Hi Cubby,
My main reasons that I feel the mother knows something are:
1) The phone message saying George was at the door. (a big flag) She didn't know the message was on her phone until a few days later. Most moms who are frantic would be instantly checking the voicemail or any way to find any trace of her daughter(s)- not days later. Also, the mom deleted the phone message saying "it's between me and God" why she deleted it. Also, the mom told the great aunt (the one spearheading searches and the shows looking for the children) that the phone message was left a month earlier, but the cake they were getting for the sister was for a birthday the day after the disappearance (per Nancy Grace show transcript). The aunt thought the mom was lying about the message being a month old.
2) The mom changed the times where she got home from work- 11am to 12:30pm
3) The mom moved very soon after the disappearance. Many parents of missing kids want to stay in the same place for a few years to see if they come back.
4) The mom has been combative with the police several times and on the TVone show, someone in the original search team said she became very upset when someone suggested to call police.
5) On the TVone show, they asked who the great aunt thinks took the girls and she said "I am sorry, but (mom's name) knows I need to speak my mind. I think GW took the girls." It seemed to me like she was apologizing to the mom for speaking her opinion like her opinion would upset the mother. This got me thinking that maybe the mom may be covering for GW.
Thanks, JBrown'. May I abbreviate your user name as JBrown'?
My reply is from memory. There are two George's. One was a neighbor, the other is, iirc, Diamond's father. I don't believe either has been ruled out-but I do not know that for certain. LE, iirc, has never publicly named a POI or suspect. Who their internal POI and suspects are we don't know.
There were
two family birthdays around the time the girls went missing. (I found this face book surfing or searching google news archives. I'm sorry I can't link it, just remember reading it.) One was very close to the time the girls went missing. Another, was earlier and had already passed when the girls went missing. I don't recall which family members birthdays were when. One was an adult's birthday, the other was a child's birthday. It is possible, the call/voice message the girls mother received was in fact an older message pertaining to another family member (one of the two) birthday.
I recall reading some time ago the mom initially gave LE an earlier time because she thought she would be in trouble with DCFS for leaving the girls alone. It's been discussed previously, (here and I think elsewhere) this isn't that unusual for "latchkey kids" or kids with single parents. I remember babysitting at age 10 myself in the 70's. Not for long periods of time, maybe an hour or two at most, and I was only a few doors down from my home and my mom was home-if I needed to reach her, but I was baby sitting by myself at age 10.
I don't recall reading anything about when the mom moved, so no comment on that.
With regards to mom being combative with LE. IIRC, I read something about her 'spiritual advisor' or her local minister giving her advise, which imo, led to being combative. If my memory serves me right, the minister said something directly to Diamond and Tionda's mother about her rights being violated in the way LE was treating her. Personally, I don't know if she would have become combative if not led into that belief of mistreatment by her minister. She was upset her girls were missing, this person/the minister led her to believe she was being treated improperly. I think that is a cultural thing within the black community, to rely more heavily on a minister for emotional support than LE. Perhaps if the minister had a different approach, she would not have been as combative. I hope that makes sense, because I don't think she arrived at that conclusion or a reason to be combative without someone else suggesting it.
As for the great Aunt Shelia being more vocal about her opinion on a possible suspect or POI, and the girls mom choosing not to publicly support that same belief, think back to at least two cases. Mya Lyons father. It was not until after her father was arrested for her murder, her mother publicly commented on her suspicions of him being responsible. Then consider a much more recent case, that of 2 year old Bianca Jones. Bianca's father came up with the most ludicrous of stories, one less believable than that which Casey Anthony came up with about Zanny the Nanny. Bianca is still missing. Publicly, her mother is "supporting" the childs birth father, whether she believes his story or not.
When I attended the 10 yr vigil (which I posted about upthread, iirc). There were many members of the community there. Other victims families were also in attendance. I can say, honestly, after meeting the girls mom in person, there is nothing that even sparked a tiny alert on the hinky meter. I have more faith in the truth behind her not being involved after having met her, even if briefly.
Still praying the answers to these girls disappearance comes soon. This family has waited far too long for answers.
raying:
