Bradfordsleuth wrote: So if this 401 witness IS more credible than I originally gave thought to.....and this sighting was PRIOR to the sighting of EB in the passenger seat of her own car during the argument, then I really do believe that she must have been left very close to where her car was parked.
Things that makes this a credible sighting, imo,
1) he saw EB in the passenger seat of her own car, with a male driving it. He would have had no clue who's car it was that night.
2) he saw what looked liked to be an argument between the two, with what looked liked the male possibly hitting EB.
3) his end time of his time range of his sighting is clearly before the 3r witness's beginning of his/her time frame.
4) he would have no clue about the details of the 3r witness's sighting yet describes the same events, and same placements of the occupants.
5) the TPS forwarded many witness sightings that were post 7pm of the 19th that were clearly unreasonable to be true sightings yet this 401 sighting miraculously never made the light of day.
Imo, the 401 sighting was never disclosed because it backed up the 3r auto sighting of the same night and by the time the 401 witness came forward, they were in deep and fully committed to arresting and convicting RB of this disappearance, and they knew it would be extremely difficult for a jury to dismiss two sightings like this at a time when it was fully conceited that RB had an iron clad alibi for this time period. Getting the jury to dismiss one sighting is much easier for the Crown than two that coincide with each other.
Bradfordsleuth, I don't recall any landfill site searches ever being mentioned.
It's also possible that the person responsible came back later with his own or another vehicle and moved her to somewhere in that vehicle.
Because it was fairly light out still, if the 401 and 3r auto witnesses are to be believed, it's possible the person may not want to have driven the body anywhere at that time for fear of being seen and laid her body on the back floor, then coming back later that night after say midnight at least, and moving her then, in either EB's own car or another vehicle.
Jmo and speculation
Keep going bradfordsleuth, very often the answers are found in the right questions.
I can get on board with what you are saying regarding the credibility of the sightings and WHY TPS would want them buried. It makes sense considering the tunnel vision TPS seemed to have when it came to RB.
The fact that two different unconnected witnesses both reported seeing EB in the
passenger seat of her car definitely makes me think that these independent sightings trump anything else that was reported. I am quickly changing my mind about my prior musings.
My thoughts about her being left for a bit and then moved in darkness are this: I think that there would be more biological evidence of her being deceased in the vehicle had she been left there for any length of time, based on my past research of what happens to a body after death.
I have a feeling that she was moved very quickly after she died. But that's JMO.
Since you are encouraging more questions.....I have a couple more......
Have you any thoughts you would care to share regarding the money that EB withdrew from the bank that afternoon?
The withdrawal may just be a red herring....or perhaps EB was meeting with someone to settle a debt and it turned ugly? $80.00 sticks in my mind as the amount....is that right? Certainly not an amount to kill over.....but people have killed for less.
Back in the early 90's to the best of my recollection, if I was to withdraw $$ on a Tuesday, it was to go see a movie or to go for a wing night. Although, back then, it was $ 2.50 Tuesday for a movie entrance and only 0.10 cents for wings.
Was EB ever known to babysit for any families in her neighbourhood that you are aware of? Or tutor any students?
Have you ever seen any photos, outside of those published in msm, of her vehicle as it was left parked? Specifically, I am interested in knowing whether or not tire tracks were visible in the earth around her car. In the photo I was looking at, it looked almost sandy around her car. It should have been relatively simple for LE to determine if it had been parked and then moved based on the imprints.
Thank you for posting the info you have and for indulging my interest by replying to my questions.
Edited to add in the requisite JMO and speculation only
