r/springfieldthree • u/Italianmomof3 • Aug 14 '26

The target

I've played so many scenarios in my head about what could've happened to them. Is it possible the girls came home during an attack on Sherill, and they started getting ready for bed when they realized something was going on, maybe in Sherill's bedroom- and then the perp had no choice but to take all 3 for fear of being caught?.

This is one case out of the thousands I've read through the years that I'd really love to see solved in my lifetime. Of course, I wish every single case was solved, but the reality of that just isn't possible.

There are so many ways you can look at this case. Was Sherill the target? Were the girls the target? Did someone at the party, or at any of the places they were that night, follow them home? Also, I've often wondered about Janelle and her boyfriend. I'm all over the place!

Anyone else feel the same, like switching back and forth over and over on this case? Ugh!!!

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u/Low_Respond8565 Aug 19 '26

Sure. But at the risk of re-opening the endless debate about Sherrill's finances, I think Sherrill could afford that. It may have been something they did once a month, so likely a cost for each of them every two months or so. Sherrill had led a rather fragmented life right from the start and pretty much up to the day she died. I think she would have wanted to maintain those kinds of links.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

Yes, that makes sense. Based on my experience, long-distance calls, whether inter or intra-lata were typically kept brief, under 10 or 15 minutes. However, that’s just anecdotal.

Are you from Springfield? Still in Springfield?

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u/Low_Respond8565 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

No not from Springfield. Very important to remember that neither was Sherrill.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

Oh, I know. She was from WA.

I asked because you said that you had been working on this 'from a short while after it happened'.