I've read that Vanessa was not romantically involved. Can you post a link of what you read about a boyfriend?
Not a great source but
http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/vanes...e-suspect-killer-dead-death-mother-instagram/
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I've read that Vanessa was not romantically involved. Can you post a link of what you read about a boyfriend?
I'm not seeing anything in that article about a boyfriend. Can you post the quote you're looking at? Thanks.
I don't think anyone followed her specifically.
If the two cases are linked, I think it might be that the coverage of the Howard Beach case (Karina) excited and inspired Vanessa's perp. Gross to think about. When he saw Vanessa, he was ripe to strike.
HOWEVER, that leaves out the burning of Vanessa. That seems like someone ready in advance, with a plan.
The possibility of connected cases made me go look for other cases of women murdered jogging recently. The only one I've found so far is Ally Brueger in Michigan. She was 31 and was shot from behind. I don't think she was sexually assaulted.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ra-Brueger-31-shot-while-jogging-30-July-2016
Wow, good catch! And they were earned in NYC, so odd, how can that be?
Adding that I use mapmyrun and you would have to be logged into your account in order for it to track
I don't think they've said or they don't know. Same for her clothing, as far as I know.Where is her phone ?
The possibility of connected cases made me go look for other cases of women murdered jogging recently. The only one I've found so far is Ally Brueger in Michigan. She was 31 and was shot from behind. I don't think she was sexually assaulted.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ra-Brueger-31-shot-while-jogging-30-July-2016
I'm not seeing anything in that article about a boyfriend. Can you post the quote you're looking at? Thanks.
A little more info on the "wrong-way" death on the Mass Turnpike (I-90) on Monday Night.
* Crash was around ~11:55PM Monday, 8/9
http://wwlp.com/2016/08/09/wrong-way-driver-killed-after-crashing-twice-on-mass-pike/
* Driver pulled onto I-495 in Westborough, headed west, pulled into the breakdown lane and reversed direction into head-on traffic. (I-90 is a divided highway.) He was driving a Ford Focus.
http://www.wcvb.com/news/1-dies-3-injured-in-wrongway-crash-on-mass-pike/41114558
* Driver was a 28 year old male from Rutland, graduated Wachusett Regional High School in 2006
http://www.milesfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1838581
* Marcotte was from Princeton, which also attends Wachusett Regional High School, but she didn't graduate with the driver--she was a year behind him and graduated from a private school in Worcester: Bancroft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessamarcotte
* Driver's family (and the driver, presumably) live just across the town line from the crime scene, on East County Road in Rutland, MA. East County Road intersects with the road Marcotte's mother lives on, where her body was found.
http://www.worcesterdeeds.com
At first I thought, based on their age and towns, that they almost certainly knew each other from the regional high school. They might even have been on the same school bus route. But as it turns out, Marcotte was a year behind the driver and Marcotte graduated from a private school.
These are good points but it's important to remember that she didn't grow up in Princeton, but Leominster instead. She wouldn't have been as likely to know a lot of kids from the Wachusett district, but Leominster instead. Of course it's entirely possible that her closest friends from Bancroft could have been from Rutland and that's how she could have known TA.Guessing from your screen name as Wachusett that you're likely local. So as you probably know kids around the same grade often intermingle with local kids that go to the private school. As a Wachusett student I still knew a good chunk of the kids at In my grade at the area private schools, so just because she went to Bancroft and he went to Wachusetts doesn't mean they didn't know each other. They could have even been at the same Worcester bar the night before, if she met up with friends after dinner with her dad.
If I were the police I would def look into any connection between the driver TA and Vanessa.
I think scent dogs are trained to track any human scent. They probably wanted the dog in the unseached areas first, and I am only guessing, but assume the father was going in areas he shouldn't have been going yet, and leaving his own scent everywhere.Is anyone familiar with scent dogs? I know they found Vanessa's body with dogs, and I know there is a difference btw cadaver dogs and dogs that search for missing persons. I'm guessing they weren't cadaver dogs as she hadn't been missing all that long.
My understanding is that they'd give the dog a piece of clothing to smell and help track that person.
The reason I'm asking is because VM's dad was asked to stop looking for his daughter because it was throwing off the scent dogs.
So not knowing much about scent dogs this confuses me a bit. Apparently she went to dinner with her dad the night before....so could the clothes they gave the dogs to smell been from when she saw her dad? Or do people in the same family just have similar scents to begin with?
I hate to think a father would have anything to do with this, but just trying you understand why a dads smell would throw off scent dogs? Could it because he was the last one to see hear alive?
Apparently the aunt was searching....why didn't her scent from the same house throw off the scent dogs? Or if the mom was searching, hers?
Also this is just a weird thing, that no one else might think is weird but I thought it was really weird that the first thing he comes out in the media and says is that he just wants justice.....to me it seems you would be too grief stricken and in shock that early in learning of your daughters murder to go straight to justice. Just seemed weird to me.
These are good points but it's important to remember that she didn't grow up in Princeton, but Leominster instead. She wouldn't have been as likely to know a lot of kids from the Wachusett district, but Leominster instead. Of course it's entirely possible that her closest friends from Bancroft could have been from Rutland and that's how she could have known TA.
I think scent dogs are trained to track any human scent. They probably wanted the dog in the unseached areas first, and I am only guessing, but assume the father was going in areas he shouldn't have been going yet, and leaving his own scent everywhere.
In terms of wanting justice right away, I personally don't find it unusual. I would be incredibly angry that someone had done that to my child and I would be very concerned they could get away with it.
Increased police presence this morning at the scene