The bones were found to be canine bones.
http://hometownstation.com/index.ph...011-02-03-16-35&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97
http://hometownstation.com/index.ph...011-02-03-16-35&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97
Some lingering questions -- and these are all JMO, and I should add, perhaps not for the faint of heart.
1) Was Bob garroted/strangled, or was his neck simply broken? I have always assumed that this was a murder committed without blunt force, and with the victim taken from behind, considering the relationship that must have existed between murderer and victim.
2) Did daughter J see Bob dead? Or did SiL J (and perhaps grandson AH) take care of disposing of Bob's body? Considering all we know about daughter J's psychology, I have wondered if she insisted on seeing the body, or if she insisted on her wishes being carried out without her as a witness.
3) Did the daughters remove all of the belongings of their father that they had wanted? Did they have time to adequately denude Bob and Fontelle's house?
4) How long was the meeting on the night before Bob's murder? Was there any real debate? Did AH know that he was going to be hosting such a meeting? How was all of that handled?
5) Who talked to whom on the evening of the 26th and the morning of the 27th? It sounds like Bob was flooded with phone calls from a bunch of his family of whom he had begged distance, just previously. Did any or all of those calls raise alarm with Bob?
6) Has any Harrod daughter sought legal counsel outside of their 'Harrod Trust' representation? I still think that there is one of them who might be wanting to pursue the financial and spiritual security of having come clean, but it is so hard to guess.
7) Now that the daughters have, it would seem to me, sorted out any property-related issues with their father's estate, has there been any further activity on their part regarding publicity about their father's case? Have the efforts of any of them to bring resolution in their father's case increased since the mundane financial matters have been sorted?
8) Given all of the awful things that the daughters said about Bob after he disappeared, and given how those statements have not (surprise, surprise) garnered more attention to his case -- have any of them retracted any of those insults, or perhaps tried to paint a more sympathetic portrait of Bob (or Fontelle, or their relationship) to inspire more investigation?
9) Have we heard anything formally about LDTs that were requested for, oh, say, JM, JM, AH, RB, or PB? By now, I'm sure we should have read something about how so-and-so has passed a polygraph -- or have we been lazy in our research?
10) For anyone familiar with their ongoing statements, what direction(s) is/are the Harrod daughters hoping/expecting that LE will pursue? Are they still suggesting cold feet? Or those who have been cleared by LE?
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Montjoy, perhaps I've missed something, but to this date I have seen no active efforts to publicize Robert Harrod's disappearance by the daughters. There was an ad placed in the OC Register by someone unrelated to the family or case, I believe on Jan 28 and 29th. It's a sad state of affairs when a stranger seems to care more than a family member! IMO.
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Montjoy, perhaps I've missed something, but to this date I have seen no active efforts to publicize Robert Harrod's disappearance by the daughters. There was an ad placed in the OC Register by someone unrelated to the family or case, I believe on Jan 28 and 29th. It's a sad state of affairs when a stranger seems to care more than a family member! IMO.
No one missed anything.
"RB says she is reluctant to talk to the media because she's been unfairly represented. But, she says, she is determined to find out what happened to her father."
What about the way RB and her sisters have "represented" Mr. Harrod, the hairdresser, Fontelle and others on internet forums? They won't talk to the media but will post garbage on the WWW that does nothing in finding their father.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2010985815_disappeared08.html
Putting aside the nasty things that have been said about their "missing" father, can anyone take issue with the things the media have put forward about Bob? And what, really, has 'the media' ever said about RB, or for that matter, JM or PB?
Does anyone have any links to how the media has depicted the family? How were they 'unfair'? And do we have any links to how family members have depicted their missing/dead/murdered father? How do these compare?
We have missed you Montjoy.
As to the clean out of the house-there have been two additional trips by RB to clean out the boxes in the garage. It took two trips. While there were no obscenities thrown around these times, there was quite a bit of trash left on the front lawn of Carnation drive...the boxes were inspected one by one and there have been some statements made by RB as to the quality of the items contained within.
She is not apparently favorably disposed towards the bounty they fought so hard to get to.
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That sentence brings to mind something RB posted on the WWW shortly after her father disappeared. She is posting about her missing father's refrigerator/freezer.
"BTW we checked the refrigerator freezer -- it was full of Banquet Dinners! (Yuk!)"
This is a prime example of them not getting it-I mean he was a widower of advanced age...why not state that it was full of the home cooked meals she would drop off regularly?
Too late-she said what she said.
I am still stunned by the callousness of her going over to pick at the bones, so to speak, by herself. Monumental task. All alone with the exception of her ex husband I believe....but that wasnt until the third occasion. At least she had some support that time.
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Going through all the media links at the beginning of the thread, there was NOTHING negative said about the family at all. I only read/ hear sympathetic, unbiased reporting including any mention of the daughters.
There are plenty of denigrating, disrespectful and contemptuous statements towards their father made by the daughters on the web (unfortunately the ISthread was removed) but I think we have all read them. There is absolutely NO validity to RB's assertion. It's one more ploy to manipulate the truth. IMO.
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As to the clean out of the house-there have been two additional trips by RB to clean out the boxes in the garage. It took two trips. While there were no obscenities thrown around these times, there was quite a bit of trash left on the front lawn of Carnation drive...the boxes were inspected one by one and there have been some statements made by RB as to the quality of the items contained within. She is not apparently favorably disposed towards the bounty they fought so hard to get to.
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On August 2, 2009, daughter J posted on the forum ROTW that she was "at peace" and had " handed this to God".
Strange comments. This is less than a week after her father disappeared.
Some lingering questions -- and these are all JMO, and I should add, perhaps not for the faint of heart.
1) Was Bob garroted/strangled, or was his neck simply broken? I have always assumed that this was a murder committed without blunt force, and with the victim taken from behind, considering the relationship that must have existed between murderer and victim.
2) Did daughter J see Bob dead? Or did SiL J (and perhaps grandson AH) take care of disposing of Bob's body? Considering all we know about daughter J's psychology, I have wondered if she insisted on seeing the body, or if she insisted on her wishes being carried out without her as a witness.
3) Did the daughters remove all of the belongings of their father that they had wanted? Did they have time to adequately denude Bob and Fontelle's house?
4) How long was the meeting on the night before Bob's murder? Was there any real debate? Did AH know that he was going to be hosting such a meeting? How was all of that handled?
5) Who talked to whom on the evening of the 26th and the morning of the 27th? It sounds like Bob was flooded with phone calls from a bunch of his family of whom he had begged distance, just previously. Did any or all of those calls raise alarm with Bob?
6) Has any Harrod daughter sought legal counsel outside of their 'Harrod Trust' representation? I still think that there is one of them who might be wanting to pursue the financial and spiritual security of having come clean, but it is so hard to guess.
7) Now that the daughters have, it would seem to me, sorted out any property-related issues with their father's estate, has there been any further activity on their part regarding publicity about their father's case? Have the efforts of any of them to bring resolution in their father's case increased since the mundane financial matters have been sorted?
8) Given all of the awful things that the daughters said about Bob after he disappeared, and given how those statements have not (surprise, surprise) garnered more attention to his case -- have any of them retracted any of those insults, or perhaps tried to paint a more sympathetic portrait of Bob (or Fontelle, or their relationship) to inspire more investigation?
9) Have we heard anything formally about LDTs that were requested for, oh, say, JM, JM, AH, RB, or PB? By now, I'm sure we should have read something about how so-and-so has passed a polygraph -- or have we been lazy in our research?
10) For anyone familiar with their ongoing statements, what direction(s) is/are the Harrod daughters hoping/expecting that LE will pursue? Are they still suggesting cold feet? Or those who have been cleared by LE?
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i believe the same. I believe mr. Harrod was surprised by an unexpected visitor. Mr. Harrod may have tried to reach safety and/or fought back which may have required more force to be used than originally planned, thus the need for "home repairs."