Missouri - The Springfield Three--missing since June 1992 - #16

[scottishgal]

Wow thread closed and re-opened after 5 years ?

Well having skimmed through this case over the past few days , my instinct (Only MOO) says Stacy was the main target

Reason? Suzy and her mother could have been taken any other night from that house? separately or together

The perp may have been trying to catch Stacy alone and could not invade the Mccall house if she had a dad, brother , uncles around during that period of time in 1992 close to graduating high school

I also think that there is a reason the perp didnt want to wait any longer for another time to take her - even if it meant having to take her friend and friend's mum too to get her - and that could be that the perp felt Stacy was out of his life after graduation and moving on.

If I was LE (sadly just a middle aged tax accountant not LE) , working this as a cold case, I would re-interview every single person in that graduating class afresh and form a picture of if there was someone who had been turned down by Stacy and had been obsessive about her that senior year .......

 

[PGHJW]

Wow thread closed and re-opened after 5 years ?

Well having skimmed through this case over the past few days , my instinct (Only MOO) says Stacy was the main target

Reason? Suzy and her mother could have been taken any other night from that house? separately or together

The perp may have been trying to catch Stacy alone and could not invade the Mccall house if she had a dad, brother , uncles around during that period of time in 1992 close to graduating high school

I also think that there is a reason the perp didnt want to wait any longer for another time to take her - even if it meant having to take her friend and friend's mum too to get her - and that could be that the perp felt Stacy was out of his life after graduation and moving on.

If I was LE (sadly just a middle aged tax accountant not LE) , working this as a cold case, I would re-interview every single person in that graduating class afresh and form a picture of if there was someone who had been turned down by Stacy and had been obsessive about her that senior year .......

That's exactly the direction that the investigation needs to go in. I'm not sure that it ever "officially" has unless they've kept it close to the vest. These are the folks that need reinterviewed and reexamined.

Also, I'm a staunch believer (as I've said elsewhere in this thread and on these boards) that multiple people CAN and WILL keep a secret when it's something as heavy as this, but time can take its toll. These kids are now hitting 50 and older. I'm a tad younger and even in my 40s I'm doing reflecting. After all this time the next decade could be crucial as far as new info.

 

[Catmommy]

The problem is, as I see it, with the passage of time and the noted unreliability of long-term and/or false memory, people trying to recall things from back then and trying to "help" LE could well result in false leads, memories and accusations. Without physical evidence, especially bodies, anything else is just wishful thinking, easily impeached or discredited by any attorney worth his salt. MOO of course. I hope these women are recovered in my lifetime but I'm not confident this will ever happen.

 

[PGHJW]

The problem is, as I see it, with the passage of time and the noted unreliability of long-term and/or false memory, people trying to recall things from back then and trying to "help" LE could well result in false leads, memories and accusations. Without physical evidence, especially bodies, anything else is just wishful thinking, easily impeached or discredited by any attorney worth his salt. MOO of course. I hope these women are recovered in my lifetime but I'm not confident this will ever happen.

We've had 33 years of chasing boogeymen that's done nothing but hinder the investigation. Going back to the beginning can't make it any worse.

 

[Catmommy]

We've had 33 years of chasing boogeymen that's done nothing but hinder the investigation. Going back to the beginning can't make it any worse.

While understanding any frustration with the lack of answers and what can be perceived as a lack of progress on this case as well, I think it's wrong and disparaging to call the investigation to this point "chasing boogeymen". Law Enforcement rarely keeps the public apprised on the particulars of an active, if cold, case. The scene itself was so severely compromised, that nothing short of a confession and recovering the bodies makes anything else, in my opinion, just grandstanding, with little chance of bringing viable results. We really don't know how many times in the past 33 years LE has done exactly what was suggested; gone back to the beginning and questioned everybody they could. I'm certain they want the truth even more than any of us do.