MysteryMaven
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Hi all
I haven't been on this thread in a while. I am trying to catch up and also digest the information on the Comeback podcast. Those 2 did an excellent job in getting interviews from key players and they asked great questions. It did clear up some things and also brought some things to light.
A few thoughts
1. The Hilliard phone ping:
It didn't seem to be a big deal to Det. Hurst. I felt like he glossed over it a little. I always felt like the ping could be a big clue. But maybe it was just a glitch?
2. Interesting how different people in Brian's life answered the same question. When asked what he was Brian was like as a child, his uncle said he was a well behaved, sporty kid. He didn't elaborate.
When asked the same thing, Brian's cousin said he was a big smart alec!
Something his cousin said struck me. He said Brian could be "extreme" and "chameleon-like'. For example at one point in his life (high school I think) Brian had been drinking and partying. He then went the other way and went straight edge and got all into exercise for 6 months. Then went back to his partying. Also, he grew his hair long. His tennis coach told him he needed to cut his hair. Apparently Brian was a top tennis player. He refused to cut his hair and quit the tennis team.
Seemed to be a little rebellious and felt a need to express who he was. Went from one extreme to another.
All very interesting and nothing I have heard before.
3. The box of Brian's things that were in a friend's basement
What were these bizarre, dark things in the box? The PI refers to "writings and other things". I think we can see that there were other sides to Brian. The PI really stresses the words "dark" and "bizarre" here.
4. There was tension between Brian and his father at the time of Brian's disappearance:
This is mentioned by 2 different people. I can't remember the first person who brought it up but they said Brian had negative feelings about his "father's lifestyle choices". The 2nd person is the PI Don Corbett. He knows exactly what the problem was but wouldn't elaborate, he did say it was something that "went against Brian's morals." I am just speculating here but maybe his Dad was starting to see someone during the end of his mother's life. Pure speculation though.
5. Someone mentioned how LE won't give Don Corbett Brian's "police files". I don't think it means Brian had some big police file due to being in trouble with the law, I think Don Corbett meant the police won't share their files ON Brian with him.
6. Clint:
So much about Clint to mull over.
Don Corbett clarified that Clint didn't go to Brian's apartment Sunday and sit there for 6 hours.
Don Corbett also brought up something that really bothered me, Clint's lawyer's statement that "Brian is the one causing his family's pain, not Clint." There was also some statement about how Brian needs to come forward and "end this". So Clint, through his lawyer implied that Brian willfully walked away and needs to come clean. Well if Clint has this knowledge why won't he just tell everyone what happened!!! I know a lot of people are speculating that Clint and Brian were involved in drugs and Clint was protecting himself. At this point if he was involved in some sort of college pot buying deal 12 years ago I don't think his life is going to be ruined or he's going to get arrested. If Clint knows enough to IMPLY that Brian walked away, just say something already!
Brian's brother says his gut feeling is that Clint knows more than he is saying.
In summary, this could all mean something or it could mean nothing. If Brian was mugged on his way home and killed none of this means anything. But do muggers really murder people? No activity has been reported on Brian's credit cards, etc. You would think a mugger would clean out his wallet and at least attempt to use a credit card.
Was Brian under so much emotional and reportedly financial stress that he made an extreme decision to walk away?
If he fell into the construction site and died next door why did his phone ping 14 miles away a few months later? There were no "less busy" towers any closer at the time of the ping and this means nothing?
Where is Meredith now and what does she know?
So many questions.
I haven't been on this thread in a while. I am trying to catch up and also digest the information on the Comeback podcast. Those 2 did an excellent job in getting interviews from key players and they asked great questions. It did clear up some things and also brought some things to light.
A few thoughts
1. The Hilliard phone ping:
It didn't seem to be a big deal to Det. Hurst. I felt like he glossed over it a little. I always felt like the ping could be a big clue. But maybe it was just a glitch?
2. Interesting how different people in Brian's life answered the same question. When asked what he was Brian was like as a child, his uncle said he was a well behaved, sporty kid. He didn't elaborate.
When asked the same thing, Brian's cousin said he was a big smart alec!
Something his cousin said struck me. He said Brian could be "extreme" and "chameleon-like'. For example at one point in his life (high school I think) Brian had been drinking and partying. He then went the other way and went straight edge and got all into exercise for 6 months. Then went back to his partying. Also, he grew his hair long. His tennis coach told him he needed to cut his hair. Apparently Brian was a top tennis player. He refused to cut his hair and quit the tennis team.
Seemed to be a little rebellious and felt a need to express who he was. Went from one extreme to another.
All very interesting and nothing I have heard before.
3. The box of Brian's things that were in a friend's basement
What were these bizarre, dark things in the box? The PI refers to "writings and other things". I think we can see that there were other sides to Brian. The PI really stresses the words "dark" and "bizarre" here.
4. There was tension between Brian and his father at the time of Brian's disappearance:
This is mentioned by 2 different people. I can't remember the first person who brought it up but they said Brian had negative feelings about his "father's lifestyle choices". The 2nd person is the PI Don Corbett. He knows exactly what the problem was but wouldn't elaborate, he did say it was something that "went against Brian's morals." I am just speculating here but maybe his Dad was starting to see someone during the end of his mother's life. Pure speculation though.
5. Someone mentioned how LE won't give Don Corbett Brian's "police files". I don't think it means Brian had some big police file due to being in trouble with the law, I think Don Corbett meant the police won't share their files ON Brian with him.
6. Clint:
So much about Clint to mull over.
Don Corbett clarified that Clint didn't go to Brian's apartment Sunday and sit there for 6 hours.
Don Corbett also brought up something that really bothered me, Clint's lawyer's statement that "Brian is the one causing his family's pain, not Clint." There was also some statement about how Brian needs to come forward and "end this". So Clint, through his lawyer implied that Brian willfully walked away and needs to come clean. Well if Clint has this knowledge why won't he just tell everyone what happened!!! I know a lot of people are speculating that Clint and Brian were involved in drugs and Clint was protecting himself. At this point if he was involved in some sort of college pot buying deal 12 years ago I don't think his life is going to be ruined or he's going to get arrested. If Clint knows enough to IMPLY that Brian walked away, just say something already!
Brian's brother says his gut feeling is that Clint knows more than he is saying.
In summary, this could all mean something or it could mean nothing. If Brian was mugged on his way home and killed none of this means anything. But do muggers really murder people? No activity has been reported on Brian's credit cards, etc. You would think a mugger would clean out his wallet and at least attempt to use a credit card.
Was Brian under so much emotional and reportedly financial stress that he made an extreme decision to walk away?
If he fell into the construction site and died next door why did his phone ping 14 miles away a few months later? There were no "less busy" towers any closer at the time of the ping and this means nothing?
Where is Meredith now and what does she know?
So many questions.