I think there is a person the sketch resembles. I don't think the vendor lied. The two reasons I can think of that come to mind... One, no one has identified this person, as far as we know which makes me think the sketch doesn't look like the person. From what I have been told, often sketches can be very unreliable. So it is possible this person doesn't think it is them in the sketch. Given the amount of people there that night, the actual person, if not responsible, may not realize it is him. Possibly. If they do know it's them, they may be worried that if they go to LE no one would believe what they have to say. I just find it so odd that from what we are told, no one else saw the sketch and no tips and no one called in. That's why I think this way.
Unless we go the flip way and the sketch is made up, which would mean the vendor lied. I have thought this way. No one else seemed to, so I didn't discuss it here and kept that discussion to myself. Again, I find it SO odd no one else saw them together. I just can't wrap my hands around that one.
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hockeymom, you are putting a lot of thought into this. Thank you for that. We may have to go all the way back to the first thread for some of the info you questioned. Was it not the "sketch guy" Chelsea was talking to near the bonfire? I am not sure about that, and do not have time to go back through right now. I do know a
lot of tips have been called in about possible matches to the sketch, and none have apparently panned out (at least that LE has let the public know). One young man even went to LE and said -- people thought it was him. It wasn't.
We get so little that LE may know, so it is hard to say if they actually have suspicions or evidence, even if very small. I do wish they shared something, anything, to keep this going.
As as for no one seeing the, together, it is possible others did. Unfortunately, if they did it was at a time when there was no reason to be vigilant about collecting evidence, so they had no reason to pay attwntion to specific details. A quick glance, she was with a guy, she spoke to a guy, no idea of what he looked like. I have been to gatherings (dinners, reunions, etc) where there was no drinking or loud distracting music and the next morning I still cannot tell you what my best friend or closest cousin was wearing. I would not be able to say if Sue was taller than John (not real people!) or if Carol has blue or green eyes. If there was no reason to be paying close attention to this individual, nothing to draw attention to him specifically, then he could blend in very well without anyone remembering much about him that would be helpful.
One other thing .... not knowing where the POI could be from, what if this person has committed suicide afterward, for whatever reason? Very little would draw attention to the Monroe area if he was actually somewhere else. Then we might never know what has happend. Just another possibility that mulls through my head at times.
JMO, of course.
ETA:
I cannot find info about whether sketch guy was around the campfire, particularly when Chelsea was talking to a school friend and used that girl's phone. Thus, I could be wrong about him being there. possible, wither way, I suppose.
We had a touch more snow overnight, and expect a few days with snow during the week. It is going to be a late season for the farmers to get out into their fields this year.
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