Which missing persons cases do you think were walk aways?

[FarinaforBrkfast]

I think Patricia Meehan was a walk away....but after she left the car accident, she may have encountered fowl play.

[scc1222]

I think it's possible Amy Billig was,at least a first,a willing walk-away,tho she may have only intended to party and have a bit of a good time with the bikers,at least at first.I just find it hard to beleive she would have willingly gotten onto a bike but couldn't get off,at least sometime,when she realized the biker was off the path of where she wanted to go.I could be wrong, but it's a bike,not a car.and I don't find it at all odd that she may have wanted a simple,short time of partying with them,given her age and all.I think it's possible she just got in over her head with them,esp. once her mom started looking for her.I don't think the bikers took that very well at all.she may have been there willingly,but they were afraid they would be accused to abducting her.jmo.I'm not saying at all that she wasn't abducted,that's possible,too.we just don't know.

[1990 UM fan]

Dottie Caylor is a possibility. I think she could've walked away from her husband Jule but then again she has agoraphobia so I'm on the fence about that one. Margie Jelovcic is another one I think walked away originally and ran off with Randy Yager but I think somewhere down the line she was murdered.

[RobinW]

I'd go with Selena Edon, who's one of the few missing people profiled on UM that I think could possibly still be alive today. There was never indication of foul play and the erratic behaviour and physical and mental problems stemming from her motorcycle accident make it plausible that she might willingly decide to disappear. Unlike, say, Patricia Meehan or Kristi Krebs, she didn't just wander off somewhere, she just stopped contacting her family.

[MegtheEgg86]

Originally Posted by RobinW

I'd go with Selena Edon, who's one of the few missing people profiled on UM that I think could possibly still be alive today.

Me too. I also think Dottie Caylor could be one, and a certain chance of Justin Burgwinkel being a walk-away (and AWOL) too.

[amandab1234]

Originally Posted by FarinaforBrkfast

I think Patricia Meehan was a walk away....but after she left the car accident, she may have encountered fowl play.

For some reason, Cynthia Anderson. It seems like she came from a really strict religious household and she wanted to get away from it. Her father also seemed really strict.

[Steve W.]

"For some reason, Cynthia Anderson. It seems like she came from a really strict religious household and she wanted to get away from it. Her father also seemed really strict."

I think she would have emerged by now (ie past identity revealed) if that was the case. I think the idea that she was murdered by the guy (or by people associated with that guy) that the lawyer was defending and she found out information about is the most likely thing that happened.

Gordon Page is a walk-away (at least initially) for sure, right?

[UMFaninMD]

I also think there's good reason for Dottie Caylor leaving on her own. She could have gotten help from others to leave. And with an ass like Jule for a husband, it sure wouldn't be that hard!

[SheRaaa]

Another vote for Dottie Caylor -- with an ex like Jule, who WOULDN'T want to run away and hide???

[Clockworkhigh]

Dottie is my pick here. I can't wrap my head around Jule killing her. Dottie had a sister as far as we knew but no other family I recall. No kids, not sure about any parents. So if she wanted to wash her hands with Jule I can understand that.

Okay.............this one might shock a few people but in reality it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Charlotte Pollis. Yeah, probably not, but her family was nuts. Her mother called 10-14 times a day. That's obsessive behaviour. There isn't any evidence that her and Paul had problems though but you never know with things. I know people don't want to think a mother will pack up and take off with a family behind her but it happens. Gail Delano anyone? She had kids. Also what is really bothersome to me is there is no evidence at all that a crime was committed in that house. No struggle, no witnesses, nothing. Just a paranoid family member who wanted to see a locked shed that had (wait for it) footprints going towards it. Well, you think? Why wouldn't it have footprints? Oh and a neighbour who saw Paul in his driveway packing his car up and looking at her.............in broad daylight. I really have never been able to put my finger on this case so it is possible Charlotte left

[RobinW]

Originally Posted by Clockworkhigh

Okay.............this one might shock a few people but in reality it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Charlotte Pollis. Yeah, probably not, but her family was nuts. Her mother called 10-14 times a day. That's obsessive behaviour. There isn't any evidence that her and Paul had problems though but you never know with things. I know people don't want to think a mother will pack up and take off with a family behind her but it happens. Gail Delano anyone? She had kids. Also what is really bothersome to me is there is no evidence at all that a crime was committed in that house. No struggle, no witnesses, nothing. Just a paranoid family member who wanted to see a locked shed that had (wait for it) footprints going towards it. Well, you think? Why wouldn't it have footprints? Oh and a neighbour who saw Paul in his driveway packing his car up and looking at her.............in broad daylight. I really have never been able to put my finger on this case so it is possible Charlotte left

Yes, unlike most of the other cases where a wife goes missing and the husband looks guilty as hell, Charlotte at least had a semi-plausible reason for possibly wanting to take off since her crazy mother could have caused her to reach her breaking point. However, the main reason I've never believed she took off willingly is because she was feeling ill and recovering from an ear infection and that's definitely not an ideal time for anyone to disappear and start a new life, no matter what the circumstances.

I'll also take this opportunity to make mention of Alex Cooper, one of the few UM missing persons who was proven to have deliberately staged their own disappearance and was later found alive. He did all this because he was too ashamed to reveal to his family that he had committed a crime a long time ago and had been living under a false name the whole time.

[scc1222]

Originally Posted by RobinW

I'll also take this opportunity to make mention of Alex Cooper, one of the few UM missing persons who was proven to have deliberately staged their own disappearance and was later found alive. He did all this because he was too ashamed to reveal to his family that he had committed a crime a long time ago and had been living under a false name the whole time.

uh well...that was his excuse.like his family wouldn't have understood tho (as opposed to him walking out?).I just get the feeling,like with the guy that skipped out and went to FL,that he was tired of his family and wanted a new life.his family seemed like they were going to have to work hard on forgiveness,and i don't blame them.

[BritishJustice]

At times, I think that Leah Roberts could fit this category. Wanting to get away from it all and leave everything behind, after a troubled and traumatic past.

Other times of watching the segment, maybe not...

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by amandab1234

For some reason, Cynthia Anderson. It seems like she came from a really strict religious household and she wanted to get away from it. Her father also seemed really strict.

I thought her father came across as annoyingly strick about trivial things in the segment. However, I don't think Cindy just walked away. She had a boyfriend and she was looking forward to leaving in a few weeks to go to a bible college with him. She would have been away from her father in no time. What would be the point of running away and not telling her siblings or her boyfriend just because she wanted to be away from her father?

[crookshanks]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

I thought her father came across as annoyingly strick about trivial things in the segment. However, I don't think Cindy just walked away. She had a boyfriend and she was looking forward to leaving in a few weeks to go to a bible college with him. She would have been away from her father in no time. What would be the point of running away and not telling her siblings or her boyfriend just because she wanted to be away from her father?

Maybe she didn't really want to attend Bible college with her boyfriend? It's possible it was all an act. But I think someone would have heard from her by now, unless there was something absolutely awful going on that made her cut ties with friends or family forever. We will never know what her true state of mind was...