For the first question, I would say money. As far as phone pings, if they had burner phones, then what good are the pings?
Just bringing it over because I think it means something...though I think I am alone in thinking so.
When SP was missing, her husband mentioned the ear buds he found had her hair on them. I think there was a significant amount of hair and that it was the first message the perps were sending.
The ear buds and phone, we have since learned, were placed, not tossed. They were meant to be found and the hair was intentionally left with them. Imo.
Why? I don't know, but I do think the ear buds with hair were meant to tell the family something.
Jmo
I just want to point out again that the sheriff has muddied the waters about what was branded onto SP:
On Good Morning America, the sheriff said of the branding, "I would think that that was some sort of either an exertion of power and control and or maybe some type of message that the brand contained. It is not a symbol, but it was a message."
http://www.today.com/video/abducted-...d-820762179981
In this NBC interview this morning (link above), the sheriff says of the branding, "Maybe a method of torture. It could mean a way of control or exerting control over a person. Is it a symbol, or could it be some type of message either to the person, the victim, or to others."
I did copy and paste this over from thread #11 because he's being unclear. What the heck is it?
I cannot possibly name each and every person, although their names are eternally etched in our hearts. Thank you to our strong family, devoted friends, the entire Redding community, and countless communities around the world. Specific thanks to the Shasta County Sheriff"s department, FBI, NorCal Alliance for the Missing, The Lost Coast Trackers, Shasta Support Services, The Guardian Angels, my own personal A-Team, Cameron Gamble, Cody Salfen, Jim Linnan, Sean Ditty, Don Armstrong, Yolo County Sheriff's department and hospital, the medical personnel that helped our dear Sherri, social media, and many news outlets.
Confused, again.
Sheriff isn't sure about how the phone was left so neatly?
For crying out loud, can't he just ask Sherri about this?
Surely she could remember how/who put the phone down. IMO.
Just bringing it over because I think it means something...though I think I am alone in thinking so.
When SP was missing, her husband mentioned the ear buds he found had her hair on them. I think there was a significant amount of hair and that it was the first message the perps were sending.
The ear buds and phone, we have since learned, were placed, not tossed. They were meant to be found and the hair was intentionally left with them. Imo.
Why? I don't know, but I do think the ear buds with hair were meant to tell the family something.
Jmo
I wonder why?
Now that I've learned that sex trafficking is a problem in Redding, it's worrisome to see quite a few missing teenage girls from Redding.
Most are listed as runaways, often from children's homes, which puts them at high risk of being trafficked. Plus even SP was listed as voluntary missing at first until her family kicked up a fuss about it. These girls have no family looking out for them. They have no publicity and no one seems to be looking for them.
http://reddingpolice.org/missing-persons/
She didn't take them off they were snatched off of her along with a handful of hair.
But you can still ping a burner phone. Plus folks who get burner phones still use them to call other people that they know.
And those other people may not have burner phones.
So it's still possible to connect who was in possession of the burner phone. Jmo.
But I respect your gang related theory as well.
I'm wondering if they branded her face? Sherri may feel uncomfortable letting others see her. Just one possibility.
Maybe, but considering her husband mentioned her hair on the buds when he found them, and considering he mentioned her hair was chopped when she was released, I am thinking the hair on the buds was intentionally left with them, not just a product of her being grabbed. Jmo
Btw: The perps cell phones should have pinged off both towers that are 140 miles apart.
So why can't they cross eliminate pings?
Also. Have they advertise a reward for the capture of said perps in order to speed things up?