Why did Tucker send Tom a text before Penny even
She must be a good friend of yours as you show much admiration. I only know of her because of the case of Thomas Brown. I don’t know anyone personally involved. In my opinion there have been very questionable decisions that I felt were not in the best interest of finding truth. And then there is always one’s mental health and history to consider.
But what about Tom? Part of the issue for many people looking at this case is that the family is seemingly unwilling to see what many others seem to see. Convictions aside, what about reality, and what about Tom? I suspect this is why in episode 8 of the podcast, Skip kept pressing Penny about Tom’s sexuality. If Tom were struggling with his sexuality, who could he tell? His mom? His stepfather? His biological dad? I don’t know that he could tell any of them because of these very convictions you speak about. I want to believe and support Penny, but at this point the only person I truly believe is Christian.
I agree with the first part of your post. I think it is very possible he did the search for a friend, partner, new romantic interest, etc. I have been giving that a lot more thought recently.
Recently I have been wondering if the Sheriff may have been dropping bread crumbs when he made his comments to Penny about Tom being gay and running away with an older man.
I do believe the Sheriff and his deputies were keeping an eye on Tom that night. They were being nosey. I don't think Tom was meeting an older man he met online. I think he was meeting a local man he knew well. I may be completely off base. I just don't understand why this man, if I am on to something, is/was being protected for the truth of what occurred. I would like to view some Canadian family trees.
I’m catching up on this case and have read the second thread and listened to the podcast a few times. Forgive me for jumping in after the fact.
I brought it up because of the info contained in the quote here that said Klein had a tip regarding it. The original post I quoted seem to pretty particularly identify the same truck with an identifiable white tool case as well. Just wonder if it was a legit tip if Klein should know of the match to the google image the poster-@travispa- up thread found.
Just a couple of things before I forget:
1. I agree with your timeline. I also think it was “*someone* not involved with looking for Thomas that night (so sure, we may not be talking about the same person((I am talking about a grown adult here))),” who was involved in getting rid of the vehicle and the body.
2. Speaking of a truck, does anyone know if anything came of this?
“The rest of that fall [2017], Klein continued his investigation. In November, he made yet another appearance on Chris Samples’s radio show to talk about a tip he had received: allegedly, a brown or copper-colored Ford F-250 pickup had been seen tooling around the streets of Canadian at about the time that Tom had disappeared. Klein asked that anyone with pertinent information call his tip line.” (BBM)
Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 5: Unusual Suspects
Here is an article from Dec., 2017:
Friday, 15 December, 2017
“The lead investigator in the case of missing Canadian teenager Thomas Brown says they are looking to speak with anyone who was in the downtown area the night Brown went missing and they are also looking for a specific vehicle.
Philip Klein, [...] hired by the Brown family, spoke with KXDJ’s Chris Samples on Tuesday and says they are looking for a white male who drives a dark brown or copper colored Ford F250.
‘When we first got involved in the case we had a tip on our tip line regarding this brown truck and that it was seen in the downtown area at the time of the disappearance. We did some follow up on it, but we didn’t really have enough information to know the make and model and exact color. On Sunday, the tip line rang, and a subject that we previously interviewed reminded us of the truck but also reminded us that he had seen that truck as he had been out searching that night,’ Klein explained.
He said they then went through different models and colors of trucks and Klein said the tipster immediately picked out a Ford F250 with a brownish or copper color.
Click here to hear more from him and Samples.
Another question Samples asked Klein was about the phone that was found during the search near Lake Marvin Road in recent weeks as well as the rumor mill that continues to churn.” (BBM)
Investigative Firm Looking For Specific Information From The Night Thomas Brown Disappeared
I think it is fair to suspect that the search was tightly monitored. Tom was probably being monitored, too. We can assume by whom, but I think there is a question of for whom, too. That gets us back to the picture.
I have kids the exact same ages as Tom and Tucker.
