Trying to find the articles that mentions who saw what. So far; this is what I have. Nothing about Meijer; the tip came from someone that works across the street
Jessica Heeringa missing two months, private investigator reveals new clues 6:51 AM, Jun 19, 2013 -
However we've now learned that before Jessica's disappearance, a silver van was spotted by a worker across the street. He told our investigator that around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26, the night Jessica Hearing disappeared, he saw a silver van driving slowly and suspiciously around the building where he worked.
Q: So just to get it correct, the silver van circled around and went down the street and then turned around, faced the Exxon station down the street?
A: That's correct, the witness said he saw the van go down the street and face the Exxon for at least 10 or 15 minutes.
Witness:
Man in van flirting with Jessica Heeringa at gas station 8:14 PM, May 1, 2013 - CVanA was buying gas about 3 hours before Heeringa reported missing. He works at a store within sight of the station and told police just as he was leaving Exxon Friday night, a van pulled into the parking lot.
Michigan Mother Disappears From Late Night Shift at Gas Station April 28, 2013
.... made her last sale at the Exxon gas station in Norton Shores, Mich., at 11 p.m. Friday, police said....
Heeringa's purse and keys were left behind and the cleaning supplies she always took out at closing time were on the counter, her mother said
NS PD Chief Daniel Shaw said today that it appeared robbery was not a motive, and that the store's cash drawer was left untouched.
SH said someone saw her daughter "walk out of the store with this guy like there was no problem," but when they got to his van, a struggle ensued.
Norton Shores missing person's mom: Jessica Heeringa is 'loved by everyone April 28, 2013
“I’m sure she was abducted,” Shelly Heeringa said. “(There was) no struggle. She was cleaning a machine, she left her car keys, (and) no money was taken from the gas station.”
Suspect, Vehicle Described In Jessica Heeringa Abduction “As a store clerk, she has contact with a lot of people,” Shaw says. ”Most of the people who have talked to us so far have indicated that she’s a very pleasant person – very sociable – so she engages in conversation with all of her customers, so it’s very possible that she may have known this person.”
Wilder agreed on Facebook, citing that the store typically has the same customers regularly: “This was also NOT just some random person that took her,” she posted. ”It was someone she knew.”
Police: Michigan gas station clerk abducted, officers follow big clue 4:48 PM, April 29, 2013
The Chrysler minivan raised suspicion because it may have been there in the past.
"Other people have contacted them from other gas stations about a gray van pulling up to their gas station and just sitting there staring at the girls who are working inside. And then they take off," said Shelly.
Jessica Heeringa Missing Update: Missing mom may have been trying to help abductor in some way, official says April 29, 2013 5:19 PM ....."There's no sign of a struggle, no sign of anything inside thestore being disturbed," Shaw said. "The cash drawer was sittingout and no money was missing. Her purse was in the store with400-some dollars in it. It's just odd how that occurred."
Jessica Heeringa exclusive update: What was her last transaction? April 30, 2013
The missing woman's boyfriend spoke exclusively for Examiner News, in particular to answer questions regarding her last transaction before the alleged abduction
...Dakotah Quail-Dyer confirmed that the last transaction Jessica made at the Exxon station was approximately 10:55 -- and she was "figured to be gone," by 11:15... ... He confirmed that police spent a considerable amount of time with the Exxon station's owner that night, so they had to have looked closely at the transactions that were made.
Jessica Heeringa Disappearance: Person of Interest Seemed Like 'Just Another Guy Hitting on Her'
An employee at a store adjacent to the gas station where Jessica Heeringa worked the late shift said he noticed a man in a minivan talking to the missing Michigan mother, but didn't think much of the interaction until he learned she had been abducted..
...said he watched a man in a silver minivan approach Heeringa when she was at a gas pump, preparing to close the Norton Shores, Mich., Exxon...
.."He was just like, 'Hey, what are you doing over here? Aren't you supposed to be inside?' Just kind of being real flirty, weird about it," ...
"It was just bizarre that he seemed to be actively looking for her, like he knew her and then had this attitude that he wanted to have a conversation with her and then conduct business, and that is what seemed really out of place to me,"...
Cell phone data crucial to finding Heeringa's alleged abducter 9:04 AM, May 6, 2013 ... but authorities believe cell phone data could be just as important.
If Heeringa had her phone on her, Chief Shaw says they would have been able to track her immediately. But instead, they're trying to track down the suspect's phone, if he has one.
... It didn't take Norton Shores Police long to locate Heeringa's cell phone, left inside the Exxon Mobile Gas Station...
