Hi. This is my first post. I know RSW and felt like I needed to clarify a couple of things here since someone actually posted my name in the previous thread on this post:
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - FEATURED AL - Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - #2
I am the "Craig" referenced there.
A little background...
I only met RSW a little less than two months ago at a local gaming store. I thought he was a really nice guy. We shared some interests (gaming, geocaching) and we both served in the military so it was a no-brainer that we would become friends.
Since we met, we have socialized a handful of times at the gaming stores in Mobile and Fairhope and have geocached together a few times. I consider him a friend. I only learned of his arrest yesterday. I had texted him several days ago and after not hearing back from him did some Googling and learned he had been in jail. That's when I learned about this site and started reading...
Ok, about that geocaching photo he posted on FB. I took that photo on my iPhone on 27MAY while we were geocaching on campus at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. There is a series of caches called "The Powertrain Series" that showcases the 12 miles of mountain bike trails on campus. Here's the link to that final cache (the photo from FB):
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=57571855-36a2-4a65-bb83-e8fc73f3b575
On 30MAY RSW asked me to send him some of my geocaching photos. We had been talking about trying to get some of our gaming buddies involved in the sport. Scott mentioned that he might create a flier (hence his request for geocaching photos).
My comment on FB asking Scott if he was going to go back for the gospel CD was not any sort of code as has been opined here. In geocaching, it is customary to to leave and/or swap "swag" if the cache container is large enough. Most often, you find inexpensive children's toys or other such "junk". (Geocaching is very popular with families and kids. There's even a Boy Scout Merit Badge for it now.) Anyway, in this cache we found a gospel CD among the rest of the swag. We laughed about it at the time because it just seemed so out of place. When I saw the photo on FB I was just being a sarcastic smarta** when I asked that question.
Regarding the time he posted that photo: RSW works a rotating shift so he's up at all times of the day and night. Sometimes he posts to FB when at work. It is not uncommon for him to post to FB or text message late at night.
I did help RSW search the Wilcox area for BW a few days before Klaas Kids got involved. We spent a few hours searching the woods behind the truck stop and rode by a few other places of interest in Baldwin County.
I've only known RSW for a brief time but it has been my belief that he is an honest man with integrity. He seemed very sincere about his efforts to find BW. I was shocked when I learned he had been charged. I do hope he is found to be innocent.
I do not know anyone else involved in this situation, including Zeaux.