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See attached from Pennsylvania Cold Case Discussion on FB (it's public and will come up in a search but MODs delete this post if inappropriate)So what about an e-mail campaign to Adventures With Purpose about Janet’s case? If a bunch of us e-mail them maybe they’ll take it up?
Findagrave has her husband buried at St Mary's Cemetery in Sharpsburg, 2-3 miles from her home. They have the family living in Etna, rather than Shaler (Etna borders Shaler to the south). While I've found errors in Findagrave in the past, there's an actual picture of the headstone, and the photo of Thomas is the same one used in his obituary, so I'm assuming it's the correct cemetery.Since the church was so close to her house I was trying to figure out where else she might have gone. Do we know if her husband was buried near by? I looked at his obituary but there’s not much information there.
@Gameman , I LOVE Adventures with Purpose!! I also subscribe to their YOUTUBE channel. If they can help, that would be wonderful! JMO MOO edit to add I just read @Look4theHelpers post above. Her family believes she might have taken her own life. Her poor daughterHas everyone heard of the YouTube channel Adventures with Purpose? They have made the news a lot lately, but just in case you haven't seen them, they are a group of scuba divers who just solved their 17th missing person case since starting in 2019. It's actually shocking how many times police and family have a strong suspicion of the body of water that someone's car may be in, but the red tape and costs of authorities searching is just immense. It seems like law enforcement really welcomes them because they work together but are able to expedite the process. Anyway, I was just watching another video from Chaos Divers. They were in Steubenville counting car upon car in the river bottom there. All of those cars just sitting, and they may never be brought up. A lot may be stolen and ditched, but some may not. I never realized how common it is or that people can go into rivers and lakes in metropolitan areas and still not be looked for.
He was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Sharpsburg. Coincidentally, that's the same cemetery Sister Cathy Cesnik is buried in (for anyone who has watched The Keepers). It's also very much a straight shot from her home down Mt Royal Blvd to Route 8 to the cemetery. For nearly all of that journey, there is positively nowhere for her to go off the road and no body of water bigger than a shallow creek. Most property is someone's front yard or a business' parking lot.Since the church was so close to her house I was trying to figure out where else she might have gone. Do we know if her husband was buried near by? I looked at his obituary but there’s not much information there.
AWP is the only source I have seen stating JW's husband committed suicide. I would prefer further verification (at least one more source) before running with that as a theory in Janet's disappearance.Adventures with Purpose posted a video on June 4th about Janet Walsh. I can't access it at this time because it's a Member's Only video.
AWP Janet Walsh
In the description, it states that Janet's husband took his own life 60 days before she went missing. I knew he had passed recently before she went missing, but didn't know the circumstances. The family fears she took her own life as well.
Agreed on so many points. I wish there was more information out there.AWP is the only source I have seen stating JW's husband committed suicide. I would prefer further verification (at least one more source) before running with that as a theory in Janet's disappearance.
Her daughter & son-in-law saw her Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. They arrived for dinner at 5 p.m. on Jan. 20 & called her mother's friends after not finding her home. Police were notified that evening.
I wonder if LE tried to get any video of her vehicle traveling near her home on Jan. 20. Her house is near a busy street.
We really don't have a lot of details. Media accounts I've seen are not very detailed about search efforts.
I also wonder about phone forensics. Nothing has been made public about that, as far as I've seen. Who did she last speak with?
Have Janet's friends & coworkers been interviewed? What were their thought and theories?
I'm glad interest in this case has picked up here.
We need more details from family & friends! I wish someone with personal knowledge would join this discussion to offer details about her state of mind and the search efforts.
If her husband did die from suicide, that had to be traumatic. Who was helping her navigate her grief journey? What was the impact on her finances? Was she thinking of making any changes in her life?
Is there a place she might visit to feel closer to her husband?
#BringJanetHome
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Thank you for sharing this.