posted by chemcopout, above
several things about this case really bother me
in the picture of little madyson that day, she looks cold, has her arms crossed against her chest (either defensive stance or cold) and she looks very unhappy. especially in comparison to other pictures of her in the video of the jamison family a poster had made.
Most of those who have spent much time with the case feel that thar's something hinky about that there picture (to put it in Okie-ese!). That picture has a certain dark je ne sais quoi about it. But is it pivotal to the case?
didn't the sheriff originally (around when they first went missing) call off searches since he said it was hunting season and i guess hunting season took priority over the jamison family and he said hunters would stumble across bodies?
Yes, the first search was shortened because Sheriff Beauchamp didn't want to put searchers at risk, what with so many hunters roaming the hills carrying weapons and watching for the first sign of movement; the wrong sort of trophy might be bagged.
star giving away madyson's clothes just doesn't seem right to me at all, especially since they haven't been found.
someone mentioned a friend asking for search help then when it was offered doing nothing about the help
no reward for the family
Giving away the clothing plus never offering a reward are two of the main tenets of the "something's wrong with this picture, and in that family" scenario.
the fbi releasing the blackberry, sherilyn's son taking it and using it as his own then of course drops it in a pool. (now i don't know about this new generation of kids, yet if his mother, stepdad, and little sister are missing you'd think he'd cherish the phone not use it as some status symbol) i know those phones are expensive. i pray the fbi doesn't loose the phone records
"Doh! Dropped it in the pool!" seems somehow very convenient as an excuse, but, on the other hand, kids are kids. It is felt by some that one might profit by looking into Sherilyn's ex- and their relationship.
what ever became of the former boarder who was racist and made threatening remarks about sherilyn being first nation? did le question him at all and if so why was he ruled out?
Yes he was questioned (by FBI), yes he had a sufficient alibi. That doesn't mean, though, that he's not firmly in the picture as one with motive, and perhaps means and opportunity as well. But - again - LE did clear him, and he hasn't fled the area, I don't think.
as for the journal sherilyn bringing, she likely was the sort that liked to write and brought it on their travels in case she wanted to write down a moment.
Perhaps, though it also seems a document of strife, perhaps carried like an extra weapon.
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the lack of le working this case actively that actually update us on things is disturbing.
imo, i don't think this was a murder/suicide, or one that went wrong.
i really think they met with foul play somehow. imo, it seems like le isn't making this case top priority, a child is missing for god's sake! that county doesn't seem like it's overburdened with a caseload of police work.
Latimer LE have a limited budget, theirs being a small, poor county with little tax base. OSBI never solves anything, it seems. The FBI evidently feels the matter should be handled by more local agencies (and their budgets).
I agree that the most logical scenario is foul play. But it's a crowded pie, and that's just one slice, one that doesn't necessarily loom all that larger than the any of the others.
would love to think that the family just took off to start a life over somewhere, however if they were to do that, it's most likely they'd bring the cash. if they were living off of social security checks, then they can't just disappear. that would end their income.
as for their choices of land to look at, some people enjoy living away from others in nature and are private people. they'd still be able to get internet and all that just like the rest of us in the mountains. i know people out in the sticks who have a cell tower out there for reception and their internet was just fine.
Heartily agreed on wishing they've just gone off somewhere, of their own accord, thought.
The "looking at land, moving off the grid" scenario would seem to fit Bobby but not necessarily Sherilyn. It seems more an act of surrender than it does a positive, people seeking their privacy, one.
LE made a statement to the press that they felt the Jamisons were "scammers," what with the lawsuits filed or in contemplation and the SS disability checks. I think many feel that they were at least living an existence in which strife would seek them, and they would seek strife.
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