OK OK...in one post, in response to some at the end of the last thread:
Today I saw a police cruisers drive by my house...twice. It was exciting, because it is rare. They never stopped, though. And its not rare because two little girls are missing from the area, its rare all the time. Evansdale PD generally keeps to the main roads, which around my house are Gilbert, Evans, and River Forest. They do not come up my street often, and I usually take note when they do. I'm curious like that. Or nosy. To see it twice in a day got me thinkin, "are they watching someone on my street? could it be me?" I'm innocent, btw.
As for the "family of meth-heads" invoking their faith. I think it was addressed about people in recovery finding the lord. I also think that we've seen it less as time has gone on, and I remember stating early on that I thought that MCM and DM were, in some way, trying to emulate Drew and Heather. Like when my older sister and I were interviewed by the local paper years and years ago, and I was shocked to hear my sis act so mature and to be so articulate. I made a point of standing taller, speaking clearer, trying to sound more "knowledgeable." I honestly don't even remember why they were interviewing us.
As to Sapphire's post, concerning starting a file, gossip and hearsay being passed on as fact, people missing posts or asking the same question that was just answered, etc. I couldn't agree more. It is frustrating. But that's likely because I've read every post in every thread on this case. It has been incredibly time-consuming to keep up, and I realize I have the luxury of time to do so. I realize not everyone has that. I apologize if that frustration has caused me to come across as short or accusatory.
And on the topic of the RSO's in the area: I think Evansdale has 9 or 10, and our population is about 5000. However, we are separated from Waterloo (pop. 68k) by a line on a map, and Waterloo is separated from Cedar Falls (pop. 40k) by a line on a map. We are all really one big community. When I say "in town", I'm generally referring to the metropolitan area (funny to say that about an Iowa town tho, lol), which is said to hold about 160k ppl according to this page on
Waterloo – Cedar Falls metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area - which includes lil ol' E'dale - there are over 200 RSO's.
One final note on Ted Gamerdinger. His spotting of the bikes has caused so much confusion and speculation, yet he's only mentioned cursorily by LE. (I agree that Breault of the FBI, when referring to the guy who "runs the lake," likely meant to say "rides the lake." I don't know, but it seems to make sense to me and to be an easy mis-speak.) I just barely remember seeing on FB when his daughter had said that her dad had mentioned spotting bikes. Then he came on further down in the comments and confirmed. That seemed so long ago, and I believe the only mention was in a few MSM reports that paraphrased the time to "about 12:20." I cannot, anywhere, find where we got the time of "12:27," so I'm assuming that was on FB. I do remember reading somewhere that he'd made a pretty precise guess of how long it took him to ride to the gas station from that spot.
Is it possible that our ointment fly Ted meant that he'd seen the bikes at 12:27, based on his own estimation? As in, maybe his phone call was at 12:33, and he estimated the sighting at 12:27? Again, we've determined that not every clock or cell phone is in sync. Is it possible that the guy at the auction house's cell is slightly different than is TG's? Or that he misstated what he meant? I know I've often called a clock "slow" when I actually meant the opposite, and vice versa.
