Courtney Servais 30, [FOUND DECEASED/POI IN CUSTODY] Pittsylvania County VA

[sarahhod]

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Missing Woman
posted 12/22/08 11:06 am


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Pittsylvania County, VA - The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a missing person. Deputies went to the home of 30-year-old Courtney Servais on Friday night for a well-being check and could not find her. Halifax County Sheriff's Office issued a nationwide broadcast Saturday, December 20 asking law enforcement to be on the look-out for Mrs. Servais and/or the car she was driving which is a white 1999 Honda Civic 4-door, with Virginia license tag XTY6020. This vehicle has the front bumper missing as well. Mrs. Servais was last seen in the area of the Halifax and Pittsylvania County near the community of Ingram and Birchland Park and in the company of Dennis Daniel. Servais is described as a white female, 30 years of age, 5’ 6” tall, 150 lbs., green eyes, and shoulder length hair that was recently dyed black. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks, and black boots with a heel. If you have seen or talked to Mrs. Servais, or if you have seen this vehicle since Friday December 19 or you have any information regarding this investigation you are asked to the Pittsylvania County Crime Stoppers (web) at 1-800-791-0044.

[sarahhod]

December 22, 2008
Halifax County woman reported missing

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9564807

Investigators with the Halifax and Pittsylvania County Sheriff's offices are looking for a missing woman.

Thirty-year-old Courtney Servais was last seen near the communities of Ingram and Birchland Park. She was driving a white 1999 Honda Civic 4 door with Virginia license tag XTY 6020. Her car is missing a front bumper.

Servais is 5' 6" tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has green eyes and shoulder length hair that was recently dyed black.

Investigators say Servais was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks, and black boots with a heel.

If you see Servais, call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434)432-7931 and ask for Captain Thomas Coleman or Lieutenant Colonel Ronnie Simpson. You can also call Pittsylvania County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

[sarahhod]

Halifax County woman missing

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/southside/article/halifax_county_woman_missing/23515/

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Published: December 22, 2008

Halifax County and Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a missing, and possibly endangered woman.

Deputies say Courtney Servais was last seen on Friday, December 19th.
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Halifax Co. deputies called the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office last Friday, to ask for a well-being check on Servais, at an address in Halifax County. Pittsylvania County deputies could not find Servais.

Officers are searching for a white 1999 Honda Civic 4-door, with Virginia license plate XTY-6020. Investigators say the car is missing its front bumper.

Servais was last seen near Ingram and Birchland Park (Halifax Co. and Pittsylvania Co. areas). Deputies say she was seen with Dennis Daniel. Officers say Daniel is a person of interest in the case.
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Deputies describe Servais as 5 ft. 6 in. tall, 150 lbs., with green eyes, and shoulder length hair that was recently died black. Servais was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks, and black boots with a heel.

If you’ve seen Servais or the car, call (434) 476-3334 for the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, and ask for Investigator Jimmy Clay.

In Pittsylvania County, call (434) 432-7931, and ask for Captain Thomas Coleman or Lieutenant Colonel Ronnie Simpson.
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[Faith]

December 23, 2008
UPDATED: Halifax County woman reported missing

Investigators with the Halifax and Pittsylvania County Sheriff's offices are looking for a missing woman.

Thirty-year-old Courtney Servais was last seen near the communities of Ingram and Birchland Park with Dennis Daniel. He's now being called a person of interest.

She was driving a white 1999 Honda Civic 4 door with Virginia license tag XTY 6020. Her car is missing a front bumper.

Servais is 5' 6" tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has green eyes and shoulder length hair that was recently dyed black.

Investigators say Servais was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks, and black boots with a heel.

If you see Servais, call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434)432-7931 and ask for Captain Thomas Coleman or Lieutenant Colonel Ronnie Simpson. You can also call Pittsylvania County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9564807

[Faith]

Search Continues for Missing Woman
12/23/08 8:00 pm

Halifax Co., VA - He's the last person to be seen with a missing Pittsylvania County woman. Now, Dennis Daniel is behind bars on unrelated charges. The Halifax County sheriff's office is holding Daniel without bond as they try to figure out if he had anything to do with the disappearance of 30-year-old Courtney Servais. Investigators say they found her abandoned car in Pittsylvania County. Right now they're searching that car for any clue as to where she might be. We spoke with Courtney's husband just a few hours ago. She's the mother of three young children, all of whom are praying for her return Steven Servais says she would never willingly go away like this. He tells us Daniel was a recent friend of Courtney's and that their relationship didn't go further than friendship to his knowledge. He says he last saw her on Friday morning, sleeping in bed. She dropped her kids off at the school bus, and hasn't been seen since. Steven says all he wants for Christmas is Courtney's safe return. Steven Servais, Courtney's Husband - "It's hard to deal with not having her here, just not knowing. It's the hard part. I mean you sit here and you wait, look out the window, wait for the phone to ring." Steven says his wife recently dyed her hair black so she looks a little different than most pictures. He says she didn't take anything with her to signal she'd be going anywhere. And he believes she would contact someone in her family if she were capable of doing so.
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/580096.html

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[TigressPen]

I pray Steven's Christmas wish comes true and Courtney returns home safe.

[Pandabear]

I hope that she is home with her children for Christmas.

It really bothers me to read that Daniels was a "recent friend", and then to see his mug shot, that makes me think the worst. I hope I'm wrong and she is soon home with her family.

[Faith]

December 23, 2008
UPDATED: Halifax County woman reported missing; person of interest found

UPDATED: Tuesday, December 23 @ 12:36 p.m.

The man last seen with 30-year-old Courtney Servais is now in custody with no bond on unrelated charges of breaking & entering and tresspassing. Dennis Daniel was arraigned Monday in Pittsylvania County and has since been moved to the Halifax County jail. Daniel remains a person of interest in Servais' disappearance.

The Halifax Sheriff's Office needs help determining where Daniel was between Friday, December 19 at 9 a.m. thru Saturday, December 20 at 10 p.m. If you have any information, you are asked to call the sheriff's office at 434-476-3334 or the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 434-432-7931.

We're told Courtney Servais' Honda Civic was located in Pittsylvania County, but Servais was not in the vehicle.

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Investigators with the Halifax and Pittsylvania County Sheriff's offices are looking for a missing woman.

Thirty-year-old Courtney Servais was last seen near the communities of Ingram and Birchland Park with Dennis Daniel. He's now being called a person of interest.

She was driving a white 1999 Honda Civic 4 door with Virginia license tag XTY 6020. Her car is missing a front bumper.

Servais is 5' 6" tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has green eyes and shoulder length hair that was recently dyed black.

Investigators say Servais was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks, and black boots with a heel.

If you see Servais, call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434)432-7931 and ask for Captain Thomas Coleman or Lieutenant Colonel Ronnie Simpson. You can also call Pittsylvania County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9564807&nav=menu368_11_3

[grammybears]

This does not sound good at all. I got very bad vibes when looking at that picture of Daniels. I hope I am wrong, and I pray that Courtney will be home with her family for Christmas.

jmoo

[sarahhod]

http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/man_held_in_connection_with_missing_woman_case/8162/

‘Person of interest’ in missing woman case in jail
By Staff
Published: December 23, 2008

The man sought as a “person of interest” in the disappearance of a Halifax County woman is now in police custody on charges unrelated to the disappearance.

Dennis Daniel is being held without bond and is a person of interest in the disapperance of 30-year-old Courtney Servais, according to a news release from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities are asking anyone who saw Daniel between 9 a.m. Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday to call the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 476-3334 or the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 432-7931.

Servais’ 1999 Honda Civic has been located in Pittsylvania County, but she was not with the vehicle, authorities said. Officials are asking anyone who can give information on Servais’ whereabouts now or during the same time frame to contact either sheriff’s office.

[sarahhod]

http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8130127&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Danville Mother of 3 Missing Since Friday

Last Edited: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008, 9:40 AM EST
Created: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008, 9:40 AM EST
By LEAH BENO
FOX8 News

A Danville, Va., woman with ties to Greensboro hasn't been seen by her family since Friday.

Courtney Servais, a stay-at-home mother of three, dropped her youngest child off at a babysitter Friday morning so she could go to a job interview. Courtney's father, Lawrence Torpin, said later that day everything changed.

"Police went to Courtney's mother's house because they couldn't reach anybody at her husband' house," Torpin, who lives in Greensboro, said. "They had the front bumper and tag off her car. They were investigating an automobile accident ... someone running into the side of a single-wide trailer and drove off."

Halifax County (Va.) investigators say Dennis Daniel is a person of interest in the case. He was last seen with Servais somewhere between Halifax and Danville.

Daniel was arrested Saturday for unrelated breaking and entering and trespassing charges in Pittsylvania County.

"Dennis was a friend of Courtney's. She was having some issue with her husband," said Torpin.

Investigators want to speak with anyone who has seen Courtney or her car, a 1999 white four-door Honda Civic. The car has a Virginia license plate, XTY 620, but no front bumper.

"You never quit giving up hope until you have concrete fact," said Torpin. "I'm hoping they find my daughter. I'm hoping they find my baby and that she's going to be home for Christmas."

[sarahhod]

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/580096.html

Search Continues for Missing Woman

12/23/08

Halifax Co., VA - He's the last person to be seen with a missing Pittsylvania County woman. Now, Dennis Daniel is behind bars on unrelated charges. The Halifax County sheriff's office is holding Daniel without bond as they try to figure out if he had anything to do with the disappearance of 30-year-old Courtney Servais.

Investigators say they found her abandoned car in Pittsylvania County. Right now they're searching that car for any clue as to where she might be. We spoke with Courtney's husband just a few hours ago.

She's the mother of three young children, all of whom are praying for her return Steven Servais says she would never willingly go away like this.

He tells us Daniel was a recent friend of Courtney's and that their relationship didn't go further than friendship to his knowledge. He says he last saw her on Friday morning, sleeping in bed. She dropped her kids off at the school bus, and hasn't been seen since.

Steven says all he wants for Christmas is Courtney's safe return. Steven Servais, Courtney's Husband - "It's hard to deal with not having her here, just not knowing. It's the hard part. I mean you sit here and you wait, look out the window, wait for the phone to ring." Steven says his wife recently dyed her hair black so she looks a little different than most pictures. He says she didn't take anything with her to signal she'd be going anywhere. And he believes she would contact someone in her family if she were capable of doing so.

[TigressPen]

I pray Courtney's husband can help his children through this tragic time. I can't imagine how sorrowful their Christmas is going to be. :1187603408.CR.Mothe

[Faith]

Dogs Find Body Of Woman While Looking For A Missing Person

Pittsylvania Co, VA-- Wednesday morning around 9am deputies with Pittsylvania County Sheriff's department say search dogs found a deceased body of a white female.

It was found in a remote wooded area known as "Red Oak Hollow", in the 1700 block of Old Richmond Road or US Highway 360. It is two miles from the Pittsylvania and Halifax County line.

Several law enforcments from Halifax County Sheriff's Office, the Virginia State Police and the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office started the search at sunup looking for Courtney Servais. She was reported missing Friday night, December 19 by family members.

DOGS-East, a Search and Rescue group based out of northern Virginia had been called by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office to assist in the search efforts. It was one of DOGS-East cadaver canines that located the body of the deceased while searching for Servais.

A positive identification of the deceased is pending from the medical examiner's office. Crime Scene Investigators were on scene conducting a death investigation where the body was found.

The investigation into the disappearance of Courtney Servais continues. Anyone with information is asked to call Pittsylvania County Sheriff's at 434-432-7800.
WFMY News 2 / Pittsylvania Co Sheriff Dept

http://www.digtriad.com/news/features/article.aspx?storyid=116279&catid=216

[Faith]

December 24, 2008
Search for Servais leads to body

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Officers remove the body.

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Investigators near the spot where the body was found.

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Investigators searching for Courtney Servais have found the body of a woman in Pittsylvania County. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff says the body has not been positively identified as Servais, but officers have notified members of her family about the discovery.

Investigators had been searching an area off Old Richmond Road in the Red Oak Hollow area of Pittsylvania County. They had been searching all night when they discovered the body around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. The area is about two miles west of the Pittsylvania/Halifax county line. Investigators were using cadaver dogs at the time.

Servais had been missing since December 19th. Authorities found her abandoned car Tuesday in Pittsylvania County.

A man described as a person of interest in the case is in custody. Dennis Daniel is being held in Halifax County on unrelated charges. If you saw Daniel between 9:00 a.m. December 19 and 10:00 a.m. December 20, deputies want to talk with you. Call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 434-432-7931 or dial 9-1-1

At this time, Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor is calling the case a death investigation.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9577119&nav=menu368_11_10_16

[Faith]

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The remains has not been identified. We will move the thread when we get conformation.

May God be with Courtney's family & Friends through this holiday season. :1222423:

[sarahhod]

December 26, 2008
Investigators still trying to identify body found in Pittsylvania County

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9577119&nav=menu368_10





A body found in Pittsylvania County still has not been identified.

Police were looking for Courtney Servais when they found the body of a woman. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff says the body has not been positively identified as Servais, but officers have notified members of her family about the discovery.

Investigators had been searching an area off Old Richmond Road in the Red Oak Hollow area of Pittsylvania County. They had been searching all night when they discovered the body around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The area is about two miles west of the Pittsylvania/Halifax county line. Investigators were using cadaver dogs at the time.

Servais had been missing since December 19. Authorities found her abandoned car Tuesday in Pittsylvania County.

A man described as a person of interest in the case is in custody. Dennis Daniel is being held in Halifax County on unrelated charges. If you saw Daniel between 9 a.m. December 19 and 10 a.m. December 20, deputies want to talk with you. Call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 434-432-7931 or dial 9-1-1

At this time, Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor is calling the case a death investigation.

[sarahhod]

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/580352.html

Husband Says Body is Missing Wife

12/25/08 1:17 am


Pittsylvania Co., VA - It's the news family and friends were holding out hope they'd never hear. Courtney Servais has been found dead in Pittsylvania County. Deputies found Servais's body Wednesday morning. She was hidden beneath boards and debris in Pittsylvania County. Her body was in the area known as Red Oak Hollow off Route 360 in a remote, wooded area. Servais's husband Steven, got the news around noon. He's the one who confirmed her death for us. Officials aren't yet saying for sure it's Courtney. She was reported missing Friday night. Steven says he saw her that morning sleeping in bed and it was very unlike her to not be at home by the time he got off work. Investigators from Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties, along with State Police, had been searching for her for about five days before calling in cadaver dogs to assist. It was one of those dogs, that discovered the body Christmas Eve morning, Her husband, who was too distraught to talk on camera, says he has no idea how he's going to break the news to his three young children, especially with it being Christmas Thursday. The Halifax County Sheriff's Office has a person of interest in the case. They are holding Dennis Daniel without bond on unrelated charges. Daniel was the last person seen with Servais before she went missing. Pittsylvania County officials will wait to hear from the medical examiner before officially releasing the identity of the body.

[sarahhod]

Body found in Pittsylvania County

http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/body_found_in_pittsylvania_county/8187/


Published: December 24, 2008

Authorities searching for a missing Halifax County woman found a body of what is believed to be a white woman Wednesday morning in Pittsylvania County, according to a news release from Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor.

Courtney Servais, 30, was reported missing Friday night by family members.

The body was found in a remote wooded area near the 17000 block of the Old Richmond Road or U.S. 360, Taylor said.

The location itself is about 150 yards off of Old Richmond Road and approximately 2 miles from the Pittsylvania County and Halifax County boundary line, he said.

It was a canine from the DOGS-East search and rescue group based out of Northern Virginia that located the body, the sheriff said.

A positive identification of the deceased is pending from the medical examiner’s office, he said.

[sarahhod]

http://www.thenewsrecord.com/2008webfiles/20081225missing.htm

Body of missing woman found

The body believed to be that of 30 year old Courtney Servais was located Wednesday morning off Route 360, about one mile west of the Halifax County line, in an area known to locals as "Red Oak Hollow." Members of the Sheriffs Departments of both Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties had been searching for the woman since Friday, Dec. 19.
According to Halifax County Sheriff Stanley Noblin, search teams from his department and that of the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office located the body around 8:55 a.m. Christmas Eve.
Noblin said his crew and that of Pittsylvania County were aided in the search by a cadaver canine which had been supplied by Dogs East of Northern Virginia. "Despite the fact that we had searched that area extensively," Noblin said, "the dog went straight to the body."
The Sheriff could give no detail on the cause of the woman's death, saying that forensic teams from both departments were examining the woman's body which will be sent to the state lab to determine the cause of death. He added that the state lab will probably not reopen until Monday, Dec. 29.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Department, along with the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office earlier had been looking for the woman, who was reported "missing or endangered." Several people told authorities that she was last seen near the county line close to the communities of Ingram and Birchland Park in the company of Dennis Daniel, who officers term "a person of interest in the case."
Late Friday night the Halifax County Sheriff's Office contacted the Pittsylvania County office and asked for a "well-being" check on Courtney Servais. Deputies went to the address in Pittsylvania County which was provided by Halifax officials but could not locate the woman.
Servais was described as a white female, 30 years of age, five feet, six inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with green eyes and shoulder length hair that was recently dyed black. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black sweater with a maroon stripe, black slacks and black boots with a heel.
The Halifax office issued a nationwide broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 20, asking law enforcement to be on the look-out for Servais and/or the car she was thought to be operating which is a white 1999 Honda Civic four door. The car was later located in Pittsylvania County, but Servais was not in the vehicle.
Pittsylvania authorities found Daniel on Saturday night near the Danville hospital and took him into custody on a former trespassing charge. He was then transferred to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Halifax where he had been out on bond after having been charged with grand larceny. However, the individual who posted his post withdrew it, and he was charged in Halifax on a capias for withdrawal of his bond surety. As of Wednesday, Daniel remained in the local jail.

[Faith]

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[annalyzer]

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/580352.html

Husband Says Body is Missing Wife

12/25/08 1:17 am


Pittsylvania Co., VA - It's the news family and friends were holding out hope they'd never hear. Courtney Servais has been found dead in Pittsylvania County. Deputies found Servais's body Wednesday morning. She was hidden beneath boards and debris in Pittsylvania County. Her body was in the area known as Red Oak Hollow off Route 360 in a remote, wooded area. Servais's husband Steven, got the news around noon. He's the one who confirmed her death for us. Officials aren't yet saying for sure it's Courtney. She was reported missing Friday night. Steven says he saw her that morning sleeping in bed and it was very unlike her to not be at home by the time he got off work. Investigators from Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties, along with State Police, had been searching for her for about five days before calling in cadaver dogs to assist. It was one of those dogs, that discovered the body Christmas Eve morning, Her husband, who was too distraught to talk on camera, says he has no idea how he's going to break the news to his three young children, especially with it being Christmas Thursday. The Halifax County Sheriff's Office has a person of interest in the case. They are holding Dennis Daniel without bond on unrelated charges. Daniel was the last person seen with Servais before she went missing. Pittsylvania County officials will wait to hear from the medical examiner before officially releasing the identity of the body.


Has it been said where she was last seen with this man and what her relationship to this man was?

[Faith]

December 26, 2008
UPDATE: Funeral home is preparing for services for missing woman

FRIDAY 5:05 p.m.

Although authorities in Pittsylvania County have not yet identified the woman whose body was found Wednesday, the family of Courtney Servais is planning her funeral. At the time the body was discovered, police immediately notified the Servais family but have made no official release about the identity.

Mark Dalton with Norris Funeral Services says the arrangements are incomplete and that Courtney Servais' body has not yet arrived at the funeral home. He confirmed that the body is still with the medical examiner's office.

WEDNESDAY

A body found in Pittsylvania County still has not been identified.

Police were looking for Courtney Servais when they found the body of a woman. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff says the body has not been positively identified as Servais, but officers have notified members of her family about the discovery.

Investigators had been searching an area off Old Richmond Road in the Red Oak Hollow area of Pittsylvania County. They had been searching all night when they discovered the body around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The area is about two miles west of the Pittsylvania/Halifax county line. Investigators were using cadaver dogs at the time.

Servais had been missing since December 19. Authorities found her abandoned car Tuesday in Pittsylvania County.

A man described as a person of interest in the case is in custody. Dennis Daniel is being held in Halifax County on unrelated charges. If you saw Daniel between 9 a.m. December 19 and 10 a.m. December 20, deputies want to talk with you. Call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 434-432-7931 or dial 9-1-1

At this time, Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor is calling the case a death investigation.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9577119&nav=menu368_2_6_1

[sarahhod]

Search Continues for Missing Woman
12/23/08 8:00 pm

Halifax Co., VA - He's the last person to be seen with a missing Pittsylvania County woman. Now, Dennis Daniel is behind bars on unrelated charges. The Halifax County sheriff's office is holding Daniel without bond as they try to figure out if he had anything to do with the disappearance of 30-year-old Courtney Servais. Investigators say they found her abandoned car in Pittsylvania County. Right now they're searching that car for any clue as to where she might be. We spoke with Courtney's husband just a few hours ago. She's the mother of three young children, all of whom are praying for her return Steven Servais says she would never willingly go away like this. He tells us Daniel was a recent friend of Courtney's and that their relationship didn't go further than friendship to his knowledge. He says he last saw her on Friday morning, sleeping in bed. She dropped her kids off at the school bus, and hasn't been seen since. Steven says all he wants for Christmas is Courtney's safe return. Steven Servais, Courtney's Husband - "It's hard to deal with not having her here, just not knowing. It's the hard part. I mean you sit here and you wait, look out the window, wait for the phone to ring." Steven says his wife recently dyed her hair black so she looks a little different than most pictures. He says she didn't take anything with her to signal she'd be going anywhere. And he believes she would contact someone in her family if she were capable of doing so.
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Has it been said where she was last seen with this man and what her relationship to this man was?

Hope that helps you anna to clarify the relationship. Steven is her husband and Daniels was just a friend of hers who she was last seen with.

[sarahhod]

Husband says body found is that of missing woman

http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/husband_says_body_found_is_that_of_missing_woman/8203/


Published: December 26, 2008

The husband of Courtney Servais, missing since Dec. 19, said Friday he has identified her by tattoos and other features after the body of a woman was found Wednesday in a wooded area off Old Richmond Road.

“It’s her,” Steven Servais said when contacted by telephone Friday night. “She has been found.”

The couple has three children — ages 9, 7 and 2 — who don’t yet know about their mother’s death.

“They spent Christmas with my mom,” Steven Servais said. “They’ll be home tomorrow.

“I have to sit down and explain it to them. I have to take care of my family, but I don’t know what I’ll say.”

Law enforcement officials have declined to identify the body until it is examined by the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke, but Steven Servais is convinced it is his wife.

“They (police officials) have to finish processing the evidence so they’ll have a concrete case before they charge anyone,” he said. “They have to do what they have to do, so everybody who might be involved gets what they deserve out of this.”

Courtney Servais, 30, disappeared after her car was involved in a reported hit-and-run accident on Route 360.

A search by the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police and DOGS-East, a search and rescue group from Northern Virginia, began shortly after she was reported missing. On Wednesday, a woman’s body was found by a cadaver dog in the 17000 block of Old Richmond Road/Route 360 in an area known as Red Oak Hollow.

Authorities have said Courtney Servais was seen with Dennis Daniel before she disappeared. He has been named a “person of interest” in the case and was arrested on other charges. Daniel is being held without bond at the Halifax County Jail.

Steven Servais said he expects his wife’s body to be returned by the medical examiner on Monday, and funeral arrangements are being handled by Norris Funeral Services.

• Contact Denice Thibodeau at dthibodeau@registerbee.com or (434) 791-7985.

[sarahhod]

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Friends share new details about missing woman as funeral arrangements are made
December 27, 2008

UPDATED: Halifax County woman reported missing; person of interest found

Courtney Servais hasn't been seen alive since December 19.

Investigators found a woman's body off Route 360 in Pittsylvania County Wednesday, but medical examiners have not said whether that body belongs to 30-year-old Servais.

Meanwhile, Dennis Daniel is being questioned as a person of interest in the case. He's being held in Halifax County on unrelated charges. Daniel has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance of Servais.

Friends say Servais and Daniel spent most of the last few months at a farm in Red Oak Hollow.

Tammy Wiles lives on the farm and was becoming good friends with Servais.

"She was just very likable," says Wiles. "The first time I met her, I just liked her right off the bat."

Wiles is now focusing on the happy moments, like a shopping trip she took with Servais on the day after Thanksgiving.

"It was a lot of fun," says Wiles. "Just, having somebody new around and making new memories. She even picked out my coat."

Wiles is Dennis Daniel's cousin. She says Servais and Daniel spent many afternoons at a pond near her home, riding paddle boats and sharing moments on a dock.

"[Courtney] loved it here on the farm," says Wiles. "She told me the first time she came that she thought it was just beautiful."

Wiles' home is less than a mile from the woods where investigators found a woman's body on Wednesday.

"I was just praying that if it was Courtney, that she was still alive," says Wiles. "They told me that the person wasn't. And I just lost it."

Wiles now wants her friend remembered as a loving person and a caring mother.

"I still had hope for her to be alive and to be with her children for Christmas," says Wiles.

News 7 spoke briefly with Courtney's husband, Steven, Friday night. He says funeral arrangements are being made for his wife.

Although the remains found Wednesday haven't been identified as Courtney, Servais says there are tattoos on the body that match ones belonging to his wife.

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http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/family_says_body_is_courtney_servais/8202/

Family says body is Courtney Servais



The family of a missing woman has confirmed that she is dead.

Funeral arrangements for Courtney Turpin Servais will be handled by Norris Funeral Services Inc. and Crematory in Danville, according to an obituary.

The funeral home said arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Servais, 30, was reported missing Dec. 19 by family members.

The body was found in a remote wooded area near the 17000 block of the Old Richmond Road or U.S. 360, Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor said. Wednesday.

The location itself is about 150 yards off of Old Richmond Road and approximately 2 miles from the Pittsylvania County and Halifax County boundary line, he said.

It was a canine from the DOGS-East search and rescue group based out of Northern Virginia that located the body, the sheriff said.

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http://www.thenewsrecord.com/2008webfiles/20081229missing.htm

Man identifies body as that of wife, Courtney Servais

Despite the fact that law enforcement officers say they cannot provide a positive identification on the body of the woman found last Wednesday off State Route 360 in an area known locally as Red Oak Hollow, her husband told the Danville Register & Bee on Friday that the body is that of his wife, 30 year old Courtney Servais. Steven Servais said he was able to identify his wife's body by tattoos and other features.
According to Halifax County Sheriff Stanley Noblin, the body has been set to the state medical examiner's office in Roanoke for an autopsy and results are expected back sometime today. Officials in the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office were unavailable for comment over the week-end.
Servais told the Danville newspaper that he and his wife were the parents of three young children, ages 9, 7 and 2 who at the time of his interview had not been told of their mother's death.
Noblin said members of his department got involved in the case after they were alerted to a report of the woman's being "missing and endangered" on Dec. 19. It was reported to them that she had last been seen in the Ingram and Birchland Park area in the company of Dennis Daniel. At that time they labeled Daniel "a person of interest" in the case.
A nationwide broadcast was issued on Dec. 20 asking law enforcement officers to be on the look-out for the white 1999 Honda Civic which had earlier been involved in a reported hit and run crash on Route 360.
Daniel was taken into custody on Saturday night by Pittsylvania County authorities and then turned over to Halifax County law enforcement who charged him with being out on a bond which had been revoked. Daniel is currently being held in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail on that charge.

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Woman's Body Found By Cadaver Dogs Identified As Missing Woman

http://www.digtriad.com/news/features/article.aspx?storyid=116523&catid=216

Posted by: Devetta Blount Created: 12/29/2008 6:23:54 PM Updated: 12/29/2008 6:35:42 PM



Pittsylvania County-- Monday afternoon Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office received official notification by the Medical Examiner that a positive identification of the body discovered in on Wednesday, December 24th had been completed.

The Virginia State Medical Examiner concluded through fingerprint identification the deceased is 30 year-old Courtney Turpin Servais.

Servais was reported missing December 19th, 2008. They also ruled the cause of death as homicide. Investigators from both Pittsylvania and Halifax County Sheriff's Office continue to interview witnessess.

Details concerning the specifics of her death will not be released pending further investigation by law enforcement.

It is requested that anyone with information regarding the homicide of Courtney Turpin Servais please call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434) 432-7931 or 1-800-791-0044, your identity will remain anonymous.

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December 30, 2008
Pittsylvania County officials confirm body found is Courtney Servais
Dennis Daniel is being held on an unrelated charge.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9591952&nav=menu368_2_6_7


Officials now say a body discovered in Pittsylvania County on Wednesday is that of Courtney Servais.

The case is now being investigated as a homicide.

Police say Courtney Servais Service had been missing since December 19th.

On Christmas Eve investigators found a woman's body in Pittsylvanai County, but couldn't say for sure if it was Servais.

On Monday, the confirmation came. The medical examiner was able to positively identify the body as that of Servais'.

She was 30-years-old.

Police do have a person of interest in custody. Dennis Daniel is being held on an unrelated charge.

Friends say Servais and Daniel had grown close in the weeks before she died, and had been spending a lot of time together on a farm owned by his family.

Her body was found about a mile away.

It is requested that anyone with information regarding the homicide of Courtney Turpin Servais please call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434) 432-7931.

If you have information but want to remain anonymous you may call Crimestoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

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Body found identified as missing Halifax County woman

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/southside/article/body_found_identified_as_missing_halifax_county_wo man/23818/


Published: December 29, 2008

The search for a missing Halifax County woman ends in heartache.

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says a woman’s body found last Wednesday (Dec. 24th), is Courtney Servais. Deputies tell us the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke made the positive identification Monday afternoon.

Servais was reported missing on December 19th.

Investigators say the Medical Examiner’s office also ruled that Servais was killed. However, officers do not plan to release the details of how Servais was killed, pending futher investigation.

If you have any information, call Pittsylvania County Crimestoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

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Death Being Called Homicide

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/581214.html

posted 12/29/08 11:55 pm


Pittsylvania Co., VA - Officials say the body found in Pittsylvania County last week is that of Courtney Servais. And her death is being called a homicide. The Medical Examiner's Office confirmed her identity Monday. Servais was reported missing on December 19th. A cadaver dog found her body in a wooded area near Red Oak Hollow in the County. The Sheriff's Office wants you to call them if you know anything about her disappearance. Here's the number—434-432-7931.

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My sincere condolences go out to Courtney's family.

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Man Charged With Murder In The Death Of Missing Virginia Woman
Posted by: Devetta Blount Created: 12/31/2008 4:39:40 PM Updated: 12/31/2008 5:00:21 PM

http://www.digtriad.com/news/national_world/article.aspx?storyid=116639&catid=175



Pittsylvaina County, VA-- Wednesday, December 31, 2008 investigators from the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office arrested Dennis Lee Daniel for the Murder in the First Degree of Courtney Marie Servais.

Officers searched for Servais near Halifax and Pittsylvania County during the weekend of December 19th. When she was reported missing by family.

The body of a deceased female was located in the area known as Red Oak Hollow in the early morning hours of December 24, 2008. It was later identified by the medical examiner as Courtney Marie Servais. The cause of death was homicide.

Daniel, who was in jail on unrelated charges, was transported from the Blue Ridge Regional Jail to the Pittsylvania County Jail and served with the murder warrant.

Daniel was taken before a magistrate and continues to be held without bond.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at (434) 432-7931, the Halifax County Sheriff's Office at (434) 476-3334 or the Pittsylvania County Crimestoppers at 1-800-791-0044.

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March 20, 2009

Daniel charged indicted on capital murder, other charges

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The suspect in the murder of a Halifax County woman has been indicted on a capital murder charge.
Dennis Daniel was indicted by a Pittsylvania County grand jury Thursday. He was served with the papers while in jail today, according to a news release from the Pittsylvania County sheriff's office.
Daniel's accused of abducting, robbing and murdering Courtney Servais in December of 2008. Servais had been missing for several days before her body was found in the Red Oak Hollow section of Pittsylvania County.
A trial date has not yet been set.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=10043031