Here is a list of things we know for certain in Somer's case.
Things we know for certain (through reporting, or observing). Most of these facts come from reporting so when I reference something, it reportedly happened and there have been no contradictory reports in the media about it. Anything that has conflicting reports will not be included in this list. Obviously I don’t know any of these people, nor am I a local, so I have no firsthand knowledge of anything. If you think I've left something out let me know and I'll add it. Or if I've included something with conflicting reports, I'll remove it from the list.
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Things we know:
-on 10/19/09 Somer Thompson was 7 years old
-Somer lived with her mom Diena
-Somer has a twin (ST) who also lives with their mother Diena
-Somer has an older sister AT(age 10) who also lives in the same house
-Somer’s father lives in NC and has not seen Somer in 2 years
-Somer has an older ½ brother AC(age 13)
-Diena has a boyfriend (CC) who also lives at the same residence with them
-Somer’s dad came to FL on the Sat. or Sun. after Somer’s disappearance
-DT and ST are estranged and in the process of divorcing
-Somer went to school (Grove Park E.S.)on 10/19 AB(neighbor) drove her to school
-Somer wore a red ribbon in her ponytail on 10/19
-Somer left school at the end of the school day(2:50) with a group of children to walk home
-Something happened on the walk home and Somer left the group of kids to walk alone
-SP reports Somer never made it home
-DT asked SP to be at her home to get the kids in after school on 10/19
-SP has never “watched” the kids after school, this was his first time (don’t know the right word to insert here was he supposed to watch them, just let them in??)
-DT came home for lunch and met SP at her house on 10/19
-at some point when Somer’s twin and older sister arrived home, SP asked where Somer was
-Somer’s twin and older sister didn’t know where she was
-SP sent Somer’s 10yo sister out to look for Somer, she returned saying she couldn’t find her, SP told her to look again real good before he notified DT
-at some point (around 4pm?) DT and SP talked/texted, DT asked were kids home, SP reports Somer didn’t come home
-DT leaves work right away (this is leaving early for her)
-DT felt something was wrong this time, and this is why she responded quickly to news of Somer not making it home on 10/19
-At some point DT contacts her bf (CC) and tells him Somer didn’t come home and he leaves work.
-DT stops at OPAA to pick up oldest son (AC)
-DT sees an officer(A.Coan)and reports Somer missing
-at some point bf arrives home and gets Somer’s twin and they go out looking for Somer
-there are MANY RSO’s that live within 3-5 miles of Somer’s home
-there is a house on Gano Ave. that caught fire months ago and it is being restored. Work crews have been around that house.
-Kyle, who works with the contractor working on Gano ave home, was at Gano Ave. home on 10/19 and said Somer stopped and told him that he/they were doing a good job on the house
-Kyle is the last person known to see Somer alive
-Vxxxxx Construction is the contractor working on the house
-Owner Vxxxxx Construction has a brother who is a RSO
-there are tanks near the house on Gano Ave.
-a boy on his bike says he saw Somer running around near the tanks excited but had a frown on her face
-there is a park and sporting fields (OPAA) across the street from the Gano Ave. house
-an unamed neighbor upon hearing of Somer’s disappearance, tells LE to check the vacant house on Gano Ave and its dumpster. She said she wishes she would have
-another neighbor when questioned about the trash pick up day made a comment that the trash had already been collected that day so to take that however you want to (weird comment)
-a woman says she intervened in an incident 10 days earlier where a little girl was allegedly being coaxed into a car containing one or two males and a hispanic female. This woman says she intervened and walked the little girl back to her house. This woman says she reported this incident
-CWG is a RSO
-CWG’s name and contact info appears on the initial police report detailing her disappearance, along with the names of family members and neighbors.
-An officer suggests to the sheriff that all trash trucks should be followed and searched so they can isolate the trash coming out of this area, the trash trucks are then followed
-Somer was found dead on 10/21 in a GA landfill, the trash trucks LE followed went to this dump
-At least one video of an interview with DT is blacked out-significant portion of interview is missing at the point where DT is recalling something from the day
-In an interview with ST (dad) he says soot was found on Somer’s body
-Since Somer disappeared many RSO’s have been arrested for failing to update their address
-Sheriff reports only one person cleared in the investigation into Somer’s death and that is him
-LE searched the house on Gano Ave extensively
-LE searched bathroom at the park briefly
-Bank Acct set up to take donations to Somer’s family is in SP’s name
While the facts we have are somewhat telling, what we don't have is even more telling.