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

To: CJ who wrote (297)	1/13/2000 8:43:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Respond to of 1397

I've had fun with other scenarios tonight, some of which require that Xeyes is telling the truth. But at bottom I find her testimony extremely suspect. I think, in fact, that this is the most important point to clear up at the moment. She might just be an impressionable person, excited by reports of the crime, who genuinely believes she saw Suzanne. (And again, how well did the two know each other?) But her description of the two men is just a bunch of BS, any way you cut it. As usual, I walked a couple of blocks to the store today. I couldn't begin to offer a description of any of the people I passed along the way, none of whom I knew. The other possibility, of course, is that she lied to protect someone. If so, then she and the person she's protecting felt it important to establish Suzanne's presence off campus. If Xeyes is making it all up (regardless of whether she by now sincerely believes her own story or not), then I think we must assume that Suzanne did what's most logical: dropped off the keys and walked back across campus to her apartment. In that case, she must have been accosted on campus, or outside her apartment. In the former case, the person who accosted her must have had Yale ID, and probably was someone she knew. In the latter, not necessarily, but it's likely: he'd have been waiting outside her apartment, looking for her specifically, not just for a random potential victim.

To: CJ who wrote (297)	1/13/2000 8:46:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1397

And from the practical point of view, I think Jim's attorney should talk to Xeyes, and get a depo. My guess is that she and her story could be cracked like an egg.

To: CJ who wrote (297)	1/14/2000 4:27:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1397

I may have missed it, but I am interested in the street lighting in the area where Xeyes saw Suzanne and the two men. I'd say lighting would be quite good all along College St since there are lots of street lights. See: magneticdiary.com. Be sure to click on next for different views. In one of Jeff's posts, he indicated that the NHPD rather suddenly changed their perception of Jim, from helpful citizen to suspect. I am curious if one of the was their interview with Xeyes. Highly unlikely. Recall from the Vanity Fair article: "The woman who had seen Jovin walking on College Street at around 9:25 on the night of the stabbing saw Van de Velde on television and started shaking." By the time Jim was on TV the police had already accused him of being a murderer and had already theorized it was a crime of passion. It's also proof positive that "Xeyes" didn't know Jim from Adam prior to seeing him on TV. As Janice said, it's hard enough to be sure you saw someone you knew in passing let alone be sure you saw a heretofore complete stranger. Additionally, your post is making me realize that I am confused in my recollection of the south part of the map. If "SHE" saw Suzanne before Suzanne crossed Elm, it seems consistent with your theory regarding Suzanne possibly returning to her apartment. I will re-check the map ASAP. True. This fact absolutely makes it more likely Suzanne returned home than if we knew she had crossed over Elm. The key question if whether Suzanne not retracing her steps to take the much shorter (and safer) route home still makes it more likely she continued across Elm and further down College. I still lean toward the latter for several reasons: 1. The fact that people could yell up at Suzanne through her second floor window (as her friends did who were going to the movies) makes her seem "approachable". I somehow think her dropping the books off in the lobby meant she didn't plan to be home for some time. As I've said, I need to investigate this further. 2. If Suzanne were truly tired and looking to sleep, or truly was going to stay home and do work, she most likely would have retraced her steps to go home. If she wanted to go to the stores further north on Elm, it still would have been much quicker to cut diagonally (northeast) to get to Elm than going around the corner. - Jeff