Found Deceased MI - Venus Stewart, 32, Colon, 28 April 2010 - # 5 *D. Stewart guilty*

[cluciano63]

I think if he did this and had help, it had to be someone very close to him who lived in Michigan, but just my opinion...

 

[spamelope]

I think we have all posted on threads where the presumption of innocence argument has been presented...the glory of a discussion board is that it is not a trial by jury and we are not judges except in our own minds and hearts. We are free to say convict him because I dont like his shoe size...as long as we are willing to support our reasoning!

Ohh, I think we are allowed to voice our opinions and name someone guilty from day one. We are a discussion board. I am not at all bothered by what we say or who we judge. What bothers me in this case is that LE seems to have forgotten that DS is presumed innocent.

 

[Natal]

Has something come out supporting that there was a problem with the nightly phone calls?

It is a hypothesis.

To answer your question, no, but conventional wisdom has it that in bitter divorces the two halves make things as difficult as possible for each other for no rational reason. This happens all the time. I don't see why this case would be any different, it is obvious from all the legal filings that neither of these two sported angel wings so why would you expect noble intentions on either part? If the Colon folk really believed that he was physically abusive to Venus and sexually abusing the kids do you honestly think they would have been making these calls easy for him?

And something must have set him off, if he did this. Ask yourself this, what reason might someone have for doing that? Would they just have a random psychotic break? The general sort of thing going on was what their life had been like for the last three years or so, the last week wasn't any different, so why would someone hypothetically suddenly drive a quarter of the way across the country and back again? Just because now was the time? I don't think so, there would have to be something to prompt it, and the only thing we know about that could be consistent with that would be the phone calls.

I'm more interested in why people do the things they do, and I've seen enough in life to know that there is no black and white, only shades of grey. Real people don't come with wings or horns.

 

[blackdog]

I think if he did this and had help, it had to be someone very close to him who lived in Michigan, but just my opinion...

I don't think he started out with the idea of killing hear. I think he got himself worked up on long the drive."I'll show her"

 

[PickieChickie]

What proof is there that Venus was isolated from friends and family?

Never mind....

I was saying that because they moved 14 hours away to Virginia. Abusers often do that so there is no longer family and friends for the wife/girlfriend to run to.

 

[PickieChickie]

I don't think he started out with the idea of killing hear. I think he got himself worked up on long the drive."I'll show her"

What about the Walmart receipt for the gloves, hat, shovel and tarp? That's premeditated murder, if indeed he purchased those items and used them the way we think he did.

 

[PickieChickie]

How could he possibly talk someone else into killing his wife: just drive fourteen hours; wait behind the wood pile, with a tarp; and maybe she will put the mail out.

This has to be the funniest post I've read on Websleuths since I joined in December of 2009! Thank you !

 

[PickieChickie]

I was thinking she may have received a call at 7:10 AM (the earliest time they believe she was abducted) that led her outside, but if she had, surely they would be able to trace the number it came from and then the source of the call?

Do I remember reading they found a wrapper from a throw away cell phone in the truck?​

 

[pufnstuf]

How could he possibly talk someone else into killing his wife: just drive fourteen yours; wait behind the wood pile, with a tarp; and maybe she will put the mail out.

What bothers me the most is that MSP has the answers to most of the questions we are asking... they just aren't sharing!

Need news!

 

[pufnstuf]

Do I remember reading they found a wrapper from a throw away cell phone in the truck?​

No, Pickie...

I think there was a mistake in reading the warrant. It said "cellophane," and it looked like "cell phone," so I think someone earlier made that mistake, which was perfectly understandable. Cop writing is almost as bad as doctor writing!

 

[blackdog]

The stuff in the truck is confusing; he had lots of time to clean it out, no matter who used it.

 

[Natal]

Do I remember reading they found a wrapper from a throw away cell phone in the truck?​

No, they found a cellophane wrapper in the ash-tray. Cellophane is that stuff they package candy bars in.

 

[Natal]

What bothers me the most is that MSP has the answers to most of the questions we are asking... they just aren't sharing!

Need news!

Heh....and they aren't going to share either.

I think the next news item will be when/if they find her, dead or alive.

 

[BeanE]

How could he possibly talk someone else into killing his wife: just drive fourteen yours; wait behind the wood pile, with a tarp; and maybe she will put the mail out.

$$$$$$$$$

 

[Natal]

The stuff in the truck is confusing; he had lots of time to clean it out, no matter who used it.

The only potentially incriminating things found in the truck was the possible blood stain and the reciept. The blood stain might well be his, or very old, and we don't know enough about his alibi to know if the reciept is incriminating or not.

 

[pufnstuf]

The only potentially incriminating things found in the truck was the possible blood stain and the reciept. The blood stain might well be his, or very old, and we don't know enough about his alibi to know if the reciept is incriminating or not.

And possibly the boots, if they have soil content on them of the type in the driveway at the McCombs.

 

[pufnstuf]

Heh....and they aren't going to share either.

I think the next news item will be when/if they find her, dead or alive.

I agree... or if someone's arrested.

 

[blackdog]

The blood stain in the truck was on the passenger side door handle. Is that enough to make an arrest?

 

[pufnstuf]

The blood stain in the truck was on the passenger side door handle. Is that enough to make an arrest?

It was driver side, above the front interior door handle, IIRC.

 

[blackdog]

I see, what about the car?