Schipperke
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What 2 women taken from PA are you talking about?
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What 2 women taken from PA are you talking about?
Anything is possible!
If we shut out any possibilities without completely reviewing them, we may handicap ourselves from finding the real truth! It seems that was the first mistake made in 1975. It is a mystery to me why some seem to want to shut down possibly open avenues BEFORE even checking to see where they might lead, UNLESS THEY REALLY WANT TO REDIRECT THE INVESTIGATION AWAY FROM SOLUTION.
You are right about so much of the facts which could be pertinent to this case being sealed from the public and only open to LE request procedures. That is a fact which can work for or against finding the truth depending on who was in charge in 1975 and who is is charge now and what their goal is/was. Fact is:
Until identifiable remains or other undisputable evidence is found, there will be the possibility that one of both of these girls or any of the other missing are still alive.
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"Anything is possible" is usually the last argument made before someone is convicted of murder and sentenced to life.
Of course anything is possible, which is why the standard for conviction is BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
The police obviously made a mistake in 1975 in not investigating Lloyd Welch at the time, but I would give you 100-1 odds that the mistake was made by accident (maybe tunnel vision) and not as a plot not to get to the truth.
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Very sadly, I actually have to believe that police got it right when they re-interviewed LLW and recommended that he be charged. One thing stands out to me: how; on earth, would LLW remember the shirt worn by one of the girls that day, if he had not had contact with them?
Assuming that LLW was the Long Hair Man in sketch, he would have at a minimum have followed the two sisters and the one friend who directed (right term?) the sketch artist. The one friend also had a brief conversation with the Long Hair Man saying something like "Take a photo. It will last longer."
Hanging out at the mall, Lloyd could have also heard second-hand (gossip) what the girls were wearing, since I assume the disappearance was much discussed.
I like and have always liked Lloyd as a top suspect, but sadly his knowledge of what the girls were wearing that day I don't think is going to be serious evidence against him.
I sort of lost track of who is who, and whose blog it is, but it occurred to me that if you start a blog, ironically, you are going to have problems with people posting things that may be slander or libel, (modsnip)
The problem with posting things like "Mr. X is a murderer," phrasing it was a question "Is MR. X a murderer?" offering it as an opinion "My opinion is that Mr. X is a murderer," or possibility is that it's a risk for libel or slander. If Mr. X is a convicted murdered or named by the police as a suspect, there is little risk of being sued for slander or libel.
I suppose things will get more clear as they finalize the court date, but my understanding right now is that he is being charged with two counts of murder which means that acts killing must be proven to find someone guilty.
In 1975, someone provided details which led to the sketch which got waylaid in the investigation process, probably by accident. In all probability, that sketch would place LLW at the mall, and if the person who verified the sketch identifies the actual photos of LLW from around that time, it would be pretty convincing that he was there. He could have seen the girls, he could have talked to the girls. He could have identified the girls as a "designer targets" for kidnappers, but does any of that make him guilty of murder?
Every piece of evidence will be scrutinized in exactly that fashion when it comes to court.
Believe me, I want this to have "truth in the ending." I am praying for some positive proof of what happened to these two girls. I would love to have an ending like the 3 girls who were imprisoned for years but were still found alive and able to salvage the rest of their lives, even though I know it has about the same odds as winning a lottery buying a first and only ticket. If that isn't possible, then I pray for positive proof that these girls have gone to their maker and are not still alive. The one ending I do not want to even consider is a trial which produces nothing but a verdict, guilty or innocent, which will forever remain an open question and possibly allow the guilty to escape.
For that reason, I believe that until LE can produce that evidence of death, we continue following any and all leads to the possibility that either one or both of them are still alive, and we should be relentless in that pursuit of final proof. I have NO sympathy for anyone involved in this 40 year old crime.
It is not about what you believe, it is about what you can prove.
Part of me hopes that this "bloody body bag burning" story is the truth, and for obvious reason part of me hopes differently. It is for that reason I looked a the structural background of this story and the support upon which it depends. I am not saying it is untrue; I am only saying it needs to be examined for its stand-alone integrity as well as its ability to fit as a puzzle piece into other possibilities which should be considered.
The perjury trial of Patricia Welch was suppose to start yesterday, January 26th, 2016. Does anyone know if it did indeed begin, or has it been continued to a later date?
LLW's own testimony places him at the mall. The testimony of a couple of others places the girls in RAW's home. As for the army bags, it isn't about the bags, themselves, anymore. It's about what was found at the site of the fire that was kept burning for days. Keep in mind, archaeologists can determine what was burned at fire sites from thousands of years ago. All they need is a bone fragment or two.
DNA proof of their death would obviously be the best evidence, but just the girls not being seen alive for so many years would in my opinion, be proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the girls are dead. The state would also have to prove who caused the death to convict anyone.