At the beginning, this reminded me so much of Katie Poirier's 1999 disappearance in Minnesota, as I mentioned in one of the early threads. However, in her case, LE had surveillance footage and made an arrest less than a month after Katie was abducted. They honed in on their suspect, Donald Blom, partly because one of his coworkers called the tip line and noted that he matched the sketch broadcast in the media. I feel like if the sketch in the Jessica Heeringa disappearance really were that good, a useful tip would have been phoned in by now.
In the Poirier case, a witness also reported seeing a particular vehicle, a black truck, near the convenience store around the time of the abduction. Blom stopped driving his black truck immediately after. Worth a thought...
Blom drove Katie to his rural property 12 miles from the store, where her remains were later found. I think LE should search similar properties around Norton Shores. At the very least, encourage private search parties.
(Also, I think I mentioned this earlier, too, but I was only 11 at the time Katie was abducted and murdered, and I don't think I will ever forget watching news broadcast of the surveillance footage of her being forced out of the store. Truly chilling.)
In the Poirier case, a witness also reported seeing a particular vehicle, a black truck, near the convenience store around the time of the abduction. Blom stopped driving his black truck immediately after. Worth a thought...
Blom drove Katie to his rural property 12 miles from the store, where her remains were later found. I think LE should search similar properties around Norton Shores. At the very least, encourage private search parties.
(Also, I think I mentioned this earlier, too, but I was only 11 at the time Katie was abducted and murdered, and I don't think I will ever forget watching news broadcast of the surveillance footage of her being forced out of the store. Truly chilling.)
