Todd Geib was born on August 20, 1982, in Michigan, USA. He was described by friends and family as likable, intelligent and outgoing. He had a good job at Hager Distribution in Wyoming, Michigan. He enjoyed spending time outdoors. The man enjoyed cycling, fishing and hunting.
On Saturday, June 11, 2005, around 7:30 p.m., Todd left the apartment he and his cousin shared. Geib headed to the Half Moon Bar & Grill to meet some friends. Around 9:30 p.m., six friends left the premises. Their next destination was an outdoor party.
The site was chosen rather unusual because it was a vast swampy area covered with waist-deep grass. There was an orchard with apple trees nearby. White Road ran nearby, and the nearest town was the small village of Casnovia, Michigan. About a hundred people appeared in this unusual scenery. The partygoers lit a fire and drank alcohol.
Around 00:45 things got nervous as several men started looking for a fight. It was probably this situation that prompted Todd to leave the party. The man then called a friend with whom he had come to the party. He told him he was going to walk home. It was close by, and Geib knew the area. No one realized that things would soon take an unexpected turn.
After starting the drive back home, Todd made a few short phone calls. First, he called at 00:47 the said friend who drove him to the party. He said he had had enough and the call ended. At 00:51 Geib called another friend and told him that he was "in the field". Then the conversation was abruptly cut off.
The friend called back, but all he heard was what sounded like breathing or a gust of wind. The call ended unexpectedly again. In the next few minutes, two more attempts were made to call Todd back. The last one was at 00:57. Geib's phone was no longer used, nor were his credit cards. It was as if the man had vanished into thin air. Two similar cases that come to mind are the disappearance of Brandon Swanson and Brandon Lawson.
So a search for Todd was organized. They managed to gather as many as 1,500 volunteers who, however, found nothing during three searches. We even managed to get support in the form of a plane that patrolled the area from above. The flight crew also saw nothing that could explain Todd's mysterious disappearance.
21 days after Geib's disappearance, there was an unexpected breakthrough in the case. A couple went for a walk in the neighborhood. Walking past Ovidhall Lake, two people made a gruesome discovery. In the water, they noticed what looked like a human body. The position of the corpse, however, was unusual. The body was placed vertically so that the head and shoulders protruded from the water. This one detail was quite disturbing and difficult to explain.
It was soon confirmed that Todd's body had been found in the lake. The man's death was tragic, but seemed easy enough to explain. Geib was under the influence of alcohol on the night he disappeared. He was returning in the dark, and he might have fallen into the lake and drowned in it. According to the hypothesis of one of the police officers, Todd may have wanted to go swimming. However, this scenario was unlikely. The man was wearing all his clothes and had a wallet in his pocket. On the other hand, he might have been drunk enough not to think about it at all. Toxicology tests determined that Geib's blood alcohol level was 0.12 per mille. Ultimately, the death was ruled an accidental drowning due to intoxication.
Interestingly, the autopsy showed that Todd had no water in his lungs. It is, however, a factor that characterizes drowning victims. In addition, they are almost always facing the water surface. In this case it was different. The autopsy revealed another very interesting point.
Antidepressants were found in Geib's system, even though he was reportedly not suffering from depression. Experts also found that the drugs found in the victim's body are never given together. Their combination can cause side effects such as confusion, agitation, hallucinations, convulsions, and even coma. It is assumed that these drugs may have been dropped into the man's drink. Specialists said that the level of these substances in the body made him probably unable to make it to the lake on his own.
This puzzling case was even brought up at the 2009 Forensic Pathology Conference. Dr. Michael Sirkirca then presented the crime scene and autopsy photos to other forensic pathologists. All the experts agreed that, based on the degree of decomposition of the corpse, it can be assumed that Geib had died two or three days before his body was found. What then happened to the dead of the others for 18-19 days?
Most likely Todd was the victim of a homicide. Previously, he may have been kidnapped and held somewhere. However, these logical arguments did not reach the investigators. This is not an exceptional situation, as there are many similar cases of incompetence. In any case, Todd's family fights to get the police to reopen the homicide investigation. Let's hope this mystery will be solved someday.
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