At the risk of offending some people, here are my thoughts on yesterdays Times Free Press article
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/may/12/missing-womans-husband-seeks-custody-children/ as well as on some of the comments under that article, which may or may not be worth anything. The details in the comments should be easy to prove wrong if they are wrong. I simply suggest they be checked out. Sections in blue are paraphrased from the article and its comments:
First, a comment from a supposed friend, claiming that he locked her out of the accounts instead of the other way around, and that she did not take the things he claimed. The same comment also refers to his drinking and then bragging about the amount of the bar bill, as well as claiming he has cheated on her with a co-worker and even now continues in that relationship. The comment specifically refers to daily calls and texts to this girlfriend.
LE should be able to find evidence of the bill ($1,800) and the calls/texts. And to identify the co-worker if there is one. LE should be able to find the person who posted this as well.
And another comment, supposedly from a different friend, claiming to know for sure that she was not depressed. Also claiming that her paychecks lasted through November 2010 and that she had a job offer in June 2010 before they went on a trip to Italy. Same post says that he would not allow her to take the job and told her she needed to be home with the children. Then an emphatic reference to his supposed alcoholism, lying, cheating, and manipulation.
LE needs to find the person who posted this too.
And from the article itself: I can see in many of the details the CHANCE that he's twisted a truth to make it look like something else. For example:
His statements claiming she is severely mentally ill and has been since losing a job in June 2010 with Novartis. Claims in court records that she was prescribed numerous antidepressants.
It's not uncommon for somebody to be depressed after losing a job, or going through some other crisis. And it's very common to have to try more than one medication before getting it right. Or for some combination to be more effective than a single medication. This allegation could be something or nothing.
He claims also in the court records that she became paranoid recently and began to write license plate numbers to try to figure out who was driving vehicles she thought were following her.
It's a very realistic possibility that this man could have had investigators following her. It appears he has the money to do most anything he wants to do. And IF the man is an abuser (as several of her friends allege), control is the name of the game, and he would want to keep tabs on her. Or to try to find some evidence that SHE is cheating, especially if he is. OR...she may be paranoid. I don't know.
He claims in the court records that when she discovered a used band-aid and change of radio station in her car, she accused him of breaking into her car.
This sounds to me like her discoveries COULD be evidence that he had used her car and had somebody else in it. Like IF he is cheating on her. OR she could be paranoid.
The neighbor adds interesting detail to the April 22 incident that prompted the police call, saying he made false claims to the police, that he told them he needed to use the Jeep to haul a boat to the lake when in fact the boat has been at the lake for 3 years.
That police call still sounds bizarre, but it also sounds like there was more to it than a dispute over who drives what.
And the mention of Mrs. P. having a black eye the weekend of April 10? Its hard to accept the explanation of running into something, in the face of all the other details of the case.
So, there's what I see and what I think, for what it's worth.
