MA MA - Sandra Crispo, 54, Hanson, 7 August 2019 #2

[Mahoney-Wright]

Another (albeit in all likelihood insignificant) detail to this case:

Crispo and her daughter purchased the 47 Spofford Ave property in April of 2019 for $240,000. There isn't a mortgage on the property (based on the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds), which means it was bought for cash. $240,000 is a lot of money, but perhaps Crispo had sold another property or the money came from an inheritance or other family member(s). Or she and her daughter had saved up together to buy the property. It just seems out of context that they purchased the home for that kind of money in April 2019 and Crispo vanishes only a few months later. I'm not insinuating the daughter or Crispo's family has anything to do with Sandra's disappearance. It's just an odd detail in this very tragic situation.

 

[Yemelyan]

There are many things with this case that don't sit well. It's possible that Sandra had circumstances in her life that the daughter ( Laina) is totally unaware of. It is fortunate the Laina's husband Tim McMahon's family runs the Hannon Foundation. They were able to help the family financially, so that Laina could take a leave of absence from her job as an RN. She serves as the primary contact for the investigation. This is one positive for the family during this horrific and stressful time. The Hannon Foundation

As to the part I've bolded....yes, I'm thinking it's this or perhaps she does have ideas that she's shared only with police. Hopefully they are working with all the facts!

 

[Yemelyan]

Deleted by me.. double post.

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

As to the part I've bolded....yes, I'm thinking it's this or perhaps she does have ideas that she's shared only with police. Hopefully they are working with all the facts!

Agreed.

 

[Yemelyan]

Another (albeit in all likelihood insignificant) detail to this case:

Crispo and her daughter purchased the 47 Spofford Ave property in April of 2019 for $240,000. There isn't a mortgage on the property (based on the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds), which means it was bought for cash. $240,000 is a lot of money, but perhaps Crispo had sold another property or the money came from an inheritance or other family member(s). Or she and her daughter had saved up together to buy the property. It just seems out of context that they purchased the home for that kind of money in April 2019 and Crispo vanishes only a few months later. I'm not insinuating the daughter or Crispo's family has anything to do with Sandra's disappearance. It's just an odd detail in this very tragic situation.

This was explained...probably in more than one place but definitely addressed in the podcast interview by LM. They had sold the family home in Quincy (that was too big for Sandra) just prior to this.

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

This was explained...probably in more than one place but definitely addressed in the podcast interview by LM. They had sold the family home in Quincy (that was too big for Sandra) just prior to this.

Exactly. I didn't really believe that 47 Spofford Ave purchase was tied into the investigation, but I would suspect law enforcement would look at every angle. You simply have to take each piece of information into account and then if not relevant....it gets weeded out.

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

If only someone (neighbor or a passerby) actually saw her whether she was on foot or getting into car, that would at least pinpoint time frame. If I understood the news reports and from the podcast, the last person to see her 'alive' was her son-in-law, Tim McMahon?

 

[Yemelyan]

If only someone (neighbor or a passerby) actually saw her whether she was on foot or getting into car, that would at least pinpoint time frame. If I understood the news reports and from the podcast, the last person to see her 'alive' was her son-in-law, Tim McMahon?

Correct, as far as we know. He didn't see her enter her home but he saw her last in the driveway.

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

Correct, as far as we know. He didn't see her enter her home but he saw her last in the driveway.

I have listened to the podcast again to refresh my memory.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Snipped for focus.

I have no doubt that Hanson PD and now Mass State PD are looking into everything. If you compare, for example, Sandra's disappearance to that of Echo Lloyd in Missouri (there is a Websleuths thread for her) you'll see that while the cases are extremely similar the level of searching that the police did in each case was far, far different, with Sandra's situation being looked into much more closely. Undoubtedly there are individual factors that play into this as well.

As to Sandra... according to her family she had a very small circle of friends and she mainly associated with family members. Having moved to the neighborhood three months before, she only had a "wave hello" relationship with her neighbors according to her daughter. I can tell you the part of Quincy where she lived almost her whole life is very insular in the most literal meaning of the term. Her own kids say they weren't even that close to her until approximately a year ago!

I feel like the number of people who knew her even just in passing would have been very, very small so hopefully police are able to examine this thoroughly.

Very small circle of friends
Mainly associated with family members

Yet, nothing about Sandra as a person to help find her.

Homebody
No cell phone
No computer/tablet
No favorite places
Did she walk daily? Or just sit in the house?
Watch tv? Sports? Needlework?
Read books? (No digital footprint)
No favorite restaurants with her friends?

Heck we don’t even know her brand of smokes.

*someone knows what happened but is unwilling to “out” the other person or is purposely hiding certain facts.
JMO

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

My impression from the podcast, news stories, etc.... she adored her grandkids and loved spending time with them. There aren't a whole lot of other details about her background; job/career, recreational activities. Her daughter and other relatives may have answers to a lot of other questions the police have asked. It's possible that law enforcement is not releasing a lot of additional details, as it might impede the investigation.

It has to be frustrating for the family, as nothing as to her whereabouts seems to have turned up in the last year. Her purse, clothing, etc. Nothing. At least not as far as being made public. I agree with this statement: *someone knows what happened but is unwilling to “out” the other person or is purposely hiding certain facts.
JMO

 

[Yemelyan]

Police have never called this a criminal investigation, have they?

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

I don't believe so. I went to the SandraCrispo.com website and it is no longer accessible. I was looking to see if perhaps there was another search scheduled in the Hanson area?

 

[Yemelyan]

I don't believe so. I went to the SandraCrispo.com website and it is no longer accessible. I was looking to see if perhaps there was another search scheduled in the Hanson area?

It is my understanding that the pandemic put a hold on the searches but that they will be starting again soon. I got this info from the Find Sandra page on Facebook that is run by her family (family-run social media pages are allowed for other cases, I hope it's also considered acceptable here).

 

[keek]

Exactly. I didn't really believe that 47 Spofford Ave purchase was tied into the investigation, but I would suspect law enforcement would look at every angle. You simply have to take each piece of information into account and then if not relevant....it gets weeded out.

I believe it has to do with the money. I'd think though that her accounts would of been forcibly accessed by her abductors. That's my sticking point or there might of been more money elsewhere. She did sell her father's home she shared with him after he passed away suddenly. She had siblings but don't know if they had any share. Yes, the family def has information but just not shared, at least with us.

 

[ZiggyZaggy]

So in thinking more about @ZiggyZaggy and her experience, I wanted to pose a question here. We know that there was a similar tip called in to Hanson PD about a person seeing a woman who he thought was Sandra panhandling in Fall River, MA. This is in the same direction from Sandra's home, roughly, as Warwick, RI where @ZiggyZaggy reports a similar encounter. Sandra's family have said on their official "missing" page that the Fall River sighting was looked into and could not be corroborated.

What I find interesting about both "sightings" is that the woman in question was panhandling in one and seeking free food in another. We know that Sandra's bank accounts have been untouched since her disappearance.

I was not aware of this panhandling situation. This makes me believe even more that it was her. My potential sighting was also shortly after she went missing. Had I seen pictures of her BEFORE I saw this woman, I would've left the line and discreetly called law enforcement. That is how convinced I am that it was her! My sighting was days just a few days before I saw Sandra Crispo's pictures circulating online.

 

[Mahoney-Wright]

I believe it has to do with the money. I'd think though that her accounts would of been forcibly accessed by her abductors. That's my sticking point or there might of been more money elsewhere. She did sell her father's home she shared with him after he passed away suddenly. She had siblings but don't know if they had any share. Yes, the family def has information but just not shared, at least with us.

I think they are being careful what information is shared, especially since this is an ongoing investigation.

 

[MsGazette]

I would think the lack of a cell phone was different, but not odd except for the fact that she was a primary caregiver of such small children. With toddlers you could walk around the block and have a serious emergency for one reason or another. It just surprises me that the parents didn't insist that she have one for emergencies. So that elevates the lack of a cell phone to a big question for me.

Is it possible that she did have a cell phone? I wonder if authorities actually checked with cell phone companies to verify that she did not. I hope so!

 

[Yemelyan]

Is it possible that she did have a cell phone? I wonder if authorities actually checked with cell phone companies to verify that she did not. I hope so!

I have no actual knowledge of this, but I'd bet that they did check, only because as a source of pings it might have helped locate her if she'd had a secret one that they could find. Of course, not everybody has a cell phone in their actual name (can be in the name of whoever pays) or could have a burner. All speculation.

 

[Sleuthen83]

Correct, I did not know her, just through some facebook posts I had seen her missing person stuff on, but since I was a regular visitor to that particular place and I never saw her before, she stood out to me. We were standing in line over over one hour waiting to receive our food baskets. I was looking at her for a quite a while since she was directly in front of me. She was also talking to my friend, so I had looked at her quite a bit in that hour or so.

I never have written on here before, but after I saw that you thought you saw Who you think could be her in Warwick I had to. There is a woman who I believe really might be her who I have seen panhandling in Providence, RI.