Your favourite unsolved mystery?

oneilla · 25-04-2018 08:16PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Just read that the east area rapist/ original night stalker/ Golden State killer has been caught. He's been mentioned a few times on this thread. Huge news

http://www.heraldonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article209776449.html

Edit: he has also admitted to being the Visalia ransacker, which was always a theory but never proven and the trophies he took from his victims are being recovered from his home. Wow, I never thought this guy would be caught. So happy for his victims to know that their attacker is behind bars after all these years.

Press conf just started
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155479128977039&id=49075262038

Day Lewin · 25-04-2018 08:46PM

Jeepers. Have just read up in Wikipedia about the Golden State killer and the Visalia Ransacker.
A thoroughly nasty bit of work and I hope he gets the comeuppance he deserves.

By a very weird coincidence, I first read about the Golden State guy just yesterday - because I read where someone had spooked themselves into a state of alarm after reading that book "I am in the dark" - by an amateur detective who investigated the grisly story in great detail and became obsessed with it.

Day Lewin · 25-04-2018 08:50PM

Oops - wrong title: this is the book

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062319807/ill-be-gone-in-the-dark

My friend had read it and spooked herself into a complete tizzy, couldn't sleep for bumps in the night, etc. What a weird coincidence!

PS well, she will be delighted that he's been caught.
I must recommend that she reads another Unsolved Mystery book, and maybe they'll catch the next one too... :-)

cnocbui · 25-04-2018 08:52PM

The whereabouts of John Harrison's H6 pocket chronometer.

super_furry · 25-04-2018 08:57PM

The Marie Celeste story always stuck with me after reading about it in primary school.

sentient_6 · 25-04-2018 09:09PM

Day Lewin wrote: »

Jeepers. Have just read up in Wikipedia about the Golden State killer and the Visalia Ransacker.
A thoroughly nasty bit of work and I hope he gets the comeuppance he deserves.

By a very weird coincidence, I first read about the Golden State guy just yesterday - because I read where someone had spooked themselves into a state of alarm after reading that book "I am in the dark" - by an amateur detective who investigated the grisly story in great detail and became obsessed with it.

You should check the podcast Casefile they did a massive 3 parter on it all. Mind blowing stuff.

ceadaoin. · 25-04-2018 09:21PM

Day Lewin wrote: »

Oops - wrong title: this is the book

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062319807/ill-be-gone-in-the-dark

My friend had read it and spooked herself into a complete tizzy, couldn't sleep for bumps in the night, etc. What a weird coincidence!

PS well, she will be delighted that he's been caught.
I must recommend that she reads another Unsolved Mystery book, and maybe they'll catch the next one too... :-)

I'm in the middle of reading that, will give it a different light now knowing he's been caught. It's a shame the author, Michelle McNamara died before she got to see it. The book really was her life's work. Her husband, Patton Oswalt, has said he wants to meet him to ask him the questions she never got to

Just watched the press conference there. They said he was "very surprised" to be getting arrested. That must have felt so satisfying for the arresting officers. He really thought he'd gotten away with it, the bastard

dastardly00 · 25-04-2018 10:08PM

Did the police say how they got his DNA?

oneilla · 25-04-2018 10:12PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

Did the police say how they got his DNA?

Not in the press conference no. They did reference a California state law which permits collection of DNA from felony crimes and some misdemeanours though

razorblunt · 25-04-2018 10:28PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Just read that the east area rapist/ original night stalker/ Golden State killer has been caught. He's been mentioned a few times on this thread. Huge news

http://www.heraldonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article209776449.html

Edit: he has also admitted to being the Visalia ransacker, which was always a theory but never proven and the trophies he took from his victims are being recovered from his home. Wow, I never thought this guy would be caught. So happy for his victims to know that their attacker is behind bars after all these years.

The actor Patton Oswalt's late wife, Michelle McNamara, wrote a book which they're saying helped.

ceadaoin. · 25-04-2018 10:37PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

Did the police say how they got his DNA?

They said they got a "discarded object" or something to that effect during the press conference and were able to compare the DNA on that to EARONS. They didn't say how he came to be on their radar in the first place though, only that his name had never come up until 6 days ago

razorblunt wrote: »

The actor Patton Oswalt's late wife, Michelle McNamara, wrote a book which they're saying helped.

They were asked about the book and categorically said that it had nothing to with the suspect being arrested and it didn't provide any new information

sonic85 · 25-04-2018 11:05PM

The Annecy shootings is a puzzling case and at this stage will probably never be solved.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annecy_shootings

Mike Guide 69 · 25-04-2018 11:23PM

Thinking Sideways Podcast have completed an episode on the Annecy shootings,well worth listening to and have some interesting theory’s on who they believed carried out the shootings

Day Lewin · 25-04-2018 11:25PM

And I still wonder what happened to Annie McCarrick and Jojo Dollard.

We can speculate and guess...but there isn't really a crumb of evidence to show what happened to them.
It would be such a comfort to their families to even have a body to grieve.

sonic85 · 25-04-2018 11:29PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Thinking Sideways Podcast have completed an episode on the Annecy shootings,well worth listening to and have some interesting theory’s on who they believed carried out the shootings

Nice one thanks for the recommendation. I'll have a listen to it in work tomorrow

jimbobaloobob · 26-04-2018 12:45AM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Thinking Sideways Podcast have completed an episode on the Annecy shootings,well worth listening to and have some interesting theory’s on who they believed carried out the shootings

Can you provide a link?

KKkitty · 26-04-2018 01:24AM

Day Lewin wrote: »

And I still wonder what happened to Annie McCarrick and Jojo Dollard.

We can speculate and guess...but there isn't really a crumb of evidence to show what happened to them.
It would be such a comfort to their families to even have a body to grieve.

JoJo's sister Mary died last week not knowing what happened to JoJo. Deirdre Jacob is another young woman who went missing and no clue about what really happened to her too. Fiona Pender and unfortunately the list doesn't end there. Someone out there knows something but even an anonymous phonecall would help but no that's beyond some people.

Ash.J.Williams · 26-04-2018 01:36AM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Just read that the east area rapist/ original night stalker/ Golden State killer has been caught. He's been mentioned a few times on this thread. Huge news

http://www.heraldonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article209776449.html

Edit: he has also admitted to being the Visalia ransacker, which was always a theory but never proven and the trophies he took from his victims are being recovered from his home. Wow, I never thought this guy would be caught. So happy for his victims to know that their attacker is behind bars after all these years.

Just read that myself that's incredible

the_syco · 26-04-2018 02:49AM

sonic85 wrote: »

The Annecy shootings is a puzzling case and at this stage will probably never be solved.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annecy_shootings

The cyclist looks suspect, and possibly connected to Saad through nuclear business.

Stigura · 26-04-2018 03:59AM

the_syco wrote: »

The cyclist looks suspect .....

:eek: Christ! I only looked at the first bit. But, how the hell does some 'Bloke with a Blog' type manage to come up with such compelling stuff combined police forces seem to have missed?

Hardly just some random 'Bloke with a Bike', was he ....?

And, yes; Unloading, what was it, seven rounds into an unarmed target always seemed a bit overkill, to me. Three to incapacitate him? Then a double Double Tap? How bloody dead did this guy need to be?!

Doesn't sit right, does it. Like 'Suicides' who lock their own bodies inside holdalls .....

dubstarr · 26-04-2018 09:29AM

KKkitty wrote: »

JoJo's sister Mary died last week not knowing what happened to JoJo. Deirdre Jacob is another young woman who went missing and no clue about what really happened to her too. Fiona Pender and unfortunately the list doesn't end there. Someone out there knows something but even an anonymous phonecall would help but no that's beyond some people.

They think Fiona Pender was a domestc.They just couldnt get the proof

razorblunt · 26-04-2018 10:45AM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

They said they got a "discarded object" or something to that effect during the press conference and were able to compare the DNA on that to EARONS. They didn't say how he came to be on their radar in the first place though, only that his name had never come up until 6 days ago

They were asked about the book and categorically said that it had nothing to with the suspect being arrested and it didn't provide any new information

Damn you Patton! He himself said it had!

Suckit · 26-04-2018 11:51AM

Regarding the Golden State Killer

https://coed.com/2018/04/25/who-is-joseph-james-deangelo-jr-serial-killer-suspect-golden-state-east-area-rapist/
https://everipedia.org/wiki/joseph-james-deangelo-jr/

The sketches do look like him.
I think this one https://snag.gy/vYSI5x.jpg looks like him here in this pic

Although in the everpedia link they seem to favour the Navy pic with this one
I am very, very poor with facial recognition.

Mike Guide 69 · 26-04-2018 12:18PM

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Can you provide a link?

Here you go

http://thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/the-annecy-shootings/

akelly02 · 26-04-2018 12:38PM

Who killed Karen in Fair City

razorblunt · 26-04-2018 01:00PM

KKkitty wrote: »

JoJo's sister Mary died last week not knowing what happened to JoJo. Deirdre Jacob is another young woman who went missing and no clue about what really happened to her too. Fiona Pender and unfortunately the list doesn't end there. Someone out there knows something but even an anonymous phonecall would help but no that's beyond some people.

I read that excellent book about the missing women in Ireland, my impression was its known who it likely was but they just can't join the dots.

garbo speaks · 26-04-2018 02:05PM

akelly02 wrote: »

Who killed Karen in Fair City

Who keeps Fair City on the air

Riskymove · 26-04-2018 02:08PM

garbo speaks wrote: »

Who keeps Fair City on the air

Stonecutters

Conall Cernach · 26-04-2018 03:38PM

Riskymove wrote: »

Stonecutters

We do, we doooooooo!

oneilla · 26-04-2018 03:55PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

They said they got a "discarded object" or something to that effect during the press conference and were able to compare the DNA on that to EARONS. They didn't say how he came to be on their radar in the first place though, only that his name had never come up until 6 days ago

They were asked about the book and categorically said that it had nothing to with the suspect being arrested and it didn't provide any new information

The HLN documentary Unmasking a Killer suggests that they might be able to match the DNA they have to a family match either in the state or a private database.

Your favourite unsolved mystery?

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