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From: charlie
Date: 4/21/02
Time: 6:27:55 AM
Jasper, I have always wondered about this. The woman called the cops more than once. The first time was after the dog had been barking approx a half an hour.
"Most" time witnesses with watches or clocks say it started shortly after 10:30 which puts this pretty close to 11PM when she calls. (wonder if it were on a log or something somewhere--this first time she calls)
And this woman always impressed me as being pretty sharp regardless of her age.
To me, there has never been anything definite about the neighbor's story, Schwab's nor Heistra's for that matter. Heistra was able to time his to the beginning of the news (when he goes in and the dog is STILL barking but not as loudly or as steadily). Schwab's story as I have said repeatedly doesn't even make sense timewise as to when he "says" he got home.
Just about all the witnesses (regardless of when they think it began) give a implicated time of the barking lasting about 45 minutes. This is more in line with the Schwab finding the dog at 11:15 as he first stated he did. Plus there is the woman who never testified but gave a statement that she saw the dog barking in the middle of the street at 11:10.
And if the neighbor didn't see Schwab, who did he see? I am not stating that he did see Schwab but that if there was someone else out walking a dog while the dog was in the middle of the street barking, who was this person? And why did he never come forward?
I have stated repeatedly, that if you backtrack Schwab's story, and actually believe that the got home when he said he did, Schwab would have been at the intersection with the SUV at approx the same time. Or that Heistra would still have been standing under the tree when he came along.
When you get right down to it, the neighbor's story and his live-in girlfriend's (or wifes') story didn't even match. There was some discussion and things that didn't match about whether he was upstairs and then went back downstairs and just when he did what. The woman's part of the story was basically ignored in favor of his.
Just as the Schwab's stories didn't match with the body finders. Like at one point, Schwab said his wife stayed in the apt. but then later said the dog pound had left a message on the machine. If she were inside, why didn't she answer the phone?
Schwab also said only the man went back with the dog when we know both he and his wife did. At least they were both there when the cops arrived.
I don't put much faith or truth into either the neighbor's story or Schwab's story.
Matching up Heistra's, Schwab's and the neighbor's stories "don't fit".
As I said, this woman was sharper than the average 85 year old.
And she wasn't the only person to imply or outright state that the barking went on for 45 minutes.
Even that one neighbor who said that it started at 10:20 or so, said 45 minutes approx--which so conveniently matched up to Schwab's story of approx 10:50-10:55 of taking the dog away. And I do mean CONVENIENTLY.
However, the 10:30 barking time people ALSO say 45 minutes in length which is another kettle of fish altogether.
charlie