I’m wondering if the woman witness that Crowley talked with, and who may have mentioned they were ‘two black men’, was the same ‘older woman’ who approached the woman who called 911 and enlisted her assistance about reporting it.
After all, she was the one who was closer to the scene and had a better view of the men. The woman who called 911 said she wasn’t close enough to determine their race for certain.
The older lady was with her when she called, because she mentioned her interrupting her.
Stands to reason the older woman who apparently lived in the neighborhood would hang around to see what transpired. The woman who called it in didn’t live in the neighborhood. She was only passing through there.
So where is this elderly lady?
That is definitely a possibility although Crowley notes in his report the woman was later identified as Whalen. That could have been an “after the fact” assumption on his part, since she was on record as the one who called and the person who said she might wait around for the cops..
If Crowley didn’t talk to the “elderly woman”, I think he may be in trouble. Everything Whalen claimed is backed up by the 911 recording. She was completely straight with the operator and even offered she wasn’t sure they were burglars or just a couple of guys who lived there but got locked out.
By the same token, it’s almost incomprehensible Crowley would make up his conversation with Whalen. He would have to realize she would deny talking to him.