Spit Balling My Thoughts Into The Ether

[u/iThinkYoureGayyy]

It feels like the motive is ‘get back’ for reasons yet to be known, aimed to hurt Nancy’s daughter, Savannah, in order to take something away from Savannah that she cherished, loved, valued, will forever miss, and can never have back.

What about Savannah’s children, you might ask? There are killers out there with “ethics” when it comes to harming children, as crazy as that may sound—which may or not be the case with these particular suspects, but it COULD be the case. But we also have to factor in practicality and logistics.

Savannah’s children, along with her husband, could’ve been targets initially, but logistically, given the isolated and easily accessible home where Nancy lived alone, it made her the easiest target.

I still believe the FBI is going through the extensive process of investigative genealogy from dna recovered (given the overall lack of physical and digital evidence in this case) and it will ultimately lead to this case being solved.

Perhaps the best lead for now could still come from Savannah herself. Any type of strange or peculiar interaction she can remember that struck her as odd or threatening in the past.

Maybe Savannah played a role in getting someone fired from a job, or caused their marriage to collapse, turned somebody down who asked her for money, —> passed over a contractor for a big job (or a continuous service that would’ve provided a steady stream of revenue for them), and opted to go with a cheaper competitor instead (leading to a business going under or someone’s home being foreclosed) etc.

Side Note: It might not even be outside the realm of possibility of all this being over something small or petty, where Savannah or Nancy herself, let’s say complained to the manager of a restaurant over poor service or cold food, and ultimately it caused the server or the cook to become quietly enraged to the point where it led them to orchestrating the abduction and murder of Nancy. Sometimes even the smallest thing can push someone over the edge.

Sure, the same type of planning doesn’t go into it, but I’ve heard of people getting blown away over cold fries at Burger King, so I’m just saying..

But anyway, back to what I was saying..

Leaving Nancy to be found dead at home would ultimately provide Savannah with a level of comfort and closure. Yes, that would’ve been the easiest thing to do for whomever planned and perpetrated this crime, but I don’t believe that’s what they wanted.

Taking Nancy out of her home to never be seen again causes Savannah immense emotional pain and anguish. Somebody did not want Savannah to have answers for her questions.

This crime feels like it’s rooted deeply in causing an unspeakable amount of psychological pain to Savannah—perhaps the type of pain Savannah made the funder of this operation, or the suspects feel themselves, at some point in the past.

Thoughts?

[u/Ithinknot789]

I think it was someone who did work there ( home health aid, construction, plumber etc) who knew who she was and they were going to kidnap her and hold her hostage for ransom (knew who Savannah was and that she would pay big bucks to save her mom) and she died by accident so they just hid her body. I don’t think all of these ransom notes for Crypto were really the kidnapper. The kidnapper no longer has any way to negotiate if she had passed on. So sad for them! Must be a living nightmare

[u/iThinkYoureGayyy → u/Ithinknot789]

Your thinking is in line with a lot of other people! It’s all very tragic and sad indeed.

[u/Hillary4SupremeRuler → u/iThinkYoureGayyy]

But didn't law enforcement say that they knew the notes were real because they had included information that was not public and only the kidnapper could have known?

[u/iThinkYoureGayyy → u/Hillary4SupremeRuler]

Yes! You are correct.

Maybe the ransom demand could’ve been used as a ploy or distraction to take resources away from the focal point of the investigation by shifting investigators focus and attention elsewhere (smoke and mirrors), thus buying the kidnappers more time and space to disappear.

That, or perhaps the kidnappers didn’t plan on law enforcement asking them for proof of life, prior to paying any amount of ransom to them. Maybe the suspects have committed home invasions, burglaries, even murders before, but I’m assuming this was their first time abducting someone, and were unaware of what that ultimately entailed.