Liz
I am not a chemist and this is not my 1st rodeo
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dragonfly said:Liz, thanks for posting this crime. I read about it on Steve Huff's blog a few days ago (Mysteriew posted that link above)
I was thinking at the time that this was going to be a cold case with little or no news. What a big break that Joey Tierney was observent enought to make a connection to the crime and the monster who he had given a ride to.
Only thing that I can add is possibly Boatman selected the Ocala Forest area because it was a place he could fire a high powered rifle and have it dismissed by witnesses who might hear it as deer hunters.
This is so tragic. I believe this 19 year old would have been capable of many, many murders had he not been stopped. Please lock him up and DON'T LET HIM OUT!!!
Yep, thanks to Mysteriew for finding and posting this case. I've heard nothing on the national level news about it as yet and I guess we won't now.
I was quite surprised when it got solved so quickly. Like you, I almost expected it would end up unsolved. Here we have yet another case of a person whose been a repeat offending criminal since his youth; only to be released and his crime has escalated to the most heinous level.
It's such a shame. I read somewhere earlier that his mother was/is institutionalized for psychiatric problems; and that he was adopted at a fairly young age, but had been nothing but trouble.
Here's the latest articles from the Gainesville Sun and the Ocala Star Banner:
Accused forest killer denied bail
http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS/60111005/1025
Leo Lansing Boatman made his first appearance Wednesday morning and the judge read the charges against him. It is going to be a death penalty trial.
Gvl Sun on Boatman's First Appearance:
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS/60111034