CA CA - Bob Harrod, 81, Orange County, 27 July 2009 - #13

[zwiebel]

If Bob never shared his personal matters with anyone, how is it I know he ate Banquet dinners and stocked them in his freezer?

 

[zwiebel]

Link to the neighbour's blog who:

Was one of the few people invited to the memorial for Bob's first wife.

Helped take Bob's sick, beloved dog to the animal shelter and bury her after she died.

Was told by Bob he had paid each of his daughters $15,000 to leave him alone for 6 months.

Was told by Bob how much he loved Fontelle, and how happy he was.

They are all highly personal and private matters. Bob did share. He was just careful about who he chose to share with.

http://paulkestes.blogspot.de/2010/07/bob-harrod-missing-one-year.html

 

[Cazzie]

The Universe is conspiring against me (computer probs). Multiple failed attempts to post this (LOL).

I also love (not) how the daughters consulted a family law attorney to "free up money to help Fontelle out". Yeah, help her out of Bob's home. Said daughter even said that the attorney advised they should never have let her in the house. Obviously that's cuz the daughters were only thinking about Bob's money/assets.



This case is soooooooooo disturbing.

 

[Cazzie]

Bob chose Fontelle to be his wife. You would think that his children, grandchild, their spouses, etc. would honor that choice (even if they didn't like her for whatever reason).

Anyway, i can't wait to see the whole show. But I'd rather see arrests, KWIM? That will be a happy day, if it ever comes.

 

[zwiebel]

RB: "In the first couple of days after Dad disappeared we realized that Fontelle was not on any of Dad's accounts, so we talked to a family law attorney and we took a copy of the Trust to that attorney, and we were advised of what needed to be done, to free up money to help Fontelle out."

FH: "The three girls came to the house and they told me they had been to see an attorney and they told me that the attorney advised them to throw my out on the street. Now, mind you, I'm newlywed, left everything I had - gave up everything - to come out here to be married.
And they're going to throw my out on the street? And I don't even have a home to go back to anymore?

 

[zwiebel]

I would be really interested to know exactly how Bob's daughters helped out Fontelle financially, in the days following Bob's disappearance.

Alternatively, how, when Bob's money was 'freed up', exactly how it was used to help her then. And when.

 

[believe09]

Now, the tune has changed some from the early days of the disappearance...wasnt the rush to the judge to gain control of the estate done in order to obtain reward money? :waitasec:

The law enforcement officer is Det Radomski. I think that solidifies for me that the angle of the show has the blessing of PPD.

Good on RB and PB for participating-RB doesnt suspect anyone from her family (many ways to take that statement of course...does she mean BIO family) but I guess PB's comments are somewhere else in the episode.

 

[zwiebel]

Bob chose Fontelle to be his wife. You would think that his children, grandchild, their spouses, etc. would honor that choice (even if they didn't like her for whatever reason).

Anyway, i can't wait to see the whole show. But I'd rather see arrests, KWIM? That will be a happy day, if it ever comes.

I agree Cazzie. And I'd also add that there really needs to be arrest/s in this case. If you look at the facts - an 81-year-old, vulnerable man who is just 'picked' out of a safe community and disappeared.......why would anyone feel safe after that? Whoever did that to Bob might find someone else is a problem in the future, and disappear them too.

For anyone who thinks that is improbable, I'd say it was highly improbable Bob disappeared too, virtually under the noses of media waiting to interview him and Mrs Harrod. He's still gone though.

 

[zwiebel]

Now, the tune has changed some from the early days of the disappearance...wasnt the rush to the judge to gain control of the estate done in order to obtain reward money? :waitasec:

The law enforcement officer is Det Radomski. I think that solidifies for me that the angle of the show has the blessing of PPD.

Good on RB and PB for participating-RB doesnt suspect anyone from her family (many ways to take that statement of course...does she mean BIO family) but I guess PB's comments are somewhere else in the episode.

Can't wait to see the bit where daughter JuM and her husband JeM (working in the house the day Bob vanished) appear..........

 

[Angelo]

I love (not) how she said it was just a coincidence that he disappeared the next day.

Rite. Got it.

Agree! The day after a HEATED family meeting.:furious:

 

[Angelo]

Can't wait to see the bit where daughter JuM and her husband JeM (working in the house the day Bob vanished) appear..........

Yes, I was just going to post that I am looking forward to seeing the show depict those toilet repairs JeM was working on the day Mr. Harrod disappeared.

 

[Opie]

That you-tube snip of the show was SO powerful.

Many, many thanks to our new Australian friends and members of Websleuths. Welcome one and all.

 

[zwiebel]

If I had wanted to know what Fontelle needed in the way of help, following Bob's disappearance, I would have asked her. Much cheaper than hiring an attorney to do it (if the daughters and not Bob paid, that is).

Fontelle strikes me as a straightforward kind of gal. If she needed something, she'd have said. If she didn't, I don't believe she would have taken mortal offence in the way some of my fellow countrymen do. Just my opinion.

 

[believe09]

To help any local and/or national media prep for stories, I want to bump a few links:

TIMELINE and MEDIA


COURT DOCUMENTS


The court documents are available from OC Superior Courthouse via FOIA of course.
There should be a settlement agreement between the co conservators and AH somewhere within that material which may add another piece to this puzzle.

Bumpity again....

 

[Cazzie]

JMO there are more than one of Bob's family members (blood-related or not) who know exactly what happened to him. That's a natural hunch that could be made by anybody. The details of the reward (can't be claimed by any family member) are very suspicious. Likewise, the LE person said in the video that it's difficult as family and friends tend to protect each other. IOW, said reward was designed to not let anyone snitch. Yep, a conspiracy (or coverup). JMO.

 

[believe09]

:bow: to Disappeared for editing the reward sheet in that fashion...

 

[mikkismom]

JMO there are more than one of Bob's family members (blood-related or not) who know exactly what happened to him. That's a natural hunch that could be made by anybody. The details of the reward (can't be claimed by any family member) are very suspicious. Likewise, the LE person said in the video that it's difficult as family and friends tend to protect each other. IOW, said reward was designed to not let anyone snitch. Yep, a conspiracy (or coverup). JMO.

I like how they showed the 'family not eligible' specifically.

jmo

 

[zwiebel]

I always thought that 'family members excluded' was SO hinky and I just couldn't understand how any of Bob's daughters allowed it. Didn't they realise how it made them look? But maybe it wasn't all of Bob's daughters. Maybe it was just one, or maybe two, that wanted it?

Anyway, it's done now. And if the aim was to make Mrs Harrod or her family members somehow look implicated in Bob's disappearance, I'd say it's been a resounding failure.

 

[mikkismom]

I always thought that 'family members excluded' was SO hinky and I just couldn't understand how any of Bob's daughters allowed it. Didn't they realise how it made them look? But maybe it wasn't all of Bob's daughters. Maybe it was just one, or maybe two, that wanted it?

Anyway, it's done now. And if the aim was to make Mrs Harrod or her family members somehow look implicated in Bob's disappearance, I'd say it's been a resounding failure.

Watch the eyes in the interviews - even without sound. The emotions show IMHO. Just these 5 minutes of the episode show sooooo much!

jmo, of course.

 

[Angelo]

I like how they showed the 'family not eligible' specifically.

jmo

Me too!