Second this. Very good. What are your thoughts on Mercury and whether he was guilty or not?I've just finished listening to a fantastic radio 4 series of podcasts called Fairy Meadow all about a little girl called Cheryl who was abducted in Australia in the 1970's. She has never been found. The pain her family felt that day and carry on to have is unimaginable. Her 7 year old brother was with her the second before she disappeared into the female changing rooms at the beach and he didn't follow her in as he felt he couldnt. He shouted for her to come out but she was cheeky and didnt. He went off for the 30 second walk there and back to get his mother but that was it. She was gone. The guilt he holds for losing sight of her is very evident. I highly recommended the podcast.
I can't make my mind up about Mercury to be honest. He could very well have made it up to get attention or because of mental health problems or drug use as the podcasts mentioned. I do feel like he had lots of details about the place it occurred in his confession but then he could have had that knowledge because he was a regular to the beach. You would think that if he had left her body out in the open on the hill as he said, that they would have found her body in searches but maybe they didn't look there. It's a shame they discounted him all those years ago as he was very willing to talk then.Second this. Very good. What are your thoughts on Mercury and whether he was guilty or not?
Well talking of Claudia Lawrence, I was living in the north east at the time, about an hour away from where she disappeared and I was out walking my dog behind my house, tons of fields, the tees etc, and I came across this bag shoved in a hollowed out tree, so I had a look inside and it had a note pad and some sandwich's in it, I thought best just leave it as someone may have misplaced it.Claudia Lawrence - Landlord movements odd, the men on the cut way seems all very odd?
Wasn't she a chef and due at work? Would a chef pack sarnies to go to work in a kitchen?Well talking of Claudia Lawrence, I was living in the north east at the time, about an hour away from where she disappeared and I was out walking my dog behind my house, tons of fields, the tees etc, and I came across this bag shoved in a hollowed out tree, so I had a look inside and it had a note pad and some sandwich's in it, I thought best just leave it as someone may have misplaced it.
A few days later I was looking through the papers when the police were doing another appeal and they were showing a copy of her bag, and it was exactly the same bag I had found. I was bloody gobsmacked. I contacted the police and claudia's appeal but sadly they were not interested? It possibly wasn't the bag, thinking of the distance but it's always in the back of my mind, what if? Or should I have took it and kept it just in case. I did go back, but it had gone
Exactly, that's why I always thought what if.... but you never know do you? It was just so odd that I found the exact same bag (colour everything) at that timeWasn't she a chef and due at work? Would a chef pack sarnies to go to work in a kitchen?
Was he the local nutter that died of a drug overdose?[The informant] told us the same story when we knocked on his door. After weeks of cat and mouse I finally got to speak to the informant. He said: "It was a punch thrown in anger. McNamara never meant to kill Damien, it was a beating that went wrong." He took me to where he had been told Damien was buried.'
Same as you, I don't really know! I'm leaning more towards him being guilty though. I just can't fathom how a 3 year old can go missing in such a short space of time, and just never be found. Inconceivable.I can't make my mind up about Mercury to be honest. He could very well have made it up to get attention or because of mental health problems or drug use as the podcasts mentioned. I do feel like he had lots of details about the place it occurred in his confession but then he could have had that knowledge because he was a regular to the beach. You would think that if he had left her body out in the open on the hill as he said, that they would have found her body in searches but maybe they didn't look there. It's a shame they discounted him all those years ago as he was very willing to talk then.
It just seems crazy that her brother could leave for such a short time to get their mother and Cheryl to disappear. Did she leave the changing rooms and wonder off? Get lost and hurt? Or did a woman in the changing rooms take her somewhere? Sadly I dont think we will ever know.
What did you think?
Yeah he was a nasty shitbag. I hope it hurt.Was he the local nutter that died of a drug overdose?
It's interesting what you say about island life and bad PR. I have a friend from the same town who went to school with Damien and when I first heard of the case from the BBC documentary I asked her about it. She said that although she remembered Damien and and knew people featured in the documentary, she didn't want to watch anything that might show the island in a negative light and that people from the town didn't really talk about it. She said that when posters are put up about Damien they are promptly removed, like people want to erase his disappearance from history as if it never happened.Damian Nettles - there was reddit thread I found that suggested that locals and family do now know, even know poss location of his body, but local police won’t dig I think?? Suggestions of cover up, island life, tourism, posh peoples play ground yachties not wanting bad pr in their play pen. I know the island, had family there, funny old place, reminds me of Guernsey/Jersey in some old school 'we will manage ourselves keep your nose out' kind of way. - quote from that thread '[The informant] told us the same story when we knocked on his door. After weeks of cat and mouse I finally got to speak to the informant. He said: "It was a punch thrown in anger. McNamara never meant to kill Damien, it was a beating that went wrong." He took me to where he had been told Damien was buried.'
I believe thats the chap.Was he the local nutter that died of a drug overdose?
This is heartbreaking. That poor family spending all these years without answersLittle Miss Nobody, a child Jane Doe discovered on 31st July 1960 has today been identified as Sharon Lee Gallegos. Sharon was abducted in front of her friends or siblings from the alleyway behind her Grandma's house on 21st July 1960, just weeks before her 5th birthday. I have been watching the live press conference by Yavapai County (Arizona) of the announcement of her identification. The detective quite rightly said that he hopes that the name 'Little Miss Nobody' is never used again.
NOW: 'Little Miss Nobody' Identified Decades Later - YouTube
This is proof of how incredible science is. I'm constantly surprised by how old these doe cases are. More information about Sharon and her abduction here:
Sharon Lee Gallegos – The Charley Project
‘Little Miss Nobody’ remains from Arizona cold case identified as New Mexico girl abducted in 1960 (nbcnews.com)
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