Missy might have blocked the perp's way; we don't have enough information to say.
IMO, It is fairly easy to disprove the idea that this was targeted now that we have the podiatrists testimony.
If Missy heard someone in the Church when no one should have been there, instead of going towards where the person was in order to investigate, all she had to do was exit the building and call the police. Most people—most women, especially—would have done exactly that.
She had a chance to remove herself from the situation unscathed but didn't take it. No killer who had targeted Missy would have given her that chance.
I don't know whether this perp was there to steal or simply to role play and vandalize, but I am confident that he was not there for Missy.
Crazy how we all interpret the same information differently. Because I am confident SHE was there for Missy.
I suppose that comes from having few facts, and we have to make many assumptions and engage in a LOT of conjecture to arrive at what we each think happened.
IMO.
Except we know that what you're saying isn't true. We know from the video and the podiatrist's testimony that Missy did turn and go towards whatever noise she heard. We can reasonably assume that the noise was made by the perp, which means that Missy approached the perp.
I'm not sure whether the distance she had to go mattered, but the sister-in-law seemed certain that Missy was killed in the NW corner of the church, so it's reasonable to suppose that the perp was in that general area doing whatever he was doing.
Everything here is just my opinion and assumption and conjecture. Speculative thought, if you will.
(Aah, the SIL interview. You’d think that in the years since Missy’s murder, Brandon and others would have given interviews, etc., trying to keep the case alive. But if anyone has tried to plead for a resolution for Missy since the early days, I haven’t seen it. As I said earlier, I think Missy’s murder solved some kind of family issue, and I have felt from early on that Brandon had a suspicion of who, so didn’t and hasn’t pushed very hard for it to be solved.
If there is or are interviews/television stories with Missy’s family participation, especially her in-law family, please direct me to them. I‘ve followed this case since the beginning, but spottily after the first couple of years or so. Thank you in advance.)
I think the noise Missy heard could have been the perp speaking to Missy, and she recognized the voice, so she wasn’t worried. Maybe saying something about deciding to start the class with Missy.
I probably need to go refresh my memory, and iirc, the outside cameras were not working. Did the porte cochere camera record Missy driving her truck into the back parking lot, coming either from the west or the east? My thought being that if she drove straight in and circled around the back to come to the overhang area from the west, she may have seen a car she recognized parked on that off-side. So when she heard a voice she recognized, she wasn’t concerned. Maybe thought whomever it was had a key to the building.
Or she heard a noise, but thought it was from the storm.
I’ve not read anything detailing what Missy’s routine was when setting up at the church. Maybe she always headed north up that main hallway to turn on particular lights or something.
IMO as always.
Check out the story of Adrienne Jones, killed by two naval academy cadets, because AJ was perceived as a romantic rival to the female cadet. Crazy.
Might be something just as crazy here.
IMO.
