As a new year approaches I'm posting a few casual thoughts on this case. It may be they are worth contemplation. Maybe not.
They are not original but picked up along the way.
There is no trace of any of Jennifer's possessions like car keys, a bracelet, an earring, a shoe or a garment. Astonishing really.
To my knowledge no friend or acquaintance has posted any thoughts or opinions on this mystery on any forum.
How will this case ever be solved? The OPD appear reluctant to let the case files out of their steely grip.
The FBI did some early work on calculation the POI's height I believe.
But surely fresh eyes are needed. Dare I mention a cold case squad.
I dread that this case is dead in the water because LE thinks they don't have enough evidence to make an arrest.
If this is a homicide then it pays to remember most murders are committed by a perpetrator known to the victim.
Based on the news information that I looked at, the FBI didn't compute the POI's height. At some point Orlando Police asked them to confirm the methodology used, which was simple angle and feet measurements. It was reported the FBI confirmed the methodology used was correct.
I saw a picture at the time, they had a test subject reenacting the walk in front of the camera. IIRC it was the police spokeswoman, and they had her walking with her back hunched over like she was the hunchback of Notre Dame and taking a huge stride. If you think that image is pretty stupid, it was.
The simple fact of the matter is that they conformed what they thought they saw in the POI image and produced somewhat predetermined results. They concluded the POI was the same height as their spokeswoman on the scene goosestepping like a hunchback.
Now I have dealt with the camera lens distortion in those images as much as anyone in my analysis, for example, that is why the feet are so large in my opinion. Although many many people have disagreed that my analysis and findings are valid results, everyone has a right to their opinion, the one thing that nearly everyone agreed on is that the POI is closer to 5'9 tall, not 5'4 give or take an inch.
In any event my point was the FBI being asked to confirm the methodology is used to say it was an FBI estimate, and it isn't. It was an we think that person is pretty short, let's put our spokeswoman out there and contort her to look like what we see there.
It's no more valid than they believe she was abducted at 8am walking out to her car. But they are long past the point where details like that matter.
The mantra has always been, don't worry about the details, have you seen this woman?
They probably have more blood spatter evidence on any given day than they can deal with, so it's not surprising that this is way past their level of concentration.
