I will be going throught the story and inserting my comments in red in each section. At the end I will put my conclusions/questions out in green.
San Francisco, May 29th 2006.
-911, what's your emergency?
-Hello, this is Jason Lars, from Gold Street no12, I wanted to report a missing person!
-Who is the person, sir?
-My wife, Linda, she was going to fly to Mexico to visit her sister, but it's been 4 days now and I had no news from her. I called her sister and she told me Linda never even arrived at the airport.
Now here I am thinking why did the husband not call the cops earlier and waited 4 days to report the missing person. Did he try making contact with her before those 4 days? We don't know yet so let's continue reading.
Please help me, I don't wanna lose my wife!!! I think, I think she could've been murdered!
Red flag has been issued. Why murdered? What made him think she got murdered? Did he kill her? A missing person case is very different from a murder.
-Calm down sir, we're sending some police officers to your house to investigate this.
Few minutes later, the police arrived. They talked to mr.Lars, he told them what he said on the phone when he called 911 and elaborated:
-My wife and her sister had always had conflicts, especially after their father died earlier this year. He didn't leave a will so this hole heritage was a mess. But Linda's sister, Martha? Oh, she's a bitch, you cannot believe the words and threats I've heard from her about us.. Anyway, Linda wanted to fix their relationship, she always had faith in this, so 4 days ago, I dropped her at the airport, I kissed her for goodbye and left when she was about to check her red suitcase and head to the boarding queue. So she must've been on the plane, how come Martha says Linda never arrived? But even if she didn't, why didn't she report it soon after? I am telling you officers, she had something to do with this.
Heritages (specially if they are big) are always a mess, specially if the siblings have problems between each other. Could it be that her sister had anything to do with her dissapearance? We shall see soon.
Now why would you mention 'threats' and not specify what those threats are? Are they minor threats or important life threatning threats. Alright so the last time the husband saw his wife was at the airport when she was getting ready to check her luggage in. Plus the suitcase was red so that might be a clue for later.
Indeed how come didn't the wife arrive in Mexico and how come her sister did not call to check up on her sister if she knew she was coming but never arrived? Suspicious shit right there folks.
-Alright, we will investigate it sir, you have our word.
-Please find her, I cannot live without her, said Jason while tears were starting to come out of his eyes.
This husband guy seems emotional about this whole thing and it appears he really loves his wife. Could he be faking it? Or is it real?
They looked around, they had a big, 2-floor house, and a big garage and a big backyard after it. The garage was full of tools and wrenches, and had a big chainsaw as well. Most of the tools were hanging on the walls on nails.
-You into car fixing, mr.Lars?
-Call me Jason, and yeah officer, I used to be a mechanic before, then I opened my own car store. It was going downhill but we were managing, Linda always said we should sell this house and the 2 appartments that her father left on her name and move back to our old house. I didn't wanna listen to her, wish I had...
Money problems. These are always what drives people to murder. Could it be that the husband killed his wife for her money? But that won't make sense since his wife was willing to sell her properties to help the husband. I don't think that the husband would kill his wife for that.
Anyway, now I still repair parts and friends' cars for a small price, hence all the tools around here. I still got my wrenches, rust sprays and a couple of my big old hammers.
-What about this empty nail here? Anything missing?
-Yeah, my 40LA big wrench, gave it to Jim across the street, he wanted to repair his son's bike I think, not sure.
Alright I know what you are thinking, could this 40LA wrench be used to kill his wife and now it suddenly missing? I don't think so and here is why:
1. The husband was specific as to what was missing, and normally when people are trying to hid something, they won't be specific, he could have said some tools or a wrench. But since he was specific, I don't think he was trying to hide anything and he was open about it.
2. We can always go to the neighbor and ask him if he really did borrow the wrench from the husband. (Andrew can you tell me that? Or we can't have anymore information?)
3. A wrench is rarely used as a murder weapon, since he had a variety of other tools around, he could have gotten something sharper or heavier to commit his murder, so I doubt this was used to kill his wife.
The backyard was big covered in short grass, with a few chairs and a table, a big tree and a sun clock right next to it.
-Oh, nice sun clock. Did you make it?
-Yeah, Linda wanted one of those, she likes the old-fashioned stuff. I put it 3 days ago, it was supposed to be a surprise when she'd come back next week, but.... oh god, I'm sorry, it's just, I'm so worried...
Could it be that the husband was occupied with building/making the sun clock that he did not try to contact his wife or got worried too quickly? Could be, the husband seems to really love his wife and right im not leaning on convicting him of murder (if his wife is murdered, we still don't know that yet).
-It's alright, sir. We understand. Thank you for your cooperation, we were glad to know we didn't need a warrant as you let us check everything here.
-Anything so you can find her. Search the whole house, dig the damn backyard, anything I can do for you, just don't break anything.
Genuine guy that is really trying to help the investigators solve this case.
-We should get going, thank you for your time.
They left the house, the garbage truck was passing by to pick up the garbage bin on the street in front of the house and empty it.
-Hey officers! Good day, huh?
-Hey Jim, busy day you may say!
Now here I am intreagued. Why would the story mention the garbage truck/worker. What does that have to do with the story?
At the airport, talking to the security.
-No, miss Linda Lars never boarded on the plane.
-Are you sure?
-I have the records right here.
-What about her luggage?
-Her luggage was never checked-in either.
-What? So she was on the line to check-in her luggage, but never made it?
-I don't know officers.. but I didn't see her. Being on duty at the time, I was patrolling this area, but I never saw her.
-One last question. Can anyone tamper those logs, and let's say, delete anything?
-Only after an order from the flight's destination. For example, in this case, if Mexico's airport called and asked Linda's board logs to be deleted for some important reason, but that is highly unlikely.
The police were quite puzzled. Linda was supposed to be checking in her luggage but disappeared just before that?
If she was in line and checked in but there are no logs of that, could it be that the mexican airport deleted her logs? Or was the husband lying in misleading the investigators and he never really dropped his wife at airport?
Mexico's National Airport, May 31st, 2006.
They searched around. They checked the bathrooms, some of them were really filthy, there were even some marks on the floor, could be red paint, or even blood.
-Ugh, the hell.. We need to check this as well, just to be sure it's only paint.
Sign of a struggle?
They headed to the lost and found section, and after looking around for about 10 minutes, they found a red suitcase with some women clothes in it.
-Hey, you! Is there any detail on this suitcase? Any name? Anything?
-Like I give a crap.. this isn't worth my salary.
-How about you answer my question?
-Yeah there's a name, your grandma's.
-You piece of crap. Officer Jackson was about to grab that young man from the neck but officers Reymons and Nickols interfered.
-Calm down officer! We're here for a purpose. And you, young scumbag, will be reported to the local authorities. You'll be taught a lesson.
Later at the airport.
-Could that suitcase be Linda's?
-Maybe, but we cannot be sure, we could try asking her husband. But right now we're here for another reason.
Red suitcase with womens cloths in it. That could literaly be anyone's suitcase. There a shit ton of women with red suitcases. Could be Linda's. (Andrew can you tell me of the suitcase is linda's (after the investigators ask the husband).
Martha Brooks' house, later that day.
-Hello, miss Martha Brooks? 3 officers were standing at her front door.
-Yes?
-Sorry to disturb you, we're here for you sister, Linda. We're working on her disappearance.
-Oh, please, come in!
PLEASE COME IN!!!! Your sister is missing and that is your reaction? She could be the one responsible.
Later in the house.
-Linda had always been the better sister, I had some anger management issues, but I've been visiting therapists for 2 years now. We've had plenty of fights with Linda, mostly because of me, but I loved her.
When our father died on January, we were both devastated. I left home few years ago and moved here, I wanted to be independent. I fought with my family so you can say we didn't part quite well.
When our dad passed, he had left no will, so most things went to Linda. She had... has a good life, and I am almost struggling here, so I was enraged, it's true.
Anger management issues, that shit is a drug. For people with such an issue, they do some dumb and dangerous shit.
She started saying 'she had' and then corrected it to 'she has', could she, without noticing, said had she killed her but then tried fixing her mistake?
-According to mr.Lars, you even said you'll kill her once.
-Yeah... I did say it, but I would never ever mean it, I would never hurt my younger sister! I love her, always have! When she told me she was going to come visit I was glad! I wanted us to start over!
Younger sister. Alright so it could be that she got so angry/jealous at her younger sister that she had life figured out but she as the older sister was struggling in mexico? Could it be that she killed her to get all the money/heritage from her dad?
-What happened the day that Linda was supposed to fly over?
-I went to the airport few minutes before she was supposed to land, the plane landed, but I never saw her coming out of the gate. One of the airport's supervisors is my ex, so I managed to get him to access the logs and see if she boarded. He told me she didn't.
I was worried, and shocked, so I stayed there for hours, hoping she had just taken another plane, but she never showed up. So I went home, hoping she just cancelled it for another day. I didn't report it because... I don't know, I couldn't believe it.
My mind has not been totally clear the last years, especially with my anger issues... I just, lost it! Why would I do it anyway? For her life insurance? I wouldn't get it anyway. Her small heritage? I don't care, I just want my sister... I regret telling her all those things now, I hope she's still out there, please find her!
An ex with access to logs? That is super fishy, she could have convinced him to erase the logs of she ever arrive/boarding the plane.
Stayed there for hours hoping she took another plane? Your ex has access to plane logs, couldn't you just ask him to get the info for you?
Didn't report it because you couldn't believe it? Why didn't you call her husband and ask if she boarded or not. A simple fucking phone call.
They checked the house, it was small, with a living room, 2 bedrooms, a small bathroom and a kitchen. There was a piece of wood with 5 slots for knifes to put in, but 1 slot was empty.
Small house = struggling.
Missing knife? Surely that must be the murder weapon. Let's see what she says about that.
-Missing a knife, miss Brooks?
-Yeah, I don't know where it is the last days... but hell, that's not what I have been worrying about lately...
Worrying about paying rent? Bills? Could be why she killed her sister (yes i am super suspicous she killed her own sister now)
-What about those big, black, plastic bags?
-Oh, I am crazy about recycling, I put anything that can be recycled into those bags and hand them to the garbage truck every week.
-Are there any bags missing?
-Yeah, I gave 5 of them to the truck 2 days ago.
5 bags in a day? That is fishy. Could be her sister's body parts?
-Hmm, alright. Thank you for your time.
-Please let me know if there's anything new! Please find my sister alive!
My questions are:
1. Ask the husband to confirm/deny the red suitcase is indeed his wife's or not (i think its not the wife's suitcase since no one would leave the airport without their suitcase - but ask anyway).
2. Ask the neighbor about the wrench, if he really has it or not (prolly does have it and he borrowed it, but still check).
3. Get results on the evidence found in the mexican airport's bathroom. Is it blood or paint?
4. Ask Martha for her therapist's name and go ask the therapist about martha. Has she really been coming to threapy for 2 years? Did she skip any sessions lately? Any alarming signs?
I can't make a conclusion at this time since more evidence is needed to really convict the murderer. But at this time my spidey senses are telling me that it's Martha with help from her ex.
Andrew tell me if you can/cannot answer the questions I asked above.
Conclusion time: the husband killed his wife. It's a total 180 from my initial assumption. Here is why I chose the husband as the killer:
1. 4 days is too long to sit down and wait when you had no contact with a loved one. There is no excuse for not calling earlier. He was prolly busy killing/burying his wife.
2. He prolly buried his wife in the backyard under that sun clock, since there is no way someone would make a sun clock next to a tree. That'll be stupid.
3. Regarding the possibility that the wife went to mexico and her sister had the logs changed is highly super duper unlikely.
4. The husband lied about the wrench, the neighbor did not borrow it, and it appears that the husband used it as the murder weapon.
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