Hi vmmking- please forgive me for not getting back to you on this, I had a project for work that I had to complete and didn't want to rush through my answer to you.
I said on a post about two or three pages back that I honestly don't know what to think. I want to believe that this man truly did in his head and his heart what he thought that the love of his life of 53 years would want. I don't want to believe that he did anything sinister to her.
I go back and forth with this. I struggle with it because we just don't have enough details from LE to even try to form an honest opinion. The family has remained quiet, except for earlier into the investigation, Bobby's brother said he did not think that PS committed foul play or harmed her at all, that he believed that PS has early onset dementia (this was in the first article in this thread I believe, and I read other articles from that same day stating that same quote). So, I think to myself, if the family is being quiet about it, maybe they really believe he didn't hurt or harm her, that he's simply confused about what happened after she passed away. Maybe all that the care about at this point is finding her body. If their son went to the paper to help with the obituary, then it does sound like PS needs help with writing it- but why? How can he remember details such as their trip, where he dumper her body, the hotel, he bought garbage bags, asked to find a car wash, obviously traveled home by himself without any help, obviously he had to stop for gas, get food, go to the bathroom, but he wasn't able to write out the obituary alone? Someone asked in this thread if it was possible that he had a learning disability, hence why his son might have needed to help him complete the obituary. Speculation of course, but that is another possibility.
To me, this just seems too thought out to be done alone by someone with dementia. I have said before, though, anything is possible in the medical field- we've all seen miracles of some sort, from babies who weren't supposed to live, live long lives, terminal cancer patients suddenly in remission, tumors disappearing without any reasonable explanation, and so on. So, he could be one of the rarest people with dementia that did indeed do all of this by himself and miraculously made it all the way to Graceland and back without a hitch. However, Bobby's brother said he believe that PS had early stages of dementia- not that he has been officially diagnosed with it. Key word- believes. That, too, has not been confirmed as to whether or not PS has dementia.
For all we know, he could have a mental illness instead, and without proper medication, could be causing him to do strange things, such as instead of calling the family or the cops when she died, he got scared and decided to throw her in the river, out of paranoia that no one would believe him that she died on her own, that he didn't do anything to hurt her.
We also do not know that Bobby was sick and at the end of her life with cancer. That is what PS told LE, but the family has not confirmed this, and some of us have seen where one family member stated they had no idea she was sick.
As far as the lie detector test goes- again, he could have panicked, been paranoid that no one would believe she died on her own, and he threw her in the river out of fear. So, that part could still be true, but who knows?
I do agree with you, I think Bobby is dead. As far as I know, not one person has come forward between Ohio, Kentucky, or Tennessee to say that they saw her alive. PS said she died on Jan. 6th, which is the date of death written in the obituary. They left on Jan 4th. early morning and according to PS, they drove 285 miles to Sparta, Kentucky and stayed the night at a hotel.
Here's where it gets tricky- the left the next day to drive the remaining 440 miles to Graceland. PS says they almost made it, but when he drove into the Days Inn parking lot, allegedly, Bobby had a medical emergency, to which conveniently, an ambulance was across the street, and he allegedly flagged them down, to which PS claims they took her away, and of course, he had no clue what happened to her from then. The tricky part? That was January 5th, the next day- no one caught that, but I sure did! He claimed that she died on the 6th not only in his interview with LE, but it's listed as that date in the obituary. In the article below, is where this information is coming from:
https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/what-happened-to-roberta-bobby-snyder-hartville-womans-body-missing-after-husband-said-she-died-during-their-trip-to-elvis-graceland
So, we have a discrepancy on her date of death, do we not?
So, in conclusion, right now, if I was a betting woman, I would look for a mental illness and not dementia as a cause for his confusion. We honestly have no confirmed diagnosis of PS with dementia, or RS with cancer. We know that PS was recently hospitalized overnight, but we don't know why- it could be that he has a respiratory issue, flu, pneumonia, or a mental breakdown or some other ailment not related to his brain, but for the time being, that too is just speculation and not factual.
Honestly, I truly do hope that Bobby died on her own time and that he is innocent of any wrong doing, other than dumping her in the river.instead of doing the right thing and at least calling a family member or the cops for assistance. I don't want to believe that he did anything to hurt her. So for now, the horse is still dragging me all over the place on a fast merry go round, and I honestly don't know what more can be said on my end as far as my thoughts. I could be way off base on everything.
