The Box From Hell (BFH) - #1

[SherlockJr]

Annasmom, I guess what I was getting at is if he did not send a child support payment in Jan. 1973 then he might have known that he wouldn't have to pay one.

It appears that GW was writing the check at the end of the month and then mailing the payments so that Annasmom would receive it in the mail in the early part of the following month. So the last check he wrote in December was January's payment.

 

[iNTERESTEDWOMAN]

Iw, I also assumed Ali was his abbreviation for Alimony. AI is some sort of insurance, perhaps Accidental Insurance or American Insurance. Your guess is as good as mine!

Oh, should it be AI? That would make sence. You have Al listed in the references, (like the name...Al, short for Alfred, or Albert). Almost made me think GW was supporting another follower of Brody.

Ali for alimony makes sence.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

The bad news is that American Airlines does not maintain travel records for individuals past three years for security purposes. The good news is that TWA records may be maintained at a library of archived TWA files in St. Louis. We are working on getting Waters's travel records for January 1973.

 

[smile22]

hopefully this lead pans out to something

 

[Dr. Doogie]

The good news is that TWA records may be maintained at a library of archived TWA files in St. Louis. We are working on getting Waters's travel records for January 1973.

Shot down again. The Library has not cataloged the purchasing records yet. They have suggested that we try back later, but later may be years from now. We seem to have hit that familiar brickwall. :banghead:

 

[smile22]

ok but cant they at least help u or cant u go and search all the records?

 

[birdie74]

I'm trying to catch up on this case, but I still have at least a couple more threads to finish, so please let me know if I'm repeating things you already discussed.

Going back to post #117 on this thread, could ISR mean Israel? I know it's unlikely since APHA is probably the American Public Health Association, but Israel is just the first thing that came to my mind, especially with speculation that GB may have been Jewish.

I keep wondering if this master plan could have been to fake GW's death by accident, have GB collect the insurance, then the two of them meet back up in some other country. If that was the plan, they obviously didn't carry it out.

I do still think there's a chance that GB could have faked his death instead of dying of cancer. I know this was mentioned at least a couple of times before. $17,000 plus the insurance is a lot to leave behind, so the chances are slim, but what if there were other policies paid out to GB's new identity? Doubtful I know, but I still wonder.

 

[KivaSupporter]

Hello.

I have read most of the information about this case on Websleuths and just ordered the book.

I have a question about Seka. Where could I find the information about her which is known so far?

Thanks.

 

[SherlockJr]

Hello.

I have read most of the information about this case on Websleuths and just ordered the book.

I have a question about Seka. Where could I find the information about her which is known so far?

Thanks.

Hello Kiva Supporter, and welcome to Anna's forum. We really don't have much information on Seka. She was a young woman living or visiting San Francisco in the early 1970's. We have gathered so far she was probably a friend (a relative has not been ruled out) of George Brody. Inside the BFH are letters GB had written to Seka's parents that she was doing fine and making lots of friends in SF. I am speculating that her name is Sigrid and she was born in 1947 according to GW's Squibb notebook (post #136 of this thread).

 

[KivaSupporter]

Thanks for the quick answer. I was born in the former Yugoslavia and may be able to help. Seka is a very common nickname which means 'little sister'. Would it be possible to see the letters GB wrote to Seka's parents? Do you think she may have been raised by a family in former Yugoslavia? (A travel to Italy is mentioned in one of the threads. Italy borders former Yugoslavia.) If so, we could get in touch with journalists there and see if they would print an article about Anna. Or, alternatively, place an ad in the paper. There are also other possibilities.
I also noticed various 'Ingrid' names and addresses in a message. Ingrid Brozovich might be the one. Brozovich is a Yugoslavian last name. I believe that it is Croatian.

By the way, I am fluent in Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian (languages of former Yugoslavia) and am an experienced translator and interpreter.

I would love to help find Anna.

Please let me know what you think.

 

[KivaSupporter]

And, former Yugoslavia also borders Greece.

 

[SherlockJr]

I found page 1 of the letter to Seka's family. All my files and pics are on my computer which died last week and I am on a loaner until I can get mine fixed. Did GB also call her little Tito?

 

[Annasmom]

And, former Yugoslavia also borders Greece.

Dear KS, Welcome and thanks for your offer of help. It is very exciting to have someone with your skills and abilities on board. We could actually see the border of the former Yugoslavia from where I lived in northern Greece. People who came from the north by train sometimes took their change in slibovitz instead of cash. Brody did indeed call Seka "Little Tito". I should have scans of all his correspondence to her if you need more than the part Sherlock sent you.

 

[KivaSupporter]

Thank you Sherlock and Annasmom. I would really like to see all the correspondence. I am hoping the letters might give us a clue how to proceed.

Is it possible that George Brody was born in another country? It may be worth it to explore. If for example he came to the US from Yugoslavia, his first name would be Đorđe or Djordje in Croatian and Serbian, respectively. If he were Jewish, it might have been spelled as Georg (German or Austrian version). He might have changed his last name to sound American. Perhaps Brozovich or Brozović was changed to Brody? This is a wild guess. Did he speak with an accent?

The first thing that came to my mind when I read about Seka was that either she was a relative of some sort or an au paire (which was a very popular way for young people to learn English, and still is).

I am interested in what you think. Thanks again.
Karen

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Wasn't there a time we explored an Olympic water polo guy named Georgy? From Hungary?

 

[SherlockJr]

Wasn't there a time we explored an Olympic water polo guy named Georgy? From Hungary?

Uggh, I am lost without my computer!

 

[birdie74]

Wasn't there a time we explored an Olympic water polo guy named Georgy? From Hungary?

I think it was Gyorge.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

I think you are right. I am just too lazy right now to look it up in the old theads.

 

[KivaSupporter]

Another thought: If GB had lived in PA, it is possible Seka's parents did, too. There were and still are many Croatians living there. I believe Seka was of Croatian origin. A newspaper "Zajedničar" published by the Croatian Fraternal Union has a huge circulation. Would it be a good idea to have an article published in it about Anna? Perhaps someone would remember Seka and her family and/or GB.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

I was born in the former Yugoslavia and may be able to help....By the way, I am fluent in Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian (languages of former Yugoslavia) and am an experienced translator and interpreter. I would love to help find Anna...

Kiva:

Thanks for the offer of help. One immediate idea would be to see if there are sites in the former Yugoslavia similar to the "adoption reunion" sites that we have been scouring here. If so, then you could see if any approximately forty-year-old women who fit Anna's description are looking for their birth family. And also, perhaps you can work with SherlockJr to translate and post on those same sites a message from Anna's family looking for her.