I use to go to New Westminster Quay all the time. When you read stuff like the article below that says she met with Sandra MacDonald there for lunch and they bloody well talked about all this craziness, do you wonder if maybe you were there?! Over heard a bit of it..? What if you were their waiter and heard some of it?
We've all been on the skytrain or bus or even sitting in a restaurant and heard a bit of a conversation that we thought "WTF?! Did I just hear that?!" When do we know to act on it and when do we just file it away as that bit of crazy that happened today?
What if you unknowingly heard bits of the conversation Jean Ann James was having with Sandra MacDonald that same day they had lunch at New Westminster Quay? Or you saw Jean Ann James walking back to her car, five blocks from the murder and thought nothing of it. Suppose you were a teacher at the school where she took the clothing and incinerated it, and saw her walking with the garbage bag past your door, but at the time that didn't seem odd.
Somebody reading this knows more than they realize. Or maybe you do realize. You have an interest in this story for a reason, why? Did you know one of these people? Did you work with one of them? Were you friends or acquaintances? Did you hear or see something that made you wonder all these years?
What if some part of your life, is unknowingly entwined with this story.
We all hear things and see things daily that could be helpful years or decades later in murder trials like this. But where do we draw the line of suspecting everyone around us of being "up to something".
Trust your gut, I say.
An idea, maybe you could post this on Facebook pages as well. I've seen murders and criminal stories posted and shared on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteThe reason I did this on a Blogger blog is that it comes up in search engines far higher in ranking than facebook "group" pages, so the curious can find it. Also being more anon for viewers, where as FB is not. Thank you for the suggestion though.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the posting. I wonder what the final sentence will be. Please keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteI hear this awful woman is out freely walking. How can this be?
ReplyDeleteJean Ann James has been out "freely walking" most of her life. Let's remember it has taken 19 years to bring her to trial on this particular charge. She has been lucky and just slick enough more recently. I doubt she enjoys her day-to-day life. I bet her home life is a little uncomfortable. More for her husband and kids than her delusional self. I bet there is a "no talking about it" rule! Can you imagine?! AWKWARD!!
ReplyDeleteHow can she be out freely walking, she must have some sort of ankle bracelet and a huge bail bond. I feel for her husband and son they were not aware of this side of her, not aware were any of their friends either as she denied it all these years. I can not imagine anyone that murdered someone in the past would even think about doing something illegal again, as the 'sting' drew her again into the lure of crime and money. Just the pure fact of 'what if' the past comes to haunt them as it did in this case. What other parts of her life has she been hiding, what other shady aspects are still undisclosed. One does have to ask ... ???
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 9:39 - EXACTLY! You are asking the right questions and wondering what most are wondering.
ReplyDeleteThere is more to Jean Ann James' story.
To the Author - did you know there is a rumor about a murder in England that she was accused on but nothing has happened. Perhaps Interpol or the UK Cold Cases should look into that a bit more....
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 10:31am - I did actually. There is a LOT to the story of Jean Ann James that has been deemed rumors and speculation due to lack of evidence. I bet the authorities in the UK are either aware of this case now, or when the undercover began. My hope is that as this trial wraps up and she is found guilty, a few other things get investigated. In all reality is was so long ago that I bet not much can be done. Right now the best we can hope for is for her to be convicted of this crime. It's not often they are able to bring someone to justice after 19 years.
ReplyDeleteI've been following the case from what was published in the papers. My questions are: did the husband indeed have an affair with Gladys and is she still married to him?
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 7:01 - Derek & Jean are still married, as far as I know. Derek & Gladys may or may not have had an intimate relationship. I (personally) do not think Gladys would have had an affair with Derek, but who knows. The "evidence" that Jean found did not prove they were.
ReplyDeleteAuthor@12:39pm Nov.2-2011 - the UK comment, I've heard it comes from a reliable source. If you look at the Unsolved Murders & Missing Persons list on UK Wikipedia, this is what comes up...
ReplyDelete"1979 Unidentified woman Bedgebury Forest, Kent On 23 October 1979, a mystery woman aged between 30 and 35 was found in Bedgebury Forest having been beaten to death. The discovery lead to a murder enquiry but she was never identified. It was thought she had come from Eastern Europe and had one child. She was white, about 5 ft 1 in, of thin build, with brown eyes and dark brown, shoulder-length straight hair. When found she was wearing black shoes, a floral dress and a black polo neck jumper. Police had re-investigated the case in 1999, and in May 2000 Harry Pennells from East Sussex stood trial for her murder but was acquitted after a four-week trial. Still more than 20 years on, her identity remains a mystery and the crime unsolved."
The question is "who was the child" in this case? Is there a possibliity that due to the fact that JJ would have been in her late 30's early 40's when her son was born,that her son is even hers? Quite late to be having a child during those times. Perhapse the son should have a DNA test done to see if she is even his mother.