Recent content by LawGal73

P.S. - I agree. Any of us who still live here know the reputation is different from the reality when it comes to safety. Heck, we have one of the highest DV rates in the country. About 15 years ago I visited 2 friends at their precinct in June. They were homocide detectives in one of the worst...

I've never heard anything about her walking back into that neighborhood and yeah, it's a risky area. In 25 years I've driven through it twice - in daylight - and have been stared down by people sitting outside their homes. Even the park behind it is really sketchy at night. Friends and I used to...

I know exactly what you mean about changing your routine when going out. Even today, though I rarely go out to a bar, I always leave at the same time as a friend headed in the same direction and always keep my keys and phone in my hands just to be safe. Back then, everyone started the buddy...

Like I said, I just find it nearly impossible that nobody saw a thing if she was taken against her will out in the open. Now they may not realize they saw something, which is a whole other issue because they don't know to say something. Had this been in the middle of downtown I'd buy it because...

I read up on him last year and they've done news updates on Dail's disappearance in the last year but I think he's basically been put aside as unlikely. I also started thinking about this last night and I very distinctly remember hearing years ago that she was last seen walking up Devine Street...

They cross right over Green Street (basically the tracks are parallel to Harden but about 2 blocks up Green) so it's not so much a shortcut as it was the main route onto campus back then. There are also some old houses peppered along Green before reaching campus and a winding neighborhood back...

I moved to Columbia in January of '92 and have lived here since. I know the area Dail was last seen but don't know how far up Green Street she could be seen before anyone lost track or simply stopped noticing. For reference to anyone who's not from here and has never been to that area, here are...