Hi Josh
The podcast is amazing and insightful. I have been very intrigued by these type of cases since the Chris Jenkins case
A couple things from the podcast and timeline that I find interesting
40 minutes is a short amount of time to be at a card party.Was Josh meeting somebody?
Who else has access and keys to dorm rooms in a College campus? Security, facility personnel and janitorial staff,all of which work late into the night.Did any staff members quit or relocate shortly after Josh’s dissappearance?
You also make mention of a building/house with a door left open and a furnace room open on the night of the disappearance.I find that to be a very strange detail and a place where Josh could have been taken or perhaps told to meet someone there .Would you happen to know where that area is in relation to the map?
@brianwestrem and @stellen117 thanks for listening! And for the comments/questions.
I agree that Josh may likely have been meeting up with someone given that he left so quickly and abruptly. We'll talk more about that in Ep4. The faculty residents (monks who lived in the dorms along with the students) would also have access to the dorms, along with life safety security personnel, and other staff (such as those who worked in resident life). The question of whether any staff quit or relocated shortly after Josh's disappearance is very difficult to answer. That would require SJU's cooperation in our investigative efforts, which they have flatly rejected. However, from my understanding, they have been extremely cooperative with Stearns County investigators. So, all we can do is hope that investigators have explored that angle. I agree that the detail regarding the unsecured doors at that house in the woods is concerning. It was a campus-owned property that is west of Nate's Metten Court dorm. Unfortunately, I've told you most of what we know regarding that detail - and I'm not sure that it was ever explored beyond what I've reported.
Brian Guimond did try to force Stearns County to turn over their investigative file (not to make it public, mind you - but to share it with the family and their investigators/lawyers). A Stearns County judge recently took a look at the investigative file and concluded that the investigation is too active to allow that sort of release. As such, the judge denied Brian's request.