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4001 2nd Ave W (2nd Ave is also US 2/85)

It's now common to see buses at the truck stop. The oil service companies use buses to haul their works from the man camps to the job site. They generally use school buses painted white. I think the bus depot is on the end of south Main, by the Amtrak depot and strip clubs. But it would have...

That Walmart is the first stopping point of everyone who goes to Williston looking for work so it would be very likely that they would have been there. It's even been mentioned on national news as a place where people live while they work in the oilfield. It is where people go to live when they...

I know the lawyer who represented Spell while he was in North Dakota's custody. He is a decent man and an ex prosecutor.

I do not know if the shovel would have decomp, but I would expect that it would have scratch marks on the scoop and nicks on the edge if it had been used to dig a hole.

They returned the shovel to Walmart. Spell claims he used it to dig a hole two or three feet deep. I have difficulty imagining how one could dig a two or three foot deep grave in frozen ground without the shovel bearing obvious marks of having been used. Does anyone know what Walmart's return...

It is plausible that Spell may not have known where they were. It does sound like he is trying to dump all the responsibility on Waters, so being able to give authorities a body would be in his favor (unless his involvement was a bit greater than he is stating).

On the evening of January 7 the weather conditions reported at the Williston airport (adjacent to Walmart) at 9:52 PM were 23 degrees, calm wind, and overcast sky. The sun had set at 5:17, however the nearly full moon had risen at 4:01 PM. Therefore visibility on that night would have been...

My mom's place is outside of Williston just a little over a mile from Walmart. She has a lot of trees. I think I had better bring my dogs and recheck the place.

As far as I know the only mention of a confession was something a family member mentioned to a reporter.

I used to know that area well but I am sure much has changed in 30s years. For a short time I worked for an oilfield service company during the previous oil boom. My primary area was Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, and Valley counties in MT. Occasionally I would cover for someone down in...

In the hills north of Bainville?

I am not sure when MT spring turkey season starts, in ND it is in mid-April. That is quite a while from now but it will put a lot of people out into the countryside, particularly in the wooded areas. I do hope she is found long before then.

Land ownership is very complex. In regards to issuing a public request for people to check their property, asking "landowners" is much less cumbersome terminology than asking land owners, renters, leasees, etc. Yes, there are probably a lot of land owners who are not aware of the case. Much of...

There really isn't a need to contact people directly. I highly doubt that anyone could be found in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota who is not acutely aware of Sherry's abduction. This has been the main topic of conversation everywhere you go for almost a month. People very...

Thanks. Yes, I think we need to wait to hear what the prosecution and LE have to say. At this point they are still holding their cards very close. Charging in city court rather than district court is highly unusual. They must have some very good reasons for keeping a lid on the information.

I must have missed something. Where do we have information that one of them confessed?

LE has stated that they have evidence. We will probably have to wait until the extradition hearing to find out what that evidence is. When Dru Sjodin was kidnapped in Grand Forks ND in November 2003 Alphonso Rodriguez was arrested about a week later in MN. Her body was not found until mid April...

Yes, he or she may be. Witnesses come in many forms. I should have been more specific and used the term "eye witness." The person may not have seen anyone commit a crime or dispose of a body. It could be someone who overheard them talking about the crime, perhaps one of them got drunk or...

It would appear to me that he is making many assumptions.