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After years of looking at cases in Florida, I feel this case is related to at least two others.
Angela was last seen in a Florida motel in '77
Patricia Elayne Action was last seen in a Florida motel in '78
http://www.nampn.org/cases/action_patricia.html
Teresa Lyn Fittin was working in a Florida motel in '75
http://www.nampn.org/cases/fittin_teresa.html
Each was small in stature, each had long, light brown/blonde hair.
I can't help but believe they each encountered the same person. A serial killer on vacation perhaps.
JMO
I also think it's very interesting because these three have similar physical characteristics: all attractive, petite teenagers. They all vanished from a motel or near the area of one. They also aren't missing too far apart. Below is a link to the map that lists where all three of these girls vanished (Clearwater= Patricia Action, Delan= Angela Ramsey and Fort Lauderdale= Teresa Fittin).
Also, the time era they vanished very close together: 1975-1978.
I find it odd there are so many teen girls, all pretty, petite, lots of brunettes, who vanished in the '70s (Amy Billig, 17, missing from Coconut Grove, FL). There were also many serial killers in Florida back in those decades. Gerlad Stano (but his spree ended in the early '70s), Ted Bundy (known for killings in West coast area, but also some in FL-he was recaptured there in 1978. Is is possible he had something to do with the disappearance on one of these girls?), Christopher Wilder (1983, rampage in FL, amongst other states), Henry Lee Lucas (active in TX, but thought to have been in FL as well), Ottis Toole (active in Florida 1976, thought to be the murderer of Adam Walsh-homosexual).
I have always wondered if Angela Ramsey was a victim of Ted Bundy. She certainly fits the profile (young teen, with long brunette hair parted down the middle). If you look at some of his other confirmed and presumed victims (Julie Cunningham), she fits the profile. The time she vanished also lines up with the time he was in Florida, and since he was traveling and a drifter, it would make sense he would be at a motel. JMO.
Map:
Google Maps
There are also possible victims that fit the description in the surrounding years, except for 1976.
1973 - Unidentified petite teen - south Florida
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/635uffl.html
1979 - Sharon Anne Harrer - 19, 5'4, 98lbs, dark blonde hair, blue eyes disappeared from south Florida from a tourist oriented club.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2874dffl.html
Possibly the key is the year 1976.
When searching through unidentified and missing in Florida 1976 has VERY few cases in comparison to the surrounding years, and none that fit the description.
'76 was the Bicentenial and there would have been a lot going on all over the country that year, prompting many to not vacation. My own family skipped the yearly vacation due to parades, celebrations, etc. (which is part of what prompted my vacationer theory)
HOWEVER, it is also possible they were in prison.
This is all just my opinion and theory based on late nights of searching old case files for Florida.
I haven't checked the thread for updates,
But do authorities know the man who took Angela to dinner before she disappeared?
Did he take a polygraph? Results?
Did he ever become a suspect in the case or even a person of interest? Still think this "stranger" knows more than he is telling.
Satch
Very interesting!
I just can't get over how similar "Robert Crawford" is to Gerald Stano. In the book, I would Find a Girl Walking, this serial killer would tell the author he often felt over shadowed by his brother, the "perfect" child.
Most of his victims were women though, so I do not see him using a woman's name as an alias. He was very into the media, in the sense of being obsessed with movies and disco music. One of his first kills was actually because he became so enraged when a girl he picked up told him she did not like disco music.
So very bizarre!
**Also, I reread the story on Gerald Stano, and realized he had not been arrested until April 1st, 1980, which would mean he was running free at the time all these ladies vanished. He was finally arrested after he attacked a drug addict/prostitute at a motel. He stabbed her 30 times, but she managed to get away, go to police and turn him in. If it was not for that girl, many say he would have killed many many more.
The fact that he is known for picking girls up "off the strip", hang around motels to find girls, and offer them rides (he was knowing for always picking girls up and usually attacked them in his car while driving) is very eery because it reminds me of the three cases you named earlier. He claims to have started his killing spree in the '60s and killed majority of his victims in the 70s, right up until he got caught in 1980.
I do believe that who ever was "Robert Crawford" was just using it as an alias. I'm surprised there seem to be no other reports about similar cases, but then again we have no way of knowing if there are other cases. I think the fact someone else knew this person's alias was "Robert Crawford" is very lucky. It would be interesting to see if Stano had used any aliases, although I cannot remember if he had. It was always speculated he killed many more women then he confessed to, which he would constantly taunt LE about. I wonder if his "hidden cards" in his "game" are actually some of these girls he was never tied to. Would be interesting to see if he ever was considered a suspect in these cases. JMO