Even if they had strong evidence that she was dead, it’s super rare for a department to say a victim is deceased this early in the proceedings. I’ve followed cases where the crime scene was a bloody mess, and they’ve still insisted it was a “missing persons investigation.”Do you think its simply because he was discarding her bag and laptop? It's all I can think of
Dear Lord, could not even watch five seconds. Ugh. I am just undone, that poor girl.Video in link:
I know what you mean, and I'd be the same as you. I'd like to think JS was medicated in order to get through this, causing her to seem, well, as she did.IA. There’s one press conference in particular where Maya Millete’s sister can barely speak through her sobbing and rage, her pain is so raw it just makes you want to run to her and hold her as tight as you can so she doesn’t shatter into pieces.
Watching JS I feel annoyance and exasperation, esp in the second interview.
Not trying to sound judgey but as a new-ish mom with a toddler daughter I’ve tried putting myself in her shoes. I know I would be red-faced, my eyes would be swollen, my skin would be splotchy…I would be stammering as I tend to do when I’m extremely upset. I wouldn’t be positing where LE wouldn’t find her, I would be begging the local community to get outside if they are able bodied and search behind every tree, under any rock…call in any tip no matter how small. And I would be talking to the press from wherever she was last seen bc I wouldn’t be eating or sleeping, just combing the neighborhoods until I couldn’t stand upright.
You look at families like Crystal Rodger’s, and it just doesn’t make any sense for both adults in this case to seem so…unperturbed and dry eyed. I would think that in the case of a child, your only child you would be even more desperate and frantic.
Can’t remember who it was but I believe there was a woman who was pregnant and murdered, her baby kidnapped…her husband gave an interview or two and he had a super flat affect, he got totally annihilated by the public and it turned out that he wasn’t involved at all. So if I’m just being harsh I’ll eat crow easily, I’m just making observations as a true crime junkie and hyper vigilant BL reader.
I think this is my favorite picture taken from the video linked off her obituary. And OMG at playing the drums at that young age. I wanted a drum set in the 4th grade and was denied with a "Pick a different instrument". I shoulda gone with the bagpipes. lolVideo in link:
When I saw the press conference about the police being able to visually determine that Madeline was deceased in the car, my inclination was rigor mortis as the reason.Yeah, that's what I thought. Dead, being unconscious or drugged could all look the same so they must have seen something more than a body not moving for them to state that so confidently.
Maddie was a beautiful, sweet, precious child. May she rest in peace.Per her aunt, Maddie was laid to rest yesterday.
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...Can’t remember who it was but I believe there was a woman who was pregnant and murdered, her baby kidnapped…her husband gave an interview or two and he had a super flat affect, he got totally annihilated by the public and it turned out that he wasn’t involved at all. So if I’m just being harsh I’ll eat crow easily, I’m just making observations as a true crime junkie and hyper vigilant BL reader.
Sure. I can see how as a parent you'd want to point out if the child was considered more at risk for whatever reason. I am only highlighting it here because mom seemed to mention the autism/adhd diagnosis randomly during her interview with the media. It wasn't asked. I can see how it could come up in conversation - or why it would be important to mention. Maybe with more context it would not feel like a "narrative" to me - and she may have given more context to LE just not to us via the media and she is not required to. I just hope she did whatever she felt she needed to do in order to get police working on the case, and that any questions about her level of honesty are more related to her being extremely stressed and scared for Maddie than any possible attempt at a cover up on her part on behalf of someone else or herself.
If the mom had to work the day of Maddy's birthday party, then who took Maddy to the grandmothers and picked her up? The boyfriend? Or did mom drop her off and pick her up after work? Or did grandma pick her up? Being a single mom is rough, especially now, with inflation and rents increasing so much in Orlando. I'm sure mom had to work every hour that was offered, so I do not fault her for missing grandma's party. Something happened to Maddy in the middle of the night and she died. The boyfriend didn't live there right? He lived with his parents. Did he regularly come over after the mom got off of work and spend the nights? It seems so. I think the boyfriend told mom he was going to take Maddy to school so she could sleep in, like he had so many times before. But he was really making plans to get rid of the body. Can't dump the body and leave the backpack and laptop at home, because mom knew Maddy needed those things for school. Can't dump the backpack and laptop with the body because that would quickly identify a Jane Doe that he hoped would not be found for years. I think he came back after dumping the laptop and backpack so that he could get back into bed with the mom, like everything is fine. Then he made some excuse to leave again to for real dump the body.
And the warrant said it was unusual for her to be out of contact with friends and family... so did she often forget her phone then or...?If I recall correctly, and there's every chance I don't!, she mentioned the ADHD to explain why Maddie often forgot her phone.
Didn't Grandma say on the ring camera interview that SS taking Maddie to school was unusual, that JS always took her?
And I would think the video is not grainy so there was no doubt she was deceased - wonder what brand of cameras they have there? Plus if it’s guard gates they likely have video of cars coming and going ?Even if they had strong evidence that she was dead, it’s super rare for a department to say a victim is deceased this early in the proceedings. I’ve followed cases where the crime scene was a bloody mess, and they’ve still insisted it was a “missing persons investigation.”
There’s just got to be something more than incredibly suspicious activity, I would think. It would have to be nearly irrefutable.
Thank God for criminals who think they're smarter than everyone else around them and believe they'll never get caught because they're just so clever.If the monster hadn't taken videos on phone the SA may never have come to light ....
I've been on antidepressant and have had a " flat " affect, it was hard to cry. These days I cry easily and would be a slobbering mess. But everyone is different, anxiety, depression, neurodivergent, medications makes for different reactionsI know what you mean, and I'd be the same as you. I'd like to think JS was medicated in order to get through this, causing her to seem, well, as she did.
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Yet SS said the opposite.Didn't Grandma say on the ring camera interview that SS taking Maddie to school was unusual, that JS always took her?
Yet SS said the opposite.
SS: I dropped her off early. I coulda waited longer. She looked okay. She was walking towards the school when I saw her. It was like any other day, so I went on with my day. It’s hard not to blame myself
I wonder if perhaps the general public wasn’t meant to have access to the video as it shows it has now been removed by the uploaded.I think this is my favorite picture taken from the video linked off her obituary. And OMG at playing the drums at that young age. I wanted a drum set in the 4th grade and was denied with a "Pick a different instrument". I shoulda gone with the bagpipes. lol
Looks like she also learned to play the guitar. And speak several languages. And very athletic. Wow! And ballet! And she wanted to be a singer and a house builder when she grew up. Way more aspirations than SS appeared to have.
RIP, sweet girl. People you never even met hold you in our hearts.
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