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Misspoker 11 Jan 11 12:43
I dont like your tone winkle, where were you on the night in question? On the Moon, and I have witnesses. |
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sparkmaster. 11 Jan 11 13:34
The body was buried under thick snow that laid for some time I think...e.g. since her disappearance. Initial reports were that she was dumped either before or in between two snowfalls. The first reported snowfall was 2 cms. The second was 3 cms. Not thick by any standards. So she was under either 3 cms or 5 cms. Not that hard to spot a lump on flat ground, if it was flat ground, and if you were looking. |
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if police dont come up with something today or leak somethign i doubt and new website or paper will have anythign on this story still tommorow
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I don't care
I dont buy papers. |
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i'll try that again
If the police don't come up with something today or leak something i doubt any news website or newspaper will have anything on this story by tommorow |
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i was thinking more about keeping the public involved and in the public eye,, next step would probably scale back the police effort then next thing you know you are watching crimewatch in 5 years time and thinking oh yeah i remember that
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I shall bow to your more detailed research Mr W.
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not detailed Sparky, I read the first days reports after the day she was found.
Soon got bored of all the sh1t on here and didn't read much more. |
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Right-ho
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POLICE officers investigating the murder of Bristol woman Joanna Yeates searched bags of clothing at a Nailsea charity shop in a hunt for evidence.
Earlier this month, detectives said when her body was found in Long Wood Lane in Failand on Christmas Day she was only wearing one grey, ski-type sock. They made an appeal to find the missing one and, in response, a member of the public informed police he had previously dropped a similar sock into a basket outside Break in High Street, Nailsea. When the police followed up the lead, staff at the charity shop had already sorted the basket but allowed the officers to search through bags of items that would not have been sold on. However, their search was unsuccessful and they could not find the sock. Suppose they have to follow up anything, but hope they have better active lines of enquiry |
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which idiot gives one sock to charity?
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They're like gold dust to a uniped.
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mr winkle
Initial reports were that she was dumped either before or in between two snowfalls. The first reported snowfall was 2 cms. The second was 3 cms. Not thick by any standards. So she was under either 3 cms or 5 cms. Not that hard to spot a lump on flat ground, if it was flat ground, and if you were looking. ------------------------------------- So, nowhere nearly enough snow to cover a body. And given its location, you'd have to surmise the body was placed there not long before being discovered. Very difficult to believe it was placed there on Friday 17th Dec and not found until Dec 25. If the body had been dumped on Fri 17, then surely it would have placed in a more secluded spot to put more time between it and the killer and make it more uncertain when the body was dumped. |
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now Mr W has joined the team I can't help thinking we're making real headway.
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Maybe it was and the police are conning us about where it was actually found.
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Wur, why would they do that? And it was found by dog walkers, not the police. Why would the walkers lie about where they found it?
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I didn't say the dogwalkers lied. They never said where they found it. It was the police who said where it was found.
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The police have been telling just about every witness in this case not to talk to the press. How long was it after the case started that the man she texted on the way home talked to the press about it?
He'd obviously have contacted the police right away, but we didn't get to hear about it until over 2 weeks later. He would have been told not to talk about it, then, for whatever reason, told he could talk. |
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In other words, you're saying the police asked the walkers to be quiet as to where they really found it?
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It's possible
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The Sun's original story was from "a source" and a few bits were wrong (ie. that he was asleep). After that, I think the reporters tracked him down.
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The police often get letters from people claiming to be the killer. Most of these are hoaxes. The Yorkshire ripper case was derailed by a hoaxer who sent a tape to the police claiming he was the killer.
The police in this case would anticipate getting such letters. In order to distinguish between the hoaxers and the real killer, they would conceal (and even fabricate) evidence about the case that only the real killer would know about. So, if the killer dumped her body behind a wall (which would explain why it took so long to find) and they get a letter from the killer saying 'we both know the body was behind the wall a hundred yards down the road', they'll know it's the killer and not a hoaxer. |
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Or a mad dog-walker.
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Don't make the mistake of thinking that the spot where the family were photographed laying flowers is the spot where the body was found. The police would never have allowed that, partly for the reason wur has just outlined but mainly because it's a crime scene that may still contain vital forensic evidence and/or other clues. Can't have family and press trampling all over it. Standard procedure.
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The Magic Flea 11 Jan 11 15:04
which idiot gives one sock to charity? Long John Silver or Heather Mills. and you lot call yourselves detectives ffs |
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momm where have you been ? we sent out a search party for you last night ! (Thread and everything)
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Yes Momm, the flower laying would have been away from the spot where the police said she was found, but was this spot the real location of the body?
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he Magic Flea 11 Jan 11 15:04
which idiot gives one sock to charity? Long John Silver or Heather Mills. and you lot call yourselves detectives ffs Thats a bit like buy one get one free |
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what next then?
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What next?
Plod MUST know when body was dumped there and are waiting for perpetrator to trip themselves up, so we can only surmise. Body was "frozen" according to police which delayed identification and autopsy. If quarry was open then no way body could have lain where apparently discovered without many lorry drivers driving past it for a week and not noticing. Therefore body could have been dumped there fairly soon before discovery and kept somewhere else in the meantime.. Either Police witholding crucial information to allow amateur sleuths like us and the general public to make idiots of ourselves by looking for random socks and pizza wrappers and analysing the available evidence or they know what they are doing and make arrest and charge soon I sincerely hope they make fools of us and make a decent arrest leading to a charge backed up by concrete.... unfortunately they seem to have put everyone away on the whole thing for a crucial period by arresting the LL and gutting his flat looking for evidence which didn't exist. |
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Amazing bunch of loonies that Easter posted about earlier
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police said at press conference that the autopsy suggests and they believe that the body lay where it was found for "several days".
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new evidence found!
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Jo Yeates murder police to question all her male friends
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/11/jo-yeates-murder-police-to-question-all-her-male-friends-115875-22840319 ALL male friends of murdered Jo Yeates are to be quizzed again by police who are certain that she knew her strangler. Many have not been spoken to since the 25-year-old first went missing. A Bristol police source said: “These checks are essential to the inquiry.” Detectives are also considering a theory that a friend or colleague had become secretly obsessed with her. JO Yeates’s killer may have had a secret crush on her and flipped out when his advances were snubbed, detectives believe. They are convinced the 25-year-old was strangled by someone she knew and are eager to find out whether a male friend or colleague ever mentioned fancying her. Investigators reckon someone may have become secretly obsessed with her – and Jo may not have taken them seriously. It is possible he made an embarrassing pass, was rejected and then strangled Jo in a panic. Officers will now quiz all her male friends again in the hope they might recall hearing something which might at first have sounded perfectly innocent. Many of them have not been spoken to by police since the landscape architect first went missing before Christmas. With the case now a murder hunt, detectives want to find out if anyone might have played down their relationship with her. A police source said: “These checks are a routine but essential part of any murder inquiry which is as complex as this one. “It’s essential the team find out if someone had feelings for Jo which she never knew existed or never took seriously.” Jo may have been visited by a male friend on the night she went missing on Friday, December 17. He could have known it would be the first time her boyfriend Greg Reardon, 27, would be away for the weekend since they moved into their new flat in Clifton, Bristol. Detectives are working to build up a comprehensive list of men who would have been aware of this information. They have found no evidence she was in unusual contact with any friends or colleagues. Her workmates have already given detailed statements to police. These will now be cross-referenced. Though they are considering a sexual motive, they stressed Jo was not sexually assaulted. Experts have trawled through her work computer checking incoming and outgoing emails. Other files are also being analysed for any indications that someone may have hacked into her hard drive. Mobile phone records going back nine months have been looked at in the hunt for unusual patterns in calls and texts. Detectives working on the case – codenamed Operation Braid – have also been taking DNA samples from some of her male friends and associates to rule out as many people as possible. Avon and Somerset police said last night: “We’re still keeping an open mind. We are looking at a number of lines of inquiry.” Jo’s mother Teresa Yeates, 58, has spoken of her daughter’s loyalty to Greg, who she had been dating for two years. She said: “Jo always played things straight. She never had two boyfriends at the same time. She had a moral conscience. Jo’s dad David, 62, added: “They were so much in love. “She met Greg at the architect practice, and after a couple of months they became girlfriend and boyfriend. He was the first boyfriend she had lived with. “She was close to Greg’s family and stayed with them a number of times. “Jo never wanted to get married for the sake of it, but I feel that Jo and Greg were partners for life. “Although they never discussed marriage, we felt it was on the cards.” Detectives are convinced Jo was almost certainly strangled at home and not by a stranger. They believe her killer knew her because of the unusual step of removing the body from the flat. Police sources have told the Mirror it would be an enormous risk to take and highly unusual if they had no link to Jo or her flat. Detectives are aware that a stranger would also not have known Jo was spending the weekend alone for the first time in months. Her body was found dumped on a snowy roadside verge three miles from home on Christmas Day. She and Greg had been looking forward to hosting a party at their basement flat the Tuesday after she went missing. Her coat, shoes, bag, keys and purse were inside her home when he returned from his brother’s house in Yorkshire to find her missing at the end of the weekend. Landlord Chris Jefferies, 65, was arrested on suspicion of murder and released on police bail. He denies involvement. Police have ruled out Greg, who worked with Jo at architect firm BDP, as a suspect. Yesterday at least 20 people were working in the firm’s Bristol office on the ground floor, the majority women. There are suggestions police may be drafting in some “wiser, older heads” to assist younger officers. Avon and Somerset police denied an overhaul was planned and yesterday insisted they were happy with the progress of the investigation. Meanwhile, detectives have rifled through clothing at a charity shop in the hunt for Jo’s missing size five ski sock. The search came after a member of the public told them he dropped a similar garment into a basket outside the store last week. Officers did not reveal where the man claims to have found it. Staff at Break in Nailsea, north Somerset, had sorted out the basket and let officers look through bags containing items to be sold – but they failed to find the sock in question. A charity shop worker, who asked not to be named, said: “We were surprised to see the police, but obviously they have to follow up every piece of information. |
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Mother Theresa offers to play her daughter in Crimewatch reconstruction.
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COPS hunting the killer of Joanna Yeates have ordered forensic tests on a piece of crucial new evidence.
Sources said an item handed into police in recent days is "highly significant". The find, which has been sent for DNA analysis, is NOT Jo's missing sock. Cops refused to say whether it was the missing pizza she bought on December 17, the night she vanished in Bristol, or its container. |
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Two things i find perculiar is Jo texting that fella she had not seen for 18 months and shortly after her bf had left and also the bf who said it was normal for Jo not to answer texts or phone .For me that is not a particularly close relationship imo
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turn it round .........
g/friend goes away for the weekend boyfriend starts texting females asking if they would like a drink ........ I know what I would think about both cases. |
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SOLVED YET ?
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