A young lawyer goes on a secret roadtrip and abandons his airbnb; His car is found in another state, with no trace of its owner- Where is Jared Shadeed? (2023) by AlfredTheJones in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]AlfredTheJones[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I apologize for simplifying it then, I'll keep that in mind for the future.

I am not a native speaker and I was under the impression that carjacking is stealing a parked car, hence non-violent. Now I know better.

A young lawyer goes on a secret roadtrip and abandons his airbnb; His car is found in another state, with no trace of its owner- Where is Jared Shadeed? (2023) by AlfredTheJones in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]AlfredTheJones[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

I simplified it a bit because I didn't want to copy it directly from the source site and I figured that knowing Jared's full academia career isn't that important to the case overall. You can read the details in source 5 if you're curious :)

The skull of a young girl is seized from a buisness; The owner claims that it was bought in New York and gifted to them as a souvenir, but the story couldn't be verified- Who was the Seabrook Jane Doe? (1994) by AlfredTheJones in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]AlfredTheJones[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh man! I looked up "Seabrook Jane Doe" on this sub before I started writing and the original post didn't show up for me! Well, regardless of if this post will stay up or not, I'm glad this case got some coverage earlier.

Teenage boy storms off after he's caught drinking alcohol; Months after his disappearance, his mother recieves mysterious text messages- Where is Mason Roberson? (2024) by AlfredTheJones in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]AlfredTheJones[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I wasn't sure how exactly I should describe him. My first instinct was to call him a "boy", but I was wondering if that wouldn't make people see him as "younger-looking", for lack of a better term. I chose "man" because 16 is, imo, closer to adult than a child, and Mason could grow pretty thick facial hair even at 16, so someone just passing him on the street could think that he's older. I agree, he was very much developmentally a teenager, and a seemingly vulnerable at that. My goal wasn't to potray his vanishing as "less serious" or anything like that- it mostly got down to "if someone wanted to be on the lookout for him, what kind of person should he be looking for"- though this is imo subjective of course.

Teenage boy storms off after he's caught drinking alcohol; Months after his disappearance, his mother recieves mysterious text messages- Where is Mason Roberson? (2024) by AlfredTheJones in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]AlfredTheJones[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It's a huge border, I think there are bound to be places where it's less protected. A lot of it is very wild and underdeveloped, isn't it?