I wonder why this case is often called the oldest missing persons case in North Carolina. like in this article http://www.wral.com/missing-brothers-case-is-nc-s-oldest-unsolved-disappearance/12176586/
The brothers went missing in 1964, Diana and Mark Yoli went missing two years earlier in 1962 from Camp Lejune, NC; and Leila and Mary Rachel Bryan went missing over 20 years before either case in 1941 from Carolina Beach, NC. Anyone else find it weird that NC's oldest cases all went missing in pairs?
When it comes to the Westerfield brothers, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't their step-father who was responsible. He was the last known person to see them, be with them, and his story about dropping them off at the movies doesn't add up.
Why were these children even with their step-father (or should I call him their ex-step-father) if their mother was in the middle of a separation/divorce with him? Knowing how long their mother was married to him might be useful information, because if they were married for a while the boys grew up around him and that would make sense to why they'd still be with him. But all the things I've read about the case doesn't paint that picture, to me, anyways.
I personally believe the boys were killed earlier in the day, I read about a neighbor boy knocking on the door wanting to play with one of the boys and the step-father told him he (Terry) was in a punishment, why would he still be allowed to go to the movies if he was being punished? Maybe he was already dead when his neighbor wanted to play. The step-father no longer had responsibility or obligation to the boys anymore, and maybe wanted to get back at their mom for divorcing him?
The children were regulars at the theater they supposedly went missing from, the theater workers, who would have recognized them, didn't even see them that day (some say they did, others didn't). The theater thing was a probable alibi, waiting for someone you know isn't going to come out of the theater. It was also storming that night, another factor working in favor of the step-father. Search efforts would be delayed, and even if the boys were found evidence would have been washed away. I wonder if the police still have tabs on the step-father.
Interesting!
Regarding the friend allegedly knocking on the door asking to play with Terry and the Stepfather said he was being punished. Some questions:
1.) Was this information brought to light recently, or back around 1964?
2.) If Terry was being punished, what did he do?
I don't know if there is physical evidence to suggest that the boys were killed, but there is enough circumstantial evidence to suggest that the stepfather knows what happened.
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