What? How is that possible? I'm being serious, not snarky. I really want to know how that is possible. LE was able to spot Hannah across the mall, walking very fast ... I had to squint with my eyes on the screen to see that it was her. But the POI was right there in our faces. He was clear.
She's been here over a year on WS and had been on the thread posting very early on. And in much of the early stuff, the person now apparently ending up to be JM wasn't even really being discussed - it was WG and the person he described, etc.
And almost until the search warrants being executed were made public in the morning, the discussion here at least, was primarily on the possibility of the guy who lived very nearby (and looks pretty similar to the MH sketch). It was mostly seeming like a lot of trying to see if he could be made to fit with what then we had heard was the description that contradicted the other individual's name from around the corner who was being discussed (even though the weight, etc. varied)
So I'm not surprised someone could know him, have seen the video several times, and then been looking at pretty poor quality video and not really piece it together as a possibility - particularly when there was a lot of focus here (at least) on another individual and it's easy to 'see' what others do.
But mostly, I read her (multiple) posts regarding it all as that it was probably largely influenced by the fact that while it looked like him (once the discussion was really even mentioning seeing the person that now has apparently ended up being JM) that her knowledge/interactions with/etc. JM are so opposite of what one would think possible to then end up mentioned as a POI in the case of a missing person.
We have a regular poster on another thread (Jennifer R in NY - now in cases) who was here and had been very, very, very close (and longtime) friends with the man who killed her - which was her husband. His posts - including his recent ones since testifying in the murder trial) have definitely showed the mindset and struggle it is when you hear someone you know - well or not (but obviously even moreso if it's someone you know well) is named as a POI in a case, especially if it seems like there is no way it's possible because of the relationship you had with them, etc.
Anyway, his posts are an interesting read in terms of the process he went through, at least, when he found out someone he knew went missing, then found out that his very long-term closest friend became the POI.
