Police are looking for four men who they said saw Shadle two weeks before she disappeared.
The men are described as four middle-aged Hispanic males. Police said they met Shadle at Champs Sports Grill on North Atherton Street the night of May 2nd. That's a Friday, just two weeks before she disappeared. The men used an American Express card to pay for the drinks. The signature on it is illegible.
Police stress these men are not in trouble, they're not suspects, but they are hoping they may have some information about Shadle and where she is or where she was going.
Interesting.
As you know (but I know many others weren't/aren't following it) that's almost exactly what was in a press release in Claudine Gifford's disappearance.
Only it turned out that was a story fed to LE by the actual suspect.
4 men. At a bar and grill. The last (supposedly) who saw the now missing female. The 4 men not being in trouble. LE just wanting information.
At least we know these 4 were actually there - which still hasn't been confirmed or denied in CJG's case, though we know if they were there, the details provided by the suspect aren't true so it's not really relevant.
But is interesting...there are A LOT of parallels.
Both about the same age.
Both in the midst of divorces (though CJG and her husband may have been reconciling).
Both talking about moving back closer to home because of a child(ren) there.
Both kind of at a crossroads/in transition in their lives.
Both staying with various friends.
Both seeming to walk almost everywhere (though CJG did have a car it was up on blocks at a friend's home and not really used)
Obviously they're not related.
It certainly looks like it's likely that the person responsible for Jennifer's disappearance may be making himself known, and Claudine's suspect killer is in jail now on assault charges, but still interesting how many similarities there are.