Theory #2: Family Abduction by George Waters with George Brody and/or Associates

[Dr. Doogie]

Here is the chart that most likely was interpeted by the hotel manager as a note about guilt in all of its schizo glory. It was dictated by Brody and transcribed by Waters. There are several preliminary versions of this, but this seems to be the final draft. One thing of interest: it was completed March 1973 (two months after Anna's disappearance).


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drdoogief/detail?.dir=aac9&.dnm=ad74scd.jpg&.src=ph

If it is too small to view in this format, right click on the picture and save it to your computer. You can then open it up in some sort of viewer program and zoom in to see it.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Joe Ford (Anna's step-father and the only father that she knew) in an attempt to find out if GW and GB were involved in Anna's disappearance, assumed a false identity and moved into a room next to theirs in the hotel at 630 Geary Street. He observed their actions, even going so far as to electronically easedrop on them through the shared wall (Way to go, Joe!). He was able to get a feel for how kooky their relationship was, but never uncovered the smoking gun to prove their involvement.

After the death of the two Georges, Joe returned to the hotel and interviewed the manager for additional information. The manager was the one who (along with a police escort) discover Waters' body. This is the transcript that refers to the possibilty of a suicide note (see above post):

Joe: Did you see the note that George (Waters) left?
Mgr: Yes.
Joe: Did you get a chance to read it?
Mgr: There was two or three notes. It wasn't like a death note he left. There was things pinned on the wall about guilt complexes and just wierd things like that, but...
Joe: It wasn't a suicide note?
Mgr: No.

 

[gardenmom]

Here is the chart that most likely was interpeted by the hotel manager as a note about guilt in all of its schizo glory. It was dictated by Brody and transcribed by Waters. There are several preliminary versions of this, but this seems to be the final draft. One thing of interest: it was completed March 1973 (two months after Anna's disappearance).


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drdoogief/detail?.dir=aac9&.dnm=ad74scd.jpg&.src=ph

If it is too small to view in this format, right click on the picture and save it to your computer. You can then open it up in some sort of viewer program and zoom in to see it.

It's still too fuzzy to read even when I enlarge it. Can you break it down as to what it says?

 

[SherlockJr]

Here is the chart that most likely was interpeted by the hotel manager as a note about guilt in all of its schizo glory.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drdoogief/detail?.dir=aac9&.dnm=ad74scd.jpg&.src=ph

All I can say about this chart is "Who's crazy idea was it to scan this thing?" :bang:

 

[SherlockJr]

Was GW a sentimental kind of guy? Not very often you see a guy write down emotions like this! Notice the bottom right corner he speaks of suicide, but nothing written below it.

 

[HeartofTexas]

Doogie, I found a George Bready who was 6 years old at the time of the 1910 Penn. Miracode Index. He lived in Bucks County, PA, with his family. That would put his DOB at 1904. I'm looking for any other phonetic spellings of Brody I can find that were born in PA.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

It's still too fuzzy to read even when I enlarge it. Can you break it down as to what it says?

Only if I hit myself in the head with a brick for awhile first - LOL! To be honest, I couldn't really summarize it except to say that it is a flow chart of emotions and responses to try and explain the flow of life (somehow incorporating Hitler and Abe Lincoln into the mix). One small point of interest, the box on the bottom right side is titled "Suicide" as the consequence of "Despair" and "Degeneracy". It also mentions Brody as "The Great Entertainer" (?!?). It real is a lot of nonesense masquerading as profundity. I haven't heard so much self-important dribble sinse I gave up smoking dope in the 1980's!

 

[HeartofTexas]

Referencing George Bready above, he shows up on both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Census as still living at home in Bucks County (and he would have been 26 on the 1930 Census), but there is NO SSDI listing for him.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Doogie, I found a George Bready who was 6 years old at the time of the 1910 Penn. Miracode Index. He lived in Bucks County, PA, with his family. That would put his DOB at 1904. I'm looking for any other phonetic spellings of Brody I can find that were born in PA.

This is interesting - I believe that Bucks County also shows up as a location for the Kukoda family. We may be closing in our mysterious Mr. Brody!

 

[HeartofTexas]

This is my last one for the night. I found another one... George Brode, who was born in 1910 in PA (in Philadelphia) who is also not listed on the SSDI. I'm getting a real lesson in phonics tonight! There are any number of ways you can spell Brody or Brady or any combination thereof.

 

[itsreenw]

Doogie,Does GB's handwriting from the yearbook pic look like writing on the docs in the BFH?

 

[Shadow205]

I might have missed this posted somewhere but where are the Georges buried? Were they buried or cremated? What funeral home handled their burial or cremation?

 

[natasha-cupcake]

I find it interesting that GB was a boxer in his younger life. I don't see him as being terribly successful at it, due to our assumed take on him being somewhat of a coward, but he must have gotten some sort of satisfaction or glory from participating in the sport. I'm figuring that his boxing "career" was probably taking place anytime between his upper teens to late twenties. Assuming what we guess his age to be, that would have been sometime in the 1920's or 1930's. I know that boxers of that era were frequently photographed in stylized poses. Knowing that he had a bit of an ego, I think it's possible that he may have had his picture taken in one of the typical boxing poses of the time.

Perhaps someone with good sleuthing skills can research old boxing clubs in the San Francisco area and see if there are any old photos to compare his pics to. I think the studio portrait we have of him, being the youngest photo, would be the best bet for comparison. I did a google search on SF boxing clubs and found a bunch of old photos. None of them looked like GB but I get the feeling that someone local to SF may have better luck by visiting a large university library, or perhaps an historical society. I bet there is a lot more on the ground than what can be found on the web.

I know this is a needle in the haystack approach, but my gut tells me that "George Brody" is no where close to what his real name was. An old photo with a caption may reveal his real name, simply because he may not have yet had the life experiences that caused him to cloak his identity.

 

[Shadow205]

I found this website http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/cyber.htmI have posted on the History Of California Boxing message board asking if anyone remembers a boxer by the name of George Brody. I did find a Brody listed there but his first name was Mike and it seems that he was in MO.

 

[HeartofTexas]

Does anyone know approximately how tall George Brody was? And, if not, is there any way we can guesstimate it by judging his height against GW's height (which I assume Annasmom would know)? The reason I'm asking is because many of the WWII enlistment records list the height of the person enlisting, and it would help in eliminating some of them if I know GB's approximate height.

 

[Annasmom]

Does anyone know approximately how tall George Brody was? And, if not, is there any way we can guesstimate it by judging his height against GW's height (which I assume Annasmom would know)? The reason I'm asking is because many of the WWII enlistment records list the height of the person enlisting, and it would help in eliminating some of them if I know GB's approximate height.

I would guess about 5'4" or 5'5", though he might have been taller when he was young.

 

[HeartofTexas]

Ohmygosh, Brody was a short little guy, wasn't he! I'm even taller than that, and I don't consider myself tall at all. Thanks for the height information.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Doogie,Does GB's handwriting from the yearbook pic look like writing on the docs in the BFH?

I believe that the handwriting on the yearbook page is from someone else to this Brody. That means that the actual yearbook used for the scans was this George Brody's (out of all of the students listed there, that is quite a coincidence!).

There are a few examples of Brody's handwriting in the BFH (most of his "writings" were actual transcribed by Waters). Brody's handwriting was in cursive with many flourishes - so much so that it is nearly illegible. It looks like the writing style of someone who was mentally ill, so I suspect that his handwritings from when he was younger (and presumably more sane), his writing was substantially different.

 

[Dr. Doogie]

I would guess about 5'4" or 5'5", though he might have been taller when he was young.

Assuming that he did not lose several inches with age, this fact alone would eliminate the GB in the yearbook photos as our GB - he was much taller than 5'5".

 

[tuitsweet]

I am very new at researching things, however I have found this website

www.familysearch.org which is from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints International online database. It is very extensive, and will pull up any and all variations of the name 'Brody' including DOB, DOD place of birth and burial, it shows all countries, and census...for those '.more experienced researchers' it might be worth looking at, I have looked for George Brody there and found some very interesting info, lots of entries...and spellings

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