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I just wanted to answer a question about the garage door opener. After Kelly changed her locks due to somebody being in the house. She still felt like somebody was getting in so she had the remote garage door opener frequency changed. So after she did that she told me that she thought it all had stopped and that things were better now.
Anyone know anyone who specializes in tidal waters? I've searched the Internet and find references here and there...but what I'd like to know is...really...just how strong could that surge be - so far inland? What's the difference in water levels during the tides for that part of Swift Creek?
I'm thinking maybe 1 to 2, possibly 3 inches between high and low tide? IDK...curious to know how this affects water level - obviously the surge couldn't be like at the shore or in a bay? (Just thinking about the 8 yr old in WA state)
Which leads me to think...if Kelly was out there in that water for that length of time and the surge was THAT strong that it would be bouncing her around all over the place and her body would have sustained some kind of damage (sorry family, I really hate to bring that up) from hitting tree limbs, rocks and other assorted obstacles out in the water.
Just wondering, did the ME ever determine a cause of death and do they still think it was suicide? When Kelly was here at the dance studio she never appeared depressed, it would be really shocking to me if that was true. Last time she was here (maybe in November, I can't remeber exactly) she told several of us that she planned to come back to dancing more often. She had been absent for a while because of softball. Also, I know there has been some negative things said about her ex (who I never met) but the ex's mother came here with Kelly to dance and it seemed like the mom cared for Kelly very much, they laughed and joked and had a good time here together.
The diver I spoke with was explaining some things to me about a body being on the bottom with a negative bouency. He said that it would take a lot of force for a body to be on the bottom and move a long ways away,because of the weight. This was in response in an idea of an experiment of a mock up body with a transmitter to see where it would end up. He said that he has been doing this kind of work for years. He also told me a little about the side sonar they used. All they found were normal things on the bottom ,for example tires ,logs ,trash etc. . He said they searched the area very well and told me " I dont know where she is ,but i can tell you were she is not." That is not including the air search. This was the next few days after she went missing, serching and serching.... . They know what they were doing , and they do it very well, for years. She was not there or they would have found her fast. The water is not that deep. There is a slim chance that all those well trained groups did'nt cover what they were suppose to. It dosent make sense to me where they found her. Im not an expert in that field , but the things the diver told me seemed to be truthful. I do not belive that she committed suicide in that manner . I do know the good people here will get the truth , and are very moved by this case. I hope this helps .Extensive searches of the river with sonar and divers and air searches did not indicate anything of Catalano's whereabouts. "This whole case is definitely very strange," Patterson said then.
Pulled that from the article posted on the above FB page...
Hmmmm...extensive searches...nothing found...and then whoops...mysteriously Kelly's body appears on a small island...and it adds mystery to the case... Well duh effin duh...
Then they're back to that tidal water theory...which I will never buy...not upstream...
The diver I spoke with was explaining some things to me about a body being on the bottom with a negative bouency. He said that it would take a lot of force for a body to be on the bottom and move a long ways away,because of the weight. This was in response in an idea of an experiment of a mock up body with a transmitter to see where it would end up. He said that he has been doing this kind of work for years.
I was thinking some of us should get together and do an experiment to prove that she could not have gone from point A to Where she was found point B. It shouldnt be that hard to do something like that? We would need lots of ideas on how we could acomplish this. We are not positive on point A. We are on point B. Just throwing an idea out there.***Respectfully Snipped***
Scrappy - thank you for that information!
I'm no expert...I'm just a high school grad, a Mom and Grandma...I've had very ordinary jobs - a secretary, office manager, swimming pool manager and restaurant manager. But I would like to think I do have a decent amount of common sense and a lot of life experience.
From the tidal chart that Shutter found and with this information that Scrappy has provided... The only way I can make sense that Kelly's body would have gone upstream 1 to 1.5 miles is for a tidal wave to have taken place on the coast to force the water back into the rivers/streams/other watercourses... And since we know that no tidal waves or any other waves of enormous size have hit the coast of VA...then IMHO it safe to rule out that a strong and prolonged surge propelled Kelly's body this distance against the current.
So, in my mind, Kelly was taken much further upstream before being put into the water.