What happened to Brian Shaffer? The evening/morning he disappeared, he was last seen in a building housing a bar, theatre, restaurant and space under construction.
Several hundred people entered the building that evening, all on tape.
All but one - let's call him Person A - are also (per police) on tape leaving the building.
How odd!
One person in the building that evening disappeared, forever.
How odd! Over 12 years now. The last time that person was ever seen was at the entrance to the bar in the building. Let's call him Person B.
Now, what is REALLY odd is this. What are the chances that Person A, the one not seen to have left the building, and Person B, the one who permanently disappeared that night, are ONE AND THE SAME? Several hundred patrons/employees, yet Person A and Person B are
one person, Person A/B (Brian Shaffer). That is statistically highly unlikely. What would make it seem less unlikely is a
linkage between the disappearance and the departure from the building. If the seeming failure to depart the building is in some way linked to the disappearance, this is all less unlikely.
And how might the seeming failure to depart the building be linked to the disappearance? Well, the lead detective suggests that Person A/B - likely intoxicated - exited the 'heavily under construction' building via the area under construction described as 'completely dug up' and difficult to navigate even if sober. So the notion that Person A/B's disappearance may be linked to his attempting (as suggested by the lead detective) to exit the building via the construction area seems possible, and in the absence of any other good explanations (went to Margaritaville, engagement cold feet, his pal did him in, mugged but no body, SmileyFace, he was into something criminal, etc.) for his permanent disappearance, even probable.
Alas, the police say they searched (cough, cough, not a lot of detail on that) with dogs at some point, and he wasn't found in and thus isn't in the construction area.
Or is he?
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