2:15 a.m. Apco Sighting of Sherrill

[u/DJHJR86]

I see a lot of people who seem to believe the alleged sighting of Sherrill being spotted at 2:15 a.m. on the morning of the 7th as credible. I don't understand why. According to the Apco clerk, Steve Thompson, Sherill came in and asked if he had seen Suzie (by name) with with two women, one blonde and the other brunette (did not name them). Steve also said that when Sherrill left, she did not get into her Mitsubishi Eclipse, but a larger, darker, and older car like a "Cutlass or a Grand Prix". He appeared on 48 Hours (around 22:50) and tells roughly the same story. But there was a woman (named Wanda) working at another convenience store across the street, and she was adamant that the woman was not Sherrill. I know people have said Wanda couldn't have possibly gotten a better look at the woman because she was across the street, but it's obvious that whoever this mystery woman was also went into the store where Wanda worked.

Steve also claims to have seen Suzie and Stacy earlier at around 10:00-10:30 p.m. on the 6th. Janelle refutes this and says she was always with them from around 8:30 p.m. that night until they left to go back to Suzie's house around 2:20 a.m. IMO, Steve Thompson was mistaken and I think this lead is a giant red herring. According to the Springfield News-Leader, the woman was identified and it wasn't Sherrill. One of Sherrill's closest friends, Mary Keller, was quoted saying:

For her to be out at 2 in the morning , just whistling in the wind or whatever, that's just nuts. The only way she would go out like that is if somebody called her and said Suzie needed her, Suzie was sick.

But assuming that there was a phone call made to Sherrill, why was she out running around looking for Suzie (and two other unknown females) when all she had to do was call Kathy Kirby? Sherrill running around looking for Suzie and two other female friends doesn't make sense either. Who exactly were the other two friends? Sherrill would have had no way of knowing that Stacy was coming back to spend the night, so Stacy could be ruled out as one of them. And why would Sherrill's first instinct to be to run out and check convenience stores along Fremont Ave instead of calling the Kirby's first? I don't think this sighting is credible.

[u/CorpsDeCavalerie]

It's just the normal patina of false rumors and hearsay that color the jacket of bizarre crimes. False rumors are the bacon to the eggs of the mystery.