Cellphone links suspect to slain IU student - Indianapolis Star
He answered with short answers, mostly "yes" and "no. ". He said his bank account has "less than a hundred dollars in it. ". He said he made $15. 50 an hour at a Bloomington commercial printing company. He said a 2012 Kia Sportage that police say is registered to him is not his. The Bloomington Police Department said it is exploring whether any similarities exist between the Wilson murder and the case of 20-year-old IU student Lauren Spierer, who disappeared in 2011 after a night of drinking in downtown Bloomington. Wilson's body was found Friday morning in a rural area off Plum Creek Road near State Road 45, about a 30-minute drive from her home. When investigators came to his home on the 6100 block of West Isom Road, he was walking out of the residence with a garbage bag full of clothes that police seized as evidence, the affidavit says. Messel's father told investigators his son did not come home Thursday night. Gerald Messel said he and his son went to a restaurant for dinner around 6 p. m. and later returned home. He said his son left about 8 p. m. to go play trivia at Yogi's Bar and Grill, what the father described as a typical Thursday night outing for his son, according to the affidavit. Daniel Messel later dropped a co-worker off at his home at 11 p. m. , the affidavit says. Source: www.indystar.com
