adult Educa-
ton Department. to express his |
fears. Mr.. Carson told Mr.. Re-
plane she had been seen at the
school an hour before.
The husband said he began
searching the area around their
apartment at 1909 Mistletoe
Spring road, in the Snow Hill
project, and at 1890 am. tele-
phoned to report his wife miss
ing to Laurel town police. The
Laurel police suggested he come
in to help them search for his
wife.
Driving toward Laurel on
Route 1877, the Bowie road. Mr..
Replane said he saw the head
lights of his wife's car burning
beside the road just 900 yards
from their home. The keys
we're in place but turned off
and there was no sign Of vio-
lence. The car was in a gravel
driveway near a kennel owned