The Namus file for BCJD was created almost exactly two years ago from today and in a few weeks it will be 50 years since he was found hanging from a tree with no identification.
I'm also leaning towards this. I don't quite see the resemblance, but those are quite distinctive characteristics to ignore.I think 100% that it’s Charles Wallace. I think it’s statistically impossible that you’d find two young men who look the same, both recently missing, matching dental records, matching big scar that took 40 stitches to close in a very unusual place, etc. The search for the Wallace’s son is non-evident, and they consider him deceased. The clincher for me was seeing the photo of who I believe is his father who looks just like the sketch, imo.
I'm also leaning towards this. I don't quite see the resemblance, but those are quite distinctive characteristics to ignore.
There's also the fact that Charles Wallace never turned up elsewhere, and it doesn't appear that the parents kept up the search for him.
Whether as a defense mechanism, to avoid social stigma, or to spare her husband's feelings, I believe the mother refused to identify her son.
Thanks, Ivan, I'd forgotten about that pic!
I don't see it though - and BCJD was missing a scar on his leg that CW had, according to his mother.
I dunno - I'm 70/30 on CW not being BCJD. It has do with 'vibey' things rather than 'actual facts', so with a lot of salt: his suicide note doesn't sound like a person who is a) a drug addict or b) a member of Future Farmers of America; in fact, regardless of the agricultural nature of FFA , CW was 'President' of his local chapter, which implies a degree of social confidence and acceptance BCJD didn't seem to have.
Not to be that guy, but constantly waiting and wishing for your missing child to return home, wondering if they're dying or already dead, etc. doesn't sound like it would be a fun thing to have for the rest of your life. I would personally want to know what happened to my kid and be able to bury them.All that can happen is that you will shatter the domestic peace and order of two innocent lives. Do not deprive them of the hope that their 'missing' son will return...