Boyfriend in jail? Curious where that thought came from?
I go back and forth with wondering if Simone could be Walker County Jane Doe. More recently, I decided no, but a boyfriend in jail makes me wonder what I might have overlooked.
Yes, read the Cape Cod Times article...mentions BF.
Also mentions sister offering her a ride and Simone declined stating she didn't need one...?? I find this interesting
I wonder if Simone started seeing someone...that's why she stopped writing and didn't visit the BF. If a family member offered a ride and she declined, I cant imagine it would be because she preferred to hitchhike. If she was seeing someone, maybe they were going to give her a ride and she met foul play. It has crossed my mind that since she was a free spirit, did she leave on her own accord?
I wonder whether she was friendly with any of the turnkeys who worked at the jail or any of the cops who might have frequented the jail in the course of their duties.Ok, I found it. This is interesting:
"On Sept. 17, police visited Ridinger’s boyfriend, who was in the Billerica House of Correction at the time. He told them Ridinger had stopped writing to him and he sounded concerned, police said.
Ridinger had special visitation privileges at the jail the day police talked to the boyfriend, but she never showed up, according to police reports."
from: Cold case: Where is Simone Ridinger?
I'm going to cross post in WCJD. I wonder if Simone may have been friendly with other inmates?
I think we can assume automatic rule outs if both the Jane Doe and the missing person have DNA on file.sweetluv said:With CODIS, should we assume automatic rule outs? Or is it manual and are they not always compared? I'm not clear how that works?
Did the old man specifically say that Simone was in the back of the cruiser? That might suggest that she was a stranger to the cop and had been picked up for hitchhiking. If she was sitting in the front seat, that might indicate that she had some kind of personal relationship with the cop.Ok, so not sure about police "protocol" in the late 70s..the elderly man that stated he was pulled over by this cop who had Simone sitting in the back of his cruiser...why was he pulled over and would the cop not have radioed in this traffic stop? Also, if Simone was already in the cop car when the elderly man was pulled over, am I assuming correctly the cop was driving around with Simone in the backseat?
The man said that on Saturday, Sept. 3, 1977, at about 6:45 a.m., he was driving to the Cape along Route 128. He said he was pulled over by a state trooper near the intersection of routes 128 and 109. After interacting with the trooper and explaining that he was on his way to Cape Cod, the man said the trooper told him he had a girl in the back of his cruiser who was also trying to get to the Cape.
Or had regular customers at the diner...maybe met someone there.
Cold case: Where is Simone Ridinger?Stevens said he would get breakfast at the Rainbow Restaurant almost every day.
“Basically, she waited on me every morning,” he said.
Cold case: Where is Simone Ridinger?On Sept. 17, police visited Ridinger’s boyfriend, who was in the Billerica House of Correction at the time. He told them Ridinger had stopped writing to him and he sounded concerned, police said.
Ridinger had special visitation privileges at the jail the day police talked to the boyfriend, but she never showed up, according to police reports.