VeryVeritas
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Funny, I was thinking about the blonde women the other day. True, these were the days before social media, and Kristen's case is not as high-profile as others, but are we to believe she never heard about her disappearance in the past 20 years? That in itself raises red flags. Unless she was a paranoid person and feared that coming forward would put herself in the frame. I'm sure as the years went by, it became harder to speak up. Just to clarify, the last confirmed sighting of Kristen was at the ATM on her own, right? Perhaps they made plans to meet up later or she was waiting in a car, or maybe the blonde woman was simply a passing acquaintance and nothing more?
I've postulated that Jon Onuma might be a red herring, but the one thing that gives me pause is that he inserted himself into the investigation. The reason he gave for trying to pin Kristen's disappearance on a lesbian love-triangle was ridiculous, and could've been an attempt to throw off the cops or find out how much they actually knew.
And what about the remains at the house? It doesn't sound like the police were impressed by the findings. It's possible there is cross-contamination there which might have given back a false-positive. I would actually be surprised if it turned out Kristen was buried there. It doesn't sound like she made it back home that day.
I did not expect that Kristen returned back to the house. I would not be surprised if the remains that were once in the basement belonged to someone else. Which might point to someone who lived their being tied to multiple deaths/crimes/disappearances. I agree that because of the time lapse and number of people who lived and have been in that home, DNA would be very corrupt at this point. It may be that someday another disappearance or death is tied to someone that lived there. (Think Gold State killer/rapist case). All depends how much they got around.
It is also very possible that JO was behaving as you say to cover his own tracks or links to what happened to Kristen. To support that theory is the missing pages from JL's diary supposedly torn out by JO during immediate days of Kristen's disappearance. It's also possible that both JO and JL knew what really happened and were covering for someone else - whomever that might be. And of course it's possible that LE went after JO because of his link to Kristen and his call while having no other solid leads, or time to find any.
At this point a great deal relies on someone who knows something to step up, or some methodical technical break in the case. After this length of time its possible the case may never be solved. I do not buy that she was swept into the ocean or committed suicide. If I did, I would not follow this thread for so many years.
Several years ago, I posted some thoughts about how little was known about her before she arrived in the bay area. Of course the guidelines on WS has increasingly become very aggressive against any suggestions about the victim or family. We all should understand why, but at the same time, unless you can know personal details about a victim, its easy to make false or general assumptions about their behavior.
For example, its never been clear to me what was Kristen's sexuality. I think that matters to some degree in light of JO's seemingly false report, but also other clues like the nature of the "blonde woman" (if she were real). It's hard for me to think that Kristen never had any type of relationship at 18, especially someone with the means and guts to move from one coast to the other entirely alone. Some might think of it as naïve, and that may be the case, but maybe she wasn't so naïve?
I had also postulated about someone from NC that may have met up with or surprised here there. While that seems unlikely, it's just part of that not knowing who she was before she arrived in the bay area that is bothersome. For all of that probing years ago, it just seemed like she had a very bland childhood, no relationships and no odd behaviors at all (except choosing to leave home for SF all alone at 18).
I am convinced that she fully intended to return to work. It was the only time that she did not clock out.
I think she was abducted by someone who she directly had met or who was in the shadows of people she knew.
JO is the obvious starting point, and Co-workers... and JL connected the 2.
But there would be others that we do not know about who were connected to her co-workers, to JO and to JL.
There may also have been connections between someone who lived at her house and the obvious or their shadows.
I have known thousands of people in my life for various reasons. Also lived in various parts of the country.
It's always astonishing how easy it is to find connections (well before social media existed) no matter where you are, back to someone else that you know or knew.
That 6 degrees of separation idea... but in this case, it need not be even 3 degrees.
My gut tells me that more than one person knows what happened and they chose to keep silent.
And unfortunately, California seems to have become a "criminals can do whatever they please" kind of place... so not sure why LE would still be active on this case.
There is always the possibility of some rogue cop who insists on doing their job anyway... hope so.