To: IEarnedIt who wrote (690 ) 3/20/2000 9:36:00 PM From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1397
JD, regardless of whether she was knocked out by the first blow there would still be loads of blood. At the very least, blood spatters. The two witnesses I talked to, and even the newspaper reports don't describe the crime scene as bloody. Am I too fixated on this? I admit this plus the body position (feet in the road and body ninety degrees) are central to my contention. There are no reports of a red car seen leaving the area. There are reports of a red car being seen several blocks from the crime scene and at about a half hour later that the witness said was absolutely not a Jeep. Could Suzanne have been in that car? Sure, but I'd say the odds are slim and the timing is off. As for Suzanne being killed elsewhere outside a car, we have only 25 minutes max from the time she was last seen (9:25-9:30pm) until she was found stabbed (9:50pm). She might well have walked another five minutes after she was last seen and been found five minutes after the killer left the scene. She'd have to immediately been picked up, gotten out of the car, killed, put back in the car -- covered in blood -- , driven to the crime scene, and deposited there. Possible but highly improbable IMO. As for the reward not bringing in any leads, would it surprise you to know that reward posters were only put up around Yale and in the neighborhood she was found? Right before Yale left for spring break I wrote a Public Service Announcement to be aired on Yale's radio station, WYBC, which is #1 in New Haven with an urban-contemporary format. I'll know tomorrow if it is approved. If so, then we'll really see if there are people out there that know something that have never been questioned. - Jeff