Michigan: To say that she [JoAnn Matouk Romain] left the church to walk across the street in twelve-degree weather, dark of night where it was icy and snowy into a flood of freezing cold water [Lake St Clair] to take her own life, it just doesn’t make sense. Unsolved Mysteries s2e5: Lady in the Lake, daughter
They [rozzers] said we think your mom walked from the car to the water and committed suicide. ibid.
Southwest Boblo Island: 35 miles from St Paul Catholic Church: JoAnn Romain was found down on the Detroit River on the Canadian side of an island called Boblo Island … I don’t see anything that points to suicide. ibid. investigative reporter
I believe that my mom was abducted while walking out of church; she was grabbed from the left side where the bruises and contusions were on her arm, and her purse was ripped, pushed into her own car where the abductor then drove away. ibid.
Harlem, New York, Thursday 18 May 1989: When you have missing children [Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker], you do what needs to be done. The search area for Christopher was 24 blocks … ’ Unsolved Mysteries s2e6: Stolen Kids, rozzer
There’s considerable concern from headquarters as well as locally. You know, what the heck’s going on? The times of the day were similar, the days of the week … There’s just way too many similarities … ibid.
In Miami Beach Florida on the afternoon of the 28th November 1974 John Stonehouse, a former member of the British government, walked down to the water’s edge ... Days later he was reported missing, presumed drowned. Vanishings: The Disappearance of John Stonehouse
Stonehouse concentrated on overseas sales, and quickly took the lead in securing a lucrative Air Defence Contract from Saudi Arabia. ibid.
When he arrived at 10 Downing Street he was shocked to hear he was suspected of being a spy. ibid.
The English Bangladesh Trust Ltd: he [John Stonehouse] also invested heavily himself and spent the next nine months cajoling businesses to provide further backing. But then just as the Bank was about to offer its shares to the general public the Sunday Times published a highly critical article about the way the bank was being established. So he pledged even more money himself. ibid.
The Bangladeshi community in Britain pledged no more than fifteen thousand pounds. ibid.
He decided there was no choice but to disappear. ibid.
John Stonehouse headed to Melbourne in Australia. ibid.