I would like to caution everyone that the hopes that the report from Tom Crowley, if I ever even get a copy, may not hold all of the answers. Maybe not even any of them, and may raise yet more questions. I will copy a segment from an email I got from him on Sunday:
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I have made it quite clear that I am prohibited by law to reveal the results or even content of an investigation to anyone without the clients permission. I spent several days on the original part of this investigation. Thornton quit paying and communicating so I stopped. As we discussed in person at the fairgrounds and in an email, it was inconclusive. No perpetrator was identified. I had strong suspicions as to who I thought it was. I interviewed many people and did some surveillance of a person who later turned out not to be a suspect. I was told that the person was a strong suspect. I was given certain items of evidence from the Gubitz store that turned out to be nothing.
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Of course, if I do get this report, I will certainly post it, but I just don't want anyone thinking that this will be the big expose that will tell all and put nails in a coffin for someone.
Mr. Crowley has told me of his suspicions, but this is just hearsay and there are no facts at my disposal to support what he has said. As such, I am taking them with a grain of salt and cannot divulge what he told me. More than one person has been blasted for rumors based on no facts, so I'm not about to get slapped myself for doing the same thing.
Personally, I believe I may have just thrown away the money I paid Crowley to pay off the debt left by James Thornton. But it needed to be done. I just wish the results would be worth it. $1,170 was a lot of money to pay for 'inconclusive' results, to say the least. I toyed around with the idea of rehiring Mr. Crowley to continue the investigation, but he claims that it would be an entirely NEW investigation he would be doing, and to be quite honest, the prices he is quoting me leads me to believe he would rather not take the case, and this is his way of turning me away.
Much as I would like to get to the bottom of this, I am just not about to throw even more money down this black hole this issue has become. Between the money paid to Crowley, money donated from my own pockets, the money I lost when James walked away, the free advertising I gave away, the money I paid Danni for the work James never paid him for, leasing the server this site is running on, and buying the software needed to get everything running, I have gotten so far into debt just to get where I am right now that I have to put on the brakes and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. This has got to be the most expensive FREE website the universe has ever seen!
If anyone else here has the burning interest and the deep pockets to match, I will be more than happy to give you the contact information for Mr. Crowley and you can do whatever you deem reasonable and prudent to do. And no, don't even THINK about donations of any sort. I would just as soon never hear that word used again in relation to this site or forum.