Hi, I have been reading all of these posts for days now and it is hard not to pull out a notebook and start writing down facts. There are a couple of odd things that just bother me. One is the guy who said he got there before the police did. If no one heard his car (except DR) than is it possible that a car was parked somewhere on the property and not heard or that the car DR heard was someone else? Did the one who got their before police actually drive down the driveway or did he stop at the end where the bikes were? If he drove down the road, why would he do that knowing that it was someones private property? Maybe the person had a car and pulled down Dale on their way out knowing that police were going to be coming, he would have avoided any traffic coming down that main road. And what evidence were they able to find, that the guy who got to the scene first was let go. Did he see any cars? I know this last question was already answered, but how sure was he that he didn't see any cars and what was the last car he did see? If there was an altercation at the second telephone pole, what caused it to stop and end the trail? How soon did they get the dogs out there looking?
They said a sock was found 100 (feet or yards), but never say from where or what direction. Nor did they ever say whether it was Jacob's or not. Was it found in the forest section of DR's property near his house or in the opposite direction (towards Jacob's house)? I think the sock would tell a lot about the direction Jacob and his abductor went.
When I first read the beginning articles, it said the one of the kids heard something to his left. That would be the opposite side of the road from DR's property. What would someone be doing over there if they were not positive the kids would be riding past there. Did they search Jacob's parents outer area of their house (for foot prints, trash, or something that show that someone was outside of their house)? How dark was it that evening? Have they ever made the kids listen to DR's voice? Years later, nothing ever came out about the search warrants. Does the sketch resemble the man who owned the barber shop (I cant find the article on him with his picture)?
The kid Jared who was taken and eventually released, did he ever explain what the silo looked like or the light? He said it was different than any he had seen, but the details never made it out. Does his description of the man match the description of the man at the store? This could mean there were more than one person involved (DR maybe just being the kidnapper, but handing kids off to someone else). If that was 9-10 months before, were their any abductions 9-10 months after Jacob anywhere in the nearby states?
This case really saddens me. I truly hope that it comes out what happened and where he is. My son is 13. We live in a smaller town surrounded by big cities and I worry about him constantly. I told him about this story and he says "Great, now your not going to let me out of the house". I think no matter how we feel about this story, we definitely learn something and teach our kids what to do if something like this happens to one of them. I really hope they find him.