The Disturbing Mystery of the Jamison Family

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Published 2018-03-16
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All Comments (21)
  • @ludameri1384
    I wish dogs could talk this would've been easier to solve
  • @Keira-bz7tm
    Me: being pissed off that these are all unsolved Also me: still watching
  • the fact that they called their child madyson stormy star already tells you they’d be the type to want to live in a storage container in the mountains 💀
  • @samryder8496
    “Can I bring my dog?” is definitely something I would say being held at gunpoint
  • @endorphinzz
    "I think they either left willingly or by force." Um, as opposed to what, leaving by accident?
  • @starfox5165
    ‘I think they either left willingly, or by force.’ Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa.
  • @jackthecreature
    "They either left willingly, or by force" They were either murdered, or they were not.
  • @wiepo18
    God if only that dog could talk, we would know was really happened.
  • @simonewers4369
    That police guy: "They either left willingly or by force!" Well done, Sherlock! Maybe I should become a weather forecaster: "It'll either rain tomorrow or it won't".
  • @GreatDeath52
    "How fast is a six year old?" Ryan has never babysat a toddler before, if they want to be somewhere, there's no stopping them
  • @frannyb99
    “they either left willingly, or by force” this could only have been discovered at two times, during the day or during the night.
  • @scav7085
    The terrifying thing is that there’s probably somebody who knows what happened to them.
  • "How fast is a 6 year old?!" Obviously someone has never tried to get something away from a small child before. There is nothing faster than a toddler with something in their mouth that they aren't supposed to be eating.
  • @starfruit5370
    You know a name is too white when a white person, such as myself, thinks the name “Madyson Stormy Star” is super white
  • @VoxVocisCruora
    The fact that the remains were found only 2.3 miles from their truck, in an area that had been searched by a big search party, suggests to me that they could have possibly been dumped there after that search. Sure, they could have been there all along and we could wonder how thorough the search party actually was, but it's also just as likely that they just weren't there at the time. It's not uncommon for people to be snatched, killed, and then their killer to hold onto the bodies to dump at a later date. Or, likewise, for people to snatched, held onto for a while, then killed and dumped relatively quickly. Since there was four years in between the search party and the discovery of the remains, it's impossible to determine when those remains got in that location. bodies don't last long in the wilderness, even without being scavenged upon by animals and whatnot. It's possible it took less than 6 months for them to be reduced to nothing but bone.
  • @geeboyd123
    I'm late on this one, but you guys missed a theory (I don't blame you, there's a lot going on in this case) - because Bobby was disabled after a car accident, he hired someone to help with work around the property. After several weeks, the man they hired learned that Sherilyn was of Indigenous descent, and the family found out that this man was a member of a local white supremacist group. He started hurling racial insults at Sherilyn before she chased him out of the house with her gun (that was later NOT found at the crime scene or anywhere on their property). This is especially interesting when you consider the woman who used to be a member of a local white supremacist group that had a hitlist including Sherilyn. Could this be the same group the man Bobby hired was a part of? He ended up having an alibi and there was no evidence against him, but that doesn't mean he didn't have other group members kill the family. This also fits loosely with the cult theory, as such a group could be considered a kind of cult. Here's my theory of how things played out: we know the family went on a hike before the incident, then got back in their car. I think the Neo-nazis tailed them or waited in ambush and jumped out at the family with guns or blocked their way with another vehicle. The car was found in a way that suggested they weren't parked, but had pulled over unexpectedly. The family would then be forced to get out, leaving their most important belongings and Maisie behind. The family wouldn't have willingly walked over 2 miles through rough terrain, as both parents were disabled. They were probably forced to walk into the woods at gunpoint before being shot, execution-style. The bodies were found in a position that suggests this is how they died. While the remains were too damaged to determine cause of death, a small hole was found in Bobby's head that could be a .22 round. This is the type of gun Sherilyn had, did they perhaps execute the family with their own weapon? I also think this doesn't rule out any meth related theories either, because the family (as well as the white supremacists) could have been involved in the drug trade. Maybe the Jamisons saw something they shouldn't have regarding drugs, and that's why someone killed them. The briefcase full of money was hidden under the car seat, so it's reasonable that the killers wouldn't have found it. There was, however, a missing bag that Sherilyn had been seen packing on the security camera footage. Did this bag also contain cash, but was found by the attackers? This is such a strange case that no one theory perfectly fits. Anyways thanks if you read this far lol [edited for clarity]
  • @bloop5337
    “they found maisie malnourished” me: oh no “but miraculously, she survived” me: oh thank god
  • "they wouldn't have take their six year old daughter on a drug deal" lol, as if there are not a lot of terrible parents out there
  • @nave365
    The money in the car could have been an unofficial savings account in the states if your on disability and you save over a certain amount of money you get kicked off your disability checks so they could have been keeping any extra money they had in cash to avoid that