Cale charged with concealing human body
By ALEC RADER Staff WriterArticle Photos
The former husband of a Tucker County woman missing for more than seven years was arrested by the West Virginia State Police early Friday afternoon at a cabin in Leadmine.
Wesley Scott Cale Sr., 42, of Licking Creek Road in Tucker County was taken into custody Friday before 1 p.m. and charged with concealment of a deceased human body. The warrant was filed after police recovered skeletal remains on Scott Cale's property earlier in the week.
John Carson of the West Virginia Medical Examiner's office determined the remains are human. Police believe the remains to be those of Bonnie Cale, but do not yet have official results.
"We don't have identification of the body yet or a cause of death," said 1st Sgt. J.A. Wise of the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police.
According to the complaint filed with the Tucker County magistrate's office, the remains were found under the dirt floor of an outbuilding behind Scott Cale's home. The remains were buried several feet deep with a quarter-inch thick steel plate, "further concealing the burial sight," the criminal complaint states.
After receiving a tip early Friday morning, police searched for Scott Cale's vehicle and found it parked at the home of his mother-in-law in Moore outside of Parsons. Police then found Scott Cale in a cabin belonging to Charles Schadewalb of Parsons.
Scott Cale was arraigned before Magistrate Carol Irons, who set bond at $150,000 cash only. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail.
Bonnie Cale was reported missing in March 2002 after she didn't arrive at a relative's home in Ohio. Her vehicle was later found in Webster County about nine miles south of Cowen. Police pursued the case, but all leads were fruitless.
On Wednesday, Sgt. R.L. Stump of the Parsons detachment of the West Virginia State Police asked for a search warrant for Scott Cale's property. The judge who issued the warrant ordered it sealed.
Because of the availability of new technology, Wise said the search warrant was issued to allow them a chance to look in some places they couldn't before. The decision was made to utilize the equipment after a couple months of reviewing the case file, according to Wise. The ground-penetrating radar, which was used to locate the remains, allows images of what is below the surface of the earth to be displayed thereby helping investigators find things buried without removing the soil.
The extensive search involved approximately 20 state police officers, several members of the Appalachian Search and Rescue Team, two radar operators from West Virginia University and cadaver dogs who were on site from 7:30 a.m. Wednesday until about 3 a.m. Thursday. State police found the remains at approximately 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.
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loveandlife
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11-17-09 7:17 PM
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Thank the lord this thing we call a human being is caught... Maybe they need to open a trial on his son for almost killing that boy a couple of years ago, u know somehow these Cales get out of everything, i think their luck is about to run out, even know there's no death penalty in WV, they're alot of other sick inmates, maybe they'll make him suffer, his wife needs to be behind bars right along with him, I mean after all look at what she did to his kids too, how do people get by with this stuff, it's unbelievable
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msblack
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11-16-09 7:56 PM
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as someone who knew her mother.i saw how first hand how hard it was for her to cope with not knowing where her child was. now i know there together and will be that way forever
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thetruthisfinallyknown
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11-16-09 1:16 AM
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I say it is about time that he gets what is coming to him. He should have been locked up and the key thrown away years ago. Then those poor children would have never had to endure all of the abuse. I hope he gets what is coming to him. Bonnie may have had her flaws but no one deserves what he did to her. You can say that it has not been proven all you want. Gimme a break. What more do you need?
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countygirl
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11-15-09 5:30 PM
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All you have to be is at a party and hear him when he is drunk. And you have the answers to everything. They say a drunk never lies. And yes ladyhawk they do need to look at his oldest son. he loved to fight to and was always running his mouth. The good lord will take care of her now.
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audyhaze
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11-15-09 4:21 PM
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Well if a polygraph hasn't been given, I would. If they haven't put the murder questions to him, I would. If they haven't read him his rights, I would have first thing. If he didn't do it a polygraph will tell it., if its administred by a top poligrifer. This sure don't smell good. I hate to be in his shoes. Since there is no Death Penalty in Wv., I guess we will hve to take care of him now. Feed him for the rest of his miserable life. They put the needle to the sniper in Va...he nows is shaking hands with the devil. This Cale guy needs to shake hands with Satan also if he did it. Murder his wife and bury her under a building under plate steel. Wow, what is this world coming to?
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justalocal
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11-15-09 7:14 AM
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Seriously Griz?? She's been missing for 7 years, they find a body buried in the shed, and you don't really think its her? There have been plenty of rumors in this small town and some of them are actually beginning to sound fairly believable after this past week. I'm going to be shocked if its not her, but either way he was concealing a deceased human body. I'm pretty sure he wasn't charged with a murder (yet).
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GRizzly56
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11-14-09 10:18 PM
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where is the proof positive tha this is bonnie cale??ok speculate here lady hawk? bonni might walk in on the arraingment?????
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hottubdave
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11-14-09 7:02 PM
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like a death penalty stops someone from killing someone? hardly.
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JunkerGeorge
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11-14-09 6:54 PM
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Whoever did this deserves the death penalty. Whoops, its liberal WV-no death penalty.
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fedupas1canbe
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11-14-09 5:50 PM
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Well, seems "crystal clear" to me. Your wife comes up missing and they find her in the garage floor seven years later, hmmm now what could have happened?
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FedUpp
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11-14-09 11:03 AM
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It's very unclear if it's actually true or not.
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LadyHawk
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11-14-09 10:12 AM
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It's about time they nailed this bully. Now the authorities should take a long look at Scott's oldest son. Bonnie was a beautiful, lively woman who loved all the children in that family and I remember her walking along the road on Licking Creek with a fishing pole, bucket, and several children trailing behind her. She enjoyed those kids and strived to give them a good life. She also had dreams of starting a little business down in the St. George district. How dare any man believe he has the right to snuff out the life of another human being simply because he can't govern his own emotions. He is notorious for his rage and his larcenous ways, so murder was not beneath this soulless man. May Bonnie now rest in peace and her children finally be comforted knowing that their mom did not abandon them.
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