I am south-east from Mcrae by about 70 miles. Rain poured down all day Friday and into Saturday (early, like a few hours past midnight). Saturday was dry.
I actually registered just to post this. I'm an experienced driver and I frequently travel between Jesup and Hazelhurst (using highway 341). McRae is a bit further in this same area. There are areas where I have zero cell signal, so much so that it will drain battery attempting to call out and this isn't on an off road, this is actually on the highway. I can imagine a scenario where they decided to power down to conserve battery. Combining with bad weather, I want to be hopeful that foul play is not involved. The region is a heavily wooded area. I feel like there's potential for them to be out there in a situation related to vehicle trouble or even leaving the vehicle on foot.
Welcome and thanks for joining us. Local insight is especially helpful here. Thanks for posting.
My partner/hubby just sold his car before buying a new one the same day.He told me he sold it on a car forum but actually sold it on craigslist,he knew I would be against the idea.Lucky for him it was a nice couple and he met them at our friends limo business.I always inform him of these cases but that has not stopped him,he found someone on craigslist to mowe the lawn when he broke his hand and I was angry about it because he left me alone with the guy and to pay him.I don't think men are as cautious as women and men tend to think nothing could happen to them.
Please God let them be ok.
I couldn't help but get a giggle here because I totally know what you mean!
OT/ When there's a link to a FB page for a missing person, is there one spot on the forum/thread to find it. I seem to spend too much time searching for the link...this is why I'm a terrible sleuth!
Teche, I've noticed that the fb links generally come up within the first couple of pages of thread.
Someone asked earlier if we know WHEN Towns was questioned. I don't -- does anybody? I wonder if he was somehow encountered and questioned BEFORE they linked the burner phone to him? Because, if not -- why in the world would they have let him go (or, at least, get out from under their watchful eyes) at that point...?
I have an an idea on this but don't want to post it for obvious reasons, need to be careful here not to compromise the integrity of the investigation, kwim! Bud and June are still out there somewhere. Marking my spot to come back at a later point if necessary and elaborate more, if applicable.
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Lots of good thoughts here.
I'm going to add my usual line in here and ask, "What does the
eat for breakfast?" (Of course LE will be searching any properties, etc connected to him).
What is this guy's occupation? Hobbies?
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What can we take from other cases we've studied/followed that are similar, to possibly help in this case....Millard had a hangar, and farm, was into "big trucks", was an adrenaline junkie, stored TB's truck in his mom's garage, used an incinerator, had an accomplice...(thinking out loud), AL in Beverly Carter's case was dumb as a doorknob, and had help from his gf....disposed of BC at a former worksite in a shallow grave.
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I think it is an optimistic and great thought about them potentially being held waiting for the bank to open, but not until Momnday because the bank would have been open on Friday if they did not make it there Thursday evening...I think its likely that if Bud did not have the full cash, his account would have been accessed Friday morning....There would be limits on how much cash he could withdraw via atm. I just think he likely had the cash beforehand, if he wanted to buy the car that day. He must have trusted the seller.
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So, was RT siting around planning this for a while? Or was this is a fairly spontaneous crime?
