Recent content by DD Byrd

Thinking of the time when this happened, is it possible she was shipped off to a home for unwed mothers and told not to come back? Or worse, a victim of a botched abortion arrnged by her parents? Either could explain her parents shutting down at her mention.

I had the same takeaways as @ColyH, most telling the ommission of the heart-attack victim possible witness, and a few other thoughts on the documentary. * "4 tracks" going up the hill was mentioned, but I don't recall detail...the tracks ending or circling back? As for Gary being thrown off a...

I might even take this a step further after reading more about this and posit "Martin knew she was alive." Or at least strongly believed (as in, had some circumstantial eveidence) that she was. At least initially. Whether that was contact with her after her disappearance (those phone calls?) or...

Hmm, that's certainly interesting. It looks like Doe was wearing 2" heels, but Francisco was slightly taller, I assume without heels. Does anyone know if there was a height requirement for the National Guard at that time? I'd also say that is quite the outfit on the Doe...if Francisco's friends...

$27 in 1980 would be over $100 today. Not only does it sound like a lot for a night out (assuming it was for just the victim), and especially for bowling...but it wasn't stolen. She also had a comb in her sock, not in a purse. So she was carrying money and a comb on her to...keep her hands free...

On top of the location and timing, another thing that stays with me about Durst is his infamous hot mic comment during his trial...."killed them all, of course." ALL. Not both. So, likely not just Susan Berman and Morris Black ("both"), or Susan Berman and Kathie Durst ("both"). Semantics lead...

I've been posting on the page for Edward Edgar Nye, as I've been trying to match Philipstown Doe for decades, and I think EEN is the match. I'd sent an email to both Namus and NYS and received a response from NYS that the tip has been passed on to Vicap. Of note, NYS shows a felony warrant...

I received a response from NYS that VICAP is looking into this. I can't see how this couldn't be Philipstown Doe, but hoping for further updates!

Or he was already dead and a lunch was prepared based on what his plans would've been. Possibly a red herring sandwich. But if the dogs were following HIS scent, is it possible he wasn't allowed to go that morning but did anyway...he could have been followed immediately or shortly thereafter...

I believe Nye to be Philipstown Doe, found in 1985, and I submitted to both NYS and Namus. Some confusion may have stopped an earlier comparison because NY lists Nye as having a warrant issued in 1989, though he actually escaped in February 1983. PMI is 20 months, and other details match. Doe...

How is it surmised that he was going fishing...in a PA February at 3pm with both temps dropping and light soon to start fading? Unless he walked the 2 miles, with his fishing gear (by which time it would be an even later start) he or someone else drove there. I also can't think of anything good...

I'm checking with Wall Township to see if they've compared this Doe to Jan Cotta as she's not listed in the exclusions. Jan owned a ring with her intials, J.A.C., and I'm wondering if she took one of her family member's rings as a keepsake/connection when she left. Of note, it appears her mother...

Correct. Jan would have been pregnant in 1973, this Doe was likely deceased as of Spring 1982.

Reading this thread, my sense is he was on his way to Canada. He told the gf he wasn't there yet, and seemed to be continuiing north. He may have exchanged money for Canadian before he left, rather than went to Canada and was on his way back. Did he have any connection to Canada? Or would there...

Doe seems to have a much thinner bottom lip and is missing the cleft chin, but maybe that's possible with weight loss? Her eyes are listed as gray and I'd imagine that was noted fairly soon after death. It seems like if Merryl was alive for awhile, and mentally stable, she would have been trying...