Posted on 11/07/2007 11:31:44 AM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2007/11/07/news/02hope.txt
“When his wife arrived shortly after 9 a.m., she noticed something was wrong, as Rowan did not greet her car. She checked in the girl’s bedroom, but didn’t find her daughter. Also missing from the bed was a pink sheet.”
“Copeland said one of the problems was with the long wait before authorities were notified. The sheriff’s department was notified of Miss Ford’s disappearance at nearly 7 p.m. Saturday night, 10 hours after the mother returned home and found that her daughter was missing.”
Thanks
Just wondering.... Did you follow the case in the news???? Or did you go through the complete court transcripts???
I followed it pretty closely in the news, as well as on many FR threads.
Time line is real suspicious, isn't it?
Spears returns home at approximately midnight.
Approximately one hour later, he calls his mother, at 1 am, wanting to borrow her car.
Mother arrives around 130 or so, and Spears leaves, presumably in her vehicle.
Spears returns around 7 am, approximately 5-1/2 hours later.
That's about the amount of time I would guess it would probably take to drive a distance (maybe into the next county), find a suitable secluded spot, dig a suitable-sized hole, fill the hole in, pull various bits of brush over the area to try and hide fresh digging, stop and rest a few minutes, find a suitable place to ditch some digging tools, go find a car wash to do some car cleaning, clean the car a bit, and drive home.
I wonder how dirty David Spears' clothes were when he got home at 7 am?
Very true. And statistically it makes only a small difference if mom and her boyfriend have a piece of paper from the government saying they’re “married” (which is apparently the case here). Government licenses don’t trump biology.
Oh, I dunno, I kinda think mothers who comply with their adult sons' 1AM requests to come bring them her car scream at least as loud as front yards decorated with car doors and pickle buckets.
OTOH, my daughter was two when I met her mom.
Civilization and decency can trump biology.
People can be poor, and still be good, decent people.
I’ve been so-called “white trash” myself...
So am I...heck, my grass looks like hers and it wasn’t that long ago I was livin’ in a mo-bile home myself.
It’s the total story plus the car door in the front yard that paints the picture......plus Mama bringing the car over at 1am. Somethin’ ain’t right.
"She was a very sweet little girl," said Carolyn Sanders, Rowan's Sunday School teacher. "She had hugs for everybody. She was very helpful. She is just a loving little girl. She was always happy. She was one of the family."
"I may not have known Rowan very much, but I know that she loved her mom and her sisters very much," said one of the young vigil participants, holding back her tears. "Every time I saw her, she had this beautiful smile on her face."
Well, I can certainly agree with you on the total story...
I also wondered how old the stepfather is. I haven’t seen anything but I would guess he is similarly aged to the mom, who has to be close to 45 ish. She has several other kids, aged up to 25 years old.
Copeland said David Spears asked to help investigators search for Rowan, but that request was denied because of what Copeland termed his earlier “lack of cooperation.” [Somewhere else, the sheriff said it's a free country, Spears is welcome to go out and search independently if he wants, he has simply declined Spears searching with the authorities.]
Copeland said David Spears also did not give a “justifiable explanation” for his 5 1/2-hour lapse of time, when he said he borrowed his mother’s car while Rowan was asleep in bed.
David Spears told The Joplin Globe in an interview Monday: “I want people to know that I am innocent. I did not harm my daughter. I do not know where she is, and I pray that she is brought home safely.”
The hardest part of the investigation is talking with Rowan’s mother because of her grief, Copeland said.
“To see the terror in her eyes that she doesn’t know where her child is," he said, "that’s hard."
Suspicious? That time line screams guilty of murder to me.
I certainly hope that little girl is ok but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to turn out very well for her or her mother.
"That was due to his lack of cooperation and the problems we had," the sheriff said. "We prefer that he not search with us. It's a free country, and he's welcome to search on his own if he wants to."...
Spears also told authorities he no longer wishes to talk to them without his attorney being present.
Scum bucket is guilty. Sorry, but I truly believe that. I also believe so does Sheriff Copeland.
Was Spear's wagging his finger at us when he uttered those words?
As in Bill Clinton, "I did not have sex with that woman.........Ms Lewinsky."
>>“To see the terror in her eyes that she doesn’t know where her child is,” he said, “that’s hard.”<<
Not for anything, but his eyes should be filled with terror too. If this had happened to my daughter, I’d be relentless.
Yeah, plenty of time to take care of the necessities. I believe, though, the mom knows more than is being told in these stories (another FReeper said the same thing). Something just doesn’t sit right with her account (as printed).
I wonder about those other vehicles. One was his truck. Was another her car? Maybe the vehicle used on the first trip? Does he have other vehicles sitting around? The photo shows a car door lying in front of the house.
Stella’s in the East-central part of Newton County. Just went through the area again on I-44 this September. IIRC, it’s more like East Oklahoma with rolling hills and wood. Cattle & farm country. It’s not as hilly as a little East of there (the Ozarks). At least that’s the way it is along that portion of I-44. A lot of places to bury a body, but it would make more sense nearer (or in) the Ozarks.
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