A Little Encouragement for EAR Sleuths
Mar 30, 2018 23:36:28 GMT
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Post by Call Me Al on Mar 30, 2018 23:36:28 GMT
www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-04/meet-philippa-langley-the-woman-who-discovered-richard-iii-in-a-car-park/
I'm new around here. I had never even heard of the Golden State Killer until a month or so ago when ID started running promos for its series about the killer. After a google search led me to read Michelle McNamara's L.A. Magazine article, I found my way to this board. Like all of you, I quickly became fascinated by this case, and I wanted to share with you a story related to another mystery that I have been interested in for some time.
Years ago, I read "The Princes in the Tower" and "The Wars of the Roses" by British historian Alison Weir. A recent trip to England and the Tower of London rekindled my interest in the life of King Richard III. His story and what happened to his bones has, to me, some uncanny parallels to the GSK case.
I have absorbed only a fraction of what most of you know about the EAR/ONS case, but I have poked around in here long enough now to understand your obsession and appreciate your frustration. The article that I have attached is intended to remind you that what you are doing is not a waste of time despite what your critics might say. Remember that you are not looking for Bigfoot or pirate treasure or proof of ghosts; You are looking for a real, possibly still living, creature who destroyed many lives. Before 2012, one could argue that there was more physical evidence of the warped existence of GSK than of Richard III.
Forgive me if you are already familiar with the story of Philippa Langley and her quest to find the body of the king who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Langley, a historian and member of the Richard III Society, was determined to solve the centuries-old mystery of where the controversial figure was buried. The answer it turns out was underneath a government parking lot in Leicester, England. Langley, along with others, combined intuition, research and science to locate Richard's skeleton. GSK sleuths can learn a lot from this story.
The parallels between the search for the king and the GSK are subtle but compelling. The most obvious one is the fact that Richard is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his young nephews, Edward and Richard, who preceded him in line of succession to the throne of England after the death of his brother, and their father, King Edward IV. William Shakespeare and others have outright accused him of murdering the boys. Philippa Langley and the Richard III Society strongly disagree.
Richard's only legitimate child died at the age of ten, but DNA recovered from the bones found in the car park have linked them to known descendants of Anne of York, Richard's sister. Advances in DNA technology, combined with intuition, research, and a little luck, will, I believe, lead to the eventual identification of GSK.
Consider also that as far back as 1975, about the time EAR was beginning his rampage, certain members of the Richard III Society had suggested that this very parking lot in Leicester was the likely location of the king's shallow grave. This information had somehow fallen through the cracks and was overlooked for decades, just as I suspect the identity of GSK has. I believe his name might be written on a little slip of notebook paper and tucked into a police file somewhere.
So take a break from sleuthing and read Philippa Langley's fascinating story. See if it doesn't motivate you to keep digging for the truth.
Al
I'm new around here. I had never even heard of the Golden State Killer until a month or so ago when ID started running promos for its series about the killer. After a google search led me to read Michelle McNamara's L.A. Magazine article, I found my way to this board. Like all of you, I quickly became fascinated by this case, and I wanted to share with you a story related to another mystery that I have been interested in for some time.
Years ago, I read "The Princes in the Tower" and "The Wars of the Roses" by British historian Alison Weir. A recent trip to England and the Tower of London rekindled my interest in the life of King Richard III. His story and what happened to his bones has, to me, some uncanny parallels to the GSK case.
I have absorbed only a fraction of what most of you know about the EAR/ONS case, but I have poked around in here long enough now to understand your obsession and appreciate your frustration. The article that I have attached is intended to remind you that what you are doing is not a waste of time despite what your critics might say. Remember that you are not looking for Bigfoot or pirate treasure or proof of ghosts; You are looking for a real, possibly still living, creature who destroyed many lives. Before 2012, one could argue that there was more physical evidence of the warped existence of GSK than of Richard III.
Forgive me if you are already familiar with the story of Philippa Langley and her quest to find the body of the king who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Langley, a historian and member of the Richard III Society, was determined to solve the centuries-old mystery of where the controversial figure was buried. The answer it turns out was underneath a government parking lot in Leicester, England. Langley, along with others, combined intuition, research and science to locate Richard's skeleton. GSK sleuths can learn a lot from this story.
The parallels between the search for the king and the GSK are subtle but compelling. The most obvious one is the fact that Richard is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his young nephews, Edward and Richard, who preceded him in line of succession to the throne of England after the death of his brother, and their father, King Edward IV. William Shakespeare and others have outright accused him of murdering the boys. Philippa Langley and the Richard III Society strongly disagree.
Richard's only legitimate child died at the age of ten, but DNA recovered from the bones found in the car park have linked them to known descendants of Anne of York, Richard's sister. Advances in DNA technology, combined with intuition, research, and a little luck, will, I believe, lead to the eventual identification of GSK.
Consider also that as far back as 1975, about the time EAR was beginning his rampage, certain members of the Richard III Society had suggested that this very parking lot in Leicester was the likely location of the king's shallow grave. This information had somehow fallen through the cracks and was overlooked for decades, just as I suspect the identity of GSK has. I believe his name might be written on a little slip of notebook paper and tucked into a police file somewhere.
So take a break from sleuthing and read Philippa Langley's fascinating story. See if it doesn't motivate you to keep digging for the truth.
Al
