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[Dotta]

What I meant by hovering over it I meant if you hover over the icon, the pin in this instance, a little window will pop-up telling you what that symbol stands for. For the pin icon the window will say 'Sticky'. The definition of a Sticky post is: a post that is pinned or "stuck" to the top of a page/area by a moderator, regardless of how old it is.

Thanks!
I only use a phone so I guess my hovering over the icon is useless

 

[Gemmie]

Thanks!
I only use a phone so I guess my hovering over the icon is useless

Another reason I prefer using a computer! But you now know what those symbols mean. If you see any others you're curious about let us know here what they are and someone will check it out for you.

 

[Cool Cats]

Hello. I'm new here. I was scrolling TikTok and a young woman had posted about using Websleuths to hopefully locate her missing dad, which is why I'm here. I'm hoping to locate my own dad, James H Brohman Jr, who vanished 20 years ago. I have done everything I can possibly think of in tracking him down, but unsuccessful. I'm asking for advice and directions on how to post about him on this website...?

Hello! As you can tell by my join date, I'm new here! Quite a few true crime youtube videos mention websleuths and I want to do anything I can to help people, even if that's online.

Welcome @JBrohman and @peanutdreams - Nice to have you join WS!

Looks like @Gemmie has been busy answering questions, thanks Gem, and thanks to everyone for helping our new members.

Here you will find the newest posts on WS ... All from today ...

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[findmyfriendjenniferpoole]

Thank you so much Tricia

Help I'm new I wanted to start a conversation about my friend who went missing around the same time as the long Island serial killer and the bodies found on Gilgo Beach Long Island. My friend's name is Jennifer Poole. Please help me I'm really not to technically savvy.

 

[Tricia]

Help I'm new I wanted to start a conversation about my friend who went missing around the same time as the long Island serial killer and the bodies found on Gilgo Beach Long Island. My friend's name is Jennifer Poole. Please help me I'm really not to technically savvy.

Welcome findmyfriendjenniferpoole.
What you need to do is start a thread in the Missing Persons forum. The Missing Persons forum is located HERE
I will help you start one. You need a mainstream media article about Jennifer to start a thread. I found one HERE
By chance, do you know Jennifer's sister who has started this Facebook page?
I'll check back here about the FB page. Then we will get started with your thread.
Thank you for coming to Websleuths to help with your friend.
Tricia

 

[littlefish]

Hello! Thank you for having me! I’ve only ‘deep dived’ into a couple cases (which lead me here) - I have a more general question I hope is okay. I want to collate and analyze the info I find here and on MSM/brainstorm/ organize my thoughts before posting, but am just using onenote at the moment and it gets messy quick. Is there a better way to get set up? Or a better app to use?

 

[Tricia]

Hello! Thank you for having me! I’ve only ‘deep dived’ into a couple cases (which lead me here) - I have a more general question I hope is okay. I want to collate and analyze the info I find here and on MSM/brainstorm/ organize my thoughts before posting, but am just using onenote at the moment and it gets messy quick. Is there a better way to get set up? Or a better app to use?

Hi Littlefish.
WELCOME
Websleuths members do you have an app you can recommend to littlefish?

 

[Lorenathered]

If I am fully understanding what you might be looking for I would suggest Notion or Evernote as possibilities you could look into. I use onenote at work and yes, it gets chaotic quickly. Hope that helps.

 

[itsdev]

Hello! Thank you for having me! I’ve only ‘deep dived’ into a couple cases (which lead me here) - I have a more general question I hope is okay. I want to collate and analyze the info I find here and on MSM/brainstorm/ organize my thoughts before posting, but am just using onenote at the moment and it gets messy quick. Is there a better way to get set up? Or a better app to use?

On Desktop
Google Sheets to keep things sorted and organized with different labels and tabs, nothing overly fancy.(tip: use alternating color format when you have a bunch of rows!)
Google Docs - to "brain dump" notes. I copy/paste relevant info and images as I'm going down a rabbit hole.
Google Drive - When I've become super involved in a case, i break out a shiny new folder in Google Drive and put every bit of information in it, so it's easier to find in three months when I'm trying to find the source.
Obsidian- I've just recently heard about this, it is a free, open source note taking software that can be used offline, which is important to me in some instances!
Canva - Great way to make visuals and maps with text and icons. The "whiteboard" template is like your own personal red string, cork board evidence board.

On Mobile
Google Keep- Pretty darn versatile, I love to use the checkmark option to remember bullet points.
Gmail - I prefer to research cases on my two screen desktop setup, but let's be real, sometimes I have to leave my office and enter the real world . So when I am out and about and start catching up on cases, I'll email myself reminders and links of things to look into.

I swear I'm not trying to promote Google, it's just they have a lot of great free resources (and by "free" I mean I pay for it by giving my personal data to marketing AI overlords)

 

[littlefish]

Thank you so much! I’m also happy to pay the AI overlords my delicious personal data, so will check those apps out.

 

[littlefish]

Thank you so much! I’m also happy to pay the AI overlords my delicious personal data, so will check those apps out.

Ps I tried to make this a ‘reply’ to your message, but it said my message looked like spam so couldn’t be posted?

 

[Fraize]

Ps I tried to make this a ‘reply’ to your message, but it said my message looked like spam so couldn’t be posted?

That’s weird!

If you ever see this behavior again, screenshot it and DM me.

 

[GCobb]

Hello! I would like to make a post on a case that went away quickly but in 2017 had just a small amount of news coverage. I am not sure where to make the first post. I searched on a few words and there were far too many results. This case involved Jessica Johnson found deceased and tied to a mailbox with a shoestring. Tks!

 

[Lorenathered]

was it this one?

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Thread 'MS - Jessica Johnson, 37, found hanged, Horn Lake, 2 June 2017'

Jul 19, 2017

"The mail carrier found her, legs curled under her, hanging from a mailbox by shoestrings that had been fashioned into a noose.

The coroner estimates that Jessica Re’nee Johnson, 37, hung there for several hours before she was found on June 2. The preliminary cause of death is ligature strangulation, and authorities in Horn Lake, Mississippi, suspect it was a suicide."

Horn Lake police Capt. Nikki Lanphere told HuffPost that suicide is the preliminary classification, pending a final report by the medical examiner, which Lanphere said would be available in four to six months.

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[LeeRene]

Welcome to Websleuths.
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Tricia

Hi, new here. My first post. Hopefully I'm doing it right. Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Leerene. So glad there is a forum like this. Looking forward to being a part of this forum that unfortunately we need

 

[Tricia]

Hi, new here. My first post. Hopefully I'm doing it right. Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Leerene. So glad there is a forum like this. Looking forward to being a part of this forum that unfortunately we need

Welcome LeeRene. We are very happy to have you on board. Don't hesitate to ask questions. There is a lot to read on Websleuths. Also don't be shy about posting. We would love to hear your thoughts on cases.