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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Les H who wrote (61)12/14/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: CJ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1397
 
<the loud argument at Edgehill 'Road' ... >

Hi Les -- Jeff may know better; but, without checking, in my memory of the sequence, she was last seen on College St. at "9:25 - 9:30;" the argument was at 9:45, and the call that was placed to the NHPD was at 9:53, 9:55 or 9:58 [depending on which article you are reading :) ].

<... much closer to the time she was last seen at College St rather than when she was discovered? >

If my memory is accurate, no, it wouldn't; However,

IMO, with what we know now, it very well may be that <the victim was transported to the crime scene by 9:30 - 9:45 and that developments there may have taken 15-25 minutes.>

<Were there any tapes of the victim such as dissertations, etc. which could be used to confirm that she was involved in that argument?>

Good idea! ... I wonder if the person/people who heard the argument - and the scream -- still remember the voice; and, also, if there is a tape or tapes of SJ's customary voice, whether it is sufficiently distinguishable [by an accent ? impediment ? speech pattern? etc.] to recognize her voice while [if it was SJ in the argument] in an emotionally excited state. Likely ?



To: Les H who wrote (61)12/14/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1397
 
A voice comparison would be a good idea but in order for this to have a chance at working, IMO, the person who reported hearing the argument would have to have been close enough to hear the actual conversation. If they were close enough to hear the actual conversation, of more note would be just what was said. I don't get the impression someone was close enough to hear words, but I'll put in on my list of things to find out, if possible.

Also, if we assume the people arguing were indeed Suzanne and the killer, we'd have to probably assume that Suzanne probably had her guard up and there would have been some sign of struggle. Had she turned her back on the killer and started to walk away, as I've said before, I'd think one of the 17 wounds would probably have missed her head. If she were pushed to the ground then there would most likely be bruise marks or dirt or scrapes on her hands, etc. Recall the police have said they didn't see any signs of a struggle. Again, this is why I'm leaning towards her being surprised and being killed in a car from behind.

- Jeff