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Police Concentrate On One Suspect

Prior to the recovery of her remains,  police investigating Patrice Endres' disappearance were focusing on a man in Chunchula, Ala. -- eight hours away from where she first went missing.

Police there have a man in custody who they believe is a serial killer. The man, Jeremy Bryan Jones, is in a prison cell in Alabama after being sentenced to death for the rape and murder of another woman in September 2004. Since his initial arrest in Mobile County, Alabama, cops have been examining every detail of Patrice Endres' disappearence to see if there is a link to Jones.

After his arrest, Alabama police say Jones confessed to at least 13 known murders. According to Det. Paul Burch of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, Jones said he killed Endres and dumped her body into the Sweetwater Creek in Douglas County, Georgia.

But the police say the distance between the area Jones indicated he'd dumped Endres' body and the actual place she was found was considerable -- more than 60 miles.

Frustrated police have a confession but before knowing for sure she was dead, they had no evidence to corroborate it. Now, police say they are continuing their investgation with Jones as their main suspect -- but they aren't ruling out other possibilities.

Woman's Workday Interrupted

Patrice Tamber Endres, of Forsyth County, GA, had a predictable workday routine. She'd open her tanning salon early in the morning and meet customers until 11:30am, eat lunch and meet with more customers until 2:30pm. Then she'd pick up her 15-year-old son from school, return to the shop and work from 3:30 or 3:45pm until the early evening. She and her son would pick up dinner and go home. That's how it went every weekday for the nearly eight years Patrice owned the shop.

On April 15, 2004, something went wrong. Patrice had just finished up a hair appointment and was going to have lunch at 11:30am, when someone interrupted her. At around noon, Patrice's next client arrived at the Trim-N-Tan Salon to find it deserted. There was no sign of Patrice. The customer noted that Patrice's belongings were scattered about and her purse had not been taken. Patrice's meal was also left uneaten just outside the microwave. The client became alarmed and notified police. They came and took a report but there was no sign of Patrice anywhere.

Police Arrest Woman Who Gave Phony Tip

Shortly after Patrice disappeared, a witness contacted police and said she passed a man at the hair salon around the time Patrice was believed to have been abducted. She said she saw the man in the salon's parking lot walking near a white cargo van. The witness described the man as about six feet tall, dark hair, wearing a grey jersey jacket, loose fitting pants and possibly a camouflage hat.

The witness told police that she saw Patrice's new Chevy Tahoe parked in front of the salon's main entrance, nose to nose with the mystery cargo van. Patrice never parked her vehicle in front of the main entrance, she always parked it on the side of the building.

It turns out, however, that these tips which seemed so detailed and potentially helpful were nothing but a hoax. And now police have arrested Michelle Grant in connection to her bogus tips. Police are frustrated because of all the time they spend chasing the phony tips.  

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Patrice Endres' Remains Found