Possible Matches for Anna - #1

[itsreenw]

OMG, have you tallked to her about what she DOES recall as a child? Is she willing to do a DNA test? Has Annasmom seen her pics? Sorry for all the questions. Just excited & hopeful. Any word from that tipster?

 

[Gina_M]

The myspace acct. profile is set as "private" and "he" is listed as a female. :waitasec:

That's weird, it doesn't appear as private when I look at it.
And yes, I looked at it from my other account, where this person is not on my friends list

And oops...I guess I saw the name Chris and just assumed it was a guy

 

[Gina_M]

We are frantically examining anything and everything that we can discover about this woman and her family, looking for any connections to what we know or suspect about Anna's disappearance. If nothing is discovered to exclude this possible match, we may be proceeding with a DNA test in the near future.

As it becomes appropriate, we will post updates to this information. The woman that we are looking at is understandably nervous and scared about the possibilities, so I want to limit the amount of information that we post here to protect her privacy.

Doogie,

I wait in anticipation to see how this pans out. I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic. Crossing my fingers and praying...

 

[Annasbro]

Hello Everyone - Dr Doogie- Do you know anything about the mole on Anna's cheek? I couldn't remember which side it was on. On the progressed photo I noticed they placed it on her left cheek. I couldn't quite see it in Anna's 5 year old picture. I noticed that the prospective match had an identical mole but on her right cheek. I was just wondering if we could somehow coordinate this if it could help the matching progress - Thanks

 

[LisainWV]

How exciting!!

 

[Annasmom]

Hello Everyone - Dr Doogie- Do you know anything about the mole on Anna's cheek? I couldn't remember which side it was on. On the progressed photo I noticed they placed it on her left cheek. I couldn't quite see it in Anna's 5 year old picture. I noticed that the prospective match had an identical mole but on her right cheek. I was just wondering if we could somehow coordinate this if it could help the matching progress - Thanks

Hi, Annasbro; we've been playing phone tag. My memory is that the mole was high on her right cheekbone. The NCMEC age-advanced picture placement of the mole is wrong. It's on the wrong side and not high enough. This doesn't quite match up with the stunning photo overlay we're looking at right now (we haven't been able to post this because of privacy issues, so I will tell you that though we have some doubts that this could be Anna, the resemblance is uncanny)--but moles can go away, change, be removed. Smallpox vaccination scars do not go away, and I wish we could learn about these a little more, since few people born after 1968 would have them (and Anna did.) Sherlock and I have had quite a correspondence about moles.

 

[Annasbro]

Dr. Doogie and Slueths -Is there any kind of protocall that we have come up with as to making a prospective candidate aware of the case and the web site in a non-threatening way? I know that with our experiences in the past we need to figure out a way that protects an individual's privacy while informing them.

 

[Rhett]

Moles can also appear after adulthood or after adolescence. "Our" Anna could have more moles than she did at the time of her abduction or she could have less so do not go on the moles alone for sure.

 

[Annasmom]

Dr. Doogie and Sleuths -Is there any kind of protocol that we have come up with as to making a prospective candidate aware of the case and the web site in a non-threatening way? I know that with our experiences in the past we need to figure out a way that protects an individual's privacy while informing them.

Annasbro, one thing that is hindering us is that our California tipster does not use a computer, and neither does the young woman we are looking at.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Dr. Doogie and Slueths -Is there any kind of protocall that we have come up with as to making a prospective candidate aware of the case and the web site in a non-threatening way? I know that with our experiences in the past we need to figure out a way that protects an individual's privacy while informing them.

Hey, AB! Good to hear from you!

We have been kinda handling that situation by the seat of our pants. I have tried to pass along whatever relevant information directly to a possible match without necessarily directing them to the site (at least in the beginning), since there is so much information here that it can easily overwhelm someone.

We always have tried to handle the privacy issue with as delicate a touch as possible - that is why we have not posted even the first name of this new possible match until we feel that she would be okay with that info becoming public. I just spoke with SherlockJr about the possibility of posting some of the picture evidence we have and concluded that we will not post until we have permission of this woman to do so.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Moles can also appear after adulthood or after adolescence. "Our" Anna could have more moles than she did at the time of her abduction or she could have less so do not go on the moles alone for sure.

The picture that we have shows moles where Anna had hers and additional ones that Anna did not have - exactly what you would expect as someone ages.

 

[smile22]

i saw the pictures and i was shocked so uncanny the resemblance. what struck me was when she said where did u get the pictures of me as a child

 

[MagicRose99]

Hey Doogie? Any way to get a younger pic of this person that we could match up to Anna?

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Hey Doogie? Any way to get a younger pic of this person that we could match up to Anna?

We're workin' on it.

 

[gardenmom]

I will pray as well. :angel:

 

[Dr. Doogie]

SherlockJr has been applying her ample geneaology skills at uncovering the family tree of this new woman who looks so much like Anna. She has discovered that the woman has four "full-siblings" and additional younger "half-siblings". Remembering that the woman says that she does not resemble anyone in her family, this is still problematic. It is a question of what would the motivation be for a couple who has several boys and girls to kidnap another child to call their own? We have been working on the assumption that Anna was taken by a childless couple (or at least a "girl-less" couple) to be raised as their daughter. This family does not fit that assumption. There may be additional unknown motives, but they are not obvious at this point.

We have been looking into any possible connections between this family and California (especially the SF Bay Area). The woman says that she has lived in one particular mid-western state (as best that she can remember). However, SherlockJr has uncovered that an older brother seems to have resided in Redwood City, CA at some point in his life (we have not been able to establish an exact timeframe). This brother would have been 18 years old in 1973, so it is possible that he was residing in the Bay Area at that time. Based on pure speculation, it is possible that his mother and father came to visit the brother and abducted Anna at that time. We have absolutely no evidence that this is what occured - it is just being mentioned as a possible scenario that would fit the known details of Anna's disappearance.

And in case anyone is thinking of this: I checked the coloring of license plates in the state that the family lived in and the only year that fits the green lettering / white background description given by Annasbro for the "couple in the car" would have been from the early 1960's, not the late 1960's that AB described the car as. There was a very destinctive change in car stylings during the 1960's that would eliminate the possibilty of a mis-identification of the era of the vehicle that AB saw. However, someone in one state could purchase a vehicle from another state (that does have the right coloring) and used the old plates until a new set arrived.

 

[SherlockJr]

SherlockJr has been applying her ample geneaology skills at uncovering the family tree of this new woman who looks so much like Anna. She has discovered that the woman has four "full-siblings" and additional younger "half-siblings". Remembering that the woman says that she does not resemble anyone in her family, this is still problematic. It is a question of what would the motivation be for a couple who has several boys and girls to kidnap another child to call their own? We have been working on the assumption that Anna was taken by a childless couple (or at least a "girl-less" couple) to be raised as their daughter. This family does not fit that assumption. There may be additional unknown motives, but they are not obvious at this point.

We have been looking into any possible connections between this family and California (especially the SF Bay Area). The woman says that she has lived in one particular mid-western state (as best that she can remember). However, SherlockJr has uncovered that an older brother seems to have resided in Redwood City, CA at some point in his life (we have not been able to establish an exact timeframe). This brother would have been 18 years old in 1973, so it is possible that he was residing in the Bay Area at that time. Based on pure speculation, it is possible that his mother and father came to visit the brother and abducted Anna at that time. We have absolutely no evidence that this is what occured - it is just being mentioned as a possible scenario that would fit the known details of Anna's disappearance...

I have not confirmed this person to be the sibling yet. They share the same name.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

I have not confirmed this person to be the sibling yet. They share the same name.

I stand corrected - I should have said that someone with the same name as sibling lived in Redwood City. Thanks, SJ!

 

[Annasmom]

I stand corrected - I should have said that someone with the same name as sibling lived in Redwood City. Thanks, SJ!

The reason we are left with so much speculation is that the individual who saw the picture on MySpace refuses to give us direct contact with the Anna lookalike, so that every little bit of information has to come through her. I am finding this maddening. Sherlock and Dr. D are wonderful sleuths, but they are having to work through an intermediary whose impressions are certainly not as immediate or helpful as direct contact. In addition to this problem, it now looks as if the intermediary is backing off the entire thing.

 

[Annasbro]

One thing we can't discount in all of this is the criminal element. Whoever abducted Anna has commited a felony. Even though it was a long time ago -is there a statute of limitations? - as we get closer to any potential candidate, the people associated with the crime might still be in the picture somehow. I wouldn't speculate in this particular case about our tipster, but there could be any number or reasons she is getting cold feet including threats from someone who was involved with the crime not wanting her to reveal their identity.