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.

 

[Coronawoman1964]

I was watching a criminal procedural show earlier tonight and one of the “detectives” made a comment along the lines of “how did they solve any crimes back in the 90’s?” The “detective” then started listing off just a few of the things not available back then. Such as, everybody didn’t have a cell phone, much less one capable of recording, or tracking with GPS. There was no social media, with people posting every five minutes about how they are feeling or tweeting what they had for dinner. That scene immediately brought to mind this case, which I have followed since it happened. After 33 years, 6 months and some odd days, still no resolution. I, along with many others, (Missouri Mule, talking to you ) have participated in numerous forums over the years, discussing, arguing, and getting nasty about this case. People have tossed theories out, spreading gossip and making life difficult for real people, all filtered through our own life experience. For example, I was a teenager back then and I would never do this or that. I don’t know why this particular case has stuck with me through the years, but it has. I think Catmommy summed it up perfectly: “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.” Extremely old cold cases have been solved over the past few years, by REAL detectives putting in the work, talking to real people. Let’s make this year, the year that “The Springfield Three” is one of them.

 

[PGHJW]

The issue here is that we DO know that they've looked into the boogeymen and where are we?

 

[Cedars]

Extremely old cold cases have been solved over the past few years, by REAL detectives putting in the work, talking to real people. Let’s make this year, the year that “The Springfield Three” is one of them.

I agree with your post but also want to add, so many cold cases are being solved by genetic genealogy and so often it turns out the killer was someone no one ever suspected. Especially in this case, where it was likely a random criminal, rather than a known connection.

JMO