Ok,
I think that I am so close to this case that I am having a hard time seeing things straigt. Oh I wanted to mention that where the truck was found there was NO room to get out on the passeger side of the vehile, it was parked on the side of the rd. with a cliff off to the side. Can we make a list of possibilities of things that happend to this family? I will start.
1- Killed for $$ by family (supported by their very odd behaivor and seemingly non caring)
2- Killed for $$ by someone else (apparently Bobby had very little self-disclosure and liked to tell everyone just about everything)
3- Kidnapped, possibly by Mafia?
4- Strayed off and got lost (unlikly with Bobby's back condition, and not being found in area)
5- Family is hiding out in some time share in Mexico, or some where else- why leave the $$ behind?
6- Murder suicide- still a possibility, but why go way out there to do it?
SOOO overwhelming!
BBM above... I think 1,2,and 3 are good possibilities.
My hinky meter is still up on the man who stayed with them over the summer as well.
It is like they stepped out of the truck and just vanished.
With Bobby being so open about his affairs it is probally safe to say he shared with alot of people and the list of perps would grow....
Dad could have owed quite a bit of money perhaps relating to drugs and I could see someone taking them for a ransom of what was owed until paid, but since dad has passed and not only that Bobby had money to be able to pay someone to get them free.
I am still leaning towards the inheritance issue with Madyson. I just find it odd that we are not hearing any pleas from the family members associated here only with the exception of Sherilynn's mother and best friend. Nothing from Bobby's mom, nothing from either uncle's that speaks volumes to me, if anything you would think they would plead for the safe return of the grandaughter and niece.
Perhaps Starlet should use the money she recieved from LE ($30,000) to put up as a reward for information maybe someone is waiting...
Mtrooper did you bring the will issue to the attention of whom you are speaking to ? and if so did you get any kind of response ?
With the truck being parked with only one side being accesable to get out perhaps it was moved there and left.
With everything being left in the vehicle it is like there was only one purpose and that was to take the family. You would think if it was random or they were killed for their money everything would have been gone, why leave it ?
One other thing was the truck looked over for prints ? I would like to know if it was wiped down clean or maybe just the door and steering wheel that would tell us alot .
Motive is what we need, random kidnappings are rare. Family has motive due to inheritance, the summer guy has motive just due to his ugly nature of being racist against Sherilynn and Madyson because of their native american descent, and last but not least if drugs were the norm in this family there could be motive if alot of money was owed to the mafia, if dad or Bobby were dealing large amounts of drugs it is possible the drugs were fronted and repayed after they were sold, if they failed to repay there could be a problem.
Now that I said that it could even be some whacked out druugie that they were selling to that felt they were ripped off ...
The family is top on my hinky list though ...
I also want to thank you mtrooper for all the hard work you are putting into this case it helps alot