[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by MTVN

But this case still recieved a lot of publicity before she was found dead. In the case of one of the people who went missing, it had been the sixth time since July so that would have played a part.

I'm unsure if any family pushed for media coverage, they may well not have done, I'm not really in a position to say

I think Joanna's family's willingness to make public appeals when she was missing -at that time of year - put it in the spotlight intially. Given that it was just a week between her officially being reported missing and her body found: the case took a whole new twist - on hunting for a killer - especially when there appeared to be no real motive. Additionally, there was the comparison to a similar type unsolved murder from years ago.

the circumstances - with Greg the boyfriend being away that very weekend Joanna disappeared, her not joining him to 'wave him off goodbye' knowing he'd be driving in fairly bad / snowy driving conitions, him texting / her not replying / Joanna saying she was looking forward to weekend on her own then texting a male friend an hour or so after Greg left Bristol inviting them for a drink, both the father and boyfriend referring to Joanna in the past tense before her body had been found etc ..... there were a lot of elements to the situation which could have spun it in various ways.

Guess what I'm saying is that there were a lot of behaviours in the whole scenario (which could - 'could' - be construed as 'odd/strange/not quite right' - that gave it a far more (gruesomely) interesting angle to it - adding to the heightened intrest in the case. Rather than (for example) - some girl being randomly knifed to death in a shopping centre.