golfmom said:
I'm not sure how it fits in right now, but I find it everything getting curiouser and curiouser. I find it very strange that Raven would link that email to page where he was trying to get a business going for himself training kids for soccer. I also find it odd that as a shared passion this wasn't something Janet and Raven were doing together. And finally, I find it odd that the Sparta site doesn't have Raven listed in its "hall of fame."
The Sparta site and lack of Raven's presence has nagged at me quite a bit as well, Golfmom. . I spent HOURS on their site, hoping to find him in a photo in the correct time frame, anything.
I came up completely empty.
This case is so very tragic and is turning into a major BRICK WALL.
Evidence testing should be wrapping up, DNA blood matches, if any, definitely should be in. What are the Durham PD/ Durham County Sheriff Dept. ratios of solved vs. open cases of violent crimes? ( Not sure if they lived in the city limits of Durham or not, so I added the Sheriff's department).
My frustration/ concern level is growing. Are yours, too, fellow WSers?
When have you, collectively, ever seen a case with a pretty young woman, married, with what would appear to be numerous family members with the ability to speak and move others to speak up with knowledge pertaining to her activities in the hours and days before her murder, and a BABY ( babies add another human interest dimension to brutal murders, ESPECIALLY when they were possibly in the home during the murder and left ALONE at the crimescene afterwards) totally be ignored in the media except for the initial reports of her death? I can only hope that Durham LE is keeping a lid on things for a very good reason.. We don't know that this is the case, though, and I think it is foolish to blindly assume that it is.
LE states that they have " no reason to believe this was a RANDOM crime". Was this said to put pressure on Raven, to allay fears of a killer on the loose in the suburbs of Durham, or simply because she was FOUND in her own home?
Have any of you seen the above combination of factors which should propel this story into national news and KEEP IT THERE fail to do so as in this case?
Is the difference in the level of media and national attention that they HAVE a body and a known crimescene, I wonder? No involvement of volunteers for searches for the pretty young mother this time? What factors create or prevent public and media apathy?
Laci, Lori Hacking, and Jennifer and Abby Blagg, the most recent similar murders, were all missing for months, their bodies dumped..
Janet, however, was found in her home, so the public was not involved in searches. Is THIS the difference???
For the first time in my life, I wish so much that I was a journalist, even if it meant being a stringer or a bottom feeder tabloid gofer who pays people for interviews. I WOULD be knocking on doors of co-workers, friends, neighbors, the babysitters, and especially the landlord, the only one to have spoken out thus far.. This is a newsworthy story, and it is a crime with so many unanswered questions..
The other concurrent and unrelated " news story" brought me here near the supposed conclusion.
I hope this is not my own misplaced blame, but it may be that the worst thing Jennifer did, coincidentally and unintentionally, of course, was to take ALL attention off Janet, Kaiden, and the obviously gruesome stabbing death which took place in secluded suburban North Carolina.
Think back to Laci Peterson, Lori Hacking, and Jennifer and Abby Blagg... what if the runaway bride story had played out on the first days and week of their disappearances?
I don't know where else to search for answers to the numerous case -related questions which keep nagging.
Questions such as:
Was the baby in the house at the time of the murder as it appears he was? If so, how long was the 6 month old alone with his dead mother? Was the family dog killed or moved from his usual habitat?
Were there signs of forced entry? Was the knife or knives which were used as weapons a part of the household knife set ( since multiple knives and scissors were taken into evidence)? Did she struggle with her attacker, since there are reports of blood smeared, not splattered, near an exit doorway?
What info does the autopsy report provide? Is the time of death collaborated by core temperature, state of blood coagulation, body condition?
Has Raven been interviewed by LE? Taken a polygraph?
LE states that they have " no reason to believe this was a RANDOM crime". Was this said to put pressure on Raven, to allay fears of a killer on the loose in the suburbs of Durham, or simply because she was FOUND in her own home and statistics in this country lead us to almost blindly believe that a resident of the household committed the crime? What about his ALIBI, attending a soccer game, which is said to be air-tight and with eyewitnesses?
I also don't think he had the means to hire a hit... and usually a hit is a clean shooting, not a contact crime like a stabbing. I do wonder what life insurance policies might exist on Janet, what the amounts were, and when they were issued, since it is known that financial problems were very severe in the household.
Related questions: Did Raven attend her funeral? Is he helping with plans for the memorial services reported to be in the works ( or already held)? Is Kaiden with him, with Janet's family, or somewhere else? ( One report states he is with " friends".) Has Janet's family had close and extended contact with him? Have his church members come forward to support him?
Where is Raven's website appeal to the public for information on Janet's murder? Where is the large photo of Janet with info about the
unsolved murder of his wife which one could reasonably expect to see on HIS website, even if he had to ask a computer-skilled friend to post it for him, taking into consideration that reports state he is/ was incoherent with grief?
People KNOW he has a website or websites. It makes sense that HIS site or sites would have an appeal to the public for information, doesn't it?
Where is the Crime Stoppers appeal to the public for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of her killer? AMW, where are you?
Where is the appeal for info with her photo on this unsolved crime posted on ANYONE'S public website for that matter? Are there any flyers about her crime posted in her community and in the Raleigh/ Durham area?
Has the Carrington- Sund Foundation been contacted about adding her to their unsolved crime list/ reward for info status? She's NOT missing, she is dead.
This is an
unsolved murder - where are the people who usually publicize a victim's name, information about the crime, and provide an anonymous tipline?
I don't think any of the reports I have read and re-read even LIST a phone number for people who might live in the area or who might have information related to the crime to call. I don't understand.
). There is much more to this young man than meets the eye and we have only been able to touch the bare surface of it. 
