Just to be clear,
The OP has admitted he was wrong about his theory,

my point was, perhaps a little forcefully made, was to accuse him of being a racist for formulating a theory out of some of the leads that were circulating in the press at the time, is wrong.
Ok, he was wrong. I don’t think that was the reason she wasn’t found for three months.

And then our unstable friend Bill from Wisconsin got involved, and, well, kind of sad to watch a melt-down, however entertaining.