actually a few leaves have started to fall here (early this year i think) Oct usually has all the leaves in full color...so i’m thinking sometime in Nov. to have enough leaves off the trees. I hope they find something. It has been a long time and not a thing. Very sad!!
That information from Illinois is still bugging me. I know it is not likely to be them; but, I keep wondering about it. The guy seemed so sure it was them. He said he reported it to the police but no one contacted him.
I looked up Effingham, Illinois on Google Earth. Interstate 70 and route 40 (National Road) both go right through there and route 45 would have taken them to Kentucky.