Recent content by maskedwoman

I am with you there. I would like to know how that situation developed before I condemn her. All murder investigations start close and then branch out. I believe her source did tell her that but I would like to understand how it was communicated so that standard procedure seemed so newsworthy...

Thank you for presenting this thought process. I'm certainly willing to consider the possibility of a crime staged to look like a kidnapping for ransom when it was something else but, when I try to think of what else it might have been, I can't identify enough facts to settle on what else it...

I agree. If she had engaged any sort of emergency system, Police or EMTs would have arrived fairly quickly. One night, my sister's MIL unthinkingly slung her life alert necklace around from her chest to her back before she leaned over to wash her face. Before she knew it, firemen were knocking...

That is certainly possibly, although my understanding of express kidnappings is that they usually begin by accosting someone who is already out and leaving an upscale place, like a hotel, restaurant, nightclub, etc., rather than with a home invasion.

Fascinating, thank you!

Forgive me, but how would the perps learn that a bitcoin wallet was owned by either Savannah or Nancy? It would seem that the chances of decoding a wallet that happened to be theirs would be like lightning striking twice.

Normal usage of marked bills is that the LE agency records the serial numbers of certain bills, hand them over to a known person like a drug dealer by an undercover officer. Then they can track who deposits those bills into a bank account. They can either record the serial numbers or use UV...

I don't think so. Not this case. I can't say what would happen to the John Smith family, under the same circumstances, but the Guthrie family would not be prosecuted nor would they slow roll the case. The outrage would be fearsome. IMO

The DOJ made clear in 2015 that they would not prosecute families for paying a ransom to return a loved one. I don't think that would have been a concern. Especially not in this case, with the amount of press attention. With the President offering help, can you imagine a quicker way to get fired...

I don't know if the FBI can legally pay a ransom. I know we see all sorts of things on TV, but I'm not sure how realistic any of it is. I agree it certainly seems like a better use of our tax dollars than many things Congress does with it - but if it became known that the FBI would pay ransoms...

I'm not qualified to know how well bitcoin can be traced after the fact but the FBI are probably never going to pay a ransom for that reason. They could hardly ask a victims family to pay ransom strictly for investigative purposes and I can already imagine the congressional hearings about use of...

I found a website that claims to have a proprietary process for extracting DNA from rootless hair. The information provided on their website doesn't indicate when it was developed but does give a bit of information about it. https://bodetech.com/services/dna-from-rootless-hairs/

The deposit was not made until the 10th, which was 4 days after the final ransom deadline. I firmly believe NG was already dead by the 10th. She may have been dead well before the final ransom deadline. I don't blame the Feds for not leaving any stone unturned for a possible resolution. To be...

Thank you for sharing. I have to admit it would take more than this to see Harvey is any sort of humanitarian but I do appreciate that he appears to have acted responsibly here and that he resisted encouragement to do something stupid.

Good morning, and agree on all counts. A child from the period of the mining accident must mathematically be 94+, and would more likely be 100 or older to actually remember much about the family's loss. I can't see someone that old being physically capable of carrying out a kidnapping. While LG...