Searching for Anna - #1

[Dr. Doogie]

One thought just came to mind: We found an abandoned safe deposit box in the name of George Brody at Bank of America in downtown Oakland. Synanon was located in Oakland also. Do any of you Synanon experts (or those of you that are rapidly becoming experts because of the Rose Cole thread) know where the group did their banking?

 

[natasha-cupcake]

If you notice in the pic on the sight you can read a box with the name "Christian " on it. Looks like this could be where the kids put their shoes.

I hesitate to post this because it just seems so unlikely and maybe it's just my imagination, but I could swear that the box just to the right of the older girl's foot (the box that's slightly pulled out compared to the others) has the letters "ife" and then another letter that I can't make out. Could this possibly be "Eifee"??

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/shadow205/Museum_01110.jpg

I thought this little girl had a very strong resemblance to the pictures of little Anna.

 

[SadieJane]

I zoomed it up super big on my computer, and I definitely think the box you are referring to is labeled with a name that contains an F. I see an L before the F, so possibly Alfie? I don't know. The name on the little girl's overalls is Emily. The other boxes are labeled with a name ending "ando," Christian, and Jane/June.

The face looks like Anna, but the hair is darker than hers was when it disappeared, I think. The woman's hair is clearly blonde-ish, but the little girl's looks darker, though that could be because it's wet.

Has anyone considered looking through the other photos on the website to see if one of the George's can be spotted? Probably too much of a coincidence to hope for.

I also wanted to add that the description for the photo reads: "A blow dry shortly before the hair came off! -- about 1974" The first picture in the 1975 section is an article about a women's rights demonstration where 500 women from Syanon shaved their heads. Did they do this to children as well? Could this have been done to change Anna's appearance?

 

[mysteriew]

The shaved heads seems to do with a demonstration against the Synanon policies about women. One of the punishments used there was the men often had their heads shaved, the women had their hair cut two inches. The women got upset over something, and some of them shaved their heads. Then Synanon adopted it as a policy to show solidarity for Synanon. They were put under pressure by the others to do so, but it seems they weren't made to shave it. So to the child, it would have seemed like a good thing to shave her head and be like the others. Though I noticed the teen didn't have her head shaved.

 

[Shadow205]

The following is written by a former member of synanon:

Once a month, we went to the General Store and received any clothing that we needed. The youngest children, up to around age 7-8, shared all clothing communally. In my age group, we maintained our own clothes but often shared, swapped, or stole other people’s clothes.

As far as what the name is on the little girls overalls, I don't really think that it means that is her name. She could be wearing anyones clothes.

 

[viking]

Hey all, great work recently! My PC keeps crashing and that is why my posts are sporadic. I have an awesome photo program and even with out it, the name on the girl's overalls is "Tommy". Not to argue with the poster that said it was Emily, but it very clearly reads to me, "Tommy". Growing up int the 70's and in the Bay Area, the Syanon's had a bad rep. It seemed on the surface a great program, but soon fell to the underground status of a cult. I do not care if I offend any supporters, I have connections to law enforcement there that runs very deeply. My dad was always talking about them.

As a 6 year clean and sober person, I support anything that helps people turn there lives around. I did not use Narcotics anonymous to recover, partly because my mom said "Oh, NO WAY that was started by SYANON!" (It was) I used another 12 step program that is perhaps the most famous one there is and though I never had a problem with alcohol, it worked for my prescription drug addiction. Okay, I am way off track.

The girl reminds me of the few pics we have seen of Anna, but I am not quite convinced. But who am I to say?! Anna'smom, can we maybe see some more pics of Anna?

Sorry for jumping in, I had a lot of catching up to do. Doogie, I am on the Calif birth/death index thingy for possible hi jacking of an Anna who's birthdate would match our Anna from a hundred years earlier. I'll let you all know.
Peace,
Mary

 

[viking]

P.S. I just wanted to say sorry for my jumbled post! I was exxcited to get back on here! I have been working on a theory that maybe the Georges stole a S.S. # from a person who had been dead for a 1000 years or so. There are a lot of Anna's from the 1800's in the birth/death index. So, carry on :loser:

 

[Shadow205]

Dr.Doogie,

I was just wondering if there is anyone in LE related to Ann's case that you could have take a look at these pictures?

A comparrison to Anna & the little girl at Synanon

 

[Hollow]

I think the resemblance to Anna is amazing !!! I think police should be contacted just in case. I wonder if they were stealing kids ???

If anyone finds a shoe-box with the name Dessie on it, I know who that one belongs to.:angel:

 

[Hollow]

I think the resemblance to Anna is amazing !!! I think police should be contacted just in case. I wonder if they were stealing kids ???

If anyone finds a shoe-box with the name Dessie on it, I know who that one belongs to.:angel:

if this is Anna, this will be HUGE, it will be aired all over the United States. That would explain some of these disappearances of kids back then.

 

[Hollow]

if this is Anna, this will be HUGE, it will be aired all over the United States. That would explain some of these disappearances of kids back then.

And, even if it turns out not to be Anna, it wouldn't hurt to give her case a little publicity. It looks like her though.

 

[mysteriew]

Anna's on NCMEC. Why don't we request that they take a look at the two pictures?

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Anna's on NCMEC. Why don't we request that they take a look at the two pictures?

I will contact NCMEC and get their opinion. Early on in the investigation, they volunteered to review a picture of a potenial match (we dismissed the match before they had a chance to review it), so they seem to be willing to review these sort of things. I will let you know what I find out.

 

[kyresearcher]

Hollow, I agree with you that this really resembles Anna. The only thing that someone might question are the eyes, unless they can see the whole picture. She has her eyes squinched to keep the air out of them while the girl was using the hair dryer. Her face looks somewhat thinner, but who knows what she has been through.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

I have sent the picture (along with a couple of other pictures that they do not have) to Gerry Nance at the NCMEC for comparison. I will let you know what they think.

I also have updated them on our recent breakthroughs (the note and the couple in the car). I will be interested in their response.

 

[gardenmom]

Hollow, I agree with you that this really resembles Anna. The only thing that someone might question are the eyes, unless they can see the whole picture. She has her eyes squinched to keep the air out of them while the girl was using the hair dryer. Her face looks somewhat thinner, but who knows what she has been through.

The eyes are what do it for me. Only Annasmom knows for sure, but to my eyes Anna's eyes look like the are slightly turned down on the corner. This appears to be the case with the girl from Syanon.

 

[Shadow205]

and the ears, look at the ears. Granted you can't see them that good but from what you can see they look alike to me. The name "Christian" on the little box just puts it over the top for me.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

The eyes are what do it for me. Only Annasmom knows for sure, but to my eyes Anna's eyes look like the are slightly turned down on the corner. This appears to be the case with the girl from Syanon.

I have another picture on my home computer of Anna making a face with her eyes closed. When I get home, I will post it for comparison.

 

[Annasmom]

The eyes are what do it for me. Only Annasmom knows for sure, but to my eyes Anna's eyes look like the are slightly turned down on the corner. This appears to be the case with the girl from Syanon.

Gardenmom, both my sons have those eyes which are a little turned down at the corner.

 

[mjak]

I blew the picture of Anna up and the little girl from syn up and immediatly was taken with how much the eyes looked alike. Although, its probably unlikley this is Anna there certanitly is a resembalance. The hair being wet and the photo being black and white makes the hair color questionable. Not to mention hair can be dyed. I also noticed similarites in the ear.

mjak