A poor Puerto Rican girl? I thought she had never been out of the USA? She was from Puerto Rico?
She is American and of Puerto Rican descent. NYC has been full of Puerto Ricans for decades. Oh, and by the way, Puerto Ricans are American citizens.
A poor Puerto Rican girl? I thought she had never been out of the USA? She was from Puerto Rico?
I get that. But photography was the means by which she was filling a more important void in her life. Because of photography she was getting lots of attention from men. Are there no women in Turkey, A'dam, Germany that take pictures? I'm sure there are...but yet she never established the same ties with them.
So, if during the trip she had the opportunity to hang out with some of her new friends (or other friends she met there)...then photography would have taken a back seat to that. Again, just my opinion.
Unless your marriage is on the rocks and what you're really enticed by is all the foreign guys queuing up for your attention -- with, you thought, no bad consequences for adventures because you were alone, thousands of miles from anyone you knew. . .
A poor Puerto Rican girl? I thought she had never been out of the USA? She was from Puerto Rico?
I'm assuming this is the same witness/set of events from a few pages back. The witness at that time stated they first saw SS with this man- thought nothing of it- and then saw her with the same man and 7 of his friends several days later. The witness claimed to have decided to report the incident to LE after the 2nd sighting (and news reports that SS had gone missing) because, claimed the person, this group had attacked women in the past.
What makes me doubt this witness- in addition to the point you just made about the fact that SS couldn't have been at Topkapi on the 21st- is that the witness didn't think anything of the alleged encounter the first time he/she saw SS and the man together. If the man and his friends have been known to victimize women in the past, why wouldn't the witness have been concerned after seeing SS with this man the first time? According to the witness' own statement- they saw SS with the man the first time, but thought nothing of it.
How do you see a woman with a known abuser and think nothing of it?
Also Puerto Rico is technically a US territory and considered the US. But I believe it was said she never even left NYC before (who knows)
The same way most people turn and walk quickly away when they witness a man being rough with a woman on the streets because they believe it's none of their business and that's between the couple. Some people don't want to get involved until something real bad, like a death, happens. Otherwise they turn on mute and ignore.
I get that. But photography was the means by which she was filling a more important void in her life. Because of photography she was getting lots of attention from men. Are there no women in Turkey, A'dam, Germany that take pictures? I'm sure there are...but yet she never established the same ties with them.
So, if during the trip she had the opportunity to hang out with some of her new friends (or other friends she met there)...then photography would have taken a back seat to that. Again, just my opinion.
I'm going back to the idea Taylan isn't involved or at least not directly involved...my two strongest possibilities at this point are:
It was another of her online friends who she met in turkey, who maybe was jealous of Taylan, or mad she wouldn't agree to stay with him...
Or
She was the victim of a group organized scam that Taylan or another IGer may or may not be part of and the scene was staged.
I don't mean there would be a history of "airport waiting room" photos, but a history of "times that a normal adult would be bored and playing with their phone to pass the time" photos. Was she the sort of IGer who would post random pics of her current situation during times one would expect to be fairly boring?
I mean some people are like that. My facebook feed is groaning under the weight of my sister's pictures of her lunch, the traffic she's stuck in, and her cube at work. Whereas I've never once posted a picture like that. People are different, and I don't think there's really a "most people" behavior when it comes to that. I'm just wondering if the evidence of Sarai's history on IG seems to suggest that she would post random pictures like that when bored. If she's not the type to do that, then there's nothing strange about her not posting pics. It would be out of character for her. She posted some pics from Amsterdam trains that were quite artistic and in line with a photo challenge someone else had invited her to participate in. Looking back through her history, this seems par for the course with her. JMO.
Have they reported how many pictures she took? Or are you just going by the number of pictures she uploaded to the IG website?
State Prosecutor proves NY Post "reporting" inaccurate
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But State Prosecutor Huseyin Kaplan insisted that the man, identified only as Taylan K., is not considered a prime suspect.
Kaplan said nothing Taylan, whom Sierra met online weeks before she arrived in Istanbul, told cops raised any red flags.
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Kaplan knocked down reports that Sierra met with criminal types during her Turkish vacation.
"When we look at what she did, she went to cafes. She went to shops," said Kaplan. "Right now, we don't see anything that she was involved in the drug trade or anything like that."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...-sarai-sierra-article-1.1257628#ixzz2KELT1H4q
Hello again...and thanks for welcoming to the forum.
Just wanted to comment on a couple of themes that keep coming up:
1) camera/no camera, not enough photos, etc: She was a NOVICE, please don't forget that. If she were an established photographer with years of experience, then all those items would be interesting to dissect. But she had been playing around with photography for a couple of months.
I think Taylan/Tarkan is a real world-class jerk, but if the State Prosecutor says he's not a suspect, that worries me. Maybe he is just a very unlucky world-class jerk?
Maybe the DNA evidence is pointing to someone else?
Either way, I really bet we will hear of a simultaneous arrest and announcement that DNA evidence nailed someone very soon. I would think it would be within days at most if not sooner.
My impressions to date: I still feel uneasy about TK and wonder how they can say he is not a suspect when DNA evidence will take another 2 months? Also why has his story changed (first reports saying no romantic relationship with SS and now there is?). I also did not like the short answer when SS's husband inquired as to here whereabouts: I don't know. Does not seem like he was concerned about helping find her, with this brief answer. And the way he said he was on his way to meet her on the 21st...
Can't believe the state prosecutor in Turkey said that Taylan did not raise any red flags. This guy had a relationship with the murdered woman. He was the last to communicate with her. He directed her to meet him where her dead body was found. He asked her about wifi, encouraging her to wander about the ruins and caves to find a wifi-accessible area. Etc. I'm certain they'll find his semen and DNA all over her and hopefully under her fingernails.
What more do they need to be convinced that this guy is the most likely suspect?
What leads you to believe he's a "world-class jerk"?
Let's for a second believe that a girl he just met online a few months ago comes to his country, meets him for a drink, they're intimate, and the next day she's missing, and police are looking for you.
As a guy, I think I'd be a little startled by the whole thing. I just meet a girl and now I'm the prime suspect in her disappearance (murder). Who wouldn't be a little apprehensive about the whole thing?
Not saying he isn't guilty...but if he's innocent, then I'm not totally shocked by his behavior (keeping in mind that we haven't actually heard from him directly, everything we hear is second/third-hand.