Donna Mae Maximenko, 35, [FOUND DECEASED] Mishawaka, IN

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Police ask help looking for missing woman
Tribune Staff Report

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Story Created: Dec 8, 2008 at 2:48 PM EST

Story Updated: Dec 8, 2008 at 2:48 PM EST

MISHAWAKA — Mishawaka police are seeking the public’s help in locating a woman, who was last seen Wednesday night leaving Tailgaters Sports Bar in South Bend.

Police say Donna Mae Maximenko, 35, has not made contact with any friends or family members since leaving the bar at 1515 N. Ironwood Drive at 10:30 p.m.

Maximenko may have been depressed over the break-up with her boyfriend, police say.

She is white, about 5-foot-9, 160 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a white 2004 four-door Ford Taurus with an Indiana license plate of 987LXY.

If you have information on Maximenko's whereabouts, call the Mishawaka Police detective bureau at (574) 258-1684.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/35742014.html

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Mishawaka police looking for missing woman

Posted: Dec 8, 2008 12:21 PM

Mishawaka police are looking for Donna Mae Maximenko. Ms. Maximenko is a 35 year old white woman. She is listed as 5'09" tall, 160 pounds, and has blond hair and blue eyes.

She drives a 2004 white Ford Taurus sedan with Indiana plates 987LXY.

According to the press release from the police department, Ms. Maximenko was last seen leaving Tailgaters bar at 10:30 PM last Wednesday. She got into her Ford Taurus by herself. Ms. Maximenko has been depressed over the break up with her boyfriend.

She has not made contact with any friends or family members since leaving Tailgaters on Wednesday December 03 2008

If located please check on her welfare and contact the Mishawaka Police Detective Bureau. 574-258-1684

http://www.fox28.com/global/story.asp?s=9477018

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It does not stop there; bartenders say energy drinks are now a part of culture.

"Since it came out about four years ago and it's been crazy ever since. They just want it and they want it with everything," says Donna Mae Maximenko, bartender at The Linebacker.

When asked what percentage of the drinks are mixed with energy drinks?

Donna estimated approximately 35 to 45 percent.

And when we saw people bellying up to the bar at the linebacker, we found the same thing.

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Mishawaka police ask help looking for missing woman

http://southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081208/News01/812080237/1052/News01

Tribune Staff Report

MISHAWAKA — City police are seeking the public’s help in locating a woman, who was last seen Dec. 3 leaving Tailgaters Sports Bar in South Bend.

Police say Donna Mae Maximenko, 35, has not made contact with any friends or family members since leaving the bar at 1515 N. Ironwood Drive at 10:30 p.m.

Maximenko may have been depressed over the break-up with her boyfriend, police say.

She is white, about 5-foot-9, 160 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a white 2004 four-door Ford Taurus with an Indiana license plate of 987LXY.

If Maximenko is located, call the Mishawaka Police detective bureau at (574) 258-1684.

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Police find missing woman's car and a body close by
Posted: 11:56 PM Dec 10, 2008
Last Updated: 12:04 AM Dec 11, 2008

Breaking news involving a missing Mishawaka woman.

Police in Berrien County have found a body that may be that of 35 year-old Donna Maximenko.

At 10:30 Thursday night, NewsCenter 16 talked with Berrien County Sheriff's Department.

They say they found a body behind the Best Western Hotel in New Buffalo Township earlier in the evening. They are not confirming that this is Maximenko, but they did find her white Ford Taurus 70 yards away from where a body was found in a swamp area.

This all unfolded while Maximenko’s friends in South Bend formed a search group Thursday night hoping that they could put their heads together and find their friend.

Maximenko is a well known face in town having worked in several area bars. She was at the Linebacker for ten years and most recently at the Vine in South Bend.

She was last seen last Wednesday night at the old Tailgaters, now called Mitch's Place in South Bend. Then, at 11:30 friends learned police spotted her on surveillance video at Meijer on Grape Road in Mishawaka.

South Bend Police detectives are working in connection with Berrien County Police.

http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/35942454.html


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Oh, my. New Buffalo is where I was raised until the fifth grade.

It's really boomed in the past few years with bars, casinos, and mega people moving out of Chicago.

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Police confirm body is missing Mishawaka woman

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/35949259.html



Story Created: Dec 11, 2008 at 2:53 AM EST

Story Updated: Dec 11, 2008 at 4:23 AM EST

NEW BUFFALO — Early Thursday, police identified the body found behind a motel Wednesday night as that of Donna Mae Maximenko, 35, of Mishawaka.

The cause of death has not been determined. An autopsy is planned for later Thursday.

Wednesday night, about a dozen people gathered at The Vine in South Bend for a vigil to show their support for Maximenko, and employee of The Vine. She was last seen Dec. 3 leaving Tailgater’s Sports Bar in South Bend and was reported missing Dec. 5. Police said she was depressed over a recent breakup with her boyfriend and had not made contact with family or friends since Dec. 3.

South Bend Police Department detectives notified the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday night that Maximenko may be in New Buffalo Township.

New Buffalo city and township police then found Maximenko’s vehicle parked behind a motel in the 18000 block of LaPorte Road. Officers searching the wooded area found a woman’s body about 70 yards from the car.

Detectives from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office and Mishawaka Police Department are continuing their investigation into Maximenko’s disappearance and death.

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RIP Donna.

My condolences to your family and friends at this devastating time.

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Body of missing Indiana woman found in SW Michigan

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-60/122901627055000.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

12/11/2008, 12:15 p.m. EST
The Associated Press

NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police have discovered the body of a missing northern Indiana woman in a wooded area of far southwestern Michigan near the border of the two states.

Berrien County sheriff's deputies and New Buffalo police identified the body found Wednesday night as that of 35-year-old Donna Mae Maximenko of Mishawaka, Ind. The city is near South Bend, Ind.

A cause of death hasn't been determined.

Maximenko was reported missing on Friday.

Police discovered her vehicle parked behind a motel in Berrien County's New Buffalo Township.

A short time later, they found the body about 70 yards away from the vehicle, in an area of trees.

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Posted: Thursday, 11 December 2008 5:40AM

Missing Women Found Dead

http://wsjm.com/Missing-Women-Found-Dead/3475776

Christine Sagar Reporting
The Berrien County Sheriff's Department says that missing Mishawaka women was found dead late last night. The Sheriff's Department started looking for 35-year-old Donna Maximenko in New Buffalo Township after the South Bend Police Department told them she could be there. Police found Maximenko's body in a wooded area about 65 yards from her car, parked behind a Best Western Motel on LaPorte Rd. Maximenko has been missing since last Friday. The cause of death isn't known at this time.

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Posted: Monday, 15 December 2008 3:40PM


Autopsy Results Show No Sign Of Assault

http://www.wsjm.com/pages/3497467.php?contentType=4&contentId=3214259


Christine Sagar Reporting

It appears hypothermia took the life of a missing Mishawaka women found dead in a wooded area last week. The Berrien County Sheriff Department�s Lt. David Chandler says autopsy results for 35-year-old Donna Maximenko showed no sign of assault. Blood test results aren't finished yet. Maximenko went missing on December 5th. Her car was found Friday outside a Best Western Motel in New Buffalo Township. Her body was found close by in a wooded area.

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Mishawaka woman died of hypothermia, police say

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/36180534.html

Story Created: Dec 15, 2008 at 2:58 PM EST

Story Updated: Dec 15, 2008 at 3:03 PM EST



NEW BUFFALO — An autopsy on the body of a Mishawaka woman discovered a week ago in a wooded area behind an area motel revealed she died of hypothermia, police reported Monday.

Detective Lt. David Chandler of the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department said the body of Donna Mae Maximenko, 35, showed no sign of trauma. The finding supported Sheriff Paul Bailey’s statement earlier that foul play was not suspected.

Results of blood tests are not complete, Chandler said.

An employee of The Vine in downtown South Bend, Maximenko was reported missing on Dec. 5 when she failed to show up for work two days in a row. Friends reported she had been despondent since her recent separation from her boyfriend.

Her body was discovered near a parking lot behind the Best Western Motel, 18800 LaPorte Road. Police had initially located her car, a white Ford Taurus, in the lot, triggering the search for the woman.

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Autopsy: Missing Woman Died Of Hypothermia

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/18285992/detail.html

POSTED: 8:19 pm EST December 15, 2008
UPDATED: 8:50 pm EST December 15, 2008


ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- An autopsy has determined that hypothermia killed an Indiana woman whose body was found in a wooded lot in far southwestern Michigan a week after she was reported missing.

The Berrien County sheriff's office said the post-mortem examination performed Monday on 35-year-old Donna Mae Maximenko of Mishawaka, Ind., found no signs of assault. Mishawaka is near South Bend, Ind.

Results of blood tests are incomplete.

Police discovered her vehicle parked behind a motel in Berrien County's New Buffalo Township.

A short time later, they found the body about 70 yards away from the vehicle, in an area of trees.

She worked as a server at a South Bend restaurant called The Vine.

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