Good points - only thing I have to add is that from what I've heard Jodi was not "late". What I mean is that Jodi was mostly "late" to work, so 4 AM was not unusual. The abductor did not have to wait around. He/she knew her habitual tardiness.

Thank you so much for the posting. It shows a lot of thought and sincerity and I admire that.

First of all there are a small number of scenarios that have been in my head for the past 10 or so years. Since Josh and I started looking at this case and trying to come up with something that will "encourage" someone to come forward and either admit guilt or offer some hint of a solution.

From day one I have had these questions:

1. Normally Jodi would be going to work before 4 a.m. I don't think it was an everyday thing that she was that late. I was a news director for several years and I never had another employee come into my office and complain about somebody coming in late. News Directors traditionally have to "stumble" on problems with other employees. There is a no tell attitude amongst most news room employees. Only when there is some competition those issues remain buried. I have had the occasion to be included in concerns with female reporters who feel that someone is following them. It didn't take a lot of persuasion to make them realize I don't put up with that. I never went that direction unless the employee came to me. Jodi went to her News Director and some level of security was provided but it obviously wasn't on deck the morning she was abducted.

2. Why would someone have the patience to wait until 4:30 unless they knew that Jodi was in the apartment and that she would eventually be coming out the door. The light inside the apartment might have been a clue. Maybe Jodi had the air conditioner turned off and had an open window. The abductor/s waiting outside might have heard the phone ring and were able to hear Jodi answer it. That call would have been more in the time frame that she would normally have left her apartment.

3. What made that day different than the day before or the day after? Why was somebody willing to wait that length of time when most people would have thrown up their hands and come back the next day. My theory is it must have been something that the abductor/s believed HAD to do that morning. Was Jodi going to do something that day that warranted being killed?

4. Why hasn't anyone talked? Usually two or three people will talk about the crime and eventually word slips out. Maybe there only was one person.

This is a good exchange, good thoughts, provoking and I believe are on the money. Keep it coming.

Good dialog, I'm going to throw something out for consideration, if true, it could open a can of worms all around.

Lets say the abductor was hired to abduct Jodi that morning, How do we know that all the calls she received that morning were from her job waking her up?. She could have gotten a call from the person who hired the abductor to get her out of the house once they found out she was late. How would they find out she was very late for work? Read between the lines, I still believe people at work know more than they have told about what happened. How many calls did they actually make to Jodi that morning?, I'd like to see those phone records to see who called her? Say professional jealousy was involved, making sure she was out of her apartment was important that morning, why? because someone was waiting for her no matter what time it was.

This is a tough case no doubt, we would all like access to all the info available. Conspiracy theories make for intriguing thought and may be totally off base, the date was important, that day was important why risk being seen at such a later hour.

Another quick thought about her tardiness, Why would someone who wrote inspirational thought down to motivate herself career wise and had dreams of moving to a bigger market risk that by being constantly late? She had a morning anchor job, she was recognized for her talents, habitually late? Sorry don't buy it.

I, too am on board with the idea that "there's a woman" behind all of this.

Since it seems possible there was more than one vehicle involved that morning, how do we even know that Jodi was the one who "called out the name"?

Maybe the "female mastermind" was actually in the parking lot that morning, too, watching things go down and she was the one to call out "the name" based on something that maybe wasn't going right with "the plan".

Who were the "close" females and who would have been willing/able to help them carry out such a wicked plan?

vinny said
There are so many things about this case that both fascinate me and disturb me. I posted some comments a few years ago on here and since then I have come back periodically to read about any updates on the case. I have also viewed the videos which I think offer a lot of great insight into the case. But, after viewing all of this info, I can only come up with more question.

Before I make my comments I want to say that I have been fascinated with disappearances of all kinds since I was kid. I think it started when I was 15 and Cheri Mahan disappeared not too far from where I used to live. Most recently, the Morgan Harrington case has gotten my attention. . .I am sure some of you know about her disappearance. So, I have read a ton about abductions and disappearances not just in the U.S. but all over the world and this is the knowledge I am accessing when I make my following comments.

1. Even after reading a ton about Jodi, I still get this "clouded" view of who she really was. I mention this because I believe this is relevant to her disappearance. On one hand, even 14 years later, you have people saying how professional she was, how nice she was, how she was so outgoing, how she was liked by everyone, etc. But, on the other hand, she is a woman who came late to work often, thought nothing of staying out late at a friend's house on a work night, when she got home she didn't go right to bed but called someone, drank a few beers before turning in (somewhere I read they found beer cans in the sink), and on the morning of the incident was going to be late. . .again. . .not just late. . .but very late.
I am 39 and I can count on one hand the times I have been late to work and I have done nothing as important in my life as Jodi was doing at the time of her disappearance. Moreover, when I have known people who came to work habitually late, they are usually people who had problems. . .whether it be alcohol, drugs, mental, etc. I don't want to sit here and type badly about the "possible dead" and whatever happened to her is absolutely tragic but I gotta ask: Did Jodi have problems? And could not these problems led her to running into the wrong crowd? And I realize her fellow employees were covering for her but what kind of "nice", "conscientious" person continually shows up late for work and seems not to worry at all about getting fired? To me, once again as a seasoned 39 year old, this tells me that her co-workers knew something was going on personally with Jodi and her co-workers were covering for her. The reason I think this is that if the employees thought she was just lazy and lackadazical, they would have most likely told management about her. Instead they covered for her, seemingly because they felt sorry for Jodi. And now in 2009, they don't want anything bad to come out about her. Does anybody else have any insight on this?

2. Does the abduction scenario sound unusually "high risk" to anyone? I have tried to put myself in the shoes of whoever abducted her that morning. In essence: I know where she lives. . .I know when she leaves for work. . .I know what car she drives. With that info, to me, it seems like a leap to "I need to get a van, sit outside, and wait for her to come out". In fact, that seems like the worst choice of all possible scenarios. The van would stick out like a sore thumb. I take the chance of other people seeing me in the van or hanging around outside even if it is at 4am. I am putting the time of the abduction in Jodi's hands not my own. What if she comes out early? What if she comes out late? What if she escapes my grasp and starts running?
I guess I am saying that there are WAY more negatives than positives in the scenario the abductor(s) chose. Now, I know that criminals don't always think logically. But, whoever did this took the time to follow her. to find out when she goes to work, to find out where she lives. Those are fairly logical things to do. So, I am not convinced this was done by someone who was "crazy". The scenario leads more likely to someone who is an amateur who saw a few too many movies. Granted, in the end, I guess it worked but it seemed to have worked despite the criminal's worst choices.
And I have not even mentioned that Jodi was once again late that morning. The kidnapper continued to wait in the parking lot even though he/she/they knew Jodi was late. How strange is that? How bold is that? How stupid is that? What kind of criminal would do that? I am not sure. Could he/she/they just not have said the Hell with it and come back the next morning? Probably. But, what if whoever was waiting for Jodi that morning was working for someone else? Do they really want to go back to that person and say, "We didn't get her this morning." Because of the "waiting around" factor, I am convinced that whoever was in that van was doing it for someone else. Once again, I put myself in the criminal's shoes. If I am doing this for myself and something goes wrong, I can always come back because I have no one to answer to. But, if someone else has asked/commanded me to do this, then I am going to be much more hesitant about leaving without waiting until the last possible second.
Truth be known, the whole "kidnapper waiting around" thing has ALWAYS bothered me. To me, this is truly the crux of the case. In fact, if you go through all well-known kidnappings and disappearances you may find some where a person waited for their target at a particular location. What you will not find is a scenario where a killer/kidnapper knew when their target would be at a particular place, waited at that place, and then continued to wait at that place and completed their "job" even though the target ended up showing up way late, especially when the waiting place meant a parking lot where other people might be. That is how rare Jodi's disappearance is. This shows either unusual stupidity by the abductor or an unusual need to get the job done that particular morning.

3. What also fascinates me about Jodi's case is the apparent reluctance by people who knew her to really talk about the case. Now, I know the police have told these people to keep quiet but we are going on 14 years now. It's like, "C'mon man!" I know there is always a chance of a defaming of character case. But, I think of it this way: If I kidnapped Jodi, I know I did it. If the police come to talk to me, I , of course, deny it. If other people think I did it and talk, the last thing I want to do is bring a case against them because the last thing I need is any more attention focused on me, , ,especially in the environment of some kind of civil case where allegations can flow very freely, unlike a criminal trial where evidence and theories are a little more tightly controlled.
I am not the kind of guy to trash people's good names and I would never say somebody did something when they didn't. But, if I had good info, and it was 14 years in, and my good friend was gone, and the case was going cold, I think I would talk and I would not be a party to anyone who thought relevant names should be kept concealed. Defamation be damned. In fact, the only way I could understand Jodi's friends keeping their mouths shut was if they were afraid. And that takes me the whole way back to the beginning: Was Jodi personally involved in some things that were. . .well. . .frankly. . .just down right dirty and dangerous?

I wonder.

The person who took Jodi had spent many nights in her parking lot, stalking her. He was someone she knew very well. He did know her timeline about going to work. Her  car  was in the parking lot, so he is guessing she is still at home. HE WENT THERE AT THAT TIME TO TAKE HER! He even went to her apartment and knocked and shouted Jodi open the door I know you are in there. The neighbor said he then left the buildling. He was not going to give up just because she was late. He had this all planned out and intended to carry it out to the end. I believe something took place at the golf outing that infuriated him. I am not sure he was there, someone said he was. I think he had reached the end of his rope and this was the night. When she came out and was trying to unlock her door, she went to the passenger side of the car. I am guessing  this is because she had this big tote full of belongings and she was going to put it on the passenger seat. He grabbed her and whirled her around, she would have flung the tote and spilled it's contents. He mashed her head into the rear view mirror, either stunning her or killing her. If she had gone to the driver side of the car, he could have just grabbed her and put her into his trunk. Since she didn't he was forced to drag her to his car, her shoes came off and they left a scuffed image on  the cement. He threw her into his trunk and sped out of the Key parking lot. I do not buy the van thing. I don't think there was a van.