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Bumping.
These are the cases that really get me. 3 women just disappear without a trace never to be seen again.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6865/mystery.html
This is a very long, indepth article/essay into Silas and George Jayne and into the horse business. Silas Jayne was most certainly a bad person who did some awful things.
http://www.thelaborers.net/NEWS/blood_feud_by_gene_o.htm
This is one of those cases that just drives you nuts.
Sad - I did a google news search to see if any local papers ran an anniversary story and didn't see anything.
Yeah this one of those cases that is baffling.
I know what you mean there are a few cases where I can place myself precisely in time when they were happening.
It lends kind of spooky imediacy to them.
I feel the disappearance of the three had nothing to do with any doings of the Jayne family. Although doing such things in crowded places such as a July 4th weekend at a park isn't unheard of, I don't think that was the case in this instance. I once read that it is more dangerous to accept a ride on a boat than it is in a car. Apparently, the girls were taken in by one of more individuals who wanted more than offering them a boat ride. Perhaps once they were out on the lake and far from shore, one of the males on the boat tried to force himself on one of the girls. This may have led to a confrontation that resulted in a decision that all three of them had to be done away with. That leads to the question, what happened to the bodies? They could have been weighted down and dropped into the depths of Lake Michigan or buried somewhere along the shore, far from the beach area, or farther inland. I wonder what the condition of the film taken on the beach that day is? Could it now be viewed with more modern equipment in hopes of viewing the license that was the on the boat the girls went on or other features that could be used in identification? Although it has been over 43 years, you would hope this matter could be solved or at least more information be obtained.
Would the police let you look at the case files, Cambria? Are you able to view them under the freedom of information act or something?
Although it sounds like something that would be quite interesting to view and any interest in this case is certainly justified and most welcome, I question if the authorities would permit the viewing of the film that was taken that day. I feel that is especially true since the investigation could be considered on-going (although, of course, a true cold case) since the girls have never been found or their fates truly determined. I would hope that this film evidence could be viewed with 21st Century technology that could show faces of the people (both the young girls & others on board) along with possible indentification information of the watercraft. My guess is the film in question was a "Super 8" type that was just becoming popular at that time rather than the more established 16 millimeter. From what I have seen, the Indiana State Police is the office who has the jurisdiction in this case.
As somebody stated earlier, the chances of anyone like Silas Jayne planning this are non-existent.Too many variables involved. Their abduction was obviously a crime of opportunity and i can not believe that no one has stated the obvious suspect. Richard Speck. His ship came in in mid June and these 3 girls disappeared 11 days before the 8 nurses were slaughtered in Chicago. It is a mere 40 miles from where the girls were murdered. I don`t know how well Speck was questioned , if he had a good alibi or if he had access to a boat but 2 weeks later he was behind bars for good and no more girls disappeared like that.