Vanessa Richardson

So she took the bus to her job at Cross Gates Mall and she got off and she walked out what is essentially an employee's only entrance and it leads into a loading bay, which is not super visible from the parking lot or the rest of the mall. And what she normally would have done is from there walk to the bus depot and take the bus back to her dorm.

So she took the bus to her job at Cross Gates Mall and she got off and she walked out what is essentially an employee's only entrance and it leads into a loading bay, which is not super visible from the parking lot or the rest of the mall. And what she normally would have done is from there walk to the bus depot and take the bus back to her dorm.

We know for sure she left work that day, and we know for sure she exited through the normal route. They have talked to the bus driver who drives that route, and they talked to a girl on her floor in the dorm, and they both believe they saw her that night.

We know for sure she left work that day, and we know for sure she exited through the normal route. They have talked to the bus driver who drives that route, and they talked to a girl on her floor in the dorm, and they both believe they saw her that night.

You know, we've talked a lot about this. She was part of their normal routines. So weeks later, if they're interviewed, it would be really challenging to say like, yes, on this night we saw her because they saw her most nights in this exact same manner.

You know, we've talked a lot about this. She was part of their normal routines. So weeks later, if they're interviewed, it would be really challenging to say like, yes, on this night we saw her because they saw her most nights in this exact same manner.

I went there recently with Chris Kunkel, and if she was abducted walking from the bus stop to her dorm, it would not have gone unnoticed. It's a very short distance. It's very open. It's basically a giant circular roundabout with a lawn in between and two, I think, 10 to 12 story dorms.

I went there recently with Chris Kunkel, and if she was abducted walking from the bus stop to her dorm, it would not have gone unnoticed. It's a very short distance. It's very open. It's basically a giant circular roundabout with a lawn in between and two, I think, 10 to 12 story dorms.

so highly visible short distance it also echoes because you're in a quad so you're in between all these buildings and we tried to come up with a million different scenarios where she somehow gets abducted in this short distance with no one seeing and it just there nothing worked so it is of both of our opinions that she likely never made it onto the bus after work

so highly visible short distance it also echoes because you're in a quad so you're in between all these buildings and we tried to come up with a million different scenarios where she somehow gets abducted in this short distance with no one seeing and it just there nothing worked so it is of both of our opinions that she likely never made it onto the bus after work

The next day, her debit card is used. $20 is taken out of her account. It's used at a convenience store about a mile, mile and a half from her school. And they don't have an ATM camera, but they have a camera in the convenience store. And they find a man who was in there around the time the transaction happened. They call him the Nike guy because he was wearing a Nike hat.

The next day, her debit card is used. $20 is taken out of her account. It's used at a convenience store about a mile, mile and a half from her school. And they don't have an ATM camera, but they have a camera in the convenience store. And they find a man who was in there around the time the transaction happened. They call him the Nike guy because he was wearing a Nike hat.

And he becomes kind of suspect number one.

And he becomes kind of suspect number one.

They track down Nike Man and they can rule him out. But they interview him and ask him if he saw anyone else in there at the time. And he said something to the effect of a tall white man dressed like a farmer. So that lead dies there. And so now they're focused solely on her boyfriend and his family. They can't rule them out, but they can't rule them in.

They track down Nike Man and they can rule him out. But they interview him and ask him if he saw anyone else in there at the time. And he said something to the effect of a tall white man dressed like a farmer. So that lead dies there. And so now they're focused solely on her boyfriend and his family. They can't rule them out, but they can't rule them in.

And then when there's all this debate about whether she was abducted from campus or the mall, her Babbage's ID badge is found on campus in a place that there's no reason for her to have been there. It's an area where, and this was in the press, her boyfriend's parents would pick her up. They would pick her up in that area as opposed to near her dorm.

And then when there's all this debate about whether she was abducted from campus or the mall, her Babbage's ID badge is found on campus in a place that there's no reason for her to have been there. It's an area where, and this was in the press, her boyfriend's parents would pick her up. They would pick her up in that area as opposed to near her dorm.

But as we know, she had no intent of going there because she was studying for her midterms and everyone agrees she took school very seriously and would not have strayed from that plan. And there's also no communication that indicates that the plan ever changed.

But as we know, she had no intent of going there because she was studying for her midterms and everyone agrees she took school very seriously and would not have strayed from that plan. And there's also no communication that indicates that the plan ever changed.