* However – I caught you in another assumption. *How can you assume that “they” had phone records unless it’s explicitly stated somewhere? *Again: be careful please.
In the Kaufman report under March 6, 1985 Interview of Ken and Janet Jessop it specifically states that the police obtained telephone records.
* While in Queensville, I hope you stood at the foot of the old Jessop driveway where it meets Leslie Street and looked south to the intersection where the corner store used to be. *I hope you stood there imagining that you were Christine Jessop, a 9-year-old girl, wanting to go there to get some gum. *I hope you imagined that you had a bicycle, and thought about your options. *Walk, or ride? * Why would you walk there when you had a working bicycle? *One that you were allowed to ride there and had ridden there many times in the past? *I wonder if you were hard-pressed to imagine a reason why you wouldn’t take your bike. *Why would you walk, when you could be there within seconds on two wheels? *
Dpanman I am assuming you don't have children but you cannot ride a bike and practice 3 blind mice. My oldest is Cj age and got her recorder for music class which they only have every Monday and I haven't had a moment of silence since. The point in your statement the bike was old news and the recorder new.
* I have sifted through the various resources and found numerous examples (posted on thread 1) of both Christine and Leslie taking their bikes to the park. *It was a well-established pattern. * It was also windy and cold that day, not fantastic weather for a bike ride. * The idea that Christine walked to the store (and back home) that day makes no sense. *And KJessop is on record here as believing the same. *She would have taken her bike. * You’ve added a bag of candy to your scenario. *Where does that come from? *The store owner claimed that Christine bought some gum. *It’s debatable that she even had her recorder at this point. *Personally, I believe her recorder was back at the house when she went to the store. *
The man who saw her talking to young boys and was informed by the police it was a young girl stated she had a bag of candy and a recorder, so did a couple and a teenage girl - Wrongful Conviction the book and the Kaufman report.
* I don’t hold much faith in any of the eye witnesses who claim to have seen her around the intersection (outside the store) that day. *I really don’t – for reasons so numerous (and previously posted) that I can’t be bothered to restate them. *
1 or 2 of them are probably wrong, I doubt all are wrong. I don't think the 15 yr old actually saw her in her driveway with her bike -Makins book I couldn't see the Jessop drive from the store when I looked.
* I always had problems with the idea that Christine went to the park to meet Leslie. *Leslie claimed she went to the park around 4:00 pm (give or take) and Christine wasn’t there. *It suggests that is where the abduction occurred – yet Christine’s bicycle was found at home. *And in my mind she would have taken her bike – so the park abduction doesn’t fly with me (sorry, Mr. Mangano). *Plus, the park is more visible and a more difficult place for an unobserved abduction. *I can’t buy it. *
The park isn't more visible or difficult if you cut through the houses on Leslie st which as stated in Makins book was not an uncommon practice. There were no fences surrounding the park. But there are a ton of trees (and yes they were there in 84)
* When KJessop suggested here that Christine never went to the park that day to meet Leslie – that made sense to me. *But where’s the proof? *Here it is: Leslie claimed she and Christine had agreed to meet in the park to play with their Cabbage Patch dolls. *But, Christine’s Cabbage Patch doll was found at home in her room after she was abducted. *This strongly suggests she never took that doll out of the house because she never intended to go to the park to meet Leslie. *It also strongly suggests that Christine was not abducted from the park – because if she was – why was the doll found at home? *(Again, sorry, Mr. Mangano.) *
Your placing a lot of confidence on a 30 year old memory of a 14 year old who according to all accounts was not anywhere around when the abduction or events leading up to the abduction was not around.
I counter suggest that she just took the recorder instead. She couldn't get a hold of Leslie on the phone and she did not tell her mom/leave a note therefore plans were in the air and she intended on checking in at home before continuing on with plans. In Makins book Leslie waited for Christine to call before going to the park suggesting the plan was to call first otherwise why bother.
* And the issue of the recorder. *Why was it e ven with Christine when she was abducted from her home? *It never really made sense – until KJessop suggested that she took it with her because she believed she was leaving with someone who was going to take her to see her father (in jail). *That works for me. *It explains the presence of the recorder. *It explains why the abduction was so fast and went completely unnoticed. *Christine went willingly. *Her abductor offered her something that she would not say no to. *
So she wouldn't have brought it to town because she had plans to bring play with her cabbage patch dolls but she would have brought it to a jail?? Possible I suppose but I'm leery of that.
She hadn't been to see her dad yet and as in Makins book was scheduled to go the Sunday the same week she disappeared. I doubt she would have run off knowing she would be going with her mom and ken and knowing her mom would be home soon. Visitation to jail is obviously monitored so this would have been easily documented
* Some might say, “Oh, but she was so excited to have her recorder because she just got it that day and wanted to take it everywhere.” *Eh. *Whatever. *
Again Im going to assume you don't have children, they really are predictably strange little human beings lol
* We’re talking about a little girl who caught dew worms by herself, had her own chickens, pet frog and a dog. *It seems like she was something of a tomboy. *Equal parts “girly-girl” and “roll-up-her-sleeves-and-get-dirty”. *There were two sides to her. *Ken saw one, her mother another. *
She was also a little girl that LOVED music. Ironically her favorite song was I’m going to live forever -Janet Jessop interview newspaper clipping globe and mail i think but i will verify *
Question for you Dpanman: in regards to timing, how did she accomplish mail, store, talking to people and home and abduction in 25mins?
