False sightings happen all the time. Even by lgood natured well and meaning people. when When Julia Erving (Dr J's) son went missing people said they saw him all over the countryThank you for responding
I did read that too here in this tread.
That’s the thing. Human recollection is triggy. Maybe the neighbor didn’t hear the dogs barking, butthat doesn’t mean they didn’t bark.
The two witnesses on the highway for an example. The one that saw a person, which he actually believed was a grown woman/an adult. When come to knowthe circumstances that a little child is missing in the area, his is doubting his first recollection and somehow it end up that he can place Asha there.
The witness that turned the truck around also believe he had seen her. I read he pass a polygraph. Well of course he did, if he sincerely believe he saw her. That’s just a matter of believe, not actuality.
I really don’t know what to believe. I have concerns that the investigation may be too focused on the highwaysightings and the perhaps the shed.
The torsing of the candywrapping a long the highway and shed for that matter. She seems/or least is portrayed as a wellbehaved kid with a strickt but loving upbringing. Would she be eating candy and just let go of the wrapping as she ate?
What’s the chances of 2 people getting it wrong given the circumstances? Two completely separate people both come forward and accurately describe a child on the highway in the rain at that time of the night down to her race and the colour of the clothes she was wearing and they are both mistaken or delusional? I can’t accept that. I’ve seen people say “oh they probably were just mistaken and saw a woman out there”. Why would there be a random woman (who just happened to be black and wearing the same colour clothes as Asha was in) walking on a pitch black isolated road in the middle of a torrential rain storm just on the same night that a girl goes missing in that same direction. And how does one mistake a grown woman for a 9 year old child anyway? I’ve even seen people say that both the drivers who spotted her were seeing a mirage because they were tired and on long haul drives. Again what’s the chances of both men having tired eyes and seeing something that wasn’t there? This is just way too much reaching. It’s easier to just assume both men were telling the truth and that they both saw Asha out there
Even if the two eyewitnesses are correct in what they are saying, it still doesn’t rule out her parents being behind her disappearance. Maybe they were doing something bad to her and she decided that she has to leave. Her Father could have easily done something to her on the road. There has been no evidence to connect anyone else to Asha. All we think we are sure of is that she was seen alone on the road. If there was outside suspects, I believe after 20 years something would have come out. Sadistic child predators don’t stat quiet, but abusive child neglecting parents do keep quiet. The Father Harold has no solid alibi and the mother doesn’t seem like she has it all together if you ask me. Her parents need to be scrutinised, people seem afraid to even question them on anything.
I would love to know whereabouts they said they were walking and at what time as well, Cause according to the Truckers Asha was a mile away from her house at around 03:45, so that means that the Neighbour was going down the road some time before 03:45 am. What were they doing outside in a storm in the middle of the night. I was thinking that the Neighbour saw her through the window, the fact they were outside when they spotted her is pretty shocking really. Poor Asha never stood a chance when these people who could have helped her couldn’t spot danger if it smacked them in the face
You could be onto something there
If she was going regularly to someones place, then it would have to be somebody local and the suspects would be easy to find. I think if she was taken it would more than likely would have been by an opportunistic outsider
She had family that lived nearby. Her grandmother I think. Days prior she attended a sleepover with her older cousins that might have been held there. This is off the top of my head so forgive me if some details are slightly off. The cousins were in their teens.
I have read the same information. The sleepover could be vital to case. If her cousins were older, well then Asha would have been eager for them to like her and maybe would have doing what they told her to do. Its just another possibility.
I agree! I almost wonder if one of them had a secret adult boyfriend that they wouldn't tell police about. If interviewed now would that come up? Maybe a new guy was briefly dating one of their Mom's/Mom (don't remember if they were siblings). Could the NKOTB shirt be theirs or someone else's at the sleepover? The book the same that Asha was turning in for one of the sleepover attendees? The thing that doesnt add up is if she was going to that house nearby why was she seen on the highway? Where was her getting into that car witnessed? Was she let out at some point? There are so sooo many questions surrounding Asha's case.
I think she was running away from something in the house and didn’t have a pre determined destination in mind. Your right there are more questions than answers in this case. I think that unless someone talks then this case ain’t going to be solved. The NKOTB shirt would only be from the sleepover if someone at it was involved in her disappearance cause if not someone would have said it was their shirt.
With the NKOTB shirt all we know is it was found in the bag at the construction site and that her mom claimed it wasn't hers. We don't know the origins of the shirt and it is possible that it isn't related to the perpetrator. It could be as innocent as she spilled something on her pajamas at the sleepover and someone let her borrow the shirt and she pull it in her bag when she changed to go home not thinking about it.
I think regarding the shirt it may help if they released the size and if it was in a kids, juniors, or women's size. I think it's an interesting take on if the perp gifted the shirt to her. I just realized I worded my post like a doofus (oops). I really was referring to if it was one of her cousins shirts but realize now I didn't clarify that. I think her cousin's were in the age range of 12-15 years old. NKOTB disbanded in 1994 six years earlier. If it was the oldest cousins shirt she would have been nine or so at the end of their popularity. I had an Nsync shirt at 9 years old myself.
