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I'm still a relatively amateur editor, so ideally someone with more chops could chime in.
I believe the claim "It appeared the girls had made it back to the car that afternoon, as the gifts they had purchased were found in the car" should be presented with a level of scrutiny that is currently lacking. The level of discernment in this claim also seems to be inconsistent with the rest of the article. For instance, when addressing the 'Sweet Honesty' top, disparities in description among the sources are clearly communicated to the reader.
Via a cursory online search, I have seen many people cite the Gone Cold podcast's coverage of the case, that seems to clear up a number of the contradictory claims in the reporting. The source which the claim on this article is pulled from seems to be from a dead link so I couldn't investigate it further unfortunately. However, it seems a major 'claim' (don't want to use stronger language than that) is that the bags and gifts bought at the mall and found in the car—which many of the secondary sources cite, usually without sourcing—were actually referring to a mistaken identification of a small wrapped gift that Renee had brought to the mall for Rachel's stepson. This is important to the reader, as then it is entirely possible the trio did not return to the car, or even the parking garage.
I have not listened to the podcast yet, otherwise I would just mention what sources they used, but if credible I imagine this ambiguity should at the very least be explained to readers. I don't want to run into original research violations or spurious citation errors, but how is it generally recommended to proceed in instances where there is broad discrepancies in the reporting? Thucydidean Gamer (talk) 13:33, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
