I hope this bastard is sodomized to death in a jail cell for what he did to these poor girls.
Oregon girl's body found behind neighbor's home
Second set of remains found
August 25, 2002 Posted: 8:04 PM EDT (0004 GMT)
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OREGON CITY, Oregon (CNN) -- Law enforcement officials Sunday confirmed that a set of human remains found behind the home of Ward Weaver were that of 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis, one of two girls who disappeared early this year.
A second set of remains was recovered Sunday, Oregon City Police Chief Gordon Huiras announced. The remains were found in a barrel, underneath a concrete slab. Authorities said the medical examiner would not be able to determine whether the second set remains were that of 13-year-old Ashley Pond, until Monday.
Miranda was the second of the two girls to disappear. She was last seen getting ready for school on March 8.
Ashley was last seen walking to school on January 9.
Miranda's remains were found Saturday in a shed behind Weaver's home. Authorities said the cause of death had not yet been determined.
Weaver lived near the girls' apartment complex and knew both of them.
Asked about reports that Weaver had made a confession, FBI spokeswoman Beth Ann Steele said, "Weaver has not made any such statements to investigators."
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Investigators Sunday broke up the concrete slab on the property, which had raised suspicions because Weaver apparently poured it shortly after Gaddis disappeared.
Weaver's ex-wife Kristi Sloan said she had notified the FBI months before that they should investigate the slab.
"He had a hole dug in his back yard and cemented it to put in a hot tub," she said. "They dug and cemented it in the middle of the winter and the middle of the night. We had a hard time believing why he would do that."
The FBI deflected criticism that it should have searched Weaver's property sooner.
Investigators used every legal means possible to get onto the property, Steele said.
Weaver was arrested earlier this month on unrelated charges of raping the 19-year-old girlfriend of his son. He remains in the Clackamas County Jail on $1 million bond.
Weaver has denied any involvement in the disappearances of the girls, but has said that he is considered the prime suspect.
The FBI has not publicly characterized him as a suspect, but hinted Sunday that charges could be filed against him once the search of the property is completed, possibly Sunday or Monday.
In an interview last month with Portland affiliate KPTV, Weaver said he was not surprised investigators wanted to talk to him.
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"I mean, I had a lot of contact with both girls. I expect to be looked at and questioned and background checks and that kind of thing," he said. "I've got no problem with that."
Overnight, a makeshift memorial began to take shape near the site where the remains were found. People were stuffing flowers, cards, and teddy bears into the chain-link fence that surrounds Weaver's property.