ThoughtFox
Expecting the Unexpected
I agree with you on most of your points and viewpoints, ThoughtFox.
On not reporting Gail missing, I disagree though, because nobody else reported her missing either for those 2 days, and personally, I can't hold one person - even a reprehensible person - responsible for something I don't hold everyone else responsible for too.
MP is Gail's next of kin, and he is still married to her. Therefore, he is more culpable than anyone else, if you are referring to her siblings who live out of state and far away.
It was his responsibility to report that she was missing from "their" home, since that is where she was last seen. If he was so worried about his children, you would think he would want to find their mother, but he waited 48 hours which police said was highly unusual.
BeanE said:I also disagree that MP was fired because he was having an affair. From what's been reported, my understanding is that he was fired for misuse of company equipment and funds. That's theft. Corporate theft. No different from any other kind of theft, except that you usually don't see handcuffs being applied. I've dealt with it, had to put together the evidence and documentation for it. It's an ugly thing. People don't get as upset about it, it seems, as other types of theft, because they don't see it as personal, as hurting people - they see it as hurting a company, an entity. But it does hurt people. It hurts everyone else working for that company in so many ways - for example, there's less money to reward people who are honest and dedicated and responsible and doing a good job, and that's very personal.
It wasn't about corporate theft at all. He was let go because he was having an affair with a co-worker on company time, and he lied about where he was on more than one occasion, I'm sure. He misused a company car to go to a conference, I presume, and traded company emails about his affair.
It wasn't just what he did, but with whom.
And the reason we know this was the cause of MP's termination is that she was terminated also at the same exact time.
And we have these links (in the archive, I believe - see my signature):
June , 2011: Chattanoogan
The husband of a missing Signal Mountain woman has been fired by BlueCross BlueShield from a high-ranking position.
Attorney Bryan Hoss confirmed that Matthew C. Palmgren, Pharm D., received a termination letter on Monday afternoon.
He had earlier been placed on administrative leave with pay.
(snip)
Sources said about a week prior to the disappearance of Gail Palmgren that Matt Palmgren flew to Pennsylvania to attend an insurance conference.
Sources said he left the conference without attending any of the sessions and joined a female BlueCross employee at another location, then they drove back to Chattanooga together after she allegedly bought a car there.
June, 8th, 2011: Times Free Press
Sources also said that Palmgren’s co-worker, TH, manager of government product development for BlueCross, was let go for similar reasons. Helton’s divorce was finalized in February, and she has a new home in Batesville, Miss., sources said....
BlueCross also cited misuse of company equipment and inappropriate email use for letting the employees go, sources said.
I'm truly surprised that this is even in question at this point, since it has come up so many times. This is one of the facts of the case, in my opinion, and even though MP's attorney chose to spin the termination as connected somehow to Gail's disappearance, the affair was going on before she disappeared and everyone knows that, including BC/BS and all of the various LEs involved in the case.
Oh, and Gail's friends who received various things such as hotel receipts regarding the affair as well.
From the Times-Free Press article above:
Before Gail Palmgren disappeared, she gave several hotel invoices to a friend. They show that Matthew Palmgren paid cash for hotel rooms locally at the Double Tree and Hampton Inn. Another hotel invoice places Matthew Palmgren at a hotel in Batesville, Miss., and shows that he also paid cash there.