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Post by Scumhunter on Jan 5, 2020 4:59:52 GMT -5
In any other case you go this guy is obviously in India. This case is unique because the whole reason he allegedly murdered his wife is because she wanted to go back to India and he didn't. It doesn't mean he didn't go back there anyway, would fit his being an alleged psychopath who nonchalantly turns off a microwave after allegedly brutally stabbing his wife to death to change his mind and go back anyway. However, Pakistan is in my opinion too similar to India if he still wanted to adjust to American culture. This is why in my opinion Canada makes more sense if anything. (Close enough to American culture while another country to hide in).
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Post by Maddog on Jan 5, 2020 22:14:08 GMT -5
Some of the earlier articles I read in this case indicated that the FBI believed Patel didn’t have the ability to leave the US by plane immediately after the killing. However, the fact that the FBI is looking at three specific cities in India indicates to me that they have very credible information he is hiding out there. Maharashtra and Gujarat are both in Western India, so it’s possible he is constantly on the move.
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Post by Scumhunter on Jan 5, 2020 23:33:34 GMT -5
I think there's been some speculation Patel may have somehow gotten to India via Canada so it would make sense.
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Post by Maddog on Jan 5, 2020 23:43:55 GMT -5
I think there's been some speculation Patel may have somehow gotten to India via Canada so it would make sense. I think if Patel did flee to India, it was because he realized he could blend in there, and because they have to look through a haystack that consists of one billion people. I do agree with the Canada theory, and I think that you are on the right track. What I am trying to think of, though, is how he got to Canada. We know his visa had expired, and since the mid-2000s, you now need a passport to get in and out of Mexico and Canada. |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 12, 2020 0:51:01 GMT -5
Today is the 5th anniversary since Palak Patel’s murder and honestly a case we all have watched since the very beginning it sickens me to have to say it’s been 5 years already.
For the longest time I’ve solidly thought he may have been in India, but one place where Patel may hide out really well is in the United Kingdom or South Africa
One of the reasons I think this is because we all know he didn’t want to go back to India and perhaps he wanted to give another western country a chance and while Canada isn’t a bad theory, I think he could be either in the United Kingdom or South Africa. Usually it takes time to capture fugitives hiding in the United Kingdom as we’ve seen with Roger Geise and Gerard Zalewski.
In South Africa things are a bit more trickier but can explain why he’s been on the run as long as he has because there is only private police companies and an ineffective centralized government law enforcement agency.
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 12, 2020 0:54:40 GMT -5
The UK has a large British population and a few AMW fugitives of Indian descent have fled there in the past. (Lovekesh "Bobby" Kumar committed suicide while awaiting extradition after fleeing to the UK).
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 12, 2020 0:57:50 GMT -5
The UK has a large British population and a few AMW fugitives of Indian descent have fled there in the past. (Lovekesh "Bobby" Kumar committed suicide while awaiting extradition after fleeing to the UK). Also if Patel did his research, extradition takes awhile if he fled to the UK. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 12, 2020 1:03:36 GMT -5
The UK has a large British population and a few AMW fugitives of Indian descent have fled there in the past. (Lovekesh "Bobby" Kumar committed suicide while awaiting extradition after fleeing to the UK). Also if Patel did his research, extradition takes awhile if he fled to the UK. Ugh I meant to say the UK has a large Indian population but I'm glad you got my point anyway lol. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 12, 2020 1:05:54 GMT -5
Also for what it's worth, I'm "feeling" Canada as most likely, out of the country but close enough to the culture Patel wanted to assimilate to. But the UK also makes sense. I don't see South Africa fitting him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 12:56:40 GMT -5
Also for what it's worth, I'm "feeling" Canada as most likely, out of the country but close enough to the culture Patel wanted to assimilate to. But the UK also makes sense. I don't see South Africa fitting him. BTW, the murder happened five years ago today. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 12, 2020 16:43:13 GMT -5
Yes I got that when toptenhunter said it was the fifth anniversary hence why we were talking about it again but thanks again anyway  |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 1, 2020 2:30:14 GMT -5
I noticed on the Wikipedia page they claim Patel apparently has connections to Kentucky, Georgia, and Illinois. I mean I guess weirder locations for fugitive captures have happened but I can't picture Patel in Kentucky and I can only picture him in like a large city like Atlanta or Chicago but not elsewhere in Georgia or Illinois. I think the capture of Yaser Said shows a guy like Patel who many assume would just flee the country may like Said decide he has grown accustomed to the American lifestyle and thus will stay in the U.S. My feeling is he's either in the NY/NJ/CT metro area or he's fled to Canada- which is sort of two check-marks for him- still a North American lifestyle but still in another country where he'd be theoretically harder to capture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadreshkumar_Chetanbhai_Patel |
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Post by Maddog on Sept 6, 2020 13:19:13 GMT -5
I have only really skimmed the comments in this section, but do we know if he has any family or close friends here in the States? That could provide one explanation as to why he is still on the loose.
I have thought of this case, and I want to present the reasons as to why I believe he didn’t flee to India:
1) He fled really quickly. Assuming this was a homicide where there was scant planning, I doubt he knew in advance, “Ok, here is how I am getting out of the country.” He really fled to that hotel quickly and then that station, and I don’t think he did that to cover his tracks. I think he did so because he was trying to figure out where to go on the fly;
2) We know his wife wanted to go back to India and he didn’t, which resulted in the murder;
3) He took his passport. However, his visa had expired, and I bet he would have probably been taken into custody if he tried to flee the U.S. Plus, the FBI has not definitively stated that they know he fled the U.S.
Could he have fled the U.S. by other means? Sure. However, I wouldn’t rule out he is here, and that’s what I am leaning towards.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 6, 2020 17:49:06 GMT -5
The dilemma over how he'd get to India (in addition to him not wanting to go back) is why I think he may have fled to Canada instead, which has Indian communities and would be easier to "sneak" into. (I know it's not easy to sneak into Canada as it is to Mexico but you don't need necessarily need to sneak it via a plane).
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 6, 2020 17:50:32 GMT -5
I would also agree it wasn't a planned homicide and Patel had to improvise as opposed to planning a run.
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