The Pure Coincidence book series contains many crime cases.....most of which are homicide or arson cases. I have studied these cases for many years now, and have looked at them from almost every conceivable angle. My methods have sometimes varied, and many times been far from the established norm as far as investigation goes. Still, I have uncovered many things that I find absolutely fascinating.....if not extremely revealing about the person or persons who committed the crimes.

One book of Pure Coincidence shows all the "triangles" that I discovered while looking into our local murder cases. If a line is drawn on a map from one dead body to another, and on to another, it doesn't take long to see the formation of triangles on the map. Eventually these triangles begin to overlap one another until it becomes difficult to distinguish one from another.

The research that revealed, what I refer to as the "42 day pattern," was just such a situation.

Ultimately I ended up using several calendars in my research because it was so difficult to keep track of which case connected to another.

In the 42 day experiment, we must completely ignore the "years" involved in the cases, and concentrate entirely upon calendar days.

This project is not complete, but even so, I decided to share it with my readers.

As others are located, and as time permits, I will add the new findings to the list.

The man I refer to as "Wild Bill" in my stories is very prominent in this picture..... as usual.

And once again, I want to remind the reader that this man was a close family friend for several years and during that time he learned my birthday as well as every one of my family member's birthdays.

At one time, it was not unusual for him to attend birthday dinners and other family events for my husband, my mother, my daughter, my sister; etc.

So the man has complete knowledge of when anniversaries, birthdays and other "personal holidays" are within my family and close friends.

This page is {originally} posted this 5th day of March, 2002 ......on the 7th anniversary of the murder of Kimberly Fulton and her son Daniel.

I have neither forgotten nor forsaken, and it matters not who agrees or disagrees because no one has presented a better theory.

Therefore, my research and documentation rise above the speculations and personal opinions, and shall stand until proven wrong.

Sincerely,

Bonnie M. Wells

There Are 42 Days....

between Wild Bill's first arrest in Marietta, Ohio on a sex-crime charge -(12-26)- to the murder of Washington County Deputy Ray Clark (2-07)

There Are 42 Days....

{**}

from the death of Sammy Lyons -{12-28}- to the murder of Deputy Ray Clark -{2-07}-

{Note: Sammy's brother is also a deputy}.

There Are 42 Days ....

{**}

from Wild Bill's first sex-crime-related arrest -(12-26)- to the murder of hooker Roda Snyder -(2-05)-

There Are 42 Days....

from the fire at Kimberly T.'s home -{12-14}- to the fire at P. Clark's home -{1-24}-

{Note: 12-14 is my niece's birthday: 1-24 is Wild Bill's sister's birthday: & Kimberly T's 2 yr. old son died in the fire}.

There are 42 Days....

from the fire at P. Clark's home -{1-24}- to fire at Kimberly Fulton's home -{3-05}-

{Note: This Kimberly's 2 yr. old son also perished in the fire}

There Are 42 Days....

from my birthday -{1-21}- to the murder of Chasity Dawn Cottrell -{3-03}-

{Note: 3-03 is my mother's birthday}

There Are 42 Days....

between Charlotte Russell's death -{1-31}- to my son-in-law's birthday -{3-14} {**when February has 29 days}

There Are 42 Days....

from Charlotte Russell's death -{1-31}- to the fire at the home of Emmette Brown -{3-13} {Feb= 28 days}

There Are 42 Days....

from the fire at Emmette Brown's home -{3-13}- to the disappearance of Patsy Sparks -{4-23}-

There Are 42 Days....

from Wild Bill's second arrest {4-14} to the murder of Sheree Petry {5-25}:

There Are 42 Days....

from the disappearance of Patsy Dawn Sparks -{4-23}- to the murder of Emily Christine Ullman -{6-03}-

{Note: 6-04 is my wedding anniversary}

There Are 42 Days....

from Sheree Petry's murder -{5-24}- to Terri Roach's murder -{7-04}-

There Are 42 Days....

from my old wedding anniversary {when I was married to G. "Gordon" 5-15} to the murder of Carol "Gordon" -{6-25}-

{Note: Gordon was my daughter's maiden name}

There Are 42 Days....

from Carol Gordon' murder (6-25) to Anna Marie Brown's murder (8-06)

There Are 42 Days....

from the date that Wild Bill was released from jail on his second sex offense -{6-25}- to the murder of Maybelle Clark -{8-06}-

There Are 42 Days....

from Ronda Manley's murder -{8-24}- to the fire at Mrs. Martin's home on Park Avenue in Parkersburg -{10-4}-

{Note: Martin was my maiden name}

There Are 42 Days....

between My sister's birthday{12-12} and Wild Bill's sister's birthday {1-24}-

5-04-2002

Note: Terri Roach's birthday. While working on this web site in the early morning hours, I made another "42 day" discovery. It is one I should have seen long ago, but didn't. Perhaps because of so much material to try to keep track of and make sense of. Regardless, for Terri ..... for all the others that have followed her.

There Are 42 Days....

between the printing of my stories Sey Von Sharee and Yellow Jackets Galore back in 1991. Of course, this was a true "coincidence" ... or at least it appears to me to be one, since I had no control over the dates in which the stories would appear in the news paper.

However, if I'm right about the "42 Day Drama" the "acting out" of those stories via the murders of Sheree Petry and Jenifer McCrady was no coincidence or accidental event.

Instead, it was calculated, premeditated and deliberate.

So ... assuming Jackie McCrady did in fact murder his wife, and Dennis Rydbom did in fact murder Sheree Petry, and assuming that each of the victims named above did in fact have a different killer .... as most want to believe... I have uncovered yet another extremely unusual pattern within unconnected cases. Is this possible? Sure. I could scout the internet or local news papers and pick victims at random who were murdered 42 days from the last date I pulled out of a hat. Anybody could do that and there would be nothing unusual about it, with the exception of the person doing such a thing. I'd think they had an "unusual problem," if anybody asked me!

However there are 17 separate situations listed on this page. Each "situation" involves 2 people or events, thus giving a total of 34 separate events such as arrest, arson and murder - {* except for the birthday oddity between my sister and his*} I think this is very unusual in itself, but the most unusual thing about all of it is the fact that each of these events is connected {by the 42 days} to either Wild Bill or me! And an even stranger fact is that after Wild Bill met me, all the events were connected to me by names of the victims, dates they were killed, or some other direct passage.

Now I know "coincidence" does occur, and I'm aware that "circumstantial evidence" is not "concrete." But, even the concrete doesn't do any good in this nation anymore!

And this seems like a good place to quote two things that I have ran across in my research efforts in the past few months ...

1. From a former federal prosecutor ...."Circumstantial evidence is some of the best evidence you can have because circumstances don't lie."

2. "Three coincidences equals one conspiracy."

Now I was once told by a lawman that he didn't believe in conspiracies. Of course that made me wonder because lawmen are not supposed to believe in coincidences! Made me wonder just what the guy did believe in.

But, as time went on, I discovered he certainly must have believed in conspiracies, even though he claimed he didn't. I guess it's a good thing that I believed in them.

And, I suppose it's a good thing that I also believe in coincidences .... otherwise, how could the above list ever be explained?

Now I know there are a lot of people in this world, so I'm absolutely certain that there are other people out there somewhere .... if not in America, perhaps across the ocean .... who can show the same kind of pattern that I have documented on this page. So, being a scientist at heart, I'm going to issue a challenge to the entire world today!

I challenge each and every person who reads this page to find ..... I'll give you a big break here ..... not 32 events such as I have found, but a mere 10 .... find ten criminal events connected to you by name, address, birthdate, etc. These must all be crimes committed by different people, and people that you do not know or have ever heard of prior to their arrest. And of course the main requirement in this experiment is to be sure there are the same number of days from or between the events. In my {or Wild Bill's - sometimes it's difficult to tell us apart!} case, the number is 42. You can choose your own number, or you're welcome to use "our" 42.

Okay....get on your mark ..... get ready ..... get set ..... GOOOOOOOO!

If you'll all excuse me now, I have to go check my email because I know the cases are going to pour in! I'll be glad to post them on the "42 Day Response Page." Please be sure to tell me in the emails whether you want your name posted along with the article!

Bye, bye ...... I just know you'll "write soon!"

Special Note: As of [the last update of this page], 2006 there has not been one single person that has met the above challenge .... not one! I was thinking I'd be swamped with letters showing how this was not unusual or uncommon. Guess I was wrong ..... so what does that say about my theory? Almost sounds like I've uncovered another "pattern" instead of a series of coincidences, now doesn't it?

ATTENTION: SEE FOLLOWING LETTER OF 2-14-05:

A Response To This Page & The 2.2 Mile Connections Page!

Check this out mathematicians!

Hi Bonnie,

The odds against finding 16 cases that are 42 days apart regardless of year are approximately 183 to the 15th power divided by 183. This equals 47 nonillion to one. A nonillion is a one followed by thirty zeros.

[1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ]

The chances of finding 16 cases an equal number days apart regardless of year, falls within the range of 0 to 183. No case can be longer than 183 days regardless of year. So, if there were 16 cases that were 33 days apart, the odds would still be the same...47 nonillion to one.

The chances of finding just 10 cases an equal number of days apart regardless of year are approximately 183 to the ninth power divided by 183. This equals odds of just over one quintillion to one. A quintillion is a one followed by 18 zeros.

The chances of finding just 6 cases an equal number of days apart regardless of year are approximately 183 to the fifth power divided by 183. This equals odds of 1, 121, 513,121 to one. Just over a billion to one odds.

Bonnie, this may be just as good as a DNA fingerprint. You may be onto something here! :-)

Kenny

Thank you Kenny. Once again it appears that I have done something that is nearly humanly impossible, and once again, no one within the field of law enforcement, apparently anywhere in this nation, is even interested. How sad. / Bonnie

PS: The portion of Ken's calculations that pertain to mileage has been moved to the 2.2 Mile Connection page.

Note: I have "adopted" the following poem. It is about the greatest thing I've ever ran across on the internet, and I honestly think God had me in mind when the author laid pen to paper!

Coincidence Spatter Analysis

By Vance Holmes

"One suspicious death, does not a pattern make;

It's impossible, from a single fall, to say it's real or fake;

But a second fatal event is a wholly different matter,

It allows for an inspection of the coincidental spatter.

Some large and obvious similarities, may reveal a single source,

And the smaller the coincidences -- the greater was the force.

Look for tiny dual details, dots in odd and angled degrees,

And the cast off stains of haunted lives that appear in twos and threes.

From guilty smears and transfer stains of similar shape and size,

Two homicides will converge, in a string of deadly lies --

Tying together twin details from remote and distant times,

To a point of common origin, the perpetrator of both crimes."

2007 & 2008 Cases

There are [42] days from the disappearance of Brandi Wells { August 3} to the disappearance of Marie Blough {September 13}.

There are [42] days from the disappearance of Brenda Tomlin { October 27th, 2007} until Wild Bill's birthday {Dec. 8th}.

There are [42] days from the disappearance {murder} of Leah Hickman {December 14th} to the disappearance of Teresa Butler {January 24}:

There are [42] days from the murder of Judith Petty {Feb. 7} to the murder of Ruth Robinson {March 19} Note: Both Parkersburg, West Virginia victims:

There are [42] days from the birthday {March 2} of Wild Bill's girlfriend Cindy, to the murder of Rebecca Hoyler {April 13}.

Bonnie M. Wells

Pure Coincidence

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