I believe that the bolded remarks to me are rude.
I am asking for the facts. Not ideas or speculations based on things that cannot be true.
For instance, where on that road could there have been a perp watching?
These children had never done this before.
The white van that Joy brings up was weeks later.
And yes. I like the info Richard posted. Anonymous info welcome.
People did not have cell phones back then. There were pay phones everywhere.
Why did Kevin not say anything?
There were huge billboards, pleas on TV and radio, posters, vigils. Why?
And Joy's blog has someone trying to tie the family to this. Truly odious
I can assure you that I had no intent to appear to be rude in my posts. When I was posting last night, my text and your quote appeared exactly in the same font style when I finished my posts - they blended together without distinction. I even logged off the site and back in again, still the same - so I went in and edited my posts by boldfacing my parts. Now today, I can see your quotes highlighted, and mine are in bold - but I cannot edit them further. If I could, I would remove the boldface - but I cannot. I sincerely apologize if you found my formatting to be rude, that was not my intent.
I understand your frustration "Human", we're all frustrated. Yep, I wish Kevin had come forward in 1989. I wish we had more facts, less speculation - more certainty, less doubt. But we don't.
Myself, I do not find your questioning of opinions or information to be rude. You're absolutely entitled to your own opinions, as we all are. I do however find you to be a bit "stubborn" or not open-minded I guess when it comes to new ideas. Not saying it's a bad thing, again 'cause it's your deal and your right, not mine. However, when you say things that suggest there could not have been a yard light in the DR yard back in 1989 or things like that, I'm gonna challenge you to explain why, or challenge you by saying they're as common in country as a fire hydrant is in the city.
KeepHopeAlive said it best when they said whether we're looking now, or whether we looked in 1989 - we're all searching for Jacob, answers, the truth. The trouble with Jacob's abduction, is that they are very few facts available to the general public. My "thing" is - here we have DR and Kevin coming forward and we're getting their words - without editing, without filtering, without bias, without omission, without prejudice, without personal gain, etc. Let's open up our bias, our opinions, and our dispositions to new ideas and information. Somewhere along the line, something is gonna spark, something is gonna stick, and it's all going to come together - I believe it's just a matter of time. Let's all be constructive, and save some of that time.
Now, "Human", to answer some of your questions above:
White van - Joy brings it up, but I don't see where she says it was right away. But somewhere along the line the media did present us with a story of a white van in connection to Jacob's case. I'm 175 miles away and I heard it.
Where on the road could a perp have been watching? - Anywhere between the Wetterling home and the street where the boys made the final turn to go to Tom Thumb. All the perp had to do was go back the opposite way and wait for the boys to return. A perp on such a mission could have been hiding out with the Tom Thumb in sight, knowing it was not a school night and kids could be out late (I think this is kinda important, given it was a Sunday night. Only locals would know there was no school the next day). The perp could have been in the fields, DR's driveway, or any other driveway along the way.
Joy's blog tying family to the abduction? - No, not that I recall. I believe a commenter suggested that, but not Joy. You can bet that Jacob's family was checked out early in the investigation, because fact is, the vast majority of child abductions are committed by family members. It's absolutely the logical place to start because chances are the search stops there. Not in the case though - I think most of us are satisfied that the family was not involved in any way.
Lastly - I think it's very cool that you're here in the forum, and having been a searcher back in 1989! I think we could all gain some perspective if you could share your story with us at length. What was the search like? Was it well organized? Where did you search? What were you told back then? Were there crops on either side of the road, or were they already harvested?
Thanks!
Rob
PS - Constructive debate, onward we go!!
