Why would police say they thought Toni was in an 'unfamiliar' area?
That's another thing that seemed really strange when they said it, right? Did they know everywhere Toni had ever been? How could they possibly know whether or not the areas she was going to were familiar to her or not? But what if they knew she was engaged in an activity that would generally take her to unfamiliar areas?
I remember discussing this back when it was said. I also asked how the #$%& the cops (or anyone, for that matter) would know what was familiar and unfamiliar to Toni. For them to imply that she was on an unfamiliar, "rural, desolate roadway" (wasn't it even described as "parts unknown"?) when she happened to have a random accident seemed like an incredibly odd theory to present, given the lack of info they supposedly had at the time. What did they know at that time that we didn't? I'm still lukewarm on the Pokemon theory, but it still hasn't been ruled out because we don't have the data that could confirm or deny whether or not she was playing.
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http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article136092253.html
While not ruling out foul play, Kansas City police think that around 6 a.m. Jan. 15, Toni Anderson
likely wrecked her black 2014 Ford Focus on some rural, desolate roadway...The accident may have happened far away from where any high-definition, sonar detectors or other aerial tracking devices would have been able to locate her.
Kansas City police missing persons investigators say they are examining two possible theories of what might have happened to Toni Anderson.
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The first — and most likely — theory is that she was involved in a traffic accident, and authorities have yet to find the location. Anderson worked late that night, and the inclement weather created icy roads.
Investigators know that Anderson was driving in an unfamiliar area.
“Fatigue, bad weather lends itself to the possibility of a traffic accident,
like running off the roadway,” said Sgt. Ben Caldwell, a supervisor with the Police Department’s missing persons, cold case section. “That is still probably our strongest possibility at this point.”
The second theory is that Anderson was the victim of foul play. Police will investigate that possibility until they learn otherwise, as is standard in missing persons probes.
“There is nothing to indicate that there was foul play, but we are treating it as if it was foul play until we learn something differently,” he said.
But
the crash theory is the most logical and makes the most sense based on the evidence police have amassed so far, Caldwell said.
