Just a couple of things before I forget:
1. I agree with your timeline. I also think it was “*someone* not involved with looking for Thomas that night (so sure, we may not be talking about the same person
((I am talking about a grown adult here))),” who was involved in getting rid of the vehicle and the body.
2. Speaking of a truck, does anyone know if anything came of this?
“The rest of that fall [2017], Klein continued his investigation. In November, he made yet another appearance on Chris Samples’s radio show to talk about a tip he had received: allegedly,
a brown or copper-colored Ford F-250 pickup had been seen tooling around the streets of Canadian at about the time that Tom had disappeared. Klein asked that anyone with pertinent information call his tip line.” (BBM)
Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 5: Unusual Suspects
Here is an article from Dec., 2017:
Friday, 15 December, 2017
“The lead investigator in the case of missing Canadian teenager Thomas Brown says they are looking to speak with
anyone who was in the downtown area the night Brown went missing and they are also looking for a specific vehicle.
Philip Klein, [...] hired by the Brown family, spoke with KXDJ’s Chris Samples on Tuesday and says
they are looking for a white male who drives a dark brown or copper colored Ford F250.
‘When we first got involved in the case we had a tip on our tip line regarding this brown truck and that it was seen in the downtown area at the time of the disappearance. We did some follow up on it, but we didn’t really have enough information to know the make and model and exact color. On Sunday, the tip line rang, and a subject that we previously interviewed reminded us of the truck but
also reminded us that he had seen that truck as he had been out searching that night,’ Klein explained.
He said they then went through different models and colors of trucks and Klein said
the tipster immediately picked out a Ford F250 with a brownish or copper color.
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here to hear more from him and Samples.
Another question Samples asked Klein was about the phone that was found during the search near Lake Marvin Road in recent weeks as well as the rumor mill that continues to churn.” (BBM)
Investigative Firm Looking For Specific Information From The Night Thomas Brown Disappeared