Though the story was widely seen and became very popular online since Lori was now listed as a Jane Doe with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons List (NamUs), those that called in about her story provided absolutely no information into Lori’s true identity. Not a single person who had seen or heard her story knew anything about her, but that didn’t stop them from coming up with endless theories.

The theories surrounding Lori’s life and death ranged from completely plausible to downright disturbing. Some claimed that she was an ex-member of a cult or that she was protected under the witness protection program, while others claimed that this was a conspiracy and she wasn’t even dead at all. Online sleuths and amateur investigators all contributed to the conversation, but none were quite as helpful as the person who reached out to Velling, which was an unlikely source…