Recent content by notamisfit

I remember that before Sunderlin was identified, several aspects of the case were regarded as being similar to the Racine Jane Doe. With Strong's conviction tossed aside, I wonder if authorities are going to look in that direction again?

Everything about this says "mob hit" to me. St. Louis had a shooting war in the early 1980's between two different mob factions. Even the underwear. If the UID was a mobster, he would be running with younger guys and probably pick up style cues from them.

Saw this today and this case popped into my head: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/evonitz_rm.pdf Thoughts?

Is that her translation? It seems to be a poem or song "A mi caballo peruano". I've seen it (or variants of it) on several websites about Peruvian paso horses, but it's never attributed to anyone. http://www.ancpcpp.org.pe/revista/amicaballo.htm

Another thing: Oklahoma didn't have any licensed tattoo parlors until the mid-2000's, so jail wouldn't have been the only place where he could have gotten an amateur tattoo. Anyway, I tried looking up escapees in McAlester and the districts (if he'd skipped out on a probation/parole...

The does were almost certainly killed before April 2, given the state of the remains.

The concrete slab, to me, suggests organized crime. Construction in Manhattan was heavily mobbed up during the time period. Hells' Kitchen was home to the Westies, a violent Irish gang with links to the Gambino crime family (who had a heavy piece of the concrete trade). Chances are the slab...

German girl's eyebrows seem to have more of an arch to them than FLEK's. Nose looks dissimilar, but that may have been worked on. Most of the "ghosting" manuals written back in the day advocated obtaining a US passport after 2 years or so in the new identity, as a "gold standard" of ID and to...

If they were, they weren't noted. All of the possessions have long been destroyed.

According to the police report, a deadbolt was set, and security needed to pry the door with a screwdriver to get in.

Not sure I buy either the drug mule or prostitute angle. The scale isn't large enough for the quantities involved in drug running; it may have been for personal use or low level dealing. If she was escorting, I think she would have stashed the money or left it with a companion/manager, instead...

TX state law really doesn't require a reason for a name change as long as you aren't a convicted felon, a fugitive, or trying to get out of some kind of debt.

The countercultural press of the late 1960's and 1970's published several pamphlets on how to do this (notably The Paper Trip). There were a few other suggestions in these types of pamphlets that LEK seems to have followed. In particular, she chose two states (Idaho and Texas) that don't use a...

"Cajun" would be rural southern Louisiana, I believe. Considering the officer saying she had such an accent was from Louisiana himself, he may have made a distinction someone not familiar with the state wouldn't have.

Some Christian sects believe 33.5 years was the exact length of Jesus Christ's life. Could it have been a private devotional message to herself?