THE ‘CHRISTINA' TIMETABLE
When Rebekah Holmes began searching last week for a note that her friend Rochelle Scholl wrote before leaving Portland, Ore., she made a fascinating discovery. Among her own papers—which Scholl once helped her to sort out—Holmes found a letter addressed to “Becky” (Rebekah) in which Scholl appeared to have imagined a timetable of future events. Donald Schwab, who manages the Portland apartment building that Scholl lived in, told Maclean’s that both letters were written in Scholl’s neat, wellformed handwriting. On the left-hand side of the undated letter are dates with a dash followed by brief notations. The letter refers to “Helen, ' but none of Scholl’s friends was able to
. the woman, who may be a psychothera-
Scholl was seeing in Portland. The list of
dates runs from July 2—the day Scholl left
Portland—to July 19. By that date, Scholl had been in St. John’s, Nfld., under medical care for
to be back next weekend on July 15 July 15 — Parents get suspicious
12 days. The list:
T. I.. O 7 • I____oo
July 2 —Shelley [Rochelle] is leaving for
July 3 —No calls in to Helen
July 4 — Holiday
July 5 — No calls in to Helen
July 6 — No show for therapy, Helen calls police. Police will talk with you probably. I am
July 18 or 19 — Parents call Helen. Helen
takes action. Probably talk with you because I’m
not at home
As well, Holmes found that Scholl had made
similar jottings on a large calendar that hangs
in Holmes’s apartment. Some of the notations
contain sets of
initials that
Holmes did
not recognize. Among the entries:
July 6: Helen B. L D.—calls police P. D.
July 12: Parents call Helen (The words
had been written, then lightly scratched
out.)
.
July 15: Parents get suspicious
li.ll...». DJ... r/i
July 23: Mother’s Bday 50 (The entry is
circled in blue.)
In another letter that she wrote
she left Portland, Scholl expressed
about her dog in a way that suggested :
did not plan to return. “I am leaving my dog Josie in the care of Becky Holmes,” said the
letter, which was dated July 2. “I trust Becky will see to it that she finds a good
home, possibly with Becky’s possessive
family.” The letter concluded with the
words, “Thank you for allowing me to make
my wishes known.” It was signed, “Sin-
cerely, Rochelle Shelley Opal Scholl.”
HAL QUINN in.