The thing I remember taking away from it was they interviewed Bartt Streeter at length. He truly seemed genuinely sad about his mother and sister and the fact they were estranged at the time they went missing. I don't think he was involved.
I don't think he was involved either. He's not an angel though and this is probably why they initially put him under the radar temporarily.
Fighting with his sister when they lived together, somewhat dysfunctional relationship with mother/family, heavy drinker, etc.
I'd like to know more about the partying they did together and more importantly, who they were partying with. It's certainly possible that Bart knew their killer(s) yet at the same time, has/had no idea they were the killer(s).
This is gonna sound like cliche profiling 101......but did Bart have any potential stressors in his life leading up to their disappearance? While I don't believe he was involved, these types of things have to be placed under the microscope.
Like I said in my last post, one more serious crack at this case is needed while Stacy's mom is still alive. Aim that miscroscope at Bart, specifically Bart's circle of friends, Sherrill's love life, Sherrill's clients, and at everyone in Stacy and Suzy's circle. Not just the inner circle.....all of them.
When going down the friend route, discussion has always revolved around Janelle. A few reasons for that obviously but its not fair to Janelle and it also lets everyone else in their inner and outer circle stay off the radar. Janelle was not the only person they knew.
Last but not least...when going to parties, your circle just got bigger....even if only temporarily.
Many like to ignore the fact they disappeared right after going to parties. I dont ignore it.
What got me was how freely everyone just opened the door and walked around. Never in my life have I done that. My daughter attends Kickapoo, which is really weird. So close to this story. But in the photos, this is right off of Glenstone. Highly populated road. How far from there was the van turning around incident?
I always thought the supposed van incident was nothing more than a red herring. I throw it in the category with the serial killers and ghosts pointing at hospital garages as things that helped botch the case.
The van was focused on too much and too early. It's not the only case where this happens either.
Is it possible that they were taken away in a van? Yes. It's also equally possible they were taken in a truck or a car.
Another incident I throw in the red herring category is the witness supposedly seeing the three of them eating at a restaurant that night/morning. I have serious doubts that Stacy went out for an early breakfast wearing panties.
I too was stunned by that. The only one I can see doing that possibly was Mrs. McCall; if my child were missing I would go to any lengths to find them. But JK and her boyfriend? And answering the phone and erasing phone messages? What? That's outrageous in my opinion.
I have always been suspicious of their early morning/afternoon activities in the hours following the crime.
Having said that, I try placing myself in that position at their age. Other than calling LE at some point, there really is no right thing to do. For the sake of this discussion let's say they witnessed some sort of fight or other incident(however minor) at one of the parties. In that situation they would be unlikely to even imagine it could potentially lead to their friends and her mom vanishing into thin air. You wouldn't see a link.
So while it may appear they are removing/cleaning evidence, at the same time it could just be teens not understanding the magnitude of the unfolding situation.
It is unfortunate that critical hours were lost. Even when Stacy's mom finds out they're missing, the red flags still aren't waving yet. Her mom shoulders no blame of course but its unfortunate that it took awhile for it to click that these girls are not gone on their own free will. I cant even imagine the horror of how she felt when it dawned on her that wherever Stacy is, she's there barefoot and wearing panties. In other words, she's in distress.
The immediate hours post-disappearance have always begged a question to their friends(ALL of them)...
Where did they think they went? All the cars are sitting right there in front of the house. They had plans made for that day. yes its possible to change plans but like I said....cars are right there. Could someone have picked them up? Of course...but why not call someone with this changed plan, especially Stacy's mom? Leave a note?
Did any of them really believe, even for a second, that the girls and Sherrill walked somewhere? If so, where? To a local diner? A morning jog?
I do realize it was from the era(which I miss) when cell phones were not mainstream(pagers either) and you didn't announce to the world your presence on social media every five minutes. However, you would tell someone since you already have plans that will take up most of that day and there are people waiting for you.
With them doing the image taking in the garage, and seeing voids. Couldn't this just be where the construction company buried stuff from the construction. I work for a construction company and they do that.
Whatever is in there, its not the missing women or anything related to the crime whatsoever. People need to finally move on from the garage and it never should've entered the narrative of this tragedy.
In future docs, books, or podcasts, I'm hoping they start ignoring it completely. I roll my eyes every time it's mentioned....and it also shows how little thought and research there was in any show that mentions it.
