IMO here's where Todd's very own words sent my internal alarm ringing loudly..
We get an MSM report stating that a 30yr old woman from Machesney Park, but who was presently living in Roscoe, went missing supposedly sometime after 9pm Monday October 22.
That she and her husband were separated and had been living apart for weeks, and on Monday evening its verified she was shopping between 7-8pm, then went to her estranged husbands home on Tetterwall(?) where she was briefly before leaving out to go run another errand around 9pm.
We then have Todd enter with his contradiction of the report saying that he and his wife were NEVER SEPARATED, but rather had been happily married for 7 years.. That LE statement that Katrina was living in Roscoe was absolutely UNTRUE AND FALSE.. That his wife had been out shopping til around 8pm Monday(10/22) and then arrived home at their residence where she only briefly stayed before telling him she had to run another errand around 9pm when she left their home..
To which LE was then asked by the media for their comment on Todd's rebuttal claiming LE were wrong in stating he and his wife were ever separated and that she had been living in Roscoe.. LE quite wisely IMO made the decision to state that they had zero comment on what Mr.Smith was claiming.
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Problematic issues for me at this point were..
LE does NOT take lightly their words spoken to the public via the media.. Much different their words are extremely well thought out and intentional. When LE do choose to make public statements regarding facts of a case THEY DO NOT make statements that are "iffy", unsubstantiated, etc.. Their statements are established facts and it is exactly this that IMMEDIATELY drew suspicion in the direction of Todd.
it was one thing for Todd to come forward with contradictory information(which for me personally was enough to spark alert in me), but when LE was asked about Todd's public contradictory claim their answer spoke volumes in stating they had zero to say about his claim.
This set off the loud warning bells for me because LE without missing a beat kept steadfast to what they knew was an established fact, Katrina and Todd were and had been separated and Katrina was and had been no longer residing at the marital residence with Todd in Machesney Park.
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This may seem to some like nothing more than a minor mistake, miscommunication, irrelevant error with no meaning, but for me it in essence went to the very heart of what Todd Smith's motive was for feeling the need to lie to the public in claiming a secure, very much cohesive and together partnership in marriage with Katrina..
It was as they say the beginning of the end of Todd being an innocent, uninvolved victim in this case.(for me personally it was).. As I said I totally understand that some may not look at it like this way at all and I am fine to agree to disagree..
IMO the point of no return came quickly thereafter Todd had made the decision to vehemently deny and contradict that he and his wife were living apart..
Why then would he have not sounded the alarm bells to if not LE, then atleast to family and friends that Katrina NEVER RETURNED HOME the night of Monday the 22ND when just going out to run an errand?
Instead almost 24hours pass (at that point her employer, friends, and family now are aware and concerned) before Todd goes to none other than the Roscoe Police Dept to file the missing persons report. If she truly resided there in the marital residence with him in Machesney Park why in the world would he go thru the Roscoe LE to report her missing?
This issue very much confirmed what LE already had stated as fact, Katrina and Todd were separated, living apart with her residing in Roscoe..
Todd's "story" was falling apart right before the eyes of the entire public, LE, and most importantly right before the eyes of those who truly do love Katrina the most, her family and friends..
There are many other issues that have come into play, but for me it became clear all the way back at nearly the beginning of this nightmare that Todd Smith IMO was extremely likely to be involved and responsible for why Katrina was no longer here..
IMO its only a matter of time before LE get their t's crossed and their i's dotted on the arrest warrant for Todd Smith.. I know that it is the last thing that people who know and love both Todd and Katrina want to believe..but IMO sadly I believe it is Todd that is at the heart of this nightmare unfolding as we speak..
All jmo, tho.
**Rest In Peace Sweet Katrina**
