Rockefeller case may be linked to San Marino bones
A pile of bones found in a San Marino backyard in the mid-1990s may be linked to the Clark Rockefeller case, officials said.
The bones, discovered during a San Marino pool excavation in 1994, may be linked to a missing honeymood couple from San Marino John and Linda Sohus, who disappeared in February 1985.
Baldwin Park Police Chief Lili Hadsell, who was a San Marino police officer at the time the couple went missing, recalled the case Tuesday.
Back in the 1980s and 1990, the man suspected of being Rockefeller, used several aliases including Christopher Crow and Christopher Mount Batten.
Check out this story from the Boston Herald.
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Yep, that's our Rockaphony alright! "Mountbatten" (the British Royal family) is an alias as pretentious as "Rockefeller" - and this murderous grifter certainly knew how to lick up to nouveau riche Americans with their pseudo-charities.
His German name (or another alias?) appears to be "Christian Gerhard Streider." Where are the German authorities, friends & family in Westerwald (or wherever) to confirm? And what happened to the missing years (1985-90)?
I suggested days ago he might be a Stasi-trained mole, a deep-cover asset. That possibility looks improbable now, useless homicide isn't professional!
I remember seeing a special about this on TLC years ago. Amazing.
I'm inclined to belive that this man is some form of secret Govt agent. The sad thing is that he will probably either drop off the face of the earth or suicide. Obviously not self imposed though.
Now we read that Jon/John Sohus had been working for NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs for a decade or so before his disappearance/murder. Hmm! What kind of security clearance did he have on these 'database projects'? The Stasi especially targeted German communities abroad, for infiltrartion & cover. Was Didi Deitrick/Sohus a first generation German-American?
The love-triangle theory (to explain the Sohus' murder) is less compelling, after Rockaphony expertly manufactures aliases & identities - for over 20 years - to infiltrate another, higher-level community and defense technology center, Boston-Cambridge. Moving on up! Coincidence?
People in Boston are already wondering who will play Clarkster in the film adaptation: Kevin Spacey or Robin Williams? Frank, may I suggest you contact Jessica Van Sack at the Herald? Her work has been exceptional.