just as he had described in the treasure map. our best guest that is he hid some money or maybe some other important documents in there to try to keep them away from law enforcement. once he decided to leave the house where he was staying he dug it up and took it with him. the hardest part about this case is that i know after nine years that this guy is still out there. his use for the jehova s witness church was his access to victims. there are several other churches and organizations in the country that would take him in that would give him similar access to victims. what most people don t understand about pedophiles is the depth of their cunning. you have to live in society while you are molesting your best friend s, your neighbor s or your relative s children. they are vampires that live amongst us.
pretty much the last we ve heard of thayne smika. it s three years after the murder. smika has disappeared but dave hayes, caring, determined, dedicated cop, never gives up. every year, he was bringing more information forward on my brother s case. it could be evidence like the shotgun shells and taking all of this evidence and re-evaluating it, reanalyzing it and bringing in new technologies, new forensics, in to see how that could be applied in this case, and he would go in every year with new evidence to the d.a.s. we wanted to bring the case to conclusion. no matter how long it took, we were going to stay with it.
jeff told us that his friend sid had been selling small amounts of cocaine in the previous months, and that sid had suspected that thayne smika was stealing cocaine from sid. it s our belief that thayne smika that night didn t have the cocaine or the money to give back to sidney wells. i m the father of a college student, and i think it would be very naive to not think that your college-aged son might be trying recreational drugs. he might sell recreational drugs here or there. it s not a reason for someone to kill sid wells. it s not a reason for police not to investigate this case. sid wells was murdered in cold blood. that s what this case is about. at this stage of the investigation, thayne smika is the focus. based on the note that thayne smika had left his roommates, the police were able to locate him in akron, colorado, which is
relief that we had solved the case, but within the next few days, the d.a. s office, who had approved the arrest warrant for mr. smika, came back to us and said that they felt there was not enough evidence. as a result, they wouldn t be filing the murder charges against mr. smika. bail was set and he was released. in order to help further the investigation, the boulder district attorney s office convened a grand jury into the murder of sid wells. at that time, thayne smika is essentially out living in society. at the end of a two-year grand jury run, no indictment was issued by the grand jury. when we found out they had not indicted him, you know, we couldn t believe it. shock.
child. you re supposed to nurture those children and they re your immortality. it s unbearable. you know, i was just i just couldn t i couldn t cry. i couldn t do anything but just stare at him because i couldn t believe what he was saying. that s how our nightmare started. who would want to kill sid, you know? in this case, the police started their investigation with sam wells. it was just almost too much. for all of us.