Since the certificate of death for Henry’s son was posted here, something about it was nagging at me. The name contained the suffix “Jr” but the first and last name are not that if Mr Henry. It’s not particularly common for that to actually be the case. I’m not convinced that Mr Henry or any of his children (I’m sure he had more than one) were involved in this crime. Another thing that has always made me question the theory, some articles state that he was found
with the murder weapon. On the other hand, several state that the firearm he was in possession of was “consistent with” the murder weapon. In my experience, that doesn’t necessarily mean it was proved to be the actual weapon used to kill these Does. For reasons unknown to us, his arrest and the handling of the firearm were not taken as seriously as they probably should. IMOO from what is publicly known.
The other things that I haven’t been able to shake is the watch John Doe was wearing and this Sebring race t-shirt. So of course I did some more digging. I decided to set aside my theory that Stephen and Linda are The Mystery Couple and focus more on the specifics of the personal details and items found with the Does. It may have paid off...or I could have just found another dead end. Either way, it’s worth mentioning.
From 1972-1976 (1971 if you include the year prior to Bulova’s sponsorship) there was a Canadian racing series, “Mosport’s Bulova Championship 1972-1976”. You guessed it...Bulova was a huge sponsor for the entire series! Apparently the watch/clock maker was in its prime during and around these years.
One PDF I found about the article contained a photo of a few of the racers. One in particular really caught my eye. Danny Burritt, around 23 years old at the time. As it turns out he was quite popular and in 1973 won the race and received, essentially, a trip to Europe as part of his prize. I’ve done a little searching for him to find out if he’s alive, well, missing, and haven’t found much. He was involved in an accident during the first race he participated in upon arriving back from Europe. (74/75 I can’t recall) Other than that I’ve not found much about him. Something else came up and I just haven’t had the time.
Hopefully these links work for everyone. Like I said it could be another rabbit hole but there were too many “coincidences” for me to ignore...
Mosport’s Bulova Championship Series 1972-1976
(PDF)
Motorsport Magazine
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