Hi,
I thought I'd take a moment and try to provide some updates. Since Karas last post in December we've managed to locate her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, as well as Greg, and even Kate Mast.
There is a new detective assigned to the case and it appears there's some interest in taking a look at it so there's some hope that things will develop further.
There's a couple of new names that have surfaced since Karas last post, but we've found nothing concrete to actually link them to this case. If they are involved they would've had MUCH MORE influence than Lee, and it could explain why so much emphasis was placed on the marijuana rather than Allison.
Allison did in fact know John O'brien, because his name is in some notes that were taken back in 1977.
It wasn't weeks, it would've been closer to a year. The more I've learned the less motive I see. A year had passed and the night she disappeared she was picking up the marijuana for him. Also, it doesn't make sense to me that he'd park the Maverick so close to where he lived and then leave Tucson, shortly after her disappearance. The night she picked up the pot and disappeared no money was to be exchanged. It was to be paid for later which doesn't make sense to me that someone would part with 200lbs of pot without receiving the money at the time of the exchange. It's not like they could go to the police if they weren't paid.
It's a fact that John did know Allison, but his time frame is way off. The apartment he described is the one on Camilla which is where she would've lived at the time. She was living at an apartment on Blacklidge at the time of her disappearance. It's the address on Blacklidge where she would've shared a driveway with her sister. She moved to the Blacklidge apartment with her bf who remained with her up until the time of her disapperance. It seems reasonable that John was out of the picture by this time because John stated in emails he didn't know of this bf. The bf didn't know of John either. John was most likely with Allison somewhere in the Feb/March (1976) time frame, because she had met the new bf in the Spring of (1976).
They weren't a close knit family so it's not really all that odd Karas wouldn't have known John when Allison lived on Camilla St.
John most likely helped Allison's mother, and not Karas. This probably would've been late summer after Karas had left Tucson. John's name and number were written in some notes found after Karas last post and I suspect Allison's mom contacted John.
I think what's relevant is she was delivering 200 lbs of pot, and she ended up being ripped off. "Fake Cops" do play a role in her being ripped off. I don't recall the specifics, but they weren't real cops.
This is correct! The situation with the "Fake Cops" and her being ripped off would've occurred before the spring of 1976, and she went missing Feb of 1977.
What's odd is the fact she was picking up the pot rather than delivering it. The friend is Greg. She disappeared sometime after leaving Greg's, and the Maverick was found in December of 1977. The money for the pot was supposedly to be paid for at a later date. I find it hard to believe someone is going to part with 200 lbs and not get paid for it at the time of the exchange.
I knew he had remarried. There's a good chance that she's deceased or they divorced, because his daughter, Kathryn, from his first marriage is the executor of his estate. What's strange neither John or her bf had ever seen Lee. In fact, I don't think her bf even knew of Lee until shortly before her disappearance.
In my opinion, as an outsider looking in, it's almost as if Allison led two separate lives. I'm not sure anyone really knows to what extent she was involved with Lee, because she was discrete about it.
Kate Mast was helpful. She did take the time to reply to an email and went through his papers and there no mention of Allison. Kate comes across as the complete opposite of her dad.
Yes, Lee Mast was my father. I did look through the papers I have of his at that time and found no reference to Ms. Smith. I do not recognize the other names you listed either. My father and I were not in contact at all between 1976 and 1985, and I know nothing of his activities during that time. I do know that he was living in Tucson in '76 and had moved to northern Washington by the time we reconnected around 1985. I heard after my brother passed away in 2007 that Dad had been arrested sometime during that 10 years that we had no contact for smuggling dope, but never did find out if he was convicted or spent any time in jail for that. I'm very sorry for the family and friends of Ms. Smith, and am sorry I can't help you.
Kate Mast
I don't think Greg is responsible for her disappearance, but I do think he knows or at least has an idea of what may have happened that night.
I've gone from being certain Lee did it to uncertain.
I thought I'd take a moment and try to provide some updates. Since Karas last post in December we've managed to locate her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, as well as Greg, and even Kate Mast.
There is a new detective assigned to the case and it appears there's some interest in taking a look at it so there's some hope that things will develop further.
There's a couple of new names that have surfaced since Karas last post, but we've found nothing concrete to actually link them to this case. If they are involved they would've had MUCH MORE influence than Lee, and it could explain why so much emphasis was placed on the marijuana rather than Allison.
Allison did in fact know John O'brien, because his name is in some notes that were taken back in 1977.
It wasn't weeks, it would've been closer to a year. The more I've learned the less motive I see. A year had passed and the night she disappeared she was picking up the marijuana for him. Also, it doesn't make sense to me that he'd park the Maverick so close to where he lived and then leave Tucson, shortly after her disappearance. The night she picked up the pot and disappeared no money was to be exchanged. It was to be paid for later which doesn't make sense to me that someone would part with 200lbs of pot without receiving the money at the time of the exchange. It's not like they could go to the police if they weren't paid.
It's a fact that John did know Allison, but his time frame is way off. The apartment he described is the one on Camilla which is where she would've lived at the time. She was living at an apartment on Blacklidge at the time of her disappearance. It's the address on Blacklidge where she would've shared a driveway with her sister. She moved to the Blacklidge apartment with her bf who remained with her up until the time of her disapperance. It seems reasonable that John was out of the picture by this time because John stated in emails he didn't know of this bf. The bf didn't know of John either. John was most likely with Allison somewhere in the Feb/March (1976) time frame, because she had met the new bf in the Spring of (1976).
They weren't a close knit family so it's not really all that odd Karas wouldn't have known John when Allison lived on Camilla St.
John most likely helped Allison's mother, and not Karas. This probably would've been late summer after Karas had left Tucson. John's name and number were written in some notes found after Karas last post and I suspect Allison's mom contacted John.
I think what's relevant is she was delivering 200 lbs of pot, and she ended up being ripped off. "Fake Cops" do play a role in her being ripped off. I don't recall the specifics, but they weren't real cops.
This is correct! The situation with the "Fake Cops" and her being ripped off would've occurred before the spring of 1976, and she went missing Feb of 1977.
What's odd is the fact she was picking up the pot rather than delivering it. The friend is Greg. She disappeared sometime after leaving Greg's, and the Maverick was found in December of 1977. The money for the pot was supposedly to be paid for at a later date. I find it hard to believe someone is going to part with 200 lbs and not get paid for it at the time of the exchange.
I knew he had remarried. There's a good chance that she's deceased or they divorced, because his daughter, Kathryn, from his first marriage is the executor of his estate. What's strange neither John or her bf had ever seen Lee. In fact, I don't think her bf even knew of Lee until shortly before her disappearance.
In my opinion, as an outsider looking in, it's almost as if Allison led two separate lives. I'm not sure anyone really knows to what extent she was involved with Lee, because she was discrete about it.
Kate Mast was helpful. She did take the time to reply to an email and went through his papers and there no mention of Allison. Kate comes across as the complete opposite of her dad.
Yes, Lee Mast was my father. I did look through the papers I have of his at that time and found no reference to Ms. Smith. I do not recognize the other names you listed either. My father and I were not in contact at all between 1976 and 1985, and I know nothing of his activities during that time. I do know that he was living in Tucson in '76 and had moved to northern Washington by the time we reconnected around 1985. I heard after my brother passed away in 2007 that Dad had been arrested sometime during that 10 years that we had no contact for smuggling dope, but never did find out if he was convicted or spent any time in jail for that. I'm very sorry for the family and friends of Ms. Smith, and am sorry I can't help you.
Kate Mast
I don't think Greg is responsible for her disappearance, but I do think he knows or at least has an idea of what may have happened that night.
I've gone from being certain Lee did it to uncertain.
