Total-Ad-5982 t1_jeejlsr wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:15 PM

About 10 years ago an older woman at the brake table had a theory that the women were buried somewhere in the mark twain national forest and that no one will ever find them. Kinda makes sense to me

Ichhattekrebs OP t1_jeezkky wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Was she credible?

Total-Ad-5982 t1_jef6lif wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:53 PM

I think it was just her personal opinion But mark twain is huge and a short drive from springfield

lochlainn t1_jef92ni wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:09 PM

It's a credible idea all around. It's a huge, densely wooded, low visibility, and low population area, and there's no reason to dig in any random given spot.

There's probably parts of the forest surprisingly close to Springfield that human eyes only see every year or so.

Ichhattekrebs OP t1_jefalz1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:19 PM

Interesting. We could do random digs around there.

lochlainn t1_jefbngk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:26 PM

You won't find anything of note, you'll take the rest of your life attempting it, and won't get anywhere close to finished.

Digging in Missouri is an exercise to try the patience of a saint, or the desperation of a murderer. I can't imagine the amount of work it would take to bury three bodies, even in the best of Missouri soil.

Ichhattekrebs OP t1_jefbwrz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Mabye there were empty shafts or wells where they put them?

lochlainn t1_jefd284 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:35 PM

We only have lead mining, and none of it is close to Springfield.

And our wells are typically cased 10" steel pipes. Old style wells do exist, but they're rare enough you'd have to know of an abandoned one beforehand. That would be harder to find than just digging a grave.

Maxwyfe t1_jefv1k7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:32 PM

That forest is huge and very rugged. Easy to hide a body if you can get it in there far enough. And if you can't, some unfortunate hunter finds it eventually.