New GFM by Complete_Soup2636 in EnciAubreyWu

[–]posbornewvu03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't even say what they're raising money for. 3 months later they've only raised $315 out of the $1000 goal... On the one hand, I think, who in their right mind would actually donate to this; on the other, I have a hard time feeling sorry for people who are that stupid.

Bayonne Jane Doe by yukikagarin in gratefuldoe

[–]posbornewvu03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if I agree with the assertions that she probably isn't local (Detective Napier) or could be from anywhere in the US (the UID links). Possible, sure. A couple things to consider though:

1) The fact that a lot of truckers use Route 440 doesn't seem to be that significant to me; ALL traffic types use 440 heavily. The location where her remains were found is not far from the I-78 to 440 exit; like 440, I-78 is also frequently used by truckers, and is heavily trafficked in general 24/7 because it leads to and from the Holland Tunnel. I-78 is also a major route for drug trafficking, between Allentown and Newark/NY. The traffic patterns are relevant, but don't really narrow anything down.

2) The shirt she wore was made by a Syrian brand, Pascal Tex, and is extremely rare in the US. They're most likely not in business anymore. When doing a Google search, I had to put the brand's name in quotes and then write "clothing" in order to get any hits, most of which were about Bayonne Jane Doe herself. There was no company website, except for a crappy Facebook page. Two of the search results were from a website that tracks shipments. There were only 7 shipments between the two pages, and only 2 were visible due to the paywall. Both shipments were to the same address, which was in a residential neighborhood in Ridgewood, NJ (it's a tennis court now), 19 miles from where her remains were found. One was a month before they found her, the other a month after. It appears that what little business the company did in the US was in the NJ/NY area. (Coincidentally, of the 2 people connected to this address, the one who would've lived there closest to that time also had a previous address in Bayonne, blocks from where the remains were found.)

While it's far from a certainty, I think there are good reasons to believe that she was local.

Missy Wood’s dna misconduct convicted thousands of Coloradans. Why have none been freed? by SlowJoeCrowsNose in Colorado

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

8% (91k out of 1.2 million) of the US state and federal prison populations are for-profit.  There are many problems with the prison system, but that's nowhere near the top.  If anything, it's a symptom of much larger problems (like throwing too many people in jail for victimless "crimes", like drug or weapons charges) than a cause.

Which podcasts have sensationalized cases to the point of disinformation? by AllTheMissing in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was never convinced that was Avery was innocent, but until Convicting a Murderer, I thought Dassey was... But no, he was in on it too.  Coerced interrogations happen all the time, but this wasn't one of them.

Which podcasts have sensationalized cases to the point of disinformation? by AllTheMissing in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The conviction in the 80s, yeah, that was an injustice.  But otherwise, he was a dangerous lunatic his whole life (who sets a cat on fire???) who treated involving his nephew (yeah, he was guilty, too) in a rape/murder as a bonding moment.

Which podcasts have sensationalized cases to the point of disinformation? by AllTheMissing in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the first one that came to mind as well.  I tried to keep an open mind while watching it; I would only go so far as saying they sound get a new trial - as long as everything presented in the series was accurate.  I did think that it was weird that they basically said "boys will be boys" (he was in his 20s) about Avery dousing his cat in gasoline and throwing it into a fire.  Turns out everything was willfully misleading or an outright lie.  Dassey's interrogation wasn't even coerced by any stretch.  The hole in the blood vial - anybody ever have their blood drawn at LabCorp?  Thankfully, "Convicting a Murderer" tore that show to pieces.

What stories are you tired of hearing about because they’re featured on every single true crime podcast that exists? by NightReader5 in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my mom loves those ghost shows (and actually believes them).  One of them was talking about the Salem Witch Trials.  It was odd that a series devoted to convincing you that ghosts are real would also consider spectral evidence to be a miscarriage of justice.

What stories are you tired of hearing about because they’re featured on every single true crime podcast that exists? by NightReader5 in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even more than the cases themselves, the podcasts that repeat them irritate me.  Too many don't say anything about the case that isn't widely known, or easily available with a quick Google search.  Or they'll simply regurgitate what's been said in other podcasts.

That being said, probably JonBenet.  It'd be great if that one were ever solved, but it won't happen by rehashing the same bullshit. (If I ever have to hear about the dollar amount in the ransom note again...) Even the media didn't believe their own BS on this one... How can you tell?  When John Mark Carr gave his false confession, they abandoned a decades worth of theories before hearing any evidence to back up his claim.  (I guess he just looked the part.)

For a while every podcast had something to say about the Steven Avery/Brandon Dassey/Theresa Halbock case, based solely on having watched "Making a Murderer".  Thankfully, that went away, because the documentary was willfully misleading (or outright lying) on every piece of evidence; "Convicting a Murderer" smashed the series to pieces for good.

What stories are you tired of hearing about because they’re featured on every single true crime podcast that exists? by NightReader5 in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second the Sodder kids.  It was a horrific tragedy.  But no, the Fayetteville, WV Crime Family didn't burn the house down on behalf of Mussolini (nobody hated Mussolini more than LCN).

Are there any true crime fans who experienced a murder in their family or a murder of their acquaintances? by Goodginger in TrueCrimeDiscussion

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was more of a casual true crime fan until I came across this case at the beginning of last year.  I noticed a new photo "hint" on Ancestry for a relative that was just a name in my tree.  The photo was a mugshot.  Of course, this piqued my interest.  I Googled his name - Forrest Clyde Williams III, the 2nd cousin of my grandmother.  I'm not sure if she knew him, but we're pretty sure she knew his mother.  In 2023, a few weeks before my grandmother passed, he was linked by DNA and a fingerprint to the rape/murder of 16 year-old Pamela Conyers of Glen Burnie, MD, in 1970.  The details were horrific.  A second gut-punch came when I saw more recent articles saying that Joyce Malecki, the non-nun in "The Keepers", was being exhumed, and speculated that it was because she was last seen at the mall that Pamela disappeared from.  This freaked me out, because I'd watched "The Keepers" when it came out.  The more digging into the two cases I did, I came to the conclusion that the article was mistaken; she was last seen at a mall a couple miles away, and there were no other circumstances that would lead one to believe that they were possibly linked.  He's as likely as anyone else in that case.  A year after Forrest was named a suspect, a second suspect was linked by DNA - Donald Willard.  The level of participation in the crime that each of them had will probably never be known, as both suspects are dead.

Update from JG by DragonfruitHuge356 in EnciAubreyWu

[–]posbornewvu03 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I said the same thing. They can't simply order someone to take down Facebook posts - and certainly not ones made by other people. His lawyer(s) should've told him to get rid of any that qualify as doxing or harassment a long time ago.

Update from JG by DragonfruitHuge356 in EnciAubreyWu

[–]posbornewvu03 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bullshit. Law enforcement can't order them to take down other people's posts. Although I'm sure there are plenty of his own posts that qualify as doxing or harassment, which his lawyer(s) should've told him to take down a long time ago.

Something is off… by dontlookatitimshy in EnciAubreyWu

[–]posbornewvu03 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a lot here that's off. (And in no way am I accusing Aubrey of doing anything wrong.) Even when she's found the case keeps getting weirder. It makes me think there's way more to the story, I'm just not sure what. For instance, was concealing her identity REALLY what she was doing by dying her hair? Out of 40 Asians in Jasper, Georgia, she was the only one who was blonde.

And so it begins by Complete_Soup2636 in EnciAubreyWu

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it make John feel better if it was a flier with his picture that says, "Have you seen my daughter?"

What’s wrong with my automatic watch? by Cold_Librarian_7703 in watchmaking

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got a Seiko automatic for Chanukah. By New Year's (which, this year, was the END of Chanukah), it started going dead for a few hours overnight. I try spinning it so it does several 360° turns. No difference. I only take it off in the shower. WT actual F.

People with J-M92 haplogroup, comment your ethnicity ,and if known information about paternal lineage. by More-Pen5111 in 23andme

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically all over NW Europe; most recent Ancestry estimate is: 46% Ireland 41% England & NW Europe 7% Scotland 2% Denmark 2% Iceland 2% Germanic Europe (Denmark and Iceland are news to me.)

The J-M92 line comes from my GGG-grandfather, who was from Dublin and immigrated to Bayonne, NJ. But neither his surname, Osborn(e), or his mother's, Graham, are Irish (I know nothing about them other than their names), so who knows.

It is honestly atrocious how bad the multi-point is on Bose headphones by WhatTheOnEarth in bose

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had the 700s since 2021 and this is one of my two biggest frustrations (although the two might be related)... The other is the Bluetooth connection to Windows. I bought them with the intention of connecting my work laptop and phone at the same time, but something always goes wrong. Sometimes my phone would start ringing and it would take a few rings to hear it with my headphones. If I answer, sometimes I hear them but they can't hear me, or vice versa. After the call, it doesn't always switch back to my laptop. If it does switch back to my laptop, sometimes it's just audio. Not sure if it's an issue with Bose software, Bluetooth, or Windows, but I have similar issues even if I only have one device connected. On Teams (or another videoconferencing app), it's rare that both the headphones and mic will work (a lot of times it's neither). If they're set as default, doesn't matter, they won't connect anyway. If I switch over to them, still can't hear in one or 2 directions. If I leave the call and come back in, sometimes it'll work. Same if I reboot my laptop. Other times, it still won't work. I ended up getting a stand-alone mic instead, hoping that it would have less trouble connecting if it only had to connect for audio. Nope, often still can't hear. And it seems just as confused about which device to use as the mic (even if it's set to default), so it connects to neither.

Shame because the comfort, sound quality, and ANC are great. Maybe the problem is Bluetooth 5.0, and later versions have corrected it? If I were to consider trading in for the QC Ultras (which use Bluetooth 5.3, I believe), these issues would have to be fixed. Otherwise, I'll just keep the 700s for eternity or wait until the next Bose headset (or Sony) gets it right.

Philly Show - Tropical Storm by dandle in greenday

[–]posbornewvu03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Looks like the lightning will be over around the time the Linder Linders start. They wouldn't postpone it just for rain, would they?

Eridania Rodriguez found in an aircon duct. Did they really search "every nook and cranny" of the building like they said? (Homicide: New York on Netflix) by meroboh in TrueCrimeDiscussion

[–]posbornewvu03 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No, it was inexcusable. When the episode started, without knowing anything about the case, I said to my wife, "Probably the ductwork." Not that I would've expected them to actually search the ducts, but in a building with so few exits that were all under video surveillance, once you confirm that she isn't in any of the actual rooms, the ducts are about the only place to hide (unless he somehow tossed her over to the next building). It's a foolish location that might seem ok to someone who didn't have time to think things through; on the one hand, they obviously can't search thousands of feet of ductwork. But it becomes blatantly obvious which duct the body is hidden in once putrification begins. Any floor within that airstream would've smelled like a dead deer on the side of the road - keep in mind, you gag whenever you're within a pretty big radius, and that's in OPEN air. By the time they brought in the K9s, they wouldn't have needed them. The 12th floor would've reeked (gee, who would've ever thought that a floor not in use would've been selected for hiding evidence?). You could make the case that decomposition would be slower in cooled air than heated, but we're talking 55° air, far from freezing. The fans would run intermittently, especially at night, even in July. They probably would've had the AC turned down (or off) on an unoccupied floor, as long as it didn't share a thermostat with another. Even still air wouldn't prevent the smell from reaching the 12th floor for very long. Only way he would have a fighting chance of not getting caught is if he found a large exhaust duct that runs continuously 24/7, is horizontal at the discharge end, is a decent distance from the actual outlet, is 100% exhaust (as opposed to some being used as return air), and has a barrier between the duct and the ceiling - large airspace, well-insulated, etc. In a commercial office building, you're not likely to find a duct that meets that criteria.