“If you’ve heard the two names together it’s probably because of the deaths of the two young women,”
Definitely not that; today is the first time I’ve heard about the Scarborough lady.
My only “source” is my memory of discussions back in ‘01. However, I did find this link which mentions it. I expect there are more.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/social_justice/message/1371
I don’t “make up stuff”. Why would I? I do recall hearing or reading about it.
So far as I can tell, the woman who wrote that post in 2002 made that assumption for the same reason. But I don't see any real evidence there that they two men were close, just an assertion that they were friends. You read what you found on the Internet and took it from there in good faith.
Maybe they were pals, but I suspect, for what little that's worth, that this is one of those rumors and not something proven or even true. You don't have to believe me, but it's just a little too tidy to be true in my book. If I'm wrong, though, then I'm wrong.