christine2448
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Unbelievable that Judges would send juveniles to a place they knew so little about.
Have been reading about Rose Cole for a number of years now... through the Synanon website and elsewhere. I was a young person at Synanon (Santa Monica) from 1969-1974 and then moved in through the Oakland facility in 1974. I did not know Rose Cole, but I can tell you that during that time period, Synanon was a peaceful place and would NOT have harmed her. Many people came and left of their own volition. Hundreds, thousands. The catch phrase was: "If you don't like it, LEAVE!"
I was reading through my journals the other day from back then, and I thought this was worth mentioning: I was getting ready to move to Oakland in 1974, and I observed in my journal that there were a number of murders being reported from the City of Oakland -- there was possibly a serial killer, and Oakland was an *extremely* dangerous place then. Some hacked-up bodies had been found. I don't know details of any; it was just a mention in my journal, like: "...and I'm moving to Oakland why???"
Just thought you should know. As I said, I was involved with Synanon from 1969 through 1985 -- through the good, the bad and the ugly. I am positive that Synanon had nothing to do with Rose Cole's disappearance, and no amount of investigating into Synanon is going to prove anything else.
I appreciate your input on your views of Synanon. I don't understand your comment about "If you don't like it leave." We have found information stating that people who left were tracked down and brought back. Rose was a juvenile and was placed there by the court sytstem. I feel that they had an obligation to monitor her progress and her location. I don't think under those circumstances that she should have just been able to leave. According to her letters she wanted to leave. I f she did run away from Synanon, then I think that it would have been their responsibility to file a police report listing her as a missing or runawy juvenile. It does not seem that was done. Can you think of any explanation for that? Your information about the serial killer in Oakland certainly is a possibilty. One more question, if you don't mind, why was there an "underground railroad" if leaving was so easy?