Recent content by Cryptic

I strongly suspect that cartel factions and mafia groups the world over take the easy way out ala: - We have no idea (wink, nod) where the money is coming from and have no idea how the money was "earned" (giggle, giggle). But..... we are very certain of the following: A. The person wants to...

6 million is still a pretty round number. As @Charlot123 stated, the kidnappers may well have started with the personal / group goal figure of obtaining a rounded and easy to dictate 5 million dollars for themselves. But... they then tack other expenses on to that round figure. The...

As signing trivia side note, military units do use a series of hand signals that former soldiers assigned to those types of units would recognize. For example, tanks units have a few signs designed to avoid talking too much over the radios, or shouting oneself hoarse over the engines. Light...

I can accept your point and could support more regulations. But, for me any restrictions on homeschooling would need to be based on concrete, tangible elements. Such elements could be say: - Convictions for certain crimes, CPS agencies having previously removed a child from parental custody...

I like your perp's unrealized potential (loves "The Bard", but actually teaches remedial English.) But..... he seems too nice. Lets juice him up a little: Same rigid mother, same teaching, same junior college, but.... The perp is intelligent, but grew up socially isolated. He then...

I fully agree. If the potential GF was not willing to talk for moral motives, a million dollar reward can well trigger a: - "You really, really, need to check my now ex BF. No- I had nothing to do with it" -or- a - "My sister's BF suddenly got very excited about the 'Today Show' and...

I agree. Casual comments like: "Hey, guess whose house I worked on / cleaned / landscaped" etc. comments to friends and family can spread to the wrong ears. Absent such comments, those same wrong ears can also have inquiring minds ala: - Hey GF, if you really love me you"ll....< Again-...

I fully agree with the point regarding company turn over for a variety of reasons: retirements, sorry- going coorperate only, burned out on pools and changing careers etc. Likewise, I agree that even the best established contractors would be medium sized companies. But.... in my area, its...

Though I fully agree about the possibility of the kidnapper being a roofer or other tradesman, I don't think he would have been with a fly by night company. Instead, I suspect that SG had priced out of such neighborhood roofing cruisers by having a high end company roofing company "on call" so...

A gentle correction. He may well be 'white', but he is listed as Hispanic / Latino because he is..... actually Hispanic / Latino. Hispanics are not a racial group such as 'white' or 'black'. Rather, they are a cultural group. Though most Hispanics have certain physical features (Mestizo, or...

Moving quickly and often can not only be associated with poverty and legitimate reasons to make such moves, but is also a favorite trick of abusive parents. School records and guidance counselor reports do follow. But problems parents can contest those "biased" and "inaccurate" reports pretty...

I suspect there were warning signs. But, those signs could have been posted in a particular area or venues where there are many such signs and few resources to check them with. Likewise, noticing warning signs and being able to legally take pre-emptive action on based on what somebody...

Maybe, but then "public schooling" has struck many, many times as well. So... I don't know. What I do know is that there are various forms of criminals in both the public school and home schooling arenas. I strongly, suspect, however, that home schooling is no more inherently dangerous to a...

As @nao suggested, unstable living arrangements. In the past, my family provided a variety of support to at risk type youth- so long as they were not inherent safety risks and followed our rules. A certain number had pretty fluid living conditions in that they "stayed" places, But did not live...

Hoping that there is "truth in sentencing" and the two decades sentence stands firm. The murder was not committed following say, the officer's arrival on a violent crime scene and a complex, rapidly changing situation. Rather, the murder was committed after the officer knew that the victim did...