Kell1
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In response, though "moot" at this time:
1) There was plenty of circumstantial evidence. "The notion that one cannot be convicted on circumstantial evidence is false". (Holland v United States - Supreme Court, 1954).
2) Yes, Debbie lived <2 miles from Benjamin School, she was abducted <300 yards from school @ Fair Oaks & St. Charles Rd., her body was found <3 miles from school, and Schofield lived <4-5 miles from Benjamin.
3) Debbie waited at school for her mother for a short time after a school BB game, then walked home. There were 2 older students/boys on the school grounds outside that noticed Debbie leaving to walk home.
4) Debbie was not a naïve individual that could be "easily duped", and she would not have gotten into a car with a stranger.
5) Yes, Schofield attended Debbie's funeral, though it was a "closed casket".
6) Your "car stuck in the mud" is fiction/never reported.
7) Schofield, his wife/children, and most if not all of his brother's, sister, and mother moved out of Wayne Township by 1970. His father drowned in Canada in May/1967. Interesting that Schofield's wife, MA, took a job with Northern Illinois University - Law School Library shortly after Debbie's death/GJ Trial. Maybe she knew that her husband really did "get off". I believe they were living in the Genoa, IL area at this time, before they moved to the KC area. Schofield, his wife, his mother-in-law Edna, and his youngest daughter are all buried in Genoa, IL.
Schofield's daughter was 2 when she drowned.
8) "Two can keep a secret, if two of them are dead".
9) Yes, Debbie's case went cold. LS and his family had too much influence, and too many "connections" in/around the area (i.e. maternal family name, father's job, LE, Attorney's, Catholic Church/Diocese, other family relatives/connections, etc.).
10) Judge Fitzgerald, first judge in Debbie's GJ Trial was removed for a supposed "conflict of interest". All he did was sign a search warrant. His son, Bishop JEF (1938 - 2003), served as Bishop of Joliet. "Connect the Dots" - with LS's first meeting in jail with Doug S., who was married to Loretta W., who's brother was married to Schofield's sister. The "connections" and "influence" is profound.
11) State's Attorney didn't do a very good for the Fijan family during Grand Jury "trial". Schofield's defense team (R. Chapski) had quite the reputation in/around the Chicago area that the DPC State's Atty. was "fearful" of.
I apologize if some of this is redundant, AND MOOT. Yes, "sometimes people get away with murder". In Debbie's case, LS got away with murder.
Not sure what you are getting at I agree that LE was most likely on the right track with this individual, and its unsolved, still so theres nothing "moot"