Very interesting, Vinny. The results of the poll are fascinating, too.

I guess I'm of the belief that perhaps it was a stalker/someone Jodi knew, being one and the same. I never thought it had anything to do with the drug theory, but I think perhaps it was someone she recognized.

I have followed the case closely, and I wish I could remember where I read this, but I thought someone had posted (maybe on the old forum from a few years ago, or maybe another site) that there were rumors that a resident(s) at the apartment complex heard a woman call out a name and scream the morning Jodi disappeared. Has this been confirmed?

My second speculation is I've always wondered, also, if there's a possiblity someone was angry with Jodi over a story she covered. I'd like to know what story or stories (big in nature, specifically related to crime or big money) that Jodi might have covered from the fall of 1994 (when she thought she was being followed) until her disappearance.

More than anything, I just want Jodi to be found and her abductor to be punished. Her sister, Joann, seems so nice and genuine in the newsclips, and hearing from her just makes me feel for the family all the more. There's such a geniune ache in her spirit-- and I can't imagine how Jodi's mother must feel. I just really want some sort of resolution for Jodi's family-- and for the person who did this to get what he deserves.

I see drugs have been mentioned as possibly being involved in this case.
How would Jodi be involved in this?

I think Jodi knew her accuser very well. I think he was pursuing her romantically.

I think the trip wire that started Jodi's troubles was the Mazda Miata. I think that Jodi's suitor was jealous when he realized that Jodi had a brand new car that he hadn't helped her purchase. He became suspicious that there was another man.

On June 26, Jodi attended the country club event. I think the second suitor was there. And I think they made a date to see each other later at Jodi's apartment. Jodi liked this second guy because he was the complete package, well placed in the area, with deep pockets and political connections that could be advantageous to her.

Suitor #1 went to the Key Apartments and saw Jodi's Miata in the lot. He pounded on her door, but Jodi didn't answer because either the other guy was already there or she was expecting him.

Suitor #1 left the building, but sat in his car and watched Jodi's building. He might have even seen suitor #2 come out. He grew more and more enraged and, by the time Jodi came out at 4:30, he was white hot with fury. He approached her from behind and, somehow, in the ensuing scuffle, Jodi was knocked out. He panicked and dragged her to his vehicle, losing her red shoes and some of the contents of her tote bag in the process. He drove her to a secluded waterfront and, if she wasn't already dead, finished the job and weighted the body down with concrete anchors.

This happens all the time in partner-on-partner violence -- jealousy, rage and then violence. I think all the talk about speeding cars and men talking outside windows is white noise, probably drug transactions in the middle of the night. I think what happened to Jodi is pretty straightforward.

Yeah, I'm sure she had some real concerns about being followed. In the news business you're at risk because you're in everyone's living room. And the rookies don't get paid enough to hire personal security. But, as for the abduction, I still go for the guy who had been dropping money all over the place trying to win her over for several months. IMHO

Good point.. You know i just don't know because they never had any proof or even circumstantial evidence unless there is something that police are holding back about this person?

I've just started reading "Dead Air".

My gut tells me that it was someone she knew....someone that wanted a relationship. Someone who knew her routine....someone with a reason to stalk her. Unless I've missed something, she didn't appear to be involved in drugs or any other high risk situation that would have made her a target.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.........

I completely agree with the last two posts. I think someone grew jealous when he sensed Jodi's attention was drifting away from him, when he sensed that he had serious competition, when he realized he couldn't provide what she ultimately wanted.