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by Associated
Press
Police collect
evidence from Terry Martin Carr's Jeep SUV
CLEARLAKE OAKS,
Calif. (Aug. 4) - A one-time Hollywood producer and his 9-year-old
daughter were found dead in their car a day after they were last seen
alive and Lake County authorities on Thursday were investigating what they
called a bizarre case.
The bodies of Terry
Martin Carr and his daughter, Arieka, were found in their Jeep after Carr
abandoned his wife at a grocery store in Ashland, Ore., on Sunday and
drove off with the girl.
The bodies, which
were lying in the back of the Jeep parked outside a convenience store,
showed no obvious signs of trauma and autopsies performed Wednesday were
inconclusive, said Lake County Detective Tom Andrews. Toxicology results
testing for the presence of drugs or alcohol are pending, he said.
He described the
circumstances surrounding the deaths as "too bizarre."
Carr's wife, Chikako
Carr, filed missing person reports Monday morning, the day after the two
vanished, said Brent Jensen, an Ashland police detective.
The bodies were
found Monday afternoon, but it took two days to link the cases. Clearlake
Oaks, 110 miles north of San Francisco, is about 280 miles south of
Ashland.
Carr, 62, took off
with the girl while his wife was in a grocery store restroom Sunday
afternoon, Chikako Carr told police. She said they had not been fighting.
"She said it was
totally out of character, totally out of the blue. She was stunned,"
Jensen said. "She was stunned again when they delivered the news."
Carr's Hollywood
credits include serving as producer of "An Almost Perfect Affair" and
"Coast to Coast," co-producer of "Predator 2" and "The Boost," and writing
and directing "Welcome to 18." He also worked as a production manager or
supervisor for the films "Jagged Edge," "The River," and "On Golden Pond,"
according to the Internet Movie Database.
Jensen said the
Carrs moved from Los Angeles in late June and had been looking at
properties in southern Oregon before renting an apartment in Ashland on
July 29.
That day, police
received a call from a man who said that someone driving a Jeep had dumped
bags and boxes of clothes and personal mementos into his pasture. The
items have since been linked to Terry Carr.
"It's not stuff you
would throw away - 60-year-old photos, files - and the way they were
disposed off suggests some sort of closure or starting a new chapter in
life," Jensen said.
Director Gregory
Marquette collaborated with Carr as producer on the thriller "Innocence,"
released in 2002, said Thursday that he was shocked by news of the deaths.
Carr's wife and daughter moved to Canada with him during filming,
Marquette said.
"He was just the
kind of guy you wanted by your side," Marquette said.
The last time
Marquette heard from Carr was two months ago and he did not know his
friend had left Los Angeles.
"He was a great
guy," Marquette said. "One can never imagine in 10 trillion years anything
like this ever, ever. It's not in character with the reality I knew."
08/04/05 21:03 EDT
Copyright 2005 The
Associated Press.
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