Does anyone know the location of the lake house Mr. Roland owned that he started his day from on July 21, 1997?
I’m not sure the exact address but it was located in the Eagle View Neighborhood in Broaddus, TX. My grandparents lived a few houses down from him in the same neighborhood.
That’s very helpful, thank you! I will update the case and put a general pin on the map for that neighborhood.
This case gives very little information to go from. Does anyone know family members, spouse, parents, work relations, etc. ? Do we have facts that he actually went to Powell Park and if so, day before or day of? What was used to sink the boat? Did he stay at lake house that trip or was it just a fact, but not pertinent to the timeline?
I am not a detective by any means , however theres a few things that jump out at me after reviewing the timeline of events and comparing them with the map . This screams multiple assailant!!! I have a theroy id like to share and maybe im way off base but here it is … Witnesses claim he was going fishing that monday . Who are the witnesses we dont know … but he had to have had an altercation with a group of individuals either on the water or at the marina. Something horrific happened obviously. Its my belief that after the altercation, one or more individuals took his truck and trailer from the marina and met another assailant at the dump location of the boat … After looking at satellite images of the area where the boat was located, it looks very specific , not just some random spot … one can only conclude that the individuals who committed this crime knew the lake and its roads very well …Im not sure what that area looked like in 1997 but if you look to the east of where they found the boat there is a secluded field with a road running through it all the way to the water . It is my theroy that thats where the assailants met up and attemped to destroy / sink the boat , and that the boat drifted to where it eventually ended up. I further believe that they then headed to dump the trailer and eventually the truck at its final locations … With that said Mr Roland’s remains havent been discovered and i have a few questions in reguards to some missing details . Did investigators check to see how much fuel was in the boat upon discovery if so how much ? Was an anchor loacted on the boat ? I ask this because i am almost certain that they had divers searching for him , more than likely in the slew where they found the boat and obviously turned up nothing . Did they check the waters off the coast between the marina and the boats final location? Did they search that field and forest area to the east of where they found the boat ? And did they do a grid search in the area of the truck ? I have a hunch that Mr Roland isnt in the water but is in fact on land either close to where they discovered the boat or close to the truck … i have no proof to this just a hunch based off of what i can see . I look forward to more discussion about this , and even more so that investigators find and bring Mr Roland home to his family !!!
How long after the death of the victim did the wife get remarried? Did the wife keep all his belongings, or did she dispose of everything?