Recent content by Valmont1905

I found this quote online: "In 1971 Delancey Street began with 4 residents, a thousand dollar loan, and a dream to develop a new model to turn around the lives of people in poverty, substance abusers, former felons, and others who have hit bottom, by empowering the people with the problems to...

Odyssey, I have in my personal collection three other books that might help: 1.) San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History and Architecture, by Philip P. Choy 2.) Chinatown San Francisco, by Richard Reinhardt and Peter Perkins (mainly pictorial with a 1981 copyright) 3.) Season of...

Frankly, I'd welcome any and all new information we can get on Rose's comings and goings after leaving Synanon. I agree that speculation only goes so far. Any new clues, old memories, insightful observations, or relevant records we don't already have would be far more useful. And I think that...

Rose's young friend, Ruth Rinehart has graciously joined us here at Websleuths! She was working in the kitchen at Synanon's Oakland facility in 1972 and early 1973 during the same time Rose ran away, though she doesn't remember much about her personally. Even so, please give her a most heartfelt...

Again thank you for joining us, Ruth! I do have a few questions though: While you were at Oakland or Tomales Bay did you know or hear about a guy named Rick? Rose mentioned him in one of her letters to her stepmother as the guy who "gamed" her and prompted her to run away from Synanon. I feel...

Ruth, on behalf of everyone here at Websleuths, thank you very much for joining us! Though I understand you don't remember Rose personally, the fact that you were there at Synanon at the same time makes you one of the most invaluable resources we currently have in her search. Who knows? Even the...

I wanted to follow up my last post with a few more observations and questions. During Rose's time away from Synanon, she stopped referring to herself by name and only used her initials RLC. I assume she did this in case her mail fell into the wrong hands. But whose hands did she consider...

I don't know about schizophrenia, snaggleteeth or toes that don't work, but I did read something a while back that could be relevant. The daughter of a former neighbor of the Cole family wrote in an online blog that her father believed Rose's mother suffered from bipolar disorder, paranoia and...

Yes, troubled teens were accepted at Synanon in order to bring the foundation their tax exempt status. Here is an excerpt explaining just what Synanon founder Chuck Dederich was up to: In order to help protect their tax-exempt status, Dederich began to seek the placement of troubled youth...

The woman pretending to be Lori Ruff is mentioned in Entry No. 8 of this Listverse article: http://listverse.com/2014/06/12/10-more-strange-mysteries-involving-unidentified-people/ Some of us wonder if Lori was really Rose Lena Cole after assuming a stolen ID. Also mentioned in Entry...

Anna is mentioned alongside George Brody in Entry No. 1 of this Listverse article: http://listverse.com/2014/06/12/10-more-strange-mysteries-involving-unidentified-people/ Hopefully, this may help raise additional public awareness and bring us closer to some kind of resolution.

I agree with you once again, Sweetgrits. Synanon had the opportunity to do a great deal of good in this world had they not been seduced by the lure of easy money, celebrity and power. Worse, they were at their most shameful when preying upon and exploiting young people who had little or no means...

I agree with Sweetgrits. People like Rose could've been fatally injured while in Synanon's charge. But it's equally likely that these victims were secretly buried in unmarked graves to avoid legal complications. If Rose was murdered and lies buried today on some former Synanon property, we'd...

I've found a scholarly text which I feel best illustrates Rose's troubled relationship with her father and why she reached out to her stepmother after running away from Synanon. The book is entitled Troubled Youth, Troubled Families, by James Garbarino, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Janet M. Sebes...

The following is not my own doing, but I feel it warrants revisiting. Real credit should go to iNTERESTEDWOMAN and Pink Panther: On 08-03-2007, iNTERESTEDWOMAN posted what is believed to be the last known photograph of Rose, which you can see at the following link...