Hi, I'm Sandi. My mother disappeared in 1977 from Emmett, ID. The story is incredibly convoluted and a real challenge to lay out with any degree of clarity. The Thin Air Podcast did an episode about her a few months ago at the beginning of the year, which has brought it all rushing back again; both good and bad. A couple of years ago, the forensic unit of NamUs tried to get bones that were dug up from under the suspects' house for DNA retesting, but the Sheriff's department won't release them to her (won't so much as communicate with her, in point of fact). So I ended up at another forum, which links frequently to this one (I don't know what websites are blocked from here, so to be safe I won't post it). Honestly, I'm very intimidated and afraid about posting about her murder, because the case is so convoluted, bizarre, and confusing that people are often openly disbelieving about it.
But I just can't let it go. So I hope that maybe, if I'm a squeaky enough wheel, perhaps in time the bones will be retested and my mother will be finally laid to rest. Our lives together were stolen, and mine ruined, and the people who could help just don't seem to care at all... they don't want to be bothered with some old bones that may or may not belong to "some stupid prostitute" (which is how they treated her at the time--they didn't even search for her past the most cursory of checking her abandoned vehicle).
I'm quite vulnerable around the topic, as well, so it's hard and scary to put it out there... I've kept silent and protected myself as best I could. But by being silent, I was protecting those monsters, too... and I can't do that anymore. I have found one community to speak about it at, and they have been so immensely gracious and caring. I've been a bit more intimidated by WS, because I've seen some threads get a little, um, argumentative when I was linked to them. I really don't want to argue about my mother's death, as you might imagine.
Anyway, here I am. Hello to all.
I'll post a thread about her when I can, I have plenty of links and information. http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/watson_marie.html I've asked to be verified, as well, so we'll see how that goes. Thanks all!
Welcome, although I wish we had 'met' under different circumstances. I hope you will continue to post as much and as often as you need to and feel comfortable doing. I'm so sorry that some of the threads you've been linked to here have had an argumentative tone, but I truly don't think you will have that to worry about (especially in the Cold Case area of the forum). If I can answer any questions or be of help to you in any way, don't hesitate to contact me and I'd be happy to do whatever I can to be supportive
