beubeubeu
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If she was meeting Melvin at High School it had to be after, cause before she'd be attending Middle School.Did this happen before or after "Preacher Melvin"?
If she was meeting Melvin at High School it had to be after, cause before she'd be attending Middle School.Did this happen before or after "Preacher Melvin"?
Did ST ever mention seeing either SM or his car, when she was allegedly picking up her son that afternoon?His notes also say TT said SM's car was at Minot when he left for work and was there at Minot when he got back from work
In the version of the story that has him arriving sometime at night there may be no claim that DA & SM actually met in person at Minot home.If DA was at the mall parking lot from 11:30 pm til (?) and SM arrived at 5 something in the morning (which is what we've been told), DA would've only been at her parents' house for a few hours, which is a little different than all night.
Maybe, but A's weren't nearly as close with W's as it's told, and they apparently weren't close enough to invite Rachel on that party so I doubt that.
If Rachel wasn't invited, maybe that's why.If I'm not mistaken TT was bowling on a mixed league so RT should a went bowling with him.
If she was invited someone should say something about it.If Rachel wasn't invited, maybe that's why.
She had to have Renee back by 4:00 pm. I'd say she could've shopped, and still bowled, if things had gone as planned that day. That's assuming she planned to bowl that evening.If she was invited someone should say something about it.
But even if she wasn't. Was 1974'th Texas going so hard for women's equality that mixed bowling leagues were expected to attend as usual? It's hard for me to imagine having enough spare time right before Christmas, even as unmarried 17yo. I'd have to be pretty damn hard into bowling to go.
Maybe they had guys only on that day.
If not, TT's behavior is indeed highly suspicious... Unless her going shopping meant that she's not going bowling.
The bowling league is a contract. You sign up a team of 4 people 2 guys and 2 girls to bowl every Sunday at 6;30 for like 32 weeks. The same team of people bowl every week. Rachel was a member of a team with TT and two other people. There are NO invitations she is a member of the team. You signed a contract so if you don't show up to bowl you still have to Pay. If someone doesn't show up you can get a substitute or bowl that person blind for that day.If she was invited someone should say something about it.
But even if she wasn't. Was 1974'th Texas going so hard for women's equality that mixed bowling leagues were expected to attend as usual? It's hard for me to imagine having enough spare time right before Christmas, even as unmarried 17yo. I'd have to be pretty damn hard into bowling to go.
Maybe they had guys only on that day.
If not, TT's behavior is indeed highly suspicious... Unless her going shopping meant that she's not going bowling.
Thanks for explaining that (for those of us who don't bowl). But was mixed league always on Sunday, or was that just an example? Rachel went missing on a Tuesday. And what does "bowl a person blind that day" mean?The bowling league is a contract. You sign up a team of 4 people 2 guys and 2 girls to bowl every Sunday at 6;30 for like 32 weeks. The same team of people bowl every week. Rachel was a member of a team with TT and two other people. There are NO invitations she is a member of the team. You signed a contract so if you don't show up to bowl you still have to Pay. If someone doesn't show up you can get a substitute or bowl that person blind for that day
I was ruling out the possibility that "Preacher Melvin" was the rapist.If she was meeting Melvin at High School it had to be after, cause before she'd be attending Middle School.
If Preacher Melvin was the rapist, then I think that it was a statutory rape and the story about being attacked by an older man in a pickup was a cover story (which wouldn't surprise me).I was ruling out the possibility that "Preacher Melvin" was the rapist.
- the main source of the story with Rachel meeting with Melvin at school and accepting a diamond ring from him,
Do we know it was actually him, and not his wife, who was the source of this?Okay, but why was Rachel talking about Melvin with adult male neighbour from all the people?
So you're saying how can either of those two be certain CA was home, if they didn't actually see him at home? Well, if the car didn't move, and no other cars were seen there, I'd say the man was home (unless he'd spent the night elsewhere, which is unlikely). It's far more likely that TT was lying.- husband of a woman who's account is placing A's car in their driveway for the "whole day" and the main reason why TT's story about that day seems so questionable, making her and DA the only two people in this whole case that aren't contradicting each other on everything (both are saying that CA was at home and wasn't driving anywhere, despite of not claiming to see him at all).
Do we have any concrete proof that 'Melvin' even existed ? I can't help but wonder if he was invented after the fact.Do we know it was actually him, and not his wife, who was the source of this?
We definitely need to settle that. If he was an actual person who groomed and stalked Rachel, he needs to be looked at as potential rapist and/or abductor/killer (IMO).Do we have any concrete proof that 'Melvin' even existed ? I can't help but wonder if he was invented after the fact.
Do we have any concrete proof that 'Melvin' even existed ? I can't help but wonder if he was invented after the fact.
That's an interesting comparison. It could be fabricated, but that would mean the neighbor guy was in on it, if (as beubeubeu said), he was the primary source.What I find weird about the Melvin story is it is very similar to the circumstances/ arrangement of DA,TT and Rachel. But I find this entire case weird.
Respectfully, I would have to disagree. I think more people would be inclined to remember having work done at a mom and pop shop, whether good or bad experiences.Why would it be weird that no customer of the transmission shop has been publicly identified?
The people who had transmissions repaired in the 1970s are going to be a small part of the population, older in age, probably not following this case, and may not recall exactly where a car was serviced 50 years ago.
What about Mondays then?The bowling league is a contract. You sign up a team of 4 people 2 guys and 2 girls to bowl every Sunday at 6;30 for like 32 weeks. The same team of people bowl every week. Rachel was a member of a team with TT and two other people. There are NO invitations she is a member of the team. You signed a contract so if you don't show up to bowl you still have to Pay. If someone doesn't show up you can get a substitute or bowl that person blind for that day.
That's an interesting comparison. It could be fabricated, but that would mean the neighbor guy was in on it, if (as beubeubeu said), he was the primary source.