Hello all!
This is my first post, I'm a super long time lurker. I signed up a couple of years ago to make a post but there was a rather over zealous moderator in the Australian threads which put me off posting out of fear of being scolded in a patronizing manner. This moderator is no longer a mod, which is a testament to Websleuths as this was obviously recognized.
I have a few things I wanted to add. MsAnais, I have a screenshot of the cover photo from BE's Facebook that you mentioned wanting to look at again, I can msg it to you if you like? The "Thanks ladies" comment was definitely in response to 2 comments that were written under the YodaHoff pic which I think someone addressed further back in the thread but just thought I would confirm.
Slightly off topic, but in regards to the discussion of the RBT/drug test discussion, someone had mentioned that they had asked for their straw after an RBT and were denied, there is some info in this article and I wondered if it being denied was in relation to this incident, it states the straws are thrown out but this still occurred :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...pull-drug-user-using-RBT-straw-meth-pipe.html
I was 16/17 when Sarah went missing, I had just left home and was living in Shenton Park, not far from Claremont. I was absolutely terrified and to this day I will not get in a taxi alone without having booked it and asking which name it was booked under.
I wanted to share my opinion on our small town syndrome/6 degrees of separation. Perth is quite large but you always seem to run into someone you know in the weirdest places. The Rayney house was on the walk to my son's kindy and my mum is a bootscooting teacher, one of her students was the last person to see Corryn and my neighbours little sister was at the concert with one of the daughters the night she went missing, which is an example of how there are so many weird connections in Perth. I was at a baby shower a few weeks ago and I made a few remarks about my boyfriends kids and his ex wife and it turns out the chick I was talking to is on a committee with the ex wife :/ I am still waiting for that one to bite me in the *advertiser censored*.
I've recently started to ponder if maybe the SK used a mix of both blitz attacks and also tried to get girls into his car willingly, followed by a very quick blitz attack? Ciara had been overseas and was't here when Perth was in absolute shock at the announcement that a serial killer was at work and I feel like it is possible she may have accepted a lift, but not from a complete stranger. Could it be possible that she had seen BE at the pub and he had said hello to the guy he went to high school with and therefore when he pulled up there was some recognition and maybe more of a level of trust than a complete stranger pulling up?
Considering Jane was apparently quite upset by the disappearance of Sarah and had given friends money to get a taxi home so they were safe, I highly doubt she accepted a lift from a complete stranger, but maybe she had seen BE around where she worked and maybe a small level of recognition made her more trusting? I think he likely used the blitz attack method like KK but maybe he did manage to get one or more of the girls into his car willingly?
I am surprised at the lack of local gossip I've heard about BE, like I said, everyone in Perth knows everyone and I expected to hear more stories about this guy by now. The only thing I've heard through someone who's kids played sport with the SD a long time ago is that he was weird, the wife was weird and the daughter was weird, and that's it. I asked a friend who has been on Sweet and Sour a couple of times how far in advance the shows are shot as I saw online people were discussing the SD seeming happy etc on the show she was featured on, but I didn't ask any questions about her. I think the word up by police about online discussion etc has really been adhered to by the public, which to me shows how much everyone cares about the case and wants to see a conviction.
Thanks for reading and thanks for all of your great posts