![]() ![]() When he did make that call, he made it from Georgia he had flown there for a face-to-face meeting, unbeknownst to Askea. As the questions in the telephone interview went deeper, Askea said she was feeling ill and would talk no further.Ĭhastain then set up a phone appointment with Askea at a later date he did so to make sure she would be home at a specific day and time. She admitted then that Laura Flink had indeed made it to Moclips to pick up the clothes and couch that day and went so far as to say the two went to the Moclips Tavern and had a few beers. The investigation, what little there was of one, went nowhere.Ĭhastain got his hands on the case in 2006 and made telephone contact with Askea, who was then in ill health and living in Georgia. 23 and was dropped in a mailbox, sent to Laura Flink’s post office box.Įarly in the investigation, Askea told investigators Laura Flink had never arrived in Moclips, according to Chastain. Her wallet was apparently found on a Hoquiam sidewalk Feb. The Ranchero was found parked outside a tavern in Hoquiam Feb. “She was last seen about a mile north of Copalis at about 4 p.m.,” said Chastain, heading toward Moclips at about a 70 mph clip. He saw the car, and saw Laura Flink inside it. She was spotted by a friend of the housemate’s not far from Moclips, as he was leaving a logging job, said Chastain. So she borrowed the housemate’s car, a red 1967 Ford Ranchero, and set out alone around 3 p.m. Laura Flink asked two friends, who also could not accompany her. The housemate who overheard the call knew of the history between the two women and asked Laura Flink not to go, at least not alone. Around the time the custody issue was initiated Tom Flink was staying extended periods of time with the Askeas “as Laura was working a couple of jobs, demanding hours later into the evening.”ĭuring the custody proceedings, there were at least two dust-ups between Laura Flink and Askea that drew police attention, said Chastain, one outside the Blue Beacon, where Laura Flink worked as a waitress, another at the county courthouse. It’s possible Joe Askea and John Flink were acquainted through the Navy as both were stationed for a time in Pacific Beach, said Chastain. Chastain said it was John Flink, Laura Flink’s ex-husband and Tom Flink’s father, who was in the Navy at the time, “started the process to have the Askea family adopt Tom,” possibly feeling his ex-wife was too young and “not adequately prepared for the complete responsibilities of parenthood,” said Chastain.Īskea had a husband, Joe, and was in her late 30s or early 40s at the time. ![]() The circumstances behind Askea’s interest in adopting the child are not totally clear. ![]()
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