It is my personal feeling that no accelerant was used. Not unless Perp stashed it as the CS prior to the abduction. Adding an accelerant under the dry conditions would have done far more fire damage than what we see in the CS photos.
Please, ForensicMass, do not go into those woods alone. Do you happen to own a drone?
Nice job, thanks for sharing.
Who do you think was in the Suv. a PI?
Merry Christmas, DeDee!Merry Christmas! :heartbeat:
May Peace be with VMs family and loved ones on this first Christmas without her lovely presence. I remember VM tweeted that she loved Christmas. We love you, VM.
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For what it's worth on the defense classes issue. I asked my girlfriend who is Vanessa's age if she had ever taken a self-defense class and she had not. I then asked her if she knew what to do if someone were to try to attack her in that situation and she said that the number one thing is that she would not allow anyone to put her into a vehicle, as she was aware that her chances of surviving diminish greatly if someone gets her into the car. I think it's fair to say that whether or not Vanessa took self-defense classes she was certainly aware of self-defense classes since she referenced them in her old post and therefore I think she was also aware of basic self-defense strategies. I believe that there is no way that Vanessa would allow someone to forcibly put her into an automobile against her will.
I still think that someone tried to get her into a vehicle and she resisted with everything she had because she knew enough to reason that resisting immediately gave her the best chance of escaping the situation.
This just crossed my mind but what if he parked on the opposite side of the road as the bushes he'd have hid in knowing she likely would cross the road rather than run by a parked car? He could have tested it before months earlier. I know I likely would cross. He could also have faked fixing a tire and asked for help or faked being hurt so she'd help. So glad everyone isn't posting because of the holiday so I could catch up and now that I'm done wrapping gifts it's time for bed. Merry Christmas guys. Also when the crime scene is visited maybe forenseicmass can make a video of it all and even get the cops to search the pond? He also could have weighed down the missing shoe with clothing once wet they'd hold it down and the shoe would sink eventually once drenched. The one shoe and not two at the memorial still creeps me out and makes me wonderLooking at it more, I can see what you said earlier about someone hiding out there, on the side of the road, in the bushes. It seems like a difficult place for a vehicle to pull over and very obvious if someone did. It is not like roads with a larger breakdown lane. Looking closer at the area gives more perspective. It seems someone would have to be walking, hiding, biking, or running. Not sure what part the vehicle plays in it, clearly some part it would seem.
It would explain the ballsy kill site. After having a cab driver ask me questions you only ask if you're hoping someone doesn't have family around and wouldn't be reported missing because you plan to do something and even going as far as to ask a weird question about if I live alone before being near my home I now wonder if there is a possibility she took a can often enough ever to have a stalker via that. I highly doubt that but my mind went to this case and others I follow and especially when I saw the cab drive past a few times after..also she likely ran when he tried that so that means he's fast and strong if he was able to catch her
Not too many people taking cabs to Princeton. Barely any in Worcester even.
Does Worcester have Uber?