OK, I’ll take an opening shot.. If the times are loosened slightly to account for a few unknowns, We still have the same basic sequence of events to fit in with.
Christine got off her bus at the end of her driveway at 3:45 – 3:50 pm. No one, no car was there waiting for her then. She went about her usual activities bringing in the mail / paper or whatever and prepared to ride down to the store on her bike. At some point she is interrupted by a visitor, maybe as she was leaving the driveway, maybe before. She knows the person and says her mom isn’t home and that she was just heading for the store. Some offer is made that entices Christine to accept a ride but not before changing her jacket to a sweater and grabbing her recorder. As she is doing so the visitor waits and hangs up the dropped jacket. A bus rolls by just before they leave. That places Christine and the unknown visitor there at home together at close to 4:00 pm. Ken does not get off the bus. Whether the visitor knew beforehand that Christine was or would be totally alone that day, he did now. How much the visitor knew may have dictated the timing. They depart with some haste and the bike is either knocked over then or in earlier hastiness and left as is for later.
Feigning nonchalance, the visitor drives to, arrives at and parks behind the store a minute or so later and Christine goes in to get her gum at approximately 4:00 pm. Nice fella... At some point whether totally intentional or not beforehand, the person looks around and realizes that he now has a female child with him that no one knows of and he is overwhelmed by the deviant sickness inside himself when presented with the perfect opportunity. Christine unknowingly returns to the car and in short order realizes something was wrong. Whether that meant the driver was not leaving in the right direction as per the ruse used on her or she had caught him masturbating upon her return, or whatever, Christine knew something wasn't right and that she had to get out.
The bus driver who noted the car in the Jessop driveway did not see Christine riding her bike either towards or back from the store that day. In fact, there seems to be no sightings whatsoever of Christine on her bike.
By all indication I can find, someone taller was in the Jessop house with Christine after school before she went to the store. If she was at the store, it seems more likely she was driven imo. That places some vehicle in the vicinity of the store that day. The detective involved in the case from way back believed there was something to the scenario involving a vehicle in the store area. We may not be privy to all of why. It was merely noted there was no sign of struggle or reports of anything unusual. Whatever happened apparently appeared perfectly normal, no one was being forced into a vehicle or grabbed in a noticeable manner. No yelling and screaming in the parking lot. Whatever happened, the last she was seen was right there.
Now, it gets very tricky how to place anything in context. Christine had just left the store at approximately 4:00 - 4:05 pm and originally there was a story of a couple witnessing a child struggling with a man in a blue car right at the intersection coming from the direction right behind the store. Reports say it was that exact same time, 4:05 pm. Both necessary elements are present, a child and a blue car as seen in the Jessop driveway. The reported behaviour of the child was unusual as would be exhibited by a child who was being abducted. Ken says she would have fought back.
But… we have Ken saying all those reports are false, the “Horwood” sighting of the struggling child was not at the store but many miles away at another intersection. However, the inquiry documents are quite detailed and explicitly state that the sighting was at the same store corner. Ken has explained that to be incorrect but it does not sit well yet. If true, a huge hoax was perpetrated upon the inquiry and the entire enquiry process made a joke, a sham. We have all noted that this was one of the key points that should have been investigated. That car was followed to an exact named neighborhood. There are no more reports of a struggling child afterwards. The neighborhood was not checked for that car. Christine’s injuries may indicate and support actions of someone initially shutting her up but not killing her. The inquiry dwelt on that original sighting in some detail. Why wasn’t this followed up on at the time, why do we find this strange discrepancy now? Ken names the odd man out segment… I have trouble reconciling anything beyond this juncture. This is ground zero for everything going wrong with the investigation, the inquiry, the media, and the source of perceptions such as Ken’s that exist to this day. For Ken I have to add, even if that Horwood sighting was at an intersection many miles away, (of which I have serious reservations) Christine did not walk there alone, she was taken from home and the same vehicle is likely involved from start to finish.. imo.
Earlier theories had to either discount the store and the Horwood sightings entirely or explain how Christine got off the bus, got the mail etc changed her clothes, got her bike, left again, got to the store, parked, went in, bought candy, and then returned from the store all in under ten minutes. That while never once being seen by anyone other than the store owner. I believe a slight readjustment incorporating the car fits better and bridges the gap to keep everything including the store witnesses and testimony in play. The bike doesn't require getting returned home in some unexplainable fashion either this way.
For me the answers lay in the dark shadows of this vehicle. I believe it to be the best fit with time and circumstance. I personally have trouble getting beyond it. Perhaps in time, perhaps with other theories laid out, perhaps with the odd man out segment, perhaps a lot of things. Christine was never seen since leaving the store.. You can’t track her any further. A similar blue car was seen at several junctures before and after her abduction and can be tracked, possibly matched to suspects, tied in with motives, evidence, etc.. I believe this vehicle to be the linch pin… Understanding it, placing it in context, not so easy.. Hamstrung by “odd man out” cops speaking off the record, perceptions fostered and skewed for who knows what or why, all taking place in a backdrop of the most extreme example of Police and judicial obstruction evidenced in the country.
Maybe I am the odd man out here, I can’t accept that the inquiry was so flawed and that such a hoax, a fraud could be perpetrated under such extreme scrutiny. The Kaufman report still says the Horwood sighting was at the store intersection.
Nothing personal Ken.. My mind revolts at the prospect our countries inquiry process could allow that to take place and not be corrected by now if not true. I’ll have to let others take over from this point on.. I hope you will understand why.. .
