Billionaire heiress abducted during her Friday morning run in Memphis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do her siblings or parents live nearby? I don't understand why any millenials so rich would willingly live in a depressing dump like Memphis full of feral dope addicts and violent criminals. Neither of them were alums of or employed by the University of Memphis either. Is it virtuous or some sort of local cachet to have a Memphis proper return addresses on your Christmas cards?

I have many friends with wealthy parents in the area that choose to live in some fairly rough neighborhoods in DC. They are always championing diversity and make light of the crime in their hood. It’s like a badge of honor.

Some people are legitimately from these cities. Multi generations. This is their home, even if insanely wealthy and can afford elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do her siblings or parents live nearby? I don't understand why any millenials so rich would willingly live in a depressing dump like Memphis full of feral dope addicts and violent criminals. Neither of them were alums of or employed by the University of Memphis either. Is it virtuous or some sort of local cachet to have a Memphis proper return addresses on your Christmas cards?

A quick Zillow search indicates that 111 homes sold in downtown Memphis for $600K or more (43 of those for $1M or more) in the last 6 months alone. Maybe it’s not as depressing a dump as you presume.

Memphis has some really nice UMC neighborhoods….and then within a mile away you can have really rough neighborhoods. Crimes bleeds over very easily.

It really is like Baltimore.

A mile away? More like a block.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this remind anyone else of the movie Fargo? Down to the nitwit husband being an unscrupulous salesman. If the billionaire in-laws thought he was worth a damn he wouldn’t be wasting his working prime at boat dealership. They’d groom him for corporate life, like the Woody Allen movie Match Point.

What are you talking about? The granddaughter was not involved in the business. So why would her husband be given a job? You have to stop watching so much tv. It’s a hardware business that is family owned. The business had 3 billion in revenues. Operating margin at Home Depot are 15%. The grandfather co-ran the business with other people. This means there are other family members, the business is not liquid and the grandfather is not a billionaire. He may be worth a few million. She is not an heiress.

I saw two wealthy sorority sisters marry dumb jock layabout men. Ten years later the washed up jocks had VP executive roles at family-connected businesses. That is in fact how it works.

That’s how it worked for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many rich DC yuppies train for their marathons in SE DC at 4am? That’s what this woman was doing, basically jogging through Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue in skimpy sporty clothes at 4am.

Former Memphis resident here. The University of Memphis neighborhood is a nice area. It’s a very suburban like, spread out part of the city where no one walks anywhere. So I would imagine she would feel safe jogging in the early morning. Pretty much have the sidewalks and roads to herself.

I second the earlier poster who says Memphis is very similar to Baltimore. Lots of old money, beautiful neighborhoods/gardens, great restaurants/bar scene, and fun arts and music scene. But poverty and poor education system makes life there really tough for black people.

your last sentence is why I sometimes can’t stand white liberal people from the northeast. Memphis has poor white people as well.

i’ve noticed on the northeast white is equivalent to being well off. in fact, most white people are not even well off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this remind anyone else of the movie Fargo? Down to the nitwit husband being an unscrupulous salesman. If the billionaire in-laws thought he was worth a damn he wouldn’t be wasting his working prime at boat dealership. They’d groom him for corporate life, like the Woody Allen movie Match Point.

What are you talking about? The granddaughter was not involved in the business. So why would her husband be given a job? You have to stop watching so much tv. It’s a hardware business that is family owned. The business had 3 billion in revenues. Operating margin at Home Depot are 15%. The grandfather co-ran the business with other people. This means there are other family members, the business is not liquid and the grandfather is not a billionaire. He may be worth a few million. She is not an heiress.

exactly. This board has such strange ideas of wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many rich DC yuppies train for their marathons in SE DC at 4am? That’s what this woman was doing, basically jogging through Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue in skimpy sporty clothes at 4am.

Former Memphis resident here. The University of Memphis neighborhood is a nice area. It’s a very suburban like, spread out part of the city where no one walks anywhere. So I would imagine she would feel safe jogging in the early morning. Pretty much have the sidewalks and roads to herself.

I second the earlier poster who says Memphis is very similar to Baltimore. Lots of old money, beautiful neighborhoods/gardens, great restaurants/bar scene, and fun arts and music scene. But poverty and poor education system makes life there really tough for black people.

You've described Memphis in such a positive way. Never used the word crime. Lovely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many rich DC yuppies train for their marathons in SE DC at 4am? That’s what this woman was doing, basically jogging through Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue in skimpy sporty clothes at 4am.

Former Memphis resident here. The University of Memphis neighborhood is a nice area. It’s a very suburban like, spread out part of the city where no one walks anywhere. So I would imagine she would feel safe jogging in the early morning. Pretty much have the sidewalks and roads to herself.

I second the earlier poster who says Memphis is very similar to Baltimore. Lots of old money, beautiful neighborhoods/gardens, great restaurants/bar scene, and fun arts and music scene. But poverty and poor education system makes life there really tough for black people.

You've described Memphis in such a positive way. Never used the word crime. Lovely.

Being a lawless hotbed of hard narcotics, overdoses, and 350 homicides a year becomes “culturally rich.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many rich DC yuppies train for their marathons in SE DC at 4am? That’s what this woman was doing, basically jogging through Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue in skimpy sporty clothes at 4am.

This. I hope this woman is alive and well. However, it's not "victim blaming" to say that we can learn from this and NOT do some of these things. When I was in HS, I lived in a bubble. I went to an expensive private school and was sheltered from a lot of negative sides of the world. I left my wallet in my bag unattended and someone stole $100. I insisted that I should be able to leave things wherever I want and not have someone steal it. Luckily my mom set me straight. She told me that yes, I should be able to leave my purse on the metro even and come back to find it unharmed. I should be able to walk through dark alleys and not get mugged. Unfortunately, that isn't the world that we live in. Not everyone is as good natured or has good intentions and we have to protect ourselves. That isn't victim blaming.

My guess is that being in her mid-thirties and from Memphis, she was aware of the risks but did a cost-benefit and thought nothing like this would ever happen to her. The benefit was completing the run when it fit best into her schedule. Have we not all done something that has an element of risk that could be avoided? I know I have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd bet anything that man is addicted to hard narcotics.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this remind anyone else of the movie Fargo? Down to the nitwit husband being an unscrupulous salesman. If the billionaire in-laws thought he was worth a damn he wouldn’t be wasting his working prime at boat dealership. They’d groom him for corporate life, like the Woody Allen movie Match Point.

What are you talking about? The granddaughter was not involved in the business. So why would her husband be given a job? You have to stop watching so much tv. It’s a hardware business that is family owned. The business had 3 billion in revenues. Operating margin at Home Depot are 15%. The grandfather co-ran the business with other people. This means there are other family members, the business is not liquid and the grandfather is not a billionaire. He may be worth a few million. She is not an heiress.

Thank you for posting this.

15 % of 3 billion in revenue adds up over 40 years. So they are billionaires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many rich DC yuppies train for their marathons in SE DC at 4am? That’s what this woman was doing, basically jogging through Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue in skimpy sporty clothes at 4am.

This. I hope this woman is alive and well. However, it's not "victim blaming" to say that we can learn from this and NOT do some of these things. When I was in HS, I lived in a bubble. I went to an expensive private school and was sheltered from a lot of negative sides of the world. I left my wallet in my bag unattended and someone stole $100. I insisted that I should be able to leave things wherever I want and not have someone steal it. Luckily my mom set me straight. She told me that yes, I should be able to leave my purse on the metro even and come back to find it unharmed. I should be able to walk through dark alleys and not get mugged. Unfortunately, that isn't the world that we live in. Not everyone is as good natured or has good intentions and we have to protect ourselves. That isn't victim blaming.

My guess is that being in her mid-thirties and from Memphis, she was aware of the risks but did a cost-benefit and thought nothing like this would ever happen to her. The benefit was completing the run when it fit best into her schedule. Have we not all done something that has an element of risk that could be avoided? I know I have.

Yes, I don't prefer walking in bright daylight because of heat and potential sun damage, which is itself a risk for skin cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any body language experts want to analyze this. Hubby is quite fidgety.

Disheveled appearance, wiping nonexistent tears, and he’s aged very harshly in their short marriage. Most men settle down after marriage, he went from seemingly clean cut at the wedding to getting a bunch of visible tattoos and has aged 20 years. Red flags galore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m waiting for the “it’s always the husband posters” to return and admit they were wrong!

How do you know? Maybe the husband hired this guy.

sounds like the husband was a tattooed red herring.

[Anonymous]

This has all the makings of a TV crime show, random stranger abduction, billionaire family, kindergarten teacher victim... yet CNN puts a months-old domestic violence missing person as their main story. I can't figure out why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other than coming from a relatively poor background is there any evidence that the husband is a bad person?

Yes, he has tattoos duh /s

He's a self admitted addict. And his job history is sketchy to say the least. I see a lot of reference to his alleged DUIs but I just did a quick Google and don't see anything, so I'm not sure where that's from.

In general, a debutante like this marries a well-to-do lawyer, doctor, or businessman. Not some tattooed military wash out with tattoos all over his hands, arms and legs.

Y’all are tragically uninformed about the prevalence of deadbeats and people with substance use disorders in wealthy Southern families. There’s a crazy Uncle Charles in every family tree down there.