UK UK - Ruth Wilson, 16, Dorking, 27 Nov 1995

[mrC]

i suspect was probelt just fobbing him off when she told him she had phoned a taxi i dont think she was going to the libary she was probely going somewhere else she dident want him to know about we can be she went in to town becouse she visted the florist but how she got there and what she did in between is anybodys guess

 

[mrC]

will kenedys story is a bit odd altogether

now ruth normally went on the school bus

so drives th her house ater the bus has gone to offer her a lift to school in his car

now how does he know she will be in how does he know she hasnt allready got on the bus

 

[davidt]

There isn't any reason to believe the taxi journey in the evening didn't take place - the taxi driver gave all the info.

The bigger questions here are:

a). was the sighting by the school friend definitely on the same day?
b). if so - what time was it?
c). What exactly were Ruth's movements on the day?

We have a fairly good timeline being that she went to Dorking, went to the florists (as the time has been confirmed about midday) and went to the library before getting a taxi at 4pm from the station. But we don't know for sure how long she was at the library for - there's never been a witness, AFAIK, that has confirmed her being in there for a set time. So with that in mind, she could've left at 2pm, gone to collect her case from wherever it was and taken it somewhere else (hence the sighting which some are saying could be around 3pm) gone back to town to the station and got the taxi at 4pm. This would set-up her ruse of the whole Box Hill situation. Then after being dropped off she could've walked / been picked-up by whoever had her suitcase.

Alternatively do we have any witness statements from the taxi driver in the morning? If not then the sighting with her suitcase could have been from the morning, so sort of putting the idea above into an earlier time frame.

There are a number of hours where we don't have any concrete proof of where she was.

The key here really is the time that the witness saw her with the case. But above all it just adds, JMO, that she was helped in making her disappearance.

Originally the school friend wasn't sure if it was the same day or the day before. Since then she appears to have firmed up that it was the same day. Open to debate obviously.

Yes, it's the first taxi journey that seems open to question. You'd presume the police have checked it out and are happy about it. Like many parts of this case finding anything definite in the ways of direct confirmation is particularly difficult.

 

[mrC]

well even if it was the day before its still sigfnificant i mean for what purpose was she doing it

and how does it fit in with the timeline of the day before