Jeffery Digman

[J Paul]

Does anyone else have trouble reconciling the roommate's actions upon arrival?

I can't imagine his first thought being that something was wrong. So seriously wrong, in fact, that he went for help before he went in.

With the lights on and the car there, why would his first thought not be that Digman had just changed his plans?

If he had called out to Digman and not gotten an answer then maybe there is a reason for some concern (of course he could have been sleeping), but to immediately seek help just seems odd.

[Mr. Fuji]

Dude, this is crazy, because I seriously was going to start the exact same thread. I feel the exact same way you do about this issue. His roomate's actions just weren't logical; any normal person would just go into the house and call his name and look for him.

I missed one thing on this case. Where was the roommate before he returned and found Digman dead? It seems a little convenient to me that Digman just happened to be alone when he was killed. Where did the roommate go?

The only thing I can think of that explains the roommate's actions is if he knew something was going to happen to him, he left for a few hours for it to be carried out, and then came home and asked the neighbor for help. If he didn't know anything, things just don't add up.

[DarkDante]

Actually this thread HAS been done before - Many have made comments on how odd it was that a serviceman would run to a neighbor's house for help prior to entering what turned out to be a crime scene. The thing is though I don't think anyone here has actually been in a situation like the roommate was facing. Perhaps Digman had confided in him that his life might have been in danger who knows. The roommate I believe was in Las Vegas for the weekend.

The thing is that he might have just had an omnous (sp?) feeling upon arriving at the house and decided to get some help before entering the house. It could just be a thing where being in the service and trained in anticpating high stress situations he thought it might be best to bring someone along - I don't know but I do not think he had any direct involvement or knowledge as it pertained to the Digman death.

[J Paul]

I suppose we could speculate about all sorts of reasons why the room mate acted as he did, but I don't think his actions were those of a vast majority of people under the circumstances

I can say that I have been in similar situations (people not being/doing where/what they said) both in and out pf the service and my initial thoughts were something very mundane (he missed his flight or changed his plans).

As things progessed (a call with no answer or luggage waiting by the door)and it became more clear that there might be something wrong I would become more concerned. Even at that, however, my first thought would not likely be that a crime had been committed. It would be more that he was injured or ill.

I don't recall if the nieghbor actually found the body, but I've heard police officials state that it is often a tactic of someone who knows that cime has been committed bring a third uninvolved party into the scene to make the actual discovery.

The death being ruled a suicide right off pretty much forstalled any further investigation. Had it not, however, I think the investigators should have had a long chat with the room mate.

[DarkDante]

I rewatched the segment last night with this post in mind - It might be key to note that all the lights in the house were on and the garage door was open among other things at a time when Digman was supposedly already on a plane to Mexico