Recent content by secretslob

I too would love to know if the two are connected in some way. Martin Smith (Smith sighting) actually thought the man he had seen carrying a child was Gerry McCann once he saw pictures of McCann on the news when he returned home to Ireland from Portugal. Ney does look enough like Gerry -- same...

He may have wanted a "clean" license plate that wouldn't be connected to him if he was planning to travel somewhere (with or without Maddie) in the van. Maybe he planned to stick the German plates from the Jag on the VW so if an APB went out for a VW with Portuguese plates and registration, the...

Are you thinking of Carole Tranmer who stayed at the Ocean Club to visit her elderly aunt?

When we knew only that the suspect was German but CB's name had not yet been released, I remembered that a German chef named Peter quit working at the Tapas bar a week or so before the abduction and wondered if he might be the suspect. Now I'm wondering if chef Peter may actually have been CB's...

One of the Millennium restaurant workers, John Sholto Young, reported that a German named Peter had quit working as chef at the Tapas restaurant the week before the disappearance. Leaves me wondering, but we should know the suspect's name soon enough.

Ironically, I'm not the one who made an assertion requiring me to "prove" anything. You did though, when you made the (incorrect) claim that a negative cannot be proved. Moreover, while it may be true that in the situation Adler discusses -- a hypothetical situation that arises when a person...

That isn't always true. And in this context it most certainly is not. If, for example, there was sufficient evidence to establish that someone other than the McReynoldses committed the crime, the lack of the McReynoldses' involvement would thereby be proven. That said, I completely understand...

I agree they aren't the most likely suspects. But I have been surprised by unexpected evil from seemingly good people enough times in my life that I am loathe to rule anyone or anything completely out without a sufficient level of proof that they were not involved. And what may be sufficient...

And don't forget that the McReynolds' own daughter and her friend were allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted - on December 26, 1974. Yet another very strange coincidence. . . I point this out as a long-time fence-sitter. I tend to lean more heavily RDI these days, but I never rule out other...

You are correct that almost any regular-sized briefcase or shoulder bag would have been large enough to fit the number of bills requested by the "foreign faction". I think the reference to an adequately-sized attaché could be an indication that John (or possibly John and Patsy acting together)...

When he said that, it struck me as a disingenuous attempt to provide justification as to why he lawyered up so fast. All of these years later there's no easy way to prove or disprove that it happened. How convenient.

I am happy to see that the case investigation is continuing and that Suzanne's family keeps pushing for answers. Hopefully better communication and coordination between all the investigative agencies that have been involved over the years will reveal something that was missed before.

Has anyone come across any information about Evelyn's older brother, Thomas? I know he had recently gotten married at the time of the crime, but it's unclear whether he still lived with the rest of the Hartleys. Based on articles from the time, it appears he was around to help search for his...

According to CCAP, this guy's address as of 9/24/18 was in Osceola, IN, about 2 hours north of Delphi.

The case file has not been released, and I'm starting to think it never will be. The State has thus far resisted release on the basis that investigation remains ongoing, and I'm thinking they will keep using that argument for as long as they can get away with it. IMO they simply do not want the...