Snipped by me...
If you do find this quote, please post the link. I would love to settle this issue in my mind, but all I remember seeing was rumors without an actual person's name included to verify who said it.
I'm sure you're right about the military being the reason for his silence. Our son's been in the military for a decade and, yeah, they pretty much own you. lol (Although I don't remember a case where the closest family member hasn't been seen
at all, even at a prayer vigil or in the background at a press conference. I know there must be a reason...but I find it very strange.) Also, I agree LE probably (hopefully!) has a lot we don't know about. Of course I thought the same about the McStay case and was SURE there would be an arrest once the bodies were discovered...and here we sit. I hope and pray there are arrests in both these cases in the very near future!
Your statement is very sweet, "All I can say is that I truly hope it was over before she knew what was happening and she died believing in her happily ever after." It gives me some peace that she might not have had time to realize what was happening. Thank you for sharing that.
Now onto the red car!
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Although I asked that as a joke, since it's kind of a bone of contention around here, your response actually helped me reach a conclusion. From what we know I have my theory worked out...except I'm always stumped when it comes to the statements from the witnesses. I've watched the interviews more than once and think the witnesses are sincere, but I've had a very difficult time reconciling their statements with what we know as facts...until I tried your experiment. I thought about a random man I saw today when I was at a garage sale late this afternoon with my daughter (age 21), and asked her to compare our descriptions. To set the scene, my daughter has a superb memory for details so I trust her descriptions to be correct; I on the other hand have what I would consider a "normal" memory for details. (FYI...I have now lowered the assessment of my memory.)
My description: Hispanic, middle aged, white shirt, dark pants, dark hair, sitting on the steps talking on the phone.
My daughter's description: Hispanic, 19-20 years old, white shirt, dark shorts, dark baseball cap on backwards, dark hair w/long braid down his back, sitting on the steps talking on the phone.
(WHAT???!!!) I missed a baseball cap, shorts instead of pants, a long braid...and I pegged him as an entire generation older than he actually was!
So then I asked my daughter about the woman she talked to regarding the price of an item. (I thought I would do better with this one because I always look at the women when I walk up to a garage sale so I can see their style/size to get an idea if I want to look at the clothes they are selling.) The first thing she said was, "Which woman?" I replied, "Obviously, I mean the middle aged woman you asked about the price." She said, "That woman was the same age as the man on the steps, and the only middle age women were the two at the back of the driveway!" At this point I completely ashen because
I didn't even notice there were two additional people at the garage sale!
I then brought up a woman walking a dog in front of a shoe store we visited, but I'm embarrassed to share what little I remembered...while she remembered everything from "her hair needed to be washed" to "the shoes were knock-offs of a name brand." Yeah...I remembered the dog was black. Filled with humiliation, I ended the experiment at that point, but not before she gave me a look I've seen once before...Colonel Potter met Hawkeye in the midst of one of his shenanigans and, with a dead-pan look, simply stated, "I gather you drink." That was the look I received...and deserved.
So anyway, thanks for the little self-discovery exercise. I think. lol Although I've discovered I'm an idiot, I have finally reached a conclusion on the red car. I am now convinced that the witnesses were good people (I'm much better at reading people than remembering details...at least I
think I am.), but they were mistaken. Possibly about a lot of things. If I forgot as much as I did in 3 hours (or never even noticed it to begin with), I feel it's quite possible, if not quite likely, they forgot or mis-remembered some details of what they saw approximately 48 hours earlier. Of course, if it turns out their memories were completely accurate, they are obviously related to my daughter...but clearly not from my side of the family.
Glad you shared some more thoughts, IntriguedAgain, and I'm really glad you included the red car! LOL
Lots of things to think about in your post...and I dare anyone to try your experiment!!!