I know this discussion has been going on for a while now, but I had a thought about this case and didn’t know where else to post it. I just joined this forum, and this is one of the cases that has been bothering me. Although I now live out of state, I’m from Olympia, which is about half an hour from McLeary. This comment is going to sound unrelated to Lindsey, but please bear with me, because I have something I am trying to get at.
I still lived in Olympia when Adre’anna Jackson went missing in Lakewood and Zina Linnik was murdered in Tacoma. I’ve always been disturbed about the Adre’anna Jackson case because, as far as I know, it was never solved. I suspected a link between Adre’anna Jackson and Zina Linnik, as did many other people, including law enforcement, but information was never released as to whether or not a link was found.
Zina Linnik’s killer, Terapon Adhan, was found immediately and is already locked up. If he is linked to Adre’anna Jackson’s case, then that’s that, and he is not connected to Lindsey Baum’s disappearance, since he was locked up before this happened. BUT, my thought is, if Terapon Adhan is NOT linked Adre’anna Jackson, then her killer is still at large. Is it possible that AJ’s killer could be involved with Lindsey Baum’s disappearance as well?
The Lakewood/Tillicum area where Adre’anna Jackson went missing is less than an hour from McLeary. I know their disappearances were 5 years apart, and the location is an hour away, but if AJ’s killer is still out there, a connection isn’t that much of a stretch. Killers like hers rarely just stop on their own. Sometimes, they do take years to strike again. It’s entirely possible that in 5 years he has migrated just an hour away - it’s really not a long distance at all, considering predators like these often turn up in other states from where their initial crime sprees began. In fact, I’d be much more disturbed if there were TWO abductors on the loose in such a small area.
This may have already been addressed, and I have to admit that I did not get a chance to go through every page of this thread. I also know much more about the Adre’anna Jackson case than I do about the Lindsey Baum case. I’ve never been sure what to make of Lindsey’s case. At first, it seemed to me like something fishy was up (in terms not being a stranger abduction), but AJ’s case seemed that way to many people at first as well, and it turns out to be confirmed that it was a stranger abduction and murder. If this turns out to be the same case with Lindsey Baum (and the more I read about it, the more random it sounds), then I strongly suspect a connection between these two cases. That is, unless Adre’anna Jackson’s murder has already been attributed to someone else and I just missed the memo.