Well - police did consider it was a ruse to leave office, in other words not a bona fide straight appointment in 1986 (before DV) & investigated to this end. Evidence looked to support fact it was a legitimate viewing but still a consideration for the team.
‘Kipper’ wasn’t a registered Sturgis client, all evidence points to something private ‘off the books’ with a man she knew to some degree. AS & police all thought/agreed in end almost certainly she knew him.
For me the answer to why she went missing lies in the below If the police knew ‘WHO’ re: below we’d all be a long way to solving this.
This gets lost & ignored but it’s important & IMO key & is still unsolved to this day:
P.79 AS
She was working on a deal, she confided to a fellow guest, that if successful would mean she was due a large commission…possibly as much as 3K” She was also hopeful to be buying a property with someone in a joint deal. She talked about 3 unsuccessful attempts to sell her flat and how she hoped to clinch a sale soon.
This wasn’t linked to Sturgis to a Sturgis sale or estate agent.
To her parents she said on last Sunday “Don’t ask me about the deal I’ll tell you more when I can” but had confided it involved a joint purchase on a property she couldn’t afford alone & there were dubious ‘strings’ attached as earlier article I posted showed.
She was anxious about the flat sale Mum said in run up to abduction and uncle said ‘almost angry’ about someone leaning on her.
There must surely be a clue in a diary or contact book & for a secretive person she did sometimes share & confide. ‘Guess where I spent Saturday night!’ to Sturgis colleagues, to her uncle, etc.
