. . .From this update that "people know" and "more that one person may be involved"
it seems this may not be a sexual abduction.
Not so sure that the nonsexual conclusion can be drawn solely because
'people know' or because 'may be more than one person involved'.
Women have been the victims of assault by multiple perps in one crime
many times in the past.
That having been said:
If there were 2 or three people out cruising around on their ATV's looking
for things to pick up (steal) and one of them brought Holly back with him
as I mentioned was possible in a previous post (concering a ne'erdowell son)
then the other one or two people involved
(whether theft partners or parents or relatives who helped cover up for
the perp) must be scared stiff about now.
They may be afraid of facing murder charges for what maybe only one
person did.
Now is the time to come forward & get LE on their side somewhat by telling LE
what they know. When the truth does finally come out they don't want
to be facing a murder charge exactly the same as the one that did the crime.
But by remaining silent they may well get what the true perp gets.
Or if the parents or relatives of the wayward son know something
then again- now is the time to talk to LE before it is too late to salvage
anything.
It is my opinion based on reading many other cases that those who
know something & cooperate with LE do better than those who do not.
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Side note 1: I do think that her physical size probably made the idea of
being able to take Holly away (whether to murder or assault or both) seem
more do-able.
At 5 foot & 3 inches tall, weighing only 110 pounds she was shorter and more
slender appearing than most males.
Bad people seem to prefer abducting or attacking a female more than a
male, partly because they are easier to physically dominate.
At least one description of the attacker/abductor I read on a news site
placed him as being both taller (5' & 10" to as much as 6 feet tall) and
almost twice as heavy; his weight estimated at 200 pounds.
(Personally, I would think more likely 180 to 190 because memory may make
a bad guy seem bigger and badder than he was but that's just my opinion
and maybe LE has already taken that into account.)
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Side note 2:
In previous posts I did not assume more than one perp although I did think
perhaps relatives or friends might know something or might have even
helped cover for the perp.
It is not outside the bounds of possibility that there were more involved
in some way & that Holly getting abducted was not meant to be
on their to-do list for that day.
So far we only have eyewitness-based report in MSM of one person doing
the actual abduction.
It is possible that the phone tip or the number of tracks in the woods etc.
might have given LE reason to suspect others were involved in some way
or maybe they too think someone/s helped cover for the perp.
So far my favorite current theory is a ne'erdowell 18 to 20 something
years old was out stealing stuff and Holly sort of happened on to him.
Probably someone with a behavior problem past whose relatives might
stop his freeloading if they knew he was in trouble with the law again.
Whether he had friends help him cover up after he abducted her
or relative/s found out & decided to cover up rather than have one of
theirs be charged with murder or whether he had friends that were also
out stealing with him who were dismayed to see he had abducted
someone I just do not know.
If ATV's were actually involved then I wonder if they/ it belonged to the
perp/s or had been stolen quite some time before and were being used
to run around and steal other items from people?
If there was a rash of ATVs being stolen I would think people had a good
idea who took them. We had some in our state who stole some ATVs
once and they were locals & most people had an idea who they were
so I think maybe people in Holly's state and general area may have ideas
too.
