Desperately Seeking Susieqz

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This is an offshoot of another, long-running thread, "MY GARDEN IS PROTECTED", started by "susieqz" in July 2017 and is now running over 1400 posts. However, starting at post #1351, there has been some concern about what has happened to her, as she hasn't been seen online since mid-July of last year.

As you can see from that page, a number of us who have been involved there have been digging a bit and some of the information gleaned is rather worrying. She lived a solitary life in a sparsely-populated area of NM outside Tucumcari. It seems she has not been in good health and has seemingly just disappeared :eek: A couple of Forum members had her full name, mailing and e-mail addresses and haven't heard from her.

She has been on other threads, so it was suggested to start a separate thread that might attract other Forum members who had been in contact with her and might have some scraps of information.
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PS- Please check the original thread linked above to see what's already been done and avoid invoking The Department of Redundancy Dept. :D
 
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Just thinking out loud.

In this post from June 2020 - http://smith-wessonforum.com/140801099-post48.html

She says her nearest neighbor is 3 miles away, so that sounds pretty remote.


But in this post from July 2020 - http://smith-wessonforum.com/140822305-post5.html

She says she gets Youtube on her TV from her router. That doesn't sound quite so hermit like. Wherever she's at, she has electricity. She has a TV. And maybe most interestingly, she's close enough to civilization that she has some kind of cable internet service where she has a router and something like Roku so she can get Youtube on her TV. It doesn't sound like she's only using a computer at the library when she goes to town. That doesn't sound quite so remote.

You might also ask the mods here if they have access to the web server logs from back in July, and if they do, if they'd be willing to do a trace route (tracert) on her IP address. If she wasn't using a VPN, you might get a location narrowed down more closely.

ETA - same thing if you have an email from her. Should be a source IP address in the email header. If she's not using a VPN, you should be able to narrow it down to an ISP and maybe a geo.
 
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This morning I did a couple minute google search on "susieqz" "new mexico" (using the quotes).

Susan (in her sig line - same avitar as here) grew fig trees. She was (past tense) a prolific poster on gardening and fig tree forums. She listed in her sig line that she lived outside Tucumcari, NM. IIRC, the name of her favorite fig tree was Chicago - might be a hint.

Tucumcari is only 5,000 people. How many garden centers can there be? How many older women named Susan can there be that live alone on an acarage outside Tucumcari and buy gardening supplies for their fig trees? Maybe call a Tucumcari garden center and talk to the manager.

If you know her actual email address and do the google search using "susieqz" "new mexico" "her actual email" (with the quotes), you'll probably come up with her real name and address with a few minutes searching.

Oh, yeah - we leave lots of electronic breadcrumbs everywhere we go.
 
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Good "gumshoeing", Ziggy! ;) We already know her real name and address in Tucumcari, but had not thought of doing any other searches using the same "handle" she used here. Given her remote location (although still within internet access- maybe only just), and her posts on the other big thread, gardening was a big part of her life and a way to be self-sufficient.
She was (past tense) a prolific poster on gardening and fig tree forums.
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Aha! Did you notice when she stopped posting on the gardening forums? Or which forums she was on? Given her intense devotion to her "kitties" she might have been on some cat forums as well. (I've heard there actually is life outside the S&W Forum.)
 
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oldbrownhat said:
Good "gumshoeing", Ziggy! ;) We already know her real name and address in Tucumcari, but had not thought of doing any other searches using the same "handle" she used here. Given her remote location (although still within internet access- maybe only just), and her posts on the other big thread, gardening was a big part of her life and a way to be self-sufficient.
Aha! Did you notice when she stopped posting on the gardening forums? Or which forums she was on? Given her intense devotion to her "kitties" she might have been on some cat forums as well. (I've heard there actually is life outside the S&W Forum.)
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Looks like you found them. Her posts here were the newest of any I saw. Most of the other posts were 2014 to 2018. It looks like she also posted frequently on rugerforum.net and an air rifle forum I don't recall.
 
Salty RI said:
Has anyone checked obits in her area or maybe nursing homes.
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i believe someone checked obits, as did I. Nada. Iggy sad she was seriously adverse to a senior facility due to her kitties, but you never know.

@old bear: USPS registered letter might be a good idea.


Sheesh... I wish she'd just log in and put us out of our misery, even if just to say "**** off! I'm still kicking!"

It's 6:35 am and I've been at this for an hour or more. Need coffee, not to mention breakfast :)
 
petepeterson said:
Is it possible that she felt like she was being stalked here, and is attempting to escape???
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I haven't read all her posts, even on the "Garden is protected" thread but I didn't get that impression. Now since all this erupted a few months ago, with people wondering about her whereabouts, I suppose it's possible. If so, I'd think perhaps she might contact Admin or maybe Iggy (who seems to have corresponded with her quite a bit) and ask to just be left alone.

If she is still around and reading any of this (w/o logging in), I would hope she'd understand our concern and not take offense.
 
My wife and I both grew up in the area (left many years ago), however, we still have quite a few relatives living around there, including my father-in-law for one, who is 93, lives in Tucumcari, and has lived in the area all his life. He knows just about everyone around there or ever lived around there. If you want, email me her name/address and I'll check and see if anyone knows her or her status.
 
cndrdk said:
My wife and I both grew up in the area (left many years ago), however, we still have quite a few relatives living around there, including my father-in-law for one, who is 93, lives in Tucumcari, and has lived in the area all his life. He knows just about everyone around there or ever lived around there. If you want, email me her name/address and I'll check and see if anyone knows her or her status.
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Aha! Some information has just been received via PM "from our agencies" and sent to Engineer1911 and Redbert31. You may be getting a PM shortly....


EDIT: PM sent :)
 
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I'm sure this is all very well-intentioned, but I'm not sure what the point of it is. It's not as if the person may need emergency medical attention given the length of time that has passed. And she may not appreciate all this attention. For future reference, if I ever "disappear," don't feel the need to go all Missing Persons Bureau for me. Just assume I have (1) left this mortal coil or (2) am locked in an institution or (3) just lost interest (HIGHLY unlikely).
 
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yaktamer said:
I'm sure this is all very well-intentioned, but I'm not sure what the point of it is. It's not as if the person may need emergency medical attention given the length of time that has passed. And she may not appreciate all this attention. For future reference, if I ever "disappear," don't feel the need to go all Missing Persons Bureau for me. Just assume I have (1) left this mortal coil or (2) am locked in an institution or (3) just lost interest (HIGHLY unlikely).
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Preferences noted :D Yes, it may be we're going overboard on this, but I guess it's because we've "known" her for a few years from the other very long thread and appreciated her stories, so are just worried. But you make a good point. It's easy to get the bit between your teeth and head off like a starving chihuahua after a sausage on things like this. If the mods feel we're overstepping our bounds I hope they'll let us know. (And susieqz, too, if she sticks her head over the parapet.)

We're keeping her personal info private (via PMs) amongst those of us who are doing some background digging and whatever we may find out would, I think, only be posted here in brief. It's not intended to be an extended exposé :)
 
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