WA prospector death and missing wife. The Raymond & Jennie Kehlet mystery.

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With the Dog being found in the town, It is possible that it followed or was given A Lift by either that Bloke or the Woman, Wired.
 
Could be either i suppose LC76, but my wife and i both thought it was a strange look from the copper at that moment. As if he was trying to think of what to say without giving anything away.
 
didnt really answer any questions im sure we all have or at least had, and only raised a few more for me, i just hope something can be found out so the family of the couple can get answers and start to more on (for lack of a better term, no disrespect meant)
 
The pepper spray may be a clue, a long shot but when you buy it you have to register your vehicle rego here.
 
That Copper Lied when he Answered that Awkward Question, I think they know and It wont be long before they make An Arrest.

So when someone goes detecting from the early morning in to the early hours of the Next Morning and Goes back to camp packs up his Truck and then goes for a 700k Drive Home,

Ephedrine 60s, Yeah Baby, Stay Awakes Anyone. lol

john
 
I agree I had the same feeling, things don't add up. The events as I believe he told it were

- Dog ran away, couple chased after it in separate directions (why if you saw it run off)
- They both took quad bikes? or just one of them
- He then decided to go off prospecting by himself
- Returned to camp around 2-3am from prospecting all day and night (wtf!)
- Left camp without letting them know, or picking up any of his gear or noticing if the quad bike was back or the dog?

I believe that all of us that have been prospecting would know that this sounds a little different to what 99% of us would do. Of course that does not mean it is not true and that is exactly what happened. However things don't add up in a general prospectors way of doing things. Perhaps that's were I am going wrong...

As other have mentioned detecting is hard work and to go out all day and night, then drive home I don't believe many of us could carry that work load off. I know I couldn't and I consider myself pretty fit strong and young. Having not used an ATX I am not sure of the weight but a 5000 all day and night, well I reckon I wouldn't be able to move let alone drive another 6hrs ?

Night detecting is not strange by itself I have done it many times and I am sure others have too, however you would have been back to camp had a rest grabbed some grub and then headed out. If he was gone all day and night that would mean you had lunch, dinner and all of your water with you plus equipment, this would be fairly weighty, he did not look like a big person that would carry that weight easy.

If you had done such a large area, wouldn't you take a GPS especially if you plan on coming back late? If that is the case you could get the history off the GPS showing that was exactly what happened. I don't believe that anyone would go out for such a large walk would not take a GPS especially at night to find your way back to camp. That would easily clear the person, if no GPS well "Please explain"

When you came back to camp, wouldn't you see if the dog is back as well. A great Dane is pretty hard to miss and ANY dog would have made a noise on a person coming into camp, even it was known to them. Was the quad bike there as well. Small camp would have been easy to see and notice all was ok before leaving back to town.

As for leaving and not saying bye, well that is semi ok, I get you don't disturb a couple in the middle of the night, but do you think packing down your camp, starting the car and driving off would not wake them anyway.

Do not want to incriminate any person, however as a prospector who has done a lot of trips in the WA outback, things don't add up to what is "normally" done while out in the bush. There are too many questions that need answering. I believe most of us are all thinking the same thing.
 
mr. milne said the dog was there when he got back to camp in the early morning, but he also said he lent them his quad, as well as them taking their own bike to look for the dog when it took off, two quads not in camp when he was packing up seems hard to miss to me, i am not pointing the finger at him but just doesn't make sense that you would do a huge day and night detect that would ruin you then drive a massive distance home for work, wouldnt you have a easier day detecting then leave earlier so you could rest (good nights sleep) before work, maybe i dont work as hard as some while detecting but after detecting on the beach walking, swinging and digging it is tiring let alone doing it in the hard WA outback for a huge amount of time then driving home without some rest is just strange to me
 
jamie said:
mr. milne said the dog was there when he got back to camp in the early morning, but he also said he lent them his quad, as well as them taking their own bike to look for the dog when it took off, two quads not in camp when he was packing up seems hard to miss to me, i am not pointing the finger at him but just doesn't make sense that you would do a huge day and night detect that would ruin you then drive a massive distance home for work, wouldnt you have a easier day detecting then leave earlier so you could rest (good nights sleep) before work, maybe i dont work as hard as some while detecting but after detecting on the beach walking, swinging and digging it is tiring let alone doing it in the hard WA outback for a huge amount of time then driving home without some rest is just strange to me
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I have done some crazy marathons At Work, But the Bush can and does wear you out just by sitting in the shade or Pottering about the House there's no way could I detect for almost 24 hours and then pack up and drive home, I Drove from the Sunshine Coast to way in land NSW In one Night Once and that nearly fried my brains,

john
 
that what i mean John, i have spent alot of time in the bush, maybe not as extreme as the WA goldfields but i cant fathom how someone does a stint detecting for such a period then drives home over such a distance without rest, i have done some long hiking, and i really dont see myself being able to drive home after some of it without a good rest first, i dont know but maybe he drove a couple of hours then had a nap and continued on from there just nothing adds up to me
 
jamie said:
that what i mean John, i have spent alot of time in the bush, maybe not as extreme as the WA goldfields but i cant fathom how someone does a stint detecting for such a period then drives home over such a distance without rest, i have done some long hiking, and i really dont see myself being able to drive home after some of it without a good rest first, i dont know but maybe he drove a couple of hours then had a nap and continued on from there just nothing adds up to me
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Don't know Mate, I did a 40 mile walk once in 14 hrs 35 minutes and I was dead on my feet and I was young and very Fit but detecting and digging that flaming hard ground In that Heat, for 20 odd hours non stop and then driving all that way without another person there to keep you awake, Now way could I do it, I love driving out in the Bush but that's just a little over the top,

John
 
Tathradj said:
I think that both Old Mate and the police are not admitting the whole story to protect something.
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So sad for every one involved. I hope an end comes to this soon. :|
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Yep, I hate seeing the Kids upset like that, I hope the woman is found safe just for the kids sake, I think they have lost enough,

john
 
Thanks Jamie, missed the part about him saying the dog was back in camp. That then raises other questions, such as was it tied up! if so how then did it get loose and get to Sandstone. I know if I had a dog run off, once it was back it would be secured so it couldn't get away again, that just me though so who knows.

As the saying goes, where there's smoke there's fire and at the moment I think there a few puffs of smoke blowing.
 
The missus just brought up a good point, while not strange to leave your equipment with friends, how would they have taken back the extra quad bike if there was two to be used or have I got this wrong and there was only one bike.
 
no their was two bikes they already had a camper trailer and a ute for their bike so how would they get the other home and the reporter said the dog was there not the guy, but what about when he said find the women and we will find the truth he is saying she had something to do with it or did he shoot her and the bullet will say it was murder
 
Having knowledge of what happened and being able to prove it in court are two different things. When the cops can cross all the t's and dot all the i's they will make their move and not one minute before, it is way too easy under our legal system to get off if the case is not airtight.
 

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