This is a really long post; I'm not certain how many people will be interested in bothering to read it, I don't blame anyone who doesn't, I hope at least a few will, I'd be curious to see what it sounds like to anyone else. Since I know that DR is a main concern on this site, I just wanted to start off with this, and see whether any one else has any thoughts on the same subject.
This is from a News video from WCCO, with Dan Rassier, about the night off the abduction:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video...est-goes-through-day-of-wetterling-abduction/
When DR calls 911 at 11:23 it is because there are people out by his woodpile with flashlights. According to him, it is at this point that he is told that there's been a kidnapping; so, according to that, he had no idea until that minute that there had been a kidnapping. This raises two questions for me. In the interview, (about 2 mins in) he states pretty much as follows - first the woman states that he had called 911 (11:23) then he says - "and they told me there was a kidnapping, and I go "Oh, really" and that was pretty much it" - To me, the way he describes that, it sounds like, he's called 911 in order to report activity on his property, and he's told (for the first time) that 'there's been a kidnapping' and then he just says, "Oh really" and that's about it - well, is he saying that this was pretty much the extent of the conversation, in that, once they told him that, then he thought to himself, 'well that explains the men with flashlights' and told the 911 operator 'ok then' and then the call was discontinued. That is not really what's specified, but, that's the way his description sounds to me. The big thing there is, normally anyone in his position, under those circumstances would be extremely excited and wanting as much information as possible, thinking that well if it happened so close that they're searching 'My Property' then he'd be asking ''Where did the kidnapping take place, who was kidnapped, what happened?" and when he was told that it was actually right in his driveway, then he'd be even more excited and want to know every piece of information that the 911 operator would give him, such as, 'did it just happen right now?' and then he'd be told, 'no a bout 9:15' or whatever; but, listening to him tell the story, it sounds pretty much like, when he called to report the men with flashlights, that, when the 911 operator told him that there had been a kidnapping, he just said "Oh really" and then that was just about it; as if, there was no more need for conversation, that explains the men around the woodpile, and he didn't have any further need to discuss with the operator. If that was the case, then it sure makes you wonder if he had to have known about the kidnapping, in order to have such a non-reaction.
However, another side to that is; he says, the police keep telling him that he was way too nervous, way too upset, and it seemed really out of the ordinary for the circumstances; although they can't, or won't produce a copy of the recording, so, we'll just have to take their word for it. Well, if he had just innocently called to report suspicious activity on his property and then had been informed that there had been a kidnapping, on his property, then, anyone in their right mind would have a considerable reaction to that. So, the difference is, did he report the men with flashlights, incredibly nervously, which seemed Odd; then Barely React when he was told about the kidnapping? Or, did he report the men with flashlights normally, then have a very Excited Reaction, when he was told about the kidnapping? Or, maybe neither, but, we need the tape!
And, frankly, a couple things have to be considered, either way. There's No Way, that 911 should Not have Any and All 911 calls from that night. Possibly, the police are just not willing to release it. Also, the police do lie, and are allowed to under certain circumstances, to get a reaction from a suspect. So, are they just telling him that he sounded Way Out of the Norm, way too nervous, as if to make him feel like they have something on him, meanwhile, they're concealing the actual tape? To this day, after all these years, they haven't informed him of the results of his polygraph, and/or, any results from his interview under hypnosis. It's really hard to say, and unfortunately, the authorities are really not being cooperative with the public in sharing information that would be critical to have a better understanding of what happened.
