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wiseguy182 · 04-22-2013, 04:03 AM

I just saw this episode, which may or may not have profiled on UM, and here are my initial thoughts on the case.

-Sherrill Levitt was the only one who planned on being at the house that evening. The girls had plans to stay elsewhere, a couple different places if I'm not mistaken, so it does seem unlikely that the girls themselves would have been targeted. I'm thinking either Sherrill was the target or it was a random act. However, Sherrill herself had recently moved to that house, so I'm not sure her presence there would have been common knowledge. It did say she moved to a more modest home and I just have to wonder if it was in a shadier part of town.

-It said Sherrill's bed appeared to have been slept in. There was also a sighting of all 3 at George's restaurant between 1 and 3 in the morning, although the waitress is the only one who says so and there is no corroboration to her story and the restaurant was busy at the time. Here's what I think happened: Sherrill initially went to bed, but woke up when the girls arrived and they decided to go out to eat. I think they were either followed home by someone at the restaurant or he got into one of their cars while they were eating. Not wanting to be placed at the restaurant, he forced them to return home to give the appearance that they were abducted there or left there on their own accord

-it is unfortunate that so much evidence was unwittingly destroyed by friends and what not, including the erased phone message and the broken light dome.

-I can't believe the show when it said the brother was certain to have reunited with Sherrill and Suzanne. He had been estranged from them for 3 months and I think they just said that to give more emotion to the case. Though my gut feeling is that the brother wasn't involved.

-The show mentioned several suspects. Another thread mentions someone by the last name of Carnahan. I don't know if he's related to them or not, but the Carnahan name is HUGE in Missouri and it's the name of the biggest political dynasty there. Well, not so much anymore due to retirement, losses and a death.

-this is neither here nor there but I love the name of the high school Suzanne and Stacy graduated from: Kickapoo.

Just a very baffling case, which most of the ones on Disappared are. It just seems really strange that 3 women could go missing like that.

welshman · 04-22-2013, 05:31 AM

This case and the Maura Murray case are my favourite episodes which I watch a lot.
I think anything that happened did so at the house whether it was a random attack or someone was watching the family is hard to say he could have been a random weirdo who finds three girls in one house or that he knew exactly who lives there, I think the girls came home took off their make up and got ready for bed then a man working alone gains entry or just simply knocks on the door, gets inside produces a weapon forces the girls to go with him maybe he tells them he wants money, the porch light annoys him so he smashes it or there's a struggle, the problem with this scenario is where was his vehicle, outside the house or was he with someone else who was the driver.
In terms of suspects it could be anyone a random stranger, an ex of the mothers, the graveyard robbing boyfriend, the brother or a family member that came for the graduation.

One extreme theory I had was that because the two girls weren't supposed to be there the mother asked a boyfriend around and that he was maybe married and knew when the girls saw him his life would be ruined so made sure no one could tell his wife.

One thing I'm pretty confident on is that they are not buried under that car park.

wiseguy182 · 04-22-2013, 07:51 AM

That's the longest sentence I've ever read.

I don't think it was a case of a burglary gone bad when all 3 were at the house: all 3 of their cars were parked in the driveway. The perp would have to have some serious stones to burglarize a house figuring there were at least 3 people present. And he didn't know there wasn't a man in the house.

How can you be certain they're not under the car park?

Kane · 04-22-2013, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

I just saw this episode, which may or may not have profiled on UM

It actually was featured on UM in Setpember 1992, but as part of a "special alert" segment.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w...ingfield_Three

welshman · 04-22-2013, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

That's the longest sentence I've ever read.

I don't think it was a case of a burglary gone bad when all 3 were at the house: all 3 of their cars were parked in the driveway. The perp would have to have some serious stones to burglarize a house figuring there were at least 3 people present. And he didn't know there wasn't a man in the house.

How can you be certain they're not under the car park?

That's weird I don't remember saying it was a burglary.

Why would they be buried under that car park? I don't believe in psychics I know ground detection equipment is rarely accurate and the show suggest there were three separate graves which doesn't make sense if you had to dispose of three bodies you'd dig one big hole, you might as well dig up any piece of land.

wiseguy182 · 04-23-2013, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kane

It actually was featured on UM in Setpember 1992, but as part of a "special alert" segment.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w...ingfield_Three

I have the episodes from that time frame and it's not on there.

wiseguy182 · 04-23-2013, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by welshman

That's weird I don't remember saying it was a burglary.

Why would they be buried under that car park? I don't believe in psychics I know ground detection equipment is rarely accurate and the show suggest there were three separate graves which doesn't make sense if you had to dispose of three bodies you'd dig one big hole, you might as well dig up any piece of land.

Fair enough. But you did say you thought the perp made his move when all 3 were at home and I still think that's highly unlikely.

Why would they be buried under that car park? Ask the perp, if that's where he placed them. Maybe they aren't there, but I wasn't sure how you could say you were "confident" they weren't there.

welshman · 04-23-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

Why would they be buried under that car park? Ask the perp, if that's where he placed them. Maybe they aren't there, but I wasn't sure how you could say you were "confident" they weren't there.

There must be millions of places they could be buried so 99.9% of these places would be wrong, now if you told me you were going to check every place then I wouldn't be very confident but the odds are in my favour.

04-22-2013, 04:03 AM	#1
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	The Springfield Three on Disappeared I just saw this episode, which may or may not have profiled on UM, and here are my initial thoughts on the case. -Sherrill Levitt was the only one who planned on being at the house that evening. The girls had plans to stay elsewhere, a couple different places if I'm not mistaken, so it does seem unlikely that the girls themselves would have been targeted. I'm thinking either Sherrill was the target or it was a random act. However, Sherrill herself had recently moved to that house, so I'm not sure her presence there would have been common knowledge. It did say she moved to a more modest home and I just have to wonder if it was in a shadier part of town. -It said Sherrill's bed appeared to have been slept in. There was also a sighting of all 3 at George's restaurant between 1 and 3 in the morning, although the waitress is the only one who says so and there is no corroboration to her story and the restaurant was busy at the time. Here's what I think happened: Sherrill initially went to bed, but woke up when the girls arrived and they decided to go out to eat. I think they were either followed home by someone at the restaurant or he got into one of their cars while they were eating. Not wanting to be placed at the restaurant, he forced them to return home to give the appearance that they were abducted there or left there on their own accord -it is unfortunate that so much evidence was unwittingly destroyed by friends and what not, including the erased phone message and the broken light dome. -I can't believe the show when it said the brother was certain to have reunited with Sherrill and Suzanne. He had been estranged from them for 3 months and I think they just said that to give more emotion to the case. Though my gut feeling is that the brother wasn't involved. -The show mentioned several suspects. Another thread mentions someone by the last name of Carnahan. I don't know if he's related to them or not, but the Carnahan name is HUGE in Missouri and it's the name of the biggest political dynasty there. Well, not so much anymore due to retirement, losses and a death. -this is neither here nor there but I love the name of the high school Suzanne and Stacy graduated from: Kickapoo. Just a very baffling case, which most of the ones on Disappared are. It just seems really strange that 3 women could go missing like that.

04-22-2013, 05:31 AM	#2
welshman Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2011 Location: wales Posts: 78	This case and the Maura Murray case are my favourite episodes which I watch a lot. I think anything that happened did so at the house whether it was a random attack or someone was watching the family is hard to say he could have been a random weirdo who finds three girls in one house or that he knew exactly who lives there, I think the girls came home took off their make up and got ready for bed then a man working alone gains entry or just simply knocks on the door, gets inside produces a weapon forces the girls to go with him maybe he tells them he wants money, the porch light annoys him so he smashes it or there's a struggle, the problem with this scenario is where was his vehicle, outside the house or was he with someone else who was the driver. In terms of suspects it could be anyone a random stranger, an ex of the mothers, the graveyard robbing boyfriend, the brother or a family member that came for the graduation. One extreme theory I had was that because the two girls weren't supposed to be there the mother asked a boyfriend around and that he was maybe married and knew when the girls saw him his life would be ruined so made sure no one could tell his wife. One thing I'm pretty confident on is that they are not buried under that car park.

04-22-2013, 07:51 AM	#3
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	That's the longest sentence I've ever read. I don't think it was a case of a burglary gone bad when all 3 were at the house: all 3 of their cars were parked in the driveway. The perp would have to have some serious stones to burglarize a house figuring there were at least 3 people present. And he didn't know there wasn't a man in the house. How can you be certain they're not under the car park?