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

[Yemelyan]

For now, I am discounting all secondhand accounts of her arriving home after Cumby's, or talking to a family member the night she disappeared.

It might be second hand to us, the interested bystanders, but these two pieces of information seem to me like they could be somewhat verified by authorities/police? Sandra has a landline, can they look at phone records to see who called that night and if it was picked up? They may not have security cameras showing Sandra enter her house alone but could they look at routes out of the neighborhood, which pass by multiple car dealerships, churches, office buildings, gas stations, etc and see if they can use camera footage to track the black truck making its way home? If the truck is on the road within minutes, that could help verify the driver's account. And the police are by no means required to disclose to the public what they've verified.

 

[Gussified]

The main reasons I think she made it home after the mechanic/Cumby run...
1. The kids were in the car when she was dropped off. Even if told not to tell anyone, I think they would have said something that would have indicated granny was not dropped off or was harmed in any way.
2. When daughter went to house on Friday, ALL the lights were left on, which indicates to me that it was dark outside when Sandra last left the house. The drop-off on Wednesday was said to be around 5pm, sunset was close to 8pm, so no need to have all the lights on when she left for the mechanic that afternoon.

 

[Kittybunny]

I noticed in one of the recent articles about Sandra's vigil that her daughter was quoted as saying "we dropped her off." That really stuck out to me as everything up to this point said only "family member," which really could be anybody in a very extended network of people....sister, cousin, niece, etc. We know from other articles that Sandra's daughter was at work in Boston during the time that Sandra needed to drop her car off, so whoever the unnamed family member is, it's someone close enough that to Sandra's daughter, they come under the umbrella of "we." I also believe, based on the timelines provided by MSM articles, that the three children were in the truck when it stopped at Cumberland Farms and were transported by that driver back to their home after dropping off Sandra. So it has to be someone trusted to drive the children, and who also has the space in their vehicle and ability to install 3 carseats (not easy to find just any car where this is possible to do safely). All of this leads me to conclude that the unnamed family member is actually Sandra's son in law, who would normally be driving the children. Why they would not name him, or whoever it turns out to be, I have no idea, unless the police department advised against it for the very reason that is now taking place...the sleuthing and suspicion that falls on the last person to see her.

I think that the identity of the driver is likely a distraction to actually solving the mystery of what happened to Sandra, as police have had a lot of time to verify the driver's account and timeline of the drop off. There may not be security camera footage that recorded her entering her home but I'm sure there must be plenty of business and security footage of the route the driver would have taken upon leaving Sandra's neighborhood and returning to the children's home in neighboring Pembroke.

I agree with your conclusions that it was likely the son-in-law who dropped her off. He is named, I believe, in the video of the vigil, and appears on camera, wearing wraparound sunglasses. Speaks briefly about it being hard to hear Sandra's grandchildren asking when they can go over again.

 

[Yemelyan]

The main reasons I think she made it home after the mechanic/Cumby run...
1. The kids were in the car when she was dropped off. Even if told not to tell anyone, I think they would have said something that would have indicated granny was not dropped off or was harmed in any way.
2. When daughter went to house on Friday, ALL the lights were left on, which indicates to me that it was dark outside when Sandra last left the house. The drop-off on Wednesday was said to be around 5pm, sunset was close to 8pm, so no need to have all the lights on when she left for the mechanic that afternoon.

Totally agree with your points. The oldest child is 5. You'd have to go through some serious trickery to be sure a 5 year old wouldn't tell the truth if you didn't actually drop Grannie off like you said you did.

 

[Yemelyan]

I agree with your conclusions that it was likely the son-in-law who dropped her off. He is named, I believe, in the video of the vigil, and appears on camera, wearing wraparound sunglasses. Speaks briefly about it being hard to hear Sandra's grandchildren asking when they can go over again.

Yes, and it only makes sense that it's him since the children didn't also get dropped off after the cigarette run to stay with Sandra until her daughter got out of work. I think if this had been any other family member other than their dad, they likely would have stayed with her as they are used to.

 

[Kittybunny]

The main reasons I think she made it home after the mechanic/Cumby run...
1. The kids were in the car when she was dropped off. Even if told not to tell anyone, I think they would have said something that would have indicated granny was not dropped off or was harmed in any way.
2. When daughter went to house on Friday, ALL the lights were left on, which indicates to me that it was dark outside when Sandra last left the house. The drop-off on Wednesday was said to be around 5pm, sunset was close to 8pm, so no need to have all the lights on when she left for the mechanic that afternoon.

Hmmm, very good points.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

great new ideas and insight here for Sandra...

LE knows more than we do for sure - i hope something breaks soon.

 

[MsGazette]

The main reasons I think she made it home after the mechanic/Cumby run...
1. The kids were in the car when she was dropped off. Even if told not to tell anyone, I think they would have said something that would have indicated granny was not dropped off or was harmed in any way.
2. When daughter went to house on Friday, ALL the lights were left on, which indicates to me that it was dark outside when Sandra last left the house. The drop-off on Wednesday was said to be around 5pm, sunset was close to 8pm, so no need to have all the lights on when she left for the mechanic that afternoon.

I agree with this and I also have been thinking it was Sandra’s SIL. I don’t think they are naming him for privacy reasons. The police do not suspect this person so why name him or her as the last person seen with Sandra. It’s probably enough of a burden that they were the last ones with her before she disappeared. No need to also push this person into the local media frenzy. IMO

 

[Gigi3]

Agreed to the above posts. I wonder if maybe the purse was taken to stage the scene to make it appear as she had left on her own? Maybe it was an afterthought? I have no idea with what little we have to go on, but for her loved ones sake I truly hope she is found soon. It seems as though they are a close family, it must be devastating to not know! MOO

 

[Yemelyan]

Did anyone else find it interesting that the Bristol County DA attended the vigil in a show of support for the family? The Hanson police chief was also there, which seemed normal to me as it is an open investigation that his department was involved in. But the presence of the DA seemed interesting given that they have not publically said it is a criminal matter...yet.

 

[shanadk]

The bed being dismantled, in my opinion, is an outlier. It's part of this somehow.
Still wondering if there's an obsessed, vindictive, possessive ex partner in the picture.
Maybe there was more than one reason why Sandra moved from Quincy to Hanson.

 

[oviedo]

Did anyone else find it interesting that the Bristol County DA attended the vigil in a show of support for the family? The Hanson police chief was also there, which seemed normal to me as it is an open investigation that his department was involved in. But the presence of the DA seemed interesting given that they have not publically said it is a criminal matter...yet.

Yes, it does seem like there is something more going on here than what they have released via MSM. It's been very quiet IMO. I am so afraid this is going to be like so many other missing cases - JMO

 

[drama_farmer]

Sandra is a smoker. I'm wondering if she had a routine of smoking inside her home, or venturing outdoors for a smoke? If so, was she on a "schedule" of every hour/couple of hours? Did she have the habit of sitting on the front porch/steps or taking a walk around the neighborhood, etc? Would she bring Clarence, the black lab, outdoors with her, while smoking, every time? The bed-slats being messed up are still a puzzler, though. May be connected, may not. IMO

 

[Steelslady]

Yes, it does seem like there is something more going on here than what they have released via MSM. It's been very quiet IMO. I am so afraid this is going to be like so many other missing cases - JMO

I was wondering if they do have a suspect in mind and they were searching for them either in the crowd or were watching them closely.

 

[oviedo]

I was wondering if they do have a suspect in mind and they were searching for them either in the crowd or were watching them closely.

my thoughts as well. It seems odd that no organized searches that I recall have been done for her - we do see this in many other missing persons but not here - why is that? What is unique about her missing? JMO

 

[Yemelyan]

my thoughts as well. It seems odd that no organized searches that I recall have been done for her - we do see this in many other missing persons but not here - why is that? What is unique about her missing? JMO

By organized, you mean ones where volunteers from the general public are asked to help out with the search? The police department did 7 searches of their own, including some where the public was asked to stay away because officers would be searching in specific ways. The daughter at one point indicated in a news article that she was doing her own physical searches in the woods areas nearby.

 

[Yemelyan]

I was wondering if they do have a suspect in mind and they were searching for them either in the crowd or were watching them closely.

The crowd at the vigil was pretty small so it should have been easy to do this if that's what the police were hoping.

 

[Yemelyan]

A new article today from a very small local paper with a new quote from Sandra's daughter. She checked her mother's trash on August 9th and found that the last items to be thrown away were her children's diapers. So these would have been from the last day Sandra had the children, August 7th.

A vigil for Sandra Crispo • Whitman-Hanson Express

 

[shanadk]

I'm still wondering if there's a possibility that Sandra left by choice. Stranger things have happened.

Sandra, I read, had recently sold a larger home. Funds may well be available for a lifestyle change, if she wanted one.
Some people just 'do it'... with zero explanation to anyone. I know someone personally, a co worker, who did this. Left the roommate high and dry, left all her furniture behind, even left her cat.
Not saying it's likely, but certainly a possibility.

 

[unknown402]

Hmmm...that’s definitely peculiar. I am thinking back to earlier reports and the Find Sandra website where it mentions she has watermelon cut up in the fridge for the sleepover on Friday? I would imagine she would have done that after the 7th and would have certainly made some sort of trash by then.

I have to believe law enforcement there is competent and doing their best to solve it. They have no obligation to give us weirdos anything I am sure that the drop off story has to have been verified in different interviews..

I'm still wondering if there's a possibility that Sandra left by choice. Stranger things have happened.

It’s certainly possible, but I tend to doubt it. If she were going to run away for whatever reason, she couldn’t wait just a few more days to have her car back? Possibly she wanted to use it as a cover, but how would that work for her financially long term? Moo