Obviously, it makes sense to cover the more likely scenarios, but I would like to suggest some less likely ones, possibilities that I am not sure I would ultimately support but I am throwing out there anyway.
- The guy that was watching female joggers and turned himself in, could he have been a scout of some kind? So even though he wasn’t directly involved maybe he was given some sort incentive to provide photos or details of joggers to some other source (e.g., another online creep of some kind, or even a network of creeps). A source perhaps even anonymous to him ... and if that were the case, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to keep quiet and say he didn’t know anything. It would be true.
- I beat the drum on this issue in an earlier thread, but what's the deal with the reported burglary that was recorded in the July 17th police log (it was called in on the 16th) just up the road on W Des Moines? If that burglary is still unresolved, it would mean that there are some possible implications. The house in question is another big white house, just like Mollie’s BF’s house ... and it is also on a corner. Was this an abduction where others were given second hand info to nab her (e.g “ She’s in the big white house on W Des Moines”) and they simply went to the wrong house that night? Or was a person in town looking specifically for her, asked for her location and got it wrong (and ended up ultimately getting her outside of her house or jogging at a later time)?
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
—Sherlock Holmes
This case just stays on my mind. As I was reading your #2 it made me starting wondering:
There are two Sheriff Dept folks who live in Brooklyn per the Sheriff. There is no substation there. I wondered how close they lived to Mollie's parents? Please don't misread or try to read something negative about LE in this post. Could the person have been watching Mollie for some time and because of how close Mollie's mom lives to where local LE live, nothing happened. But this summer Mollie was spending more and more time away from her mom's home. With the way she runs, would not take long to learn her routine this summer. Same POB. Same boyfriend. Not sure how long ago Dalton moved in with brother. Could be LE lives near Dalton's parents? Could the reason nothing happened until that day was the proximity of LE?
And I have always wondered since the Sheriff's office is in Montezuma. If the person was local (and by that I don't necessarily mean LIVING there at the moment in time Mollie vanished. I don't even mean born in the state of IA much less that county. Could have family: grandparents, in-laws. Could work a biz route/territory, etc- when I use the term LOCAL I mean knows the town -the streets, the way LE works, good idea of businesses and how folks daily, and in this case, specifically during the week, move about.) how many officers are there who respond when a call comes in? Since there is a contract between Brooklyn and County Sheriff office is a particular officer or number of officers supposed to always be available for any call to Brooklyn? I wonder if it could be known that so-and-so would be working on X day at the Sheriff's dept and the person responsible was able to either monitor calls (can you still monitor police calls?) and know officer so and so was responding to a call on the other side of the county. (maybe even make the call that sends so and son in that direction) Or know that so and so doesn't work Wednesdays, was on vacation that week?
If she was snatched while either walking to mom's or during or after her run - doesn't that open the door to either some one very brazen with no concern or someone who felt comfortable on WEDNESDAY in BROOKLYN or sometime Thursday from midnight to the time Dalton sent that morning text to which Mollie which she never responded. What would make someone comfortable -
I initially thought NO POLICE - they are in Montezuma! With a population for the whole county under 18000 how many officers are there in the first place? How much ground do they have to cover? Do THEY have specific routes they work on particular days? Do they have specific officers who work particular days - locations? Does anything stand out where Wednesday July 18th after 5:30 to the time Dalton sent that morning text in regards to the Sheriff's dept?
The Sheriff said two people in his dept live in Brooklyn. Are they deputies? Or some other job? And could over time enough be learned about LE to give someone confidence and comfort to take Mollie?
And as far as the ex-hog biz guy, does that route and location mean anything to local LE. A poster mentioned folks in the region where the biz is are more connected to Montezuma than Brooklyn? Could someone be expecting that, using it to their advantage?
I want to know if infrared searches have been done - been reading about all of the advances since the 1970s when the first article I read about how plant/light change over where a grave is located and there are signatures which can be seen using infrared that the naked eye can't see.
And I can't shake CAMPING. and I don't know why! There are some campsites which don't require reservations. Could any of them hold anything. Anyone else wondering about camp grounds/ camping?
