Landfill Search For Missing Woman Could Take Weeks
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4)- The search for a missing woman in a landfill could take weeks or longer. Investigators have focused their efforts on finding the remains of Charlene Voight in hopes of solving her mysterious disappearance.
Voight disappeared this past summer. According to her sister, the last time Voight had a phone conversation with family was on June 29. Voight had recently moved to Littleton from southern California.
Authorities began searching the Tower Landfill, located at 8480 Tower Road in Commerce City on Monday morning. Investigators told CBS4 they were looking for anything related to the case which includes her remains.
Police don't know if she is alive.
"We don't know. That's one of the things we're looking for out here. We're looking for anything related to the case, whether it be evidence in the case, evidence in her disappearance or it possibly be her remains," said Littleton Police Cmdr. Trent Cooper.
Littleton Police began investigating Voight's disappearance around early July when her family, from California, reported her missing.
Her car was found in a dirt lot owned by Voight's long-term boyfriend that was used to store roll-off containers. The lot was not far from the couple's apartment where neighbors saw detectives collecting evidence.
During the investigation, Voight's long-term boyfriend was arrested for an unrelated sex assault. Police arrested Jeff Beier for the sex assault, stating it was discovered while investigating Charlene's disappearance.
Court documents obtained by CBS4 showed a rocky relationship between the two. In 2012, Voight filed for a restraining order claiming she was "scared for her life" and that she had been slapped, choked and dragged.
"We feel like we owe it to Charlene's family and to the community to do everything we can to bring her home," said Cooper.