Hi everyone,
I have been around but just never had anything to add. I have read everything available on Cassie's case and spent the weekend gathering and organizing data to look over and think I may be able to help answer some of the questions on your list. I also have a list of all MSM articles and links listed by headline/date with the key bits or observations related to our discussion here quoted that I am happy to post if it is OK to do that (it is somewhat long, but may be very useful to have it all in one post we can pull forward or reference).
11) What was Cassie’s usual “cigarette run” like? Ie- store, older friend got them for her at the store, she went to a friend’s house, met a friend’s somewhere, etc
We first need to ask, did Cassie actually have a regular cigarette run. The only evidence we have that she even smoked is hearsay.
13) How was the runaway status introduced & when was Cassies status changed to Missing?
This article pubished on Sept 18, 2014 states "reported the 15-year-old missing after she left home on Sunday evening", but no amber alert was issued (the reason being it was classified as a runaway), However, it then quotes Lt Mark Duke, who is part of the criminal investigation unit, so make of that what you will.
In
this article published on Sept. 30th, it states "this case is still classified as a runaway..."
17) Who are Cassie’s friends other than HS?
Her Facebook is pretty telling. In particular, her boyfriend, fiance. I realize you wan't more definite information, but that is the best we will likely get.
21) Was the pink apple device an iPod Cassie had or a friends iPhone/iPod?
This is an iphone and belongs to TS. You can see her holding it in the video on
this article at 1:50
22) How did JC & BR meet?
I can only speculate on this one but I am guessing they met online while JC was still living in OK and that is why she moved down to Stuttgart. It would appear BR had a job at that time, according to his FB, so perhaps JC felt like it was a great opportunity to get some support and get away from her past and a judgemental family. I really can't think of any other reason to uproot a teenager and take her away from school and family.
24) Do Cassie & BR have mutual friends?
Facebook would lead us to believe they did, but we cannot see the activity log of when those friendships were made, so it is very possible they were done after the fact, ie for all we know HS friended him to keep an eye on him, not because they were buddies.
28) Does the family have a PC? Was that taken by LE?
Some of Cassies photos appear to be taken with a quick cam, mainly due to the position of her arms (ie it doesn't look like she is holding a phone using the front-facing camera which would also have cam quality). This leads me to believe they do have a PC in that home.
With regards to the Derby, I have also been having some major doubts about the weekend timeline. From the
JVM transcript of TS call:
Saturday Sept 13th, 2014 TS friend picks up Cassie at home
Saturday Sept 13th, 2014 *We left at 3:30PM to go to the DeWitt Derby
Sunday Sept. 14, 2014 HS drives Cassie home around 6PM and purportedly arrived back at 6:45.
TS “we were her safe haven”
Sunday Sept 13, 2014 9:14PM started three calls from BR asking if Cassie was still there.
I cannot find any proof anywhere that this Derby took place, much less what day it happened on. If you check the
http://www.dewittchamberofcommerce.com/ webste, the schedule for Sept 2014 has no mention of the derby or the fair for that matter. Due to an online comment suggesting it was cancelled, we may want to email them and ask for confirmation if and when it happened.
A few extra observations:
Cassie's hair was likely as it was in the selfie she recently posted on FB before her disappearance (the image used on her posters). This was confirmed by several people. If she is alive, it is unlikely it looks like that now though.
Until JC is publicly cleared by LE, she is not reliable and nothing she says should be taken as fact. We should also not be counting on VIs in her support circle (no offense to them personally) and should definitely not be sharing our findings with her or be contacting her.
I hope this is useful!