Archangel85
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I was thinking about this case today. His body should've turned up by now
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I was thinking about this case today. His body should've turned up by now
Have you been to New Mexico? Plenty of undeveloped land, still.
The amount of money he was said to be possibly carrying - $400 - was a LOT of money in 1947, especially a lot for an E-4 Corporal to be carrying around. It would be roughly equal (in spending power) of $4.000 today.
The story of his glasses and blood spattered shirt being found in an alley would lend credence to the investigators' conclusion that he met with foul play.
It would seem that New Mexico authorities, as well as the FBI, and the Army Office of Criminal Investigation would be interested in any new information about this old cold case.
I don't believe Harvey Eugene Whitacre's disappearance had anything to do with spies. A Corporal isn't going to have that much information for spies to be willing to kill for information and then leave a mess doing it. A spy is going to be more stealth in getting information picking up information here and there.
I believe that Whitacre was robbed by a couple of inexperienced robbers and when he fought back the robbers panicked and accidentally killed him. With the situation gone from bad to worse the robbers planned to put him in their car and drive out to some isolated area and bury him. To make sure no one would recognize him in their car they took off his shirt, cap, necktie, and glasses and then drove out and buried him.
I really believe that: Missing Money + Murder With Unknown Motive + Strange Crime Scene = Inexperienced Robbers Who Botched The Job And Panicked.
I missed the part where they found Whitacre's belongings in Albuquerque. Thanks for clearing that up.