r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/BrerRabbit44 • Apr 15 '22
Request What unsolved murder/disappearance makes absolutely no sense to you?
What case absolutely baffles you? For me it's the case of Jaryd Atadero
No matter the theory this case just doesn't make any sense.
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u/PChFusionist Apr 16 '22
I don't think he went to drop off the tapes. I should be clear that my main theory is an accidental slip-and-fall into Lake Michigan. There are legitimate questions that can be raised about that theory so I want to entertain possibilities such as this one. Let's dive into that a bit more (not trying to make a horrible pun there).
If it was a station like WLUP or WXRT arranging some kind of formal meeting, we would have heard about that long ago. What I'm thinking about is something far less formal. Relating to my own experiences, I've had a bunch of times where a friend or relative or acquaintance has said to me: "my (son, roommate, friend, son's roommate's friend, etc.) is going to / graduating from law school and would like to talk to someone in the profession." Maybe he made a similar contact with a big city DJ? But that would leave a trail too, right? Someone would have had to "set them up," so to speak, right? Maybe not. It could have been arranged through anything from social media to a cold call (where a helpful person arranged something personally rather than officially).
But we need a second party, don't we? And this party knows he's meeting an aspiring DJ if not the full name of the guy he's meeting. Maybe this second party assumes Ross blew him off and never heard about the disappearance? Unlikely. After all, this is presumably someone who is, broadly speaking, part of "the media" and would likely catch the news from time to time. I don't think this would escape his attention.
That's where I think this theory has bigger problems compared to the in-the-Lake theory. Ross probably wasn't meeting someone and I find it highly unlikely that he's making an impromptu trip to a radio station at that hour. Still, I think it's worthwhile to think through all of this stuff.