MI MI - Jessica Heeringa, 25, Norton Shores, 26 April 2013 #3

thesaint said:

Folks at Jalopnik think that the police might be chasing the wrong model of mini-van:

http://jalopnik.com/theres-a-new-surveillance-shot-of-the-minivan-that-abdu-486460130

if they are correct, tracking down Chrysler Pacificas would be a much easier task.
The Pacifica was a relatively short-lived (2004-2008) model that was basically a "benzified" Town and Country.

The Town and Country has been around since the late '80's, and it's sold a lot more than the Pacifica--both overall (obviously) but also per year when the Pacifica was in production.

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thesaint said:

Folks at Jalopnik think that the police might be chasing the wrong model of mini-van:

http://jalopnik.com/theres-a-new-surveillance-shot-of-the-minivan-that-abdu-486460130

if they are correct, tracking down Chrysler Pacificas would be a much easier task.
The Pacifica was a relatively short-lived (2004-2008) model that was basically a "benzified" Town and Country.

The Town and Country has been around since the late '80's, and it's sold a lot more than the Pacifica--both overall (obviously) but also per year when the Pacifica was in production.

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msthinksalot said:

I also wonder about the sketch, and attempting to match it to RSOs. Since there are so many grey minivans around, perhaps the man who one witness described as 'acting weird' was simply a creeper customer, and the van seen later was unrelated? Perhaps the van seen later wasn't involved in this at all, but was a customer who also came to get gas but couldn't find anyone in the store? Maybe they decided to drive around the building for that reason... maybe to see if anyone was back there or to see if it was still open?

I'm starting to get the feeling that whomever did this will be completely off the radar. Perhaps they're from further away in the state or they weren't a previous offender (at least, perhaps they haven't been caught)... or maybe they've only been caught in another state.

All JMO. I'm just thinking about a few other cases where a sketch started floating around and there were remarkable matches amongst RSOs in the area who ended up having nothing to do with the case at all, etc.

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trenchmouth said:

That's what I'm starting to think, you'd have to be a moron to abduct someone a mile or two from your home. It is very possible the perp lives far away from the town and is not an RSO.

I would also think the eye witness has reviewed every single RSO in the state of MI by now and if he found the police would already be questioned.

I do think the person responsible is the van driver otherwise he would have come forward on his own by now to clear his name.

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Artis said:

I came to WS almost one year ago because of Mickey Shunick. I don't allow myself to get too caught up in many crimes because there are simply too many. Jessica was abducted about a mile from my sister's home, though, so it caught my attention. My niece (another petite, young, blonde) worked at G&L, which is across the street from the Exxon station.

I'm sick that another creep has stolen another living being. Due to the length of time, it doesn't look good. I just can't believe how many predators there are "out there". It seems endless, doesn't it?

About a day or two after the abduction, I saw where Jessica's grandfather said how worried they were but he also said she was scrappy (or something like that) and could "take care of herself". Clearly, she could not, as so many woman have been unable to. Look how hard Mickey fought!

I was really bothered by the gas station owner's comments. Specifically, how he like he to hire cute girls to bring in customers and how having had three grand in drive-offs last year, he couldn't see investing five grand in a camera set up. Granted, cameras would not have prevented this. It was his cavalier attitude (including kicking the press off the property). Cute girls bringing in customers = girls as bait for MEN. Cute girls working all alone, at night, unarmed. Dang, that makes me so mad. Nobody, female or male should work alone, at night, without a gun. I'm 59 and I can remember when I was her age how everyone knew to never take a job like that because of robberies and murders (not abductions). Now this.

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Plumeria5 said:

Timeline
http://www.woodtv.com/generic/news/the-search-for-jessica-heeringa

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