Thank you so much for your prayers, kind words and really great ideas. Today was another difficult day of searching, organizing search teams, conducting press interviews, and putting up flyers.
I wish the learnig curve weren’t so steep in this kind of thing.
After a full day of the above and with roughly 800 volunteers across Ohio and Kentucky we know as much now as the day we discovered their disappearance.
No sight of them or their car, in person or on video from any of their suspected destinations. Nothing.
I’m really close to this and am afraid I am running out of ideas. I could use some help brainstorming around two issues.
One: What tools/resources can add incremental value to the search? Anything goes.
Two: We feel the disappearance was caused by one of three things - They got lost/ran into a ditch or ravine/got stuck at the end of some road
OR
Something bad criminally happened to them i.e. car jacking, someone offering to help in some way and then doing something to them
OR
They left for an intended long trip away and just forgot to board the dog or pack suitcases or tell anyone.
What happened to them and what evidence (or lack thereof) could lead you to one of the three points. Or, is there another point to add?
So, brainstorm away on either point. I’ll be glad to clarify anything. And am open to any additional thoughts or suggestions.
I don’t live anywhere near the area being searched or I’d be there looking for them.
Continuing prayers for these two ladies.
I have no speculative-opinions regarding their disappearance, but I will continue to pray for the ladies.
Do they have a favorite restaurant in the area or one on their route to their usual shopping trips?
It might help to check with waitresses in those places. They might remember the ladies — or maybe they asked for directions or some such.
Did one of them have cash they could have used to go on an extended outing without needing to write checks, go to the ATM, or use credit cards?
Somewhere in the thread there’s a comment that just the day before, Ada and one of her neighbors had driven for 2 hours looking for the movie theater but had never found it.
What a heart-wrenching situation for you and all those who care about these two women.
Prayers ongoing.
jm
Trace any credit/debit card purchases which may have been done, and have the bank disclose any withdrawals from their bank accounts... it sounds elementary, but please ask the police to do that. Also, run a credit check on their names/socials to see if any new accounts have been opened in their names in the last few days...
A financial trace is one of the fastest ways to find someone, and yet, many smaller law enforcement agencies don’t think to run them right away. Do so immediately, and supoena the records if you have to - don’t let any agency tell you they “can’t do it”.
Make sure to check and see if the car had an ONSTAR system! It WAS optional with the 2000 Chevy Impala...
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/2000-chevrolet-impala.htm
I don’t know exactly how you’d go about contacting the company, but there must be a way to find out. If you’re not sure, call Onstar and ask them how one would find out. Even if they didn’t have an account activated, there might be a way to enable the Onstar gps if it’s included on the car...
http://www.onstar.com/us_english/jsp/index.jsp
Prayers continue