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

[GordianKnot]

Info on the ID seeming to be missing is in a Boston 25 news article by the reporter Bob Ward.

Do you have a link to that article handy?

I can't find any references to her ID at all.

JMO.

 

[Yemelyan]

Do you have a link to that article handy?

I can't find any references to her ID at all.

JMO.

This is the one place that mentions her ID: Bob Ward Boston 25 News

It is a Facebook link but this is the account of an award-winning Boston crime reporter who has worked for WFXT Boston for 2 decades. He interviewed the daughter for the affiliate's reporting of this incident. His interview was from August 20th, so 2 weeks after Sandra's disappearance. This was the Facebook lead-in for his story that was due to air on that day's news. I know there are restrictions on info from social media but he is a MSM reporter, not a random person just spouting rumors.

 

[Yemelyan]

The Cumberland Farms where Sandra was buying cigarettes on August 7th is approximately 2.1 miles from her home.

 

[GordianKnot]

This is the one place that mentions her ID: Bob Ward Boston 25 News

It is a Facebook link but this is the account of an award-winning Boston crime reporter who has worked for WFXT Boston for 2 decades. He interviewed the daughter for the affiliate's reporting of this incident. His interview was from August 20th, so 2 weeks after Sandra's disappearance. This was the Facebook lead-in for his story that was due to air on that day's news. I know there are restrictions on info from social media but he is a MSM reporter, not a random person just spouting rumors.

That's an informative piece, thanks for linking it!

So, not only does it indicate her ID appears to be missing, but it also gives the time she was last seen on the store cameras, which was around 5 pm according to the article.

JMO.

 

[Occam's Zebra]

It's true, no one said there's no evidence that she never made it home. But there's been no evidence publicly shared that she DID make it home. Last known sighting is at the convenience store.

I'm not trying to implicate anyone - just trying to think like a sleuth ;-) If she had her purse at the convenience store and it's now in her house, then I'd call that supporting evidence that she made it home.

Don't know why she'd need her ID to buy cigarettes unless they are super strict. She's in her 50s, so I just assumed she'd need it for the drive to the mechanic's.

 

[Blue Ridge]

I'm 60 (and look every day of it) and at one store I go to, I always have to show ID for cigarettes! (Funny since it doesn't seem that long ago there were cigarette machines in many restaurants and workplaces, and anybody could use them lol.)

 

[Yemelyan]

Snipped by me.

Don't know why she'd need her ID to buy cigarettes unless they are super strict. She's in her 50s, so I just assumed she'd need it for the drive to the mechanic's.

Massachusetts has an official state policy that anyone who appears to be under 27 must be carded for age-restricted products but some places have independently decided that their personal policy is to card everyone and post it as such. I am...let's say, not 27...and I have been carded recently for alcohol purchases.

 

[Yemelyan]

The main route that takes you from the Cumberland Farms where she was seen on camera to her house travels along a road that is primarily residential but does have an insurance office, other automotive shops, a post office (though I have seen it personally and it is the smallest, least post-office-looking post office you can imagine), and at least one convenience store so perhaps the progress of the truck toward home was viewed from multiple businesses' or residential cameras. I imagine that's one of the first things police checked.

 

[GordianKnot]

The main route that takes you from the Cumberland Farms where she was seen on camera to her house travels along a road that is primarily residential but does have an insurance office, other automotive shops, a post office (though I have seen it personally and it is the smallest, least post-office-looking post office you can imagine), and at least one convenience store so perhaps the progress of the truck toward home was viewed from multiple businesses' or residential cameras. I imagine that's one of the first things police checked.

I'd be really interested in any footage from that convenience store from that night if I were LE, especially given the fact that SC's ID appears to be missing.

SC may have decided at some point after she got home to walk there to pick something up she realized she needed/wanted, if it wasn't too much of a hike from her house to that store.

Cigarettes aren't the only purchase that requires an ID.

JMO.

 

[swanniee11]

I'm 60 (and look every day of it) and at one store I go to, I always have to show ID for cigarettes! (Funny since it doesn't seem that long ago there were cigarette machines in many restaurants and workplaces, and anybody could use them lol.)

That goes for beer etc in some places as well. They have to put your D.L. in the register to allow buying products.

 

[Steelslady]

This is the one place that mentions her ID: Bob Ward Boston 25 News

It is a Facebook link but this is the account of an award-winning Boston crime reporter who has worked for WFXT Boston for 2 decades. He interviewed the daughter for the affiliate's reporting of this incident. His interview was from August 20th, so 2 weeks after Sandra's disappearance. This was the Facebook lead-in for his story that was due to air on that day's news. I know there are restrictions on info from social media but he is a MSM reporter, not a random person just spouting rumors.

I can vouch for Bob being a credible crime reporter. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Steelslady]

Some places up here are super dee dooper strict about cigarettes or alcohol purchases.

I remember those cigarette machines in night clubs, hotels, etc. How times have changed!

I don't get a good feeling about poor Sandra being alive. I want to think she's ok and out there somewhere, but my instinct tells me she's not.

 

[Blue Ridge]

I don't get a good feeling about poor Sandra being alive. I want to think she's ok and out there somewhere, but my instinct tells me she's not.

Missing over a month and no activity on her bank accounts....no....not looking good for her

 

[momrids6]

Your last two scenarios seem the most likely to me, sadly.

I would like to know who dropped her off, where she took her vehicle, who her neighbors are, if she normally left her back door unlocked, had there been any deliveries, repairmen, etc. to the home, why her ID is missing... So many dang questions!

Has anyone looked at the property assessor's site? This house doesn't have a basement, does it?

Bob Ward Boston 25

MOO

ETA: And I wish they'd correct the NamUs entry. It still says her last contact was August 9.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

The house. The house that was obviously flipped. The one that is still all over the net; on some sites still showing as for sale. The house has had many people working on it and looking at it... Handymen, owners, realtors, looky loos, inspectors, potential buyers....oh, and maybe movers, new furniture deliveries, people from Quincy to see the new house as well

 

[GordianKnot]

Some places up here are super dee dooper strict about cigarettes or alcohol purchases.

I remember those cigarette machines in night clubs, hotels, etc. How times have changed!

I don't get a good feeling about poor Sandra being alive. I want to think she's ok and out there somewhere, but my instinct tells me she's not.

Agreed. Sadly.

The only thing I can think of that might explain voluntarily going off the grid for this long would be some type of mental health crisis event and/or substance abuse issue, but there's nothing I've read that indicates
SC has any history of significant mental health or ETOH/drug dependency issues.

JMO.

 

[GordianKnot]

The house. The house that was obviously flipped. The one that is still all over the net; on some sites still showing as for sale. The house has had many people working on it and looking at it... Handymen, owners, realtors, looky loos, inspectors, potential buyers....

Yes, good point.

There IS that.

And there's also the vehicle that had just gone in to the shop for repairs...

I wonder if she left a house key on her keyring when she dropped her car off.

JMO.

 

[momrids6]

Yes, good point.

There IS that.

And there's also the vehicle that had just gone in to the shop for repairs...

I wonder if she left a house key on her keyring when she dropped her car off.

JMO.

I'm wondering if the locks on it were changed after she moved in, or is it the builder's/flipper's- which likely has many key holders. Also, I wonder if she would answer the door without a thought as to who was knocking -- or knew whomever

 

[Steelslady]

I'm wondering if the locks on it were changed after she moved in, or is it the builder's/flipper's- which likely has many key holders. Also, I wonder if she would answer the door without a thought as to who was knocking -- or knew whomever

Many times, the victim knows the suspect. Often times, it is a spouse, ex, family member, etc. Once in a blue moon, there are strangers that are suspects. I feel that if foul play is involved, it is someone she knew and possibly trusted.

 

[Yemelyan]

Agreed. Sadly.

The only thing I can think of that might explain voluntarily going off the grid for this long would be some type of mental health crisis event and/or substance abuse issue, but there's nothing I've read that indicates
SC has any history of significant mental health or ETOH/drug dependency issues.

JMO.

Yes, this is the only thing that would make sense if it's not foul play, to my way of thinking. It would fit with what they've said about checking if she "popped in" to a marginalized population. They've said she had no medical issues but would they include a current or past dependency in that statement. I'm inclined to think they would keep it quiet. The public wants to help look for a missing grandma but the narrative is different if a drug user who goes off the grid. Not suggesting she was, just speculating on whether the public would be informed of this at this stage IF it was a possibility.

Besides, the daughter is a nurse so I don't think she would have allowed such a primary caregiving role if there was any chance of a dependency? I don't think she would have turned a blind eye to that.

 

[MimosaMornings]

How about a clear front facing picture like her driver’s license?

I can’t imagine not having a cell phone at 54 years old, but then I’ve had a work issued cell phone a long time - going back 10-15 years or so. Plus a company issued laptop. And I’m in her age bracket.

And why would she “pop in” with the homeless? Did she do charity work? Attend a local church? Knitting group? Local recreation club?

Is her daughter married? Perhaps the son in law owned the pick up truck?

Lot of odd things going on....JMO.