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Hi - I just finished reading an article that contained a small detail that is pretty significant. I don't think I had come across this bit of info before - and I've done a fair amount of reading on this case over the past 50 hours (i.e. the old Vanity Fair article, etc.):
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/-article-1.1065529#ixzz1sjSJlzlo
So here is a witness who is establishing Ramos' regular presence on the street on which Etan lived. Hmmm.
Then, there are the recent reports that Ramos worked for Othniel Miller - or may have worked for Miller. So, which was it - was he a "malignant" panhandler, or an employee of the neighborhood handyman? Perhaps both? I guess it's possible that he both bummed on Prince Street, and presented himself to Miller for odd jobs.
But if that's the case - shouldn't there have been more neighborhood witnesses who remembered Ramos' presence? Maybe there are some witness statements that authorities have been withholding all of these years - but so far, I haven't encountered anything else that establishes Ramos as a presence in the Prince St. area.
I'm still wondering how likely it is that Ramos was in the right place at exactly the right time. Even if he did panhandle in the area or did some odds & ends for Miller - he would have had to have been in the right spot bright and early - some time around 8:00 a.m.. Not sure how many "slackers" are morning people - would he have been a mile from his home at that time?
Then, he would have had to have successfully lured Etan in an inconspicuous manner. How familiar was Etan with this guy?
I did read somewhere that LE believed or theorized that Ramos might have been stalking the woman he was "dating" around that time. If so, I guess that would be a powerful motive to be in the area at that time - since this woman had been walking Etan to school. (It would be interesting to know more specifics about how the woman did this job - i.e. did she pick Etan up at his home, or at the bus stop? Was Etan the only person she walked to school, or was he just one of several?) Also - I'm no expert on pedophiles - but I would imagine that some/many of them "get off" on such stalking behavior as secretly observing children at a bus stop. Maybe this guy had a strong sexual motivation to have been lurking in the area at that time (to which he was possibly "introduced" through his girlfriend). But then - exactly where along the path would that place Ramos? Would it place him closer to the bus stop, where it would have been more difficult to lure Etan unnoticed? I wonder how many children were already at the bus stop by the time Etan would have gotten near it.
Maybe I need to read "After Etan" - I thought I saw somewhere where it could be bought as an ebook.
In the neighborhood Saturday, local resident Roberto Monticello recalled Ramos as a malignant presence on Prince St.
He was the bum around here, said Monticello, 46, who was a teen when Patz disappeared. He was aggressively panhandling.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/-article-1.1065529#ixzz1sjSJlzlo
So here is a witness who is establishing Ramos' regular presence on the street on which Etan lived. Hmmm.
Then, there are the recent reports that Ramos worked for Othniel Miller - or may have worked for Miller. So, which was it - was he a "malignant" panhandler, or an employee of the neighborhood handyman? Perhaps both? I guess it's possible that he both bummed on Prince Street, and presented himself to Miller for odd jobs.
But if that's the case - shouldn't there have been more neighborhood witnesses who remembered Ramos' presence? Maybe there are some witness statements that authorities have been withholding all of these years - but so far, I haven't encountered anything else that establishes Ramos as a presence in the Prince St. area.
I'm still wondering how likely it is that Ramos was in the right place at exactly the right time. Even if he did panhandle in the area or did some odds & ends for Miller - he would have had to have been in the right spot bright and early - some time around 8:00 a.m.. Not sure how many "slackers" are morning people - would he have been a mile from his home at that time?
Then, he would have had to have successfully lured Etan in an inconspicuous manner. How familiar was Etan with this guy?
I did read somewhere that LE believed or theorized that Ramos might have been stalking the woman he was "dating" around that time. If so, I guess that would be a powerful motive to be in the area at that time - since this woman had been walking Etan to school. (It would be interesting to know more specifics about how the woman did this job - i.e. did she pick Etan up at his home, or at the bus stop? Was Etan the only person she walked to school, or was he just one of several?) Also - I'm no expert on pedophiles - but I would imagine that some/many of them "get off" on such stalking behavior as secretly observing children at a bus stop. Maybe this guy had a strong sexual motivation to have been lurking in the area at that time (to which he was possibly "introduced" through his girlfriend). But then - exactly where along the path would that place Ramos? Would it place him closer to the bus stop, where it would have been more difficult to lure Etan unnoticed? I wonder how many children were already at the bus stop by the time Etan would have gotten near it.
Maybe I need to read "After Etan" - I thought I saw somewhere where it could be bought as an ebook.