Coincidences: Tammy Zywicki case

I hope I spelled that word right. One of the aspects of Tammy Zywicki's case that I really have never delved into are the coincidences surrounding it. I do not have much left to talk about, but there is one coincidence that makes one think about time. And like I wrote previously, I can understand the explanations for distance, but not time. So that is what I focus on. My blog deals with distance but always in how it relates to time and how one might think.

So I have yet another time explanation dealing with the day Tammy Zywicki disappeared. It is kind of like one of those algebra problems about the two trains where if one leaves at one moment going one speed and the other at another speed, when will they meet. Try to understand....Tammy Zywicki leaves Evanston, IL at 1 pm. travels down the expressway and breaks down at approximately 2:30pm give or take a few minutes for Chicago traffic. I have estimated this. I am guessing someone actually took the route in their car on a Sunday afternoon and would have a better guess or maybe they just used Mapquest(I like things difficult..lol), but I think according to mileage I am relatively sure. She breaks down at 2:30. The last person to see her saw her talking to a semi driver a little before 3:30, 3:28 to be exact.

According to statements 26 different people stopped that tried to help Tammy. I do not like eyewitness statements at 65 mph so lets cut that down to say 12. As her mother said in the article, "All those people stopped to help her and not one of them had a cellular phone they could pick up to get her some help." I started thinking about that and that is REALLY true. So 12 different vehicles stopped to help Tammy, each with a different person. Now estimate the time they spend with her trying to help. It would take at least 1 minute to exit the vehicle(meaning slow down, stop, get out) and another minute to leave to go back to the vehicle if she says she did not need help. Lets also say the conversation between Tammy and each samaritan takes 2 minutes to complete. That is a total of 4 minutes per samaritan. 12 x 4 equals 48 minutes. Now obviously these people are not lined up to come right after the other so lets say the down time is 1 minute meaning after one samaritan leaves she has one minute by herself before another one shows up. So you add 12 + 48 minutes equals 60 minutes. In addition there was a woman who broke down right behind Tammy so close that she could see her car and estimates she only missed her by 15 minutes. I am guessing if this woman has read reports and believes it is the truck driver, who witnesses say Tammy was talking to last at 3:28, then this woman must have broke down around 3:45p.m. Finding out what time she actually broke down would help prove my point even more. My point would also be enhanced if say it takes longer than an hour and a half to drive from Evanston to where she broke down. As for whether or not Tammy Zywicki was a free spirit who would or would not have taken a ride, that really goes out the window because of the car problem. If the car has started before because it cooled and you saw your brother add oil and water, wouldn't one think she would give the car at least an hour before making any type of decision, whether to leave with someone or do something else. There is no reason she would leave her car herself before checking to see if it would start after cooling.

In case you have not figured it out by now, the point I am getting at is that there is no way mathematically possible Tammy Zywicki saw 26 different vehicles who stopped to help her. She didn't have the time. The other point is that her killer is an incredibly lucky individual. Think about it: He manages to stop to talk to Tammy when she is alone with the time window I have prescribed above. As one of the samaritans, in less than 2 minutes he gains her trusts and manages to get her close enough to his car to kidnapp her, all the while not knowing she would be there in the first place. And don't mistake the point. This is a kidnapping. You can rob someone and leave them at their car, especially without a phone. It is not like they can chase you down or call the police. A robber has no regard for the person themselves. They only carry about your belongings, not you(unless of course you are the belonging).

If there is one thing I have always wondered it is why the FBI or police think she was kidnapped by a truck driver. What makes her being kidnapped by a truck driver so cut and dry? I wonder why the FBI does not say to themselves at the exit where she was found, "The guy could have driven 2 minutes down this country road and had complete privacy at night so why didn't he?"

It is an interesting question in regards to Tammy Zywicki's case.