I have been trying to look at this case with logic and understanding of the few facts. I just realized that using" my logic" is wrong. The perp who took MS will have a different logic than I do, a different level of empathy, and belief in others rights.
I will not be able to make sense of this perp's motivations and actions. They would not react the way I would to a situation. A precieved put down or injustice might linger with this perp for a long time and grow in their mind.
Here is an out of the box theory that seems like a long shot to me but what if:
-This perp has spent a lot of time reading comics-----ie batman...
-Perp is a gamer who wanted to take a game into real life ,and/or likes to mess
with people's heads with mind games.
This theory occurs to me because of the pac man graffiti and BW's bike being taken
only to be hidden in a cemetary near his home. Think "Game Over" and"ghost w a bow and cemetary.
If the perp's profie fits the above I would think this person would be very into fb and other social sites, would want to read how their actions were messing with people's minds. This person may make comments on these sites to further mess with minds and confuse or anger people, or drop hints or lead people off course.
I know this is really speculating but if this perp sees themself as "The Gamer" they may not want Batman on the case.
You know, normally I'm an Occam's Razor type of gal (the hypotheses that makes the fewest assumptions offers the simplest explanation), but I've been wondering along the lines of the some of the same things you've mentioned.
BW's stolen bike has bothered me. Why would someone steal a bike and hide it in a bush in a cemetery? How many bikes are stolen and recovered and then a police representative posts on a Facebook wall instead of directly contacting the stolen bike's owner? BW's phone number was listed in the missing bike post. Why put it on Facebook? Is this perhaps a Southern thing? I can't think of something like that ever happening up here in the Northeast. Things are much more formal here
That graffiti located right near BW's house also bothers me. Not to take off on a wild goose chase, but someone pointed out that a nickname of the pink ghost in Pacman is "Micky" in the original "Puck Man" version (confirmed on the
wikipedia page). The artist of the Lafayette piece didn't have (or didn't use) colored paint, so we don't have the pink ghost but the ghost did have a deliberately added bow to identify it as female. Also, MS's disappearance happened near the anniversary of the game's release (5/22/1980) and MS was born on 5/21/1980.
The thing that holds me back from being entirely freaked out about the Pacman graffiti is the conversation in an earlier thread made it seem more likely that the "Game Over" is meant for Pacman given the placement of the dots. Also we don't know with certainty when the graffiti appeared and it sounds like Pacman graffiti is not entirely uncommon.
Overall, Mickey strikes me as spunky and street-smart. I can't see her being too trusting of someone who approached her at 2am. The only ways I can see her being taken are:
1) Deliberate injury or ambushing so she is stunned and caught off guard.
2) Approaching/chasing her in some of those more desolate areas where a perp wouldn't necessarily need the element of surprise.
3) Encountering someone she knew and trusted.
4) Encountering a police officer or police impersonator.
Some have speculated that there was a vehicle sitting in the LCG lot who may have started to pull out after MS passed by because of the different cropping of the MS photo and the white truck photo. In thinking about how Mickey might respond to a (perceived) LE officer, it hit me - doesn't an after-hours government-owned parking lot near a convenience store seem like a great place for an LE car to sit and monitor traffic and watch for drunken drivers?
I know there was a DUI checkpoint on Johnston the night MS disappeared, but in all of my late-night driving experience it is not at all unusual to see a police officer parked in a government-owned lot. Around here, we don't usually see them in a privately owned lot, even if it is well after the business has closed. I'm not sure if it is the same in Louisiana.
Those are some of my somewhat unorganized thoughts and undeveloped theories. I'm still new here and I'm a little nervous that I have veered into wild-speculation territory with this post.
Mickey's case has transfixed me and I find myself reading these threads daily. I feel for her wonderful family and her sweet friends, who are suffering so much in her absence. If they are reading I hope it helps just a little bit to know that so many people are thinking of Mickey every single day and hoping for good news.
