Hi everyone,
This is my first post, just been reading along. I live in Blmgton and think about LS and this case all the time. I keep going back to is CR. Early on there was a report that he asked a friend the morning of June 4 if he had "seen a little blonde girl" But JW didn't report her missing until later that afternoon, had he been contacted by someone already looking for her? If not, how did he know she was missing, and doesn't this contradict his having memory loss, if she walked him home after the hit, how did he remember that she was around his place? <snipped for space>
Hi MonroeRes, welcome!
That question has come up here before as many of us had similar questions. It can be hard to remember/ find these posts after all this time, so here's one discussion, if you're interested:
Bessie quotes some of the articles with statements from friends and neighbours of CR/JR here: [ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7444401&postcount=217"]Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - IN - Lauren Spierer, 20, Bloomington, 03 June 2011 #26[/ame] and then it is discussed in the next couple of pages.
Unfortunately, I don't think there's a clear answer. To summarize, yes: statements are odd. But, it seems that there was some sloppy reporting so it's hard to tell whether inconsistencies come from the POI or the journalists.
I have leaned toward sloppy reporting being the case for the 'little blond girl' comment (It was actually reported as FEB 4th, likely meaning JUNE 4th, but that still would have been the day after LS went missing, after people had started looking for her) It does strike me as weird either way though -- The comment seems suspicious if it occurred prior to him knowing she went missing, and flippant if it occurred after (IMO).
Another inconsistency in those 3rd hand accounts is about where CR and LS went after being recorded in the alley. Some claimed they heard that both went back to JR's. CR's official story (via MB due to the 'memory loss') is that they went to his apartment, MB put CR to bed, and then Lauren left to go to JR's alone. But
even if we give MB the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a truthful and complete account: Was he up all night working on his papers, or did he go to bed? Would he have known/ heard if CR went out again? As far as I know, CR's story jumps from MB's recollection of 'putting him to bed' to waking up in the morning not remembering anything...
Since JR's account doesn't seem to include CR (at least as far as we know?) the focus turned to him quite quickly, but the Spierers' recent(ish) return to CR as a focus of interest made me wonder...
*sigh*... I was happy to see Lauren's thread bumped to the top of the page again. Still, it's discouraging that we still only have these scraps of information to turn over and over again.