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Sightings Of Missing Motel Owner Investigated

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By HALLE STOCKTON

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Published: November 19, 2008

  Sabine Musil-Buehler

Sheriff's investigators are looking into several possible sightings of the missing Holmes Beach motel owner who was last seen two weeks ago.

But none of the reports has been substantiated, officials said.

In recent days, there have been reported sightings of Sabine Musil-Buehler, the co-owner of Haley's Motel, at the Sarasota-Bradenton airport, on Siesta Key and in Tampa, among other locations, said Sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow.

"Reports of sightings happen in any missing persons case," Bristow said Tuesday. "We are looking into them, but obviously we have not found her yet."

Musil-Buehler, 49, was last seen Nov. 4 by boyfriend William Cumber.

Cumber is now being investigated by authorities as a person of interest in a fire that destroyed a two-story office building at Haley's Motel on Sunday.

Cumber, 39, has a previous arson conviction on his record, and authorities say he has given inconsistent statements about his whereabouts at the time of the fire.

Cumber said Monday that he feels he is being framed because of his past.

Authorities are also waiting on DNA results from blood found in Musil-Buehler's car, Bristow said.

The car was found the morning of Nov. 6 when police pulled over Robert Corona, who was driving it. Corona has been in Manatee County Jail on a car theft charge since.

Authorities found blood and clothes in the back of the car, and sections of seats and carpeting from inside the car were removed, authorities said. The sheriff's office is investigating her disappearance as a possible homicide.

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