{"id":17050,"date":"2018-12-03T20:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=17050"},"modified":"2021-04-06T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:00:08","slug":"source-new-lead-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/03\/source-new-lead-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Source: A New Lead Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the various threads of the story leading them into a morass of leads, it seemed logical to get back to the source. That meant interviewing the woman\u00a0who had reported Joanna missing. She knew her well enough to be concerned about her disappearance. Maybe she knew something else too.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Walter J. Gilmour<\/strong>
\n“As things would have it, Joanna had stayed with the woman who’d reported her missing. Had, in fact, stayed with her just before making her move to the campground. This woman told us that she had essentially kicked Joanna out of her house. She was, in fact, a source who had a lot more to report.<\/p>\n

“She informed us that, prior to staying at her house, Joanna had been booted out of the rooming house by the veterinarian. More intriguing, she told us that Joanna has been having an affair with the vet. The informant was fairly sure, moreover, that Joanna hadn’t merely been fantasizing, although the relationship seemed to have reached mythic proportions in her mind.<\/p>\n

\"source\"
\nSled Dogs<\/strong>, Kenai Glacier near Seward, Alaska<\/p>\n

“This is the kind of lead that is just too damned good to neglect. Lucking pursued it with vigor. One of his first contacts was the vet’s secretary. She laughed at the thought when Lucking suggested it.<\/p>\n

“Why do you laugh?” Lucking asked.<\/p>\n

“It’s just absurd, that’s all,” she replied. “The doctor would never have an affair.”<\/p>\n

“How do you know?” Lucking persisted.<\/p>\n

“If you knew him, you’d see what I mean,” came the secretary’s reply.<\/p>\n

\"source\"<\/p>\n

“After several more interviews like this, Lucking decided it was best to reinterview the informant, who was the source of — and only support for — the allegation. No one but her seemed even remotely convinced that the vet was having an affair with the victim. On reinterview, however, she stuck to her story. She was able to convince Lucking. The vet became a prime suspect in the murder of Joanna Messina.
\nCopyright 2018. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n

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