What a tragic case, and close to home for me as it is within 45 or so miles of where I live. It's just so hard to believe someone can just disappear into thin air like that. Sadly, it seems that it happens every day.
I do wonder what she was doing 50-60 miles from home, with no money and no gas in her car, she was allegedly going to a pawn shop for money (?), and then go to a night club... with no money? Sorry, this all just makes me go Hmmmm.
So I wonder if she went there to meet someone. Surely they checked her cell phone records. Surely they did ....:scared:
So my question, why would she venture that far from home, alone, with no money, no means, etc. It just doesn't make any sense to me, unless she had purpose and reason to be meeting up with someone. So who was that someone? Maybe therein lies the answer.
Btw, is it just a mystery, or do we know what happened to lead them to re-open the case? Hopefully some kind of solid lead.
Rambling off some thoughts here...
The pawn shop thing is most likely a lie because all of the pawn shops in Longview close by 6 pm. There are plenty of pawn shops in the area she was from (Athens, Tyler). Graham's is not really located near any pawn shops either. So it's not like she went to a pawn shop and then decided to go to the club since it's close by. Her grandmother states in the interview that she was trying to get out and meet people in the Athens area since she was moving back. Longview and Athens really aren't close enough that you would meet new friends that you would get to see on a regular basis.
If I remember correctly, she went on ladies night, which is no cover charge, and if you know how to work it, you won't have to pay for drinks. So it's possible to not need any money to go on ladies night. However, the fact that she was almost out of gas is strange. Why drive to Longview, when Tyler is closer? I can only assume that she had gone to meet someone.
I will give a break down of Graham's on ladies night. After 9, its Packed so full that its hard to walk around or see. There are always obnoxious men in cowboy hats, that think they are Gods gift to women. There are always a couple fights that break out. There are police everywhere. By each bar, sitting among the tables, and on the dance floor. Everybody knows everybody, and she would have definitely been noticed, being a stranger by herself. The parking lot is about the size of a walmart parking lot and there is almost always security out there in golf carts. The club is right on edge of the seedy part of town.
One time, when I was 18, a friend and I pulled up, parked got out of our cars, and a car came flying up behind us with some crackhead behind the wheel demanding money. Security was on him. We didn't have to scream, or make hand signals or anything. They saw something strange going on, and took care of it.
Depending on which way they (her? Him?) pulled out of the club, they could have gone down McCann, which has lots if businesses with security cameras that could have tracked them for about 1/2 a mile. If they went the other direction, into the seedier part of town, they could have driven without a trace.
I have heard she was a drug user, and also heard she was mentally slow. I don't know if either of those are true. I know for a fact that LE is aware of the gentleman that walks out with her, and know his identity.
MOO! I believe law enforcement has suspects and knows what happened to her, they just don't have evidence to back it up. Or the suspect is somebody fairly important, and LE doesn't want a scandal. MOO!
She's already been excluded. Wish they would put this in NAMUS. Would save a lot of time and trouble. I might email them to ask them to include her.
