[crystalk]

I doubt that in a crime of this sort, one's status as a church member or attender would have much to do with it. Probably both persons who have never attended in their lives, and those who go every week, would have about an equal chance of being victims.

But I DO think that the swinging lifestyle here is responsible for about a 100-timesing of the risk vs their neighbors and peers who do not engage in this sort of thing.

As to the 17-yr-olds, and possible attempt of the VD's to get rid of Westerfield --this needs Occam's Razor. The VD's IMHO were lying about Westerfield almost before their daughter was even missing, and continue(d) to obsess about him and make statements true or false, arguing over a dance or not a dance, a jacket or not a jacket, ...not likely if he were just a pest, a former acquaintance they were trying to shove away, at the time this happened.

Looks more like things had just ARRIVED at cooking temperature, IMO, if such elaborate timeline and do-we-know-him lies (or apparent lies anyway) had to be constructed...

[nicmarlo]

I also seem to recall different versions of the friends coming home to the VD's. The first statement I believe she made was that she brought home 2 lady friends who only stayed about 15 minutes....then that story changed to include a guy and for a longer period of time, I think. Also, I seem to remember reading there was a disagreement between the husband and wife about what time she did come home from the bar....he insisting it was another time (earlier?) than she had originally said.

[nicmarlo]

BTW, I only brought up the church thing because there's been talk about the VD's renewed interest, from what I've read, about attending an Episcopal church?