This case has caught my interest. I've read through the thread and Pillar Point Doe was mentioned in 2020.
Pillar Point Doe - DNA Doe Project Cases
The article says, "Authorities speculate they may have been killed at another location and then transported to the scene, possibly from the Tenderloin area of San Francisco." This is where the National Hotel was.
The person has now been identified, but no further details released as they were waiting on confirmation by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
If this was Farren, his profile would be down, correct? Unless they are still working on confirmation?
I'm also kind of confused that the missing date is 5/30/1980, but the aunt said they dropped him off at a campground in June 1980. Has that been cleared up at all?
Thanks for the link!
I'll check it out. But to my knowledge the only verified date that Farren went missing, (or as close as we can get) is May 1, 1980, This is the date that John Day PD has on file for Farren going missing.
We think that the April 24, 1980 date, is the date that Farren left the National Hotel and was not heard from again. That last phone call that Farren made to his mother and grandmother could have been as early as April 10, 1980, perhaps as early as April 3, 1980. As the last contact from Farren and the family calling,wondering why they never heard back from Farren was 'several weeks later."
That June 1980 date from Farren's Aunt and Grandmother dropping Farren off at the campsite HAS to be wrong, It has to be wrong. That date connects with no other dates associated with the case. It is so wrong, that I think a fact check should have revealed that it should not have been published. And I am sure
@Ciriii57 will agree with me about that date. If that date June date were to be correct, the April 24, 1980 dates and the May 1, 1980 dates would make no sense.
It is also that contradiction that Farren took a Greyhound bus to the EAST Coast? Again, that doesn't make sense.
Unless Farren came home for an earlier visit late in 1979 or very early in 1980. (See below) We believe that Farren had been in San Francisco for at least six months before going missing. But if you try to follow the crazy time line, it's like Farren was in San Francisco for a few weeks and than he was gone. No! He built up a relationship with friends, possible lovers in the gay community, for months in San Francisco. It is most likely that he embarked on a very happy and (all things considered) successful life in San Francisco till he lost his job. How far away was the Marriott from the National Hotel in 1980?
The hotel manager would not have remembered Farren if he had been at the National Hotel for only a brief period of time.
I think Farren was dropped off at that campsite early 1980 after coming home for the holidays to visit his Aunt and Grandmother, and I think his Grandmother and Aunt dropped him off there. BUT, in reality that could have happened much, much earlier than June of 1980. It would have allowed the possibility and likelihood of Farren coming home in Thanksgiving of 1979 and Christmas of 1979 to visit. I think Farren could have very well come home to visit. His Mother, and only his Mother, was the one whom I believe was the only one causing tension in their relationship.
If Farren's Aunt and Grandmother took Farren to the campsite from January to March of 1980 than, Farren's Aunt is recollecting the last time she saw Farren in person than it works. Farren could have moved from the East Coast to the West Coast over many months. He could have started out, boarding a bus around September of 1979 to "see the world." Calls home every 2-3 weeks. Comes home to visit in Thanksgiving, 1979 at least Christmas 1979. (Farren's potentially last "in person at home contact.) Than in January to March of 1980, (We don't know, how long Farren stayed home after Christmas of 1979 IF that happened.) the Aunt and Grandma take Farren to that Oregon campground.
Forget that incorrect June 1980 date, and we have a timeline that can "sort of" be followed. A question for the community? Why is there so much date confusion in this case?
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