I went back to the original namus file again (
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8909) and there are some sort of interesting things I noticed that I didn't notice the first time.
1) Both composite sketches were done by the Trenton, NJ PD based on "description from an acquaintance". I had assumed that the composites were based on a description by Joanne Rainello, but now it seems more likely to me that it was based on a description of someone she knew in New Jersey or else the composites would probably have been done in CT, where she was found, not NJ, where she lived before she died. Maybe the acquaintance was CM Fox, JR? The composites were done the year she was found, on 11/21/1974. On the other hand, it's possible that the police came to Rainello or vice versa.
I wonder what date Rainello first approached the police to tell her story. Anyone know if it was before or after 11/21/1974?
2) The "Wanted" poster for Carmichael mentions the bank robbery in Trenton. Interestingly, the poster or flier was dated May 14, 1971, before anyone knew that he was dead (since his body wasn't found until 1974). At that point, he was a fugitive and bank robber in the eyes of the FBI.
2) Does anyone else see what looks it might be a reverse imprint of letters on the picture of the sweater when they blow it up? It may just be my imagination, but it looks like there may be some letters about 1/4 of the way up from the bottom of the sweater and some other scribbles when I magnify the image. I've tried playing around with contrast and other effects and haven't been able to make them out.
3) The picture labeled, "Yellow Raincoat she was known to have worn" is different from the other photos of the clothing, which are staged for pictures on a shelf in front of a faux wood-panelled wall. The raincoat is on the floor in a jumble of other clothes, including what looks to me like the skirt (upside-down to the left of the jacket) with maybe a knife on top of it (?) and some boots (the granny boots without stuffing in them to make them stand upright?) to the right. There's also a foot belonging to a woman wearing a sandal in the top of the frame in the center. Could this photo have been taken during the seizure of the items at Iemma's?
ETA: Carmichael's and UID's bodies were found on 5/30/1974. Grand jury indictment was on November 12/1974.
http://law.justia.com/cases/connecticut/supreme-court/1980/179-conn-431-2.html
