No, but in one of those six degrees of separation thingees, I know someone who did know her. I never met the parents but heard of what a wonderful family they were.
It's absolutely horrifying to think of what happened to that young woman.
You know what stands out in my memory? She had been on a date that night and so her date (and presumably the last person to see her alive) had to be eliminated as a suspect in her disappearance. It must've been somewhat scary for him to be in that position but guess what? He volunteered to do whatever was necessary to clear his name and make sure law enforcement could move on to look elsewhere.
Hmmmmm....does this NOT remind you of anyone we've read about?
One small comfort - I'm glad that her body was finally located by a rather incredible fluke, giving her family a sense of closure and chance to bury their child.
I know, the poor young man who took her to the concert that night lived for four years under suspicion even though he was cleared in the early days of any involvement.
I don't recall any public whining from him on that score, either, he stayed very low profile. Absolutely right, though, he took the lie detector test and did whatever he could to aid the investigation.
It was an odd fluke that allowed her to be found, finally--answer to a lot of prayer many felt--A very odd thing happened to me at that, time, too.
I was taking my then only/oldest child to Mother's Day out or a Bible study I belonged to at the time--and we were running late. Definitely left the house later than usual. Also, my radio station had been changed, and it was on a station I never listened to--the battery might have died, or something like that. But the station it was on--an a.m. station--was one I never listened to before or since.
Anyway, I heard just the tail end of the news account, that a female body had been found in a freezer, in Arizona. And I knew immediately it was her. I can't even tell you how I knew, but I knew it was her, so I called someone close to the family and it was true. I never found any other news stories about it or heard anything else after that, either. (just before the Internet took off, we had computers but email was still a good three-four years away from being common.)
I've always thought that was divine intervention. The main point is, miracles in answering mysteries do happen, even though the answer wasn't one that the family wanted, it was still a miracle and brought some measure of peace and closure for them in knowing they did not need to search or wonder forever.
