01-28-2011, 08:53 AM
The medical examiner arrived at the scene at 1 a.m. The Michigan State Police crime lab based in Grand Rapids was called to the site early Thursday evening.
For hours Thursday night, police on all-terrain vehicles shuttled between crime-lab trucks parked along rural County Road 687 and a brightly illuminated wooded area a few hundred yards off the road.
At about 10:30 p.m., ATVs pulled a wagon that had been loaded with shovels and other equipment and carried several officers back into the woods. The area is behind a mobile home at 4287 CR 687 in Bangor Township, north of Hartford.
The mobile home was cordoned off by crime scene tape and a pick-up truck advertising firewood and plowing services was parked in front.
Public records indicate the property’s residents include Richard P. Beebe, 27, and Phillip Beebe.
A ramshackle shed and at least two other vehicles covered high in snow sat near the mobile home. A lot with firewood and bins, and a small older travel trailer sit just north of the residence, in the direction of the area police have been searching.