JerseyGirl said:
Okay, now that I've bombarded the thread with everything you could ever want to know about Smith Mountain Lake (and then some), let's really think about this.
The rumor is that Detective Vaughan just returned from Smith Mountain Lake after conducting some interviews. What can this mean?
Is this a place where Raven and Janet might have gone together? Well, it's been 9 months since the murder. Would anyone even remember the two of them after all of this time? Unless they had been there somewhat regularly or stayed at the same place each time they went. Otherwise, think back to your own vacations. Would you remember a couple that stayed near you one time nearly a year ago or longer? I probably wouldn't remember a couple that stayed near me last weekend.
Even if we assume that Janet and Raven had been there together, what would that have to do with the investigation 9 months later? Are they looking to see if Raven went to that lake with another woman while Janet was still alive? That seems like a long-shot, IMO. Or are they possibly looking to see if Raven visited the area AFTER the murder? And how soon after the murder? And for what purpose? And what about that would be of interest to LE?
And if they are interviewing, clearly they must be interviewing year-round residents. It wouldn't make sense to interview people that are only staying there for the week, (if there even ARE any renters in January). So is the area in which they're interviewing a residential area only? Are there rental properties mixed in?
In any case, it seems to me that Raven must have visited this lake and it must have been more than once. It is also my opinion that they are interested in any visits Raven might have made to this lake after the murder as opposed to before the murder.
You know this is an interesting point - this lake does seem to be, at least primarily, a place to go in the spring and summer, when the weather is nice, good for water activities, etc., - so if DV is going there NOW, this time of year, to investigate, it says to me one or two things -
1) going there to talk to someone(s) he knows are there this time of year
or
2) perhaps going there to a visit or see a particular house or property for some reason or another? (and then perhaps talk to anyone around that area that's in residence now?)
Again, an interesting question would be, as someone else posed, to know if Raven and/or Janet ever went to SML, or, if they knew anyone with a house at SML. With such relative proximity to SVU, it wouldn't be surprising to me at all if they've made a visit to this lake before, or, if they knew someone with a house in that area!
And the obvious: if DV was at SML, recently, investigating SOMETHING having to do with Janet's murder, after all these months, then SOMETHING about SML is critically important I would think!
