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I hope this is just a situation where she needed to get away from an unhealthy environment and she moved away to get a fresh start. There are situations where someone is trying to cut ties with a toxic life. I am praying this is that.

If there was no missing person report filed until 47 years later I would take a very close look at the wife. Why didn't she report him missing?

I came across an old newspaper clipping from 1972 about Vincent Palmieri titled "Man Missing; Family Seeks Help." It's both fascinating and tragic to see how quickly the news faded, even when nine kids and a wife were left searching for answers. It’s so easy to forget that behind every headline, there's a real family tormented by uncertainty. It's chilling to think that decades went by before they even knew where Vincent was.
I think the possibility of a previously unknown child emerging in recent years adds another layer of complexity and possibly a motive. Could it have been a personal vendetta or somebody wanting to erase evidence of an affair? It’s disheartening to realize how Hurricane Sandy may have obliterated vital pieces of this puzzle. I wonder if any more records or witness accounts from that time might still come to light.

There were many children outside his marriage. Records weren’t lost through no hurricane sandy . Everything goes to police plaza. There were subpoenas on his address days prior to him missing . Law enforcement was very corrupt in nyc at that time.

How very frustrating. So sad this investigation stagnated and didn't go anywhere fruitful. If there was a real investigation at all........

I’ve been following the case about Courtney Howell, and my heart goes out to his family and friends. I came across some interesting discussions about the role social media could have played in this tragic event. It’s concerning how people can broadcast their valuable possessions online, sometimes without considering who might be watching. There's speculation around whether Howell might have been targeted because he unintentionally advertised his chain on a social platform. Does anyone else think that’s a possibility? It’s a chilling reminder of how careful we need to be with sharing personal details on the internet. I truly hope the increased publicity leads to more information and ultimately justice for Courtney.

He did not have social media.

This was a prior conflict that just went way too far. Why is it some young people resort to such extreme measures? This is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Was there no other way out? Was there no other way to resolve this?

So glad she was found alive. Looks like she just wanted no contact with her family. Sometimes you need a clean break from your past that is not serving you.

Was someone stalking her? Was this a crime of opportunity? She was probably a victim of assault and then homicide. There is a lot of land up there to hide a body in. How agonizing for her family to deal with even after all these years.

Was she was abducted and that is why she jumped from a moving vehicle. She was unidentified for years until they matched up her disappearance. Could this story be deeper and was she trying to get away from her captor? There are so many questions in this case.

I wonder what has happened to her. I know she has had a rough life and I get why she needed to get away from some of the major negative aspects of it. I just hope she is ok and she is happy.

Has anyone else been curious about the linguistic angle in Michael Edling Flaherty's case? It's such a curious detail that he was fluent in both English and Russian. I know these skills might not immediately seem relevant, but could there be something there that’s been overlooked? Maybe he was involved in something where speaking Russian played a role, or he had connections in places where Russian would be useful. Just a thought—especially because it doesn’t seem like much else has been pursued in this direction. Does anyone remember any similar cases where a person's language skills were a factor? It's such an unusual aspect that it feels like a thread worth pulling on, even after all these years. Thoughts?

This is a very interesting case to me because I moved to Cascade, Idaho in 1982 almost two years after his disappearance. I got to know several of the people that knew him including his mother. He was a savant with advanced verbal and mathematical skills. His mother was Swedish, being born in Sweden so Michael spoke Swedish as well as Russian. He was a ham radio operator and had conversations with Russians. He listened to Russian broadcasts frequently. Before it was public knowledge, he identified the sight of a secret Russian nuclear explosion when a radiation detector that he fashioned indicated a high level of radiation in Cascade. By reviewing the jet stream and weather pattern information he was able to locate the time and site of the detonation in the USSR with remarkable accuracy. He notified the FBI and was promptly visited and interviewed by them. He likely was under government surveillance subsequent to this. The Russians too may have monitored his communications. Also of interest, he had been accepted to West Point in his senior year. This certainly makes for an intriguing case.

Oh wow. This story has some layers. Thank you for sharing this. There seems so much more to this story than meets the eye.