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Post by snoho17 on Sept 11, 2023 5:20:58 GMT
The yard arm light is hard to see but it is there in the other photo's, it's a silver hood that's reflecting the scenery around it, it's kind of like the monster in the "predator" movies when he goes invisible. I think that sconce was a candle, it lines up with the switch for wiring, but I don't see any holes or exposed wires. But also, why take it down, for the photo? The hamster cage is gone and seems to me there was a tall plant in the corner where the beam meets the wall as your walking in
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Post by Hope on Sept 11, 2023 7:09:39 GMT
Well that was waste of time. Well not a complete waste, having seen there actually was a light on it. Why is there no proper documentation on this stupid light setup? No confirmation in LE reports that it & porch were controlled by a single switch inside 28? Here's something I think about with the reports of it being dark. The witness reports all occurred after.... BRB to continue .... Actually will continue that thought later, I just saw your newer post snoho. You're right, those are candle sconces with a yellow candle in them. I also assumed there was some blood evidence on them and that's why they were collected. Or more likely fingerprint evidence. Probably from someone in the family, just like the porch bulb. So now there's three light switches in the living room and only the ceiling light. Could the three switches be for: ceiling light, porch light and yardarm light? That makes a lot more sense. I see the black light hanging now that I saw it in the second pic.
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Post by karis on Sept 11, 2023 13:27:45 GMT
I think it is a candle. I have a house that was built in the 1940's. When i moved here about 20 years ago I had a light up close to my gates near the road. There was one switch that turned on my front light and the light at the road. If i were to unscrew the front porch light, the light at road would remain on. If they were on the same connection the yardarm should have still stayed on regardless of unscrewing the porch light. But that is just the way mine was set up. Not sure about the Sharps. Sheila should be able to tell us that.
One light bulb with Sheila's print doesn't add up to anything with me. She lived there and I feel sure they asked her about it. Was the yardarm bulb unscrewed too?
I think the light bulb was checked because of the Phillip Shearer report. We know it was darker than usual that night in front of Sue's because of what was reported. So i would think both lights would have been off. The switch close to the door is fingerprinted we can see that in photo's but we have never seen any report of whose prints are on the light switch. The question really is did that switch control both lights. I think it probably did. If that is so then there was really no reason to unscrew the porch light. You would still have some light coming from the yardarm.
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Post by kmik on Sept 11, 2023 17:09:46 GMT
The yard arm light appears to be dangling from the fixture.
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Post by Hope on Sept 11, 2023 21:55:56 GMT
Yeah, that's always been my thought & why I never paid much attention to the setup. Unscrewing the light bulb would be unnecessary and I don't believe it was unscrewed it begin with (at least it wasn't unscrewed when PSCO arrived) . PCSO would have documented it if so and they would have collected the bulb on 4/12. Sheila's print is irrelevant for several reasons. All the perpetrators needed to do was hit a switch or two to make it dark.
The lights being off are highly significant imo. The reports of 28 being dark all occurred after 11:30pm, which also coincides with the timeframe of when Johnny & Dana arrived home. CJ told Gamberg she dropped the boys off sometime around 10-11pm or possibly later. After 11pm appears most plausible since the boys were sighted @ Exxon after 10pm & allegedly spent some time at Beckley's waiting for CJ to arrive.
Question: Karl said the porch light was on when he first entered Keddie & drove by the Sharps. He then parked at the pond long enough to smoke a joint & left around midnight.
Did the lights go out during this time?
9-9:15pm Sheila stops home to get some belongings & returns to the Seabolts for her sleepover with Alyssa. Doesn't report anything out of the ordinary nor the outside lights being off.
9:30pm Paula & Pearl report seeing the green van in front of 28. Neither mention it being darker than usual.
11:00pm All members of the Seabolt family go to bed, none mention it being unusually dark outside of 28.
11:10pm Kevin B & Connie B arrive at Bodenham residence across the street from the Sharp's. <Connie B / Bradley>
11:10 pm Connie B. had gone past the Sharp's and thinks a light was on in the residence. Approximate time: 11:10 pm.11:30pm Jan A. said that the light in front of the Sharp residence was normally on. When her brother-in-law, Les H., passed the Sharp's, both front lights were off. Approximate time: 11:30 pm. Reported to Crim.
(Jan & Doug also walk to the bar around 11:30pm, but neither mentioned having personally noticed 28 being unusually dark.)
11:45pm Don Davis (Sue's brother) In bar 4/11/81 @2030 - 2345, no lights at Sharp's when he left
11:30pm-12am Unidentified male states to Allen C. that he didn't notice anything unusual at the Sharp residence, except that a truck was parked there. Approximate time: 11:30 - midnight.
1:00am Connie B. drives past the Sharps and believes the lights were out at that time. Approximate time: 1:00 am.
Connie B. leaves the Bodenham residence to return to Quincy. Has the "weird" feeling she is being watched. <Connie B. / Bradley>
1:00am Marty tells investigators it was unusually dark the first time they left the bar, to walk Marilyn home at 1am. He doesn't mention it being dark when they headed to the bar around 10pm.? - 12am (11:30ish - 12am??) Karl S. stated that he followed the two cars to Keddie in his van. The blue LTD or similar car was parked in front of the residence just south of the Sharp residence. The light-colored small car drove past the Sharp residence and turned left. Karl drove past the blue car and the Sharp residence. He saw that the inside lights were on and the curtains were drawn and the orange porch light was on the front porch. Then Karl turned down the same street as the smaller car and he couldn't see it anywhere. Karl drove to the pond across the bridge and parked there to wait for the vehicles to come out. The vehicles never came out, so he left and went straight to the Pioneer Bar in Greenville. Approximate time: midnight. <Stoy> <Wright>
1-1:30am Karl tells investigators he arrived home around 1-1:30am. His mother, Beatrice, confirms the time.
1981-05-05 810505-?? Karl Spang refuses to give me any further cooperation, stating he was afraid for himself and his children and he can have witnesses testify he didn't go to Quincy on 4-11-81.
That is just my first question out of many regarding timings and the statements of several people.
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Post by heathers on Sept 25, 2023 21:48:50 GMT
Just a theory but maybe Sheila unscrewed the lightbulb to sneak out? Was she ever questioned? I feel like if someone asked me why my fingerprints were on a lightbulb, I would surely know. I either changed the light recently, or I would have unscrewed it for a reason.
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Post by snoho17 on Nov 4, 2023 22:26:59 GMT
I don't think it was unscrewed by Sheila, and she was spending the night next door, not at home. My guess is Sheila screwed the light bulb in when replacing a burn out
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