Blink. Interesting you should post this. Dane was a friend of my son.....who is Multimedia Director for Hurley International. Dane was at the Sports show with the rest of the Hurley Crew in San Diego so I was in on this right after Dane went missing. My son was one of the people looking for him, and he said they were even looking in trash bins.
I called Dane's mom right away and told her who I was, and told her that my son was getting a group together to look for him.
My son is 42, and well known in the surfing industry, told me that Dane absolutely did NOT do drugs. Two days later they found him in the alley! I was just devasted. I couldn't belive it. I know the area well, where he was found. I've lived in San Diego for 72 years and I used to live near that area when I was real little. It is now a terrible neighborhood, lots of gangs etc.
My son's first take on who might have killed him is that he might have been picked up by a 'gay' gang. Dane was VERY tall, very handsome, just like a model. I've heard other people say that too. I have no idea... but I do know that is that it would only have taken about 8 to 10 minutes to have taken Dane to the neighborhood where he was found.
Dane would certainly fit into the bright, hard working, nice looking, getting ahead young man as most of these college students were.
By the way......my daughter who is 45 and been a teacher for 14 years...has worked in 3 of the toughest schools in San Diego. She told me today that she remember's seeing grafitti in lots of places near the schools. AND she remember's seeing a number of 'smilie faces"
Hope any of this helps. Maybe I'll get in touch with the two detectives who have been working so long on this case. What do you guy's think!
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mama
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