This was sent to me by a lurker:
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Hi,
I'm not an SI member, so I can't post, but have a few thoughts:
1. If SJ was murdered in a car, and then the body dumped - why there? Why in a residential neighborhood where someone could have been looking out the window and ID'ed the car? Presumably the body dumper would do a quick check, but why drive around with a dead woman in your car waiting for the
right area to dump it?
It seems to make it would make much more sense to drive out to an uninhabited area and toss the body. Many cities have areas like this, where bodies are frequently found. They're not necessarily used by serial killers; it's just that everyone knows that you can toss a body there and not get seen.
2. Why was SJ's boyfriend out that night? Does he go to NYC on a regular basis? If not, I may be cynical, but it seems pretty convenient that he was out of town the night his girlfriend was murdered. Even if he didn't do it, he may know who did.
3. I'm not so certain about the 'she was meeting a terrorist of some sort' idea. There isn't that much evidence pointing towards that; it seems more geared towards appealing to our idea of an innocent person getting involved with nasty people, a la many a Hitchcock film. Suzanne doesn't strike me as someone stupid enough to do this.
4. I honestly think there *has* to be a good reason why the police are still on Jim's case. Homicide police don't get brownie points for having a suspect they can't nail (in fact, it usually makes them look bad; look at all the fallout from the Jon-Benet Ramsey case); they only get points if they get someone in custody. I'm willing to bet they know something that we don't.
Thanks for starting the thread. If you want to post my comments, feel free, but I'd prefer to remain anonymous.
Take care.
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My reply:
1. Re: Why might Suzanne have been dumped where she was
College Street, where Suzanne was last seen alive, turns into Prospect Street. While technically a residential street, Prospect has many Yale buildings on it and very large houses subdivided into apartments. It's the main drag where cross streets lead to both the projects (inner city) and the posh area of town where Suzanne was found. The street on which she was found, East Rock Rd, is a very well known cross street since it leads directly into East Rock park, a popular place for druggies. See the map at: apbnews.com
The point is that Suzanne wasn't found in some obscure remote area. She was found on a major cross street of a major well-traveled and familiar road. Her body was positioned on the south side of the street which would be consistent with a car continuing north on College and making a right (east) on East Rock. One more block east and you'd be on Whitney, a well-lit and constantly busy four-lane road.
My thinking is that if a group of people did pick up Suzanne they weren't at all concerned about being identified meaning they most probably were not from the Yale community. Similarly, since they most likely didn't hang out in the neighborhood Suzanne were found they probably had little fear that someone might recognize them even if they were spotted. Perhaps the car was even stolen.
2. Re: Boyfriend being out of town
I'm not sure if he routinely went out of town. In any case, he obviously had an alibi so if he had anything to do with her murder one would think it would have been a paid hit. Suzanne's murder, IMO, did not resemble a paid hit.
3. Agreed
4. Re: Police must have something on Jim
They've admitted they have nothing. Also don't forget they leaked Jim as the prime suspect even before they had done an investigation. What you are essentially saying is that the New Haven Police might be stupid, but not that stupid. You would think so. But you'd be wrong ;^).
- Jeff |
