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Has anyone else been thinking about the smashed windshield on Mary's car? It's such an odd detail. Dominic admits he did it out of anger, but it’s strange to me that the police didn’t seize the car or give it more attention at the time. I mean, with the unusual circumstances surrounding her disappearance, you’d think they would have wanted to take a closer look. And then the car just disappears—it's hard not to think there could have been something important in it. Could this have been a missed opportunity to find out what really happened to Mary? I wonder if anyone who lived in that area back then remembers seeing anything. Such a baffling part of the case that never gets the answers it deserves. Thoughts?
Just wanted to share something I came across while looking through Mary Badaracco's case. I find it really strange that her car wasn't seized back in '84 after they found it with a smashed windshield. I know hindsight is 20/20, but considering how peculiar that situation is, wouldn’t you think the authorities would have taken a closer look at it?
The smashed windshield just feels too significant to overlook—especially since Dominic admitted to doing it out of anger. Could there have been something in that car that could have offered a clue about what really happened to Mary? I'm not saying it would have solved everything, but maybe we’d be one step closer to understanding her disappearance if the car wasn't allowed to just disappear.
I guess it’s all what-ifs at this point, but it does make you wonder about those early decisions in cold cases. What do you folks think? Is it common for evidence like that to be not followed up on so quickly? Would love to hear your thoughts on how this might have impacted the case.