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General Discussion / Re: Is there evidence for outsiders?
« Last post by Ziljoe on May 15, 2024, 08:30:48 AM »We struggle with this case, but I am told that perhaps half of murders go unsolved. In fact, there is such a thing as a misdemeanor murder, a case so old and lacking in evidence that it is useless to keep it active. I do not think the DP9 were murdered, far from it, but a break in a cold case seems to come from using improved technology with old clues. Agaun, Teddy et.al. are using forensic methods not employed in 1959. This is to her credit.
An identified fault in trying to solve mysteries is one of forming a hypothesis too soon and force fitting facts to it ( eg. I know he did the crime and now I will prove it). The other approach is to gather the evidence and then generate an hypothesize. You, Ziljoe, are astute in your open minded and even handed assessment of the evidence, but I think we agree that unless there is a breakthrough owing to discovery or refined technology, the investigation stalls out just like many, many unsolved mysteries.
At the heart of it is the issue of why they left the tent. Can technology ever address that question? No, we just need a better way of inspecting the bread crumbs the case gives us.
I totally agree Glennm with your thoughts .
I can only try and look for evidence in nature because there is very little evidence of direct involvement by outsiders. I try to find evidence of outsiders within the documents and photos etc.
I continue to read the notes against the formal case notes and on the whole we can observe the frustration and potential blame towards those in charge of the hike at the UPI not following proper guidelines. This seems to include the failure to have proper documentation of the route and the proper contact date of the return arrival with any contingency plans. It seems there's a disbelief by the investigators of the sloppy approach by the UPI to signing off these hikes.
Teddy's approach gives us some tangible evidence , we can't dismiss a fallen tree and tree rings....