In Michelle's own words, she stated that Dale took her "OWN VEHICLE AND LEFT HER AT SEA WORLD". That says to me it's her's & not his, that more than likely he didn't purchase it.
Also, in the beginning we were tossing around the idea that Michelle purchased the H3 for her business as it would be a write-off if advertised appropriately on the vehicle. Well, according to the 2nd portion of the PC episode, she supposedly didn't repay Dale for the ring she threw over the railing bc she needed it (the money) to start her tanning business (as per Dale)... Then subsequently she spoke about when he left her at Sea World & took HER vehicle. The Sea World incident was after she had her vehicle & before she started her business, so the H3 wasn't bought for her business but rather for luxury.
Something that I've thought about over these past months, & since our original postings on this case started, is this: Michelle & Dale fought constantly, were "poison" to each other, she worked 3 jobs, he shared naked pics of himself online, each breaking up, cheating, sleeping around, pardon me but wth THERE'S KIDS INVOLVED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT FIRST...but they weren't.
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Then there's this that got me thinking... Having an H3 plus a tanning business calls for payments. Barmaid equals fast money. Hairdresser equals fast money. So, instead of complaining on national tv that she was packed up by Dale & sent to live with 3 children to her mother's 2 bedroom home, why not get rid of the H3 & buy a vehicle that is good on gas, take a break with the tanning stuff until she has her life in order, use the money she'd save by getting rid of the H3 & tanning stuff TO BUY A TRAILER OR APARTMENT so she wouldn't be so cramped up at her mom's? Hadn't she just gotten her own place prior to her disappearance? Why did it take so long? Or am I misunderstanding & confusing this with another case?
Again, if Dale is the actual perp, why hasn't he been arrested? Police have to have video of that H3 close to where it was parked or even driving down the highway. Easy to point to Dale bc of all the bad crap he's done BUT imvho something's missing here. Sure it could be Dale, but it could also be the same person that took other women from the area that vanished without a trace.
Surveillance video. Tons in that high crime area. Not to say it's a ghetto but there's a lot of crime. Several thousand dollars were put into video years ago. Police have more than they are letting on. If they don't then they're not doing their jobs to the best of their abilities. The public want answers & they want a closed case so they pick a poi. If they have evidence, even if it's circumstantial, then Dale shouldn't have the twins. IF Dale truly is the perp, then if something happens to those twins the State of FL will be facing a very huge lawsuit. With the level of economic lows their public service people have been facing over the past couple of years, would they really take that chance of not thoroughly protecting those innocent children in knowingly placing them in harms way?
Police had video of the poi in Jennifer Kesse's disappearance parking her car but didn't release it til over a year later. Do the police in Michelle's case have the same type of evidence that they're holding close to the vest?