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


To: Carolyn who wrote (109)12/23/1999 11:09:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1400
 
Regarding the rumor of her having her checkbook with her, she might have realized she was out of something when she went home, grabbed her checkbook to go to a neighborhood store. With her Yale ID, she would need nothing else. Is there a little store nearby?

There are two convenience stores nearby, both further up Elm Street. One would be just about on the corner of York and Elm (two blocks north), and the other would be on Broadway (one block northeast from the first store). If you look on a map, when Elm Street crosses York Street it forms a "V". There is a parking lot in the center of the V. Bearing right puts you on Broadway where there a bunch of stores and always lots of people. Continuing straight on Elm brings you by a small church and then a bank before you reach the end of Park Street, where Suzanne lived. That small stretch from York to Park is one I always avoided as it wasn't well lit. I never used the ATM at the bank as I feared getting mugged there at night. There's no evidence Suzanne got that far up Elm nor any evidence she took Elm at all, but it's still worth noting.

- Jeff



To: Carolyn who wrote (109)12/28/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: CJ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1400
 
<Is there a little store nearby?> That's an xllnt. thought. Is jeff or someone checking? {I saw his reply re: the 2 stores; but not any indication if someone is going to check whether SJ was at either of them that night.)

Another thought is: SJ would likely have her checkbook if she intended on buying food or drink to take to a residence --- {e.g. so that JDvD would have something in addition to the aged burrito.}
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Unrelated to the above; but OnT:

It has been discussed whether Suzanne Jovin may have been confidentially meeting someone related to her investigation and/or documentation for her thesis. Even though her work to that point in time was [as reported by Jeff] taken from previously published material, given the sensitivity of the subject, to me, that type of meeting remained quite possible.

FWIW, I have reversed that thought; the reason being that her thesis was "due" on Dec. 8th. On the night she was murdered, Dec. 4th., there were only 4 days remaining before it was due. In all likelihood, she was beyond the investigation and data collection stages, and was making the final revisions for submission.

Time constraints now; but, ASAP, will reply to Jeff and offer another theory. Those of you who are still interested in helping Jeff solve this crime are encouraged to submit alternative theories and scenarios --- with only moderate risk that Jeff will "bite your head off" for daring to disagree with him. :)