But she was shot.....I don't understand the connection...
Actually, it looks like she wasn't... Guadalupe was a male in this case.
But she was shot.....I don't understand the connection...
I wonder, if rather than going to see an INMATE....she was actually trying to visit a person or persons who lived near that prison & asked for directions for the prison unit knowing that was the nearest landmark....if that's been brought up I'm sorry. It just popped into my head, reading this thread....Who was the JD going to see at Ellis? I realize everyone there denied knowing her, but she had to be going to see someone there, right? She was pretty adament about getting directions etc. If there is a possibility that this could be Marcia, did she have a boyfriend that she went to Texas with from VA? Maybe her boyfriend was arrested and sent to Ellis and that is who she was going to see?
Is Ellis a local jail, state jail, or federal pen? Do they only house TX inmates?
ANother thing that is puzzling to me...if she was seen at 6:30 pm at night on Halloween, would she even have been allowed into the prison? Prisons usually have visiting hours, and I wonder how late those visiting hours would have been? I wonder if the prison has a visitors log showing who was supposed to receive visitors on a certain day. I was reading some info on a prisontalk web board, and it appears that now prisoners have to request visitor time, and they have to be scheduled in advance. I wonder if that was the case back in 1980? I also wonder if there was anyone in Ellis from Rockport, TX, where she said she was from?
I realize that there was no DNA testing in 1980, but would they have still swabbed the bite mark for saliva?
I haven't heard back from them. I don't know why. I sent an email and left a VM.
In my opinion the phone call with Theresa should not yet be considered a dead end. It is very possible that Theresa got some things wrong but others were right. Maybe she didn't know Gertrude wasn't involved but only assumed it. That is not a giant leap. I still hold out hope that the carnival company will get back to me. If anything, we have two potential last names (Louis/Lewis or Moss). That is a lot more than we had two weeks ago. Just my humble opinion.
Not trying to discredit your thoughts in any way. But I don't know what kind of family member would assume that a child or young adult had gone off to start a new life, wanting to let them be, and then find out about someone matching their description being murdered....and not come forward. Or even if they did not know about the murder, they HAD to have at least wondered about her whereabouts . I just cannot fathom that every. single. person. in this young woman's life has forgotten about her completely.
Actually, it looks like she wasn't... Guadalupe was a male in this case.
Not trying to discredit your thoughts in any way. But I don't know what kind of family member would assume that a child or young adult had gone off to start a new life, wanting to let them be, and then find out about someone matching their description being murdered....and not come forward. Or even if they did not know about the murder, they HAD to have at least wondered about her whereabouts . I just cannot fathom that every. single. person. in this young woman's life has forgotten about her completely.
Reet Silvia Jurvetson was a 19-year-old Canadian-American woman who was murdered in California in November 1969. Her body remained unidentified for 46 years until an online mortuary photograph was recognized by her family and friends.[SUP][2][/SUP] Prior to her identification, Jurvetson's body had been informally known as "Sherry Doe" and officially as "Jane Doe 59."
My opinion is that it is virtually impossible for nobody to be looking or have ever looked for this girl. I had a best friend growing up and just the other day i googled his name just to see how he turned out and what his life looks like. I would bet a ton that at some point someone has done the same for WCJD. I just wish we could connect their search with ours.
Walker County detectives say they won't give up on 37-year-old murder mystery
http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Wa...-on-37-year-old-murder-mystery-475792953.html