XPA Magnet, Very good post!
Let me ad, why didn't any of the family seem scared the killer was after an adult?.
Wouldn't it be easy to check and see IF any of the family or cousins in the Van that Sunday evening was actually going to work?
Could there be a family member that is a INFORMANT and OSBI doesn't want that person exposed with solving this case???
I do not understand why all the family have not been given lie detector test.
By some of the families actions they aren't interested in helping Le solve this case? Why!
is it a money thing or is it that they aren't willing to point the finger at family?
Why hasn't T.'s bio mother and father wanted justice for their beautiful child?
Why has the public been misled to such an outrageous extent?
Leading us to believe no one was home at the P's when actually many people was there having a party, so to speak.
Thinking no one but the girls parents were at the crime scene? When a car load of people was there, leaving boot prints etc..
Saying the wind was blowing hard and the P's did not hear the 13+ gun shots, when a neighbor tells us there was NO wind at 5:00, it was very quite before the storm.
I can go on and on, but what was their point?
The killer and the families knew the truth only the concerned public did not.
Would someone care to explain all this to me????
Thank you, and an excellent post yourself. I need to clarify something. When Mrs. W went to pick up Skyla's things, it was within a few days of the shooting. The exact day is in my notes somewhere; perhaps the next day, but before the funerals in any event. That's when she encountered a party atmosphere. As far as the day of the shooting, there was some kind of gathering maybe a mile or more to the south at another family home. Some think that's from where V made the 911 call. Who was actually at Taylor's house in the hours before 5:00 PM is not clear, but the house was being watched by the POI, and at least one other man was seen in the driveway.
You ask some great questions and raise interesting points. Lie detector tests are optional, not mandatory. No one has said whether any family members took one or not. GJ testimony is mandatory if you're called, not optional. Unless there has been some secret GJ panel that has not been publicized, no family members have testified. With so many people watching this case, fat chance of a secret GJ.
As far as T's bio parents, her Mom was living with them all at the time and still lives with P and V. She's not really in a position to go public and posters are all understandably very sympathetic to her. T's Dad is a complete mystery. P and V assumed parental roles years ago and everyone seemed very comfortable with that.
As far as hearing the shots, there is a news video from the early days in which a Rebecca K (one of the local K's but I'm not sure if it was by marriage) claimed to have heard the shots from a mile away. I think she was somewhere to the north of the scene. If she heard the shots in question, and not some random shooting near the bridge, it's hard to imagine someone not hearing shots 300 yards to the south, wind or no wind. Unfortunately, no one has concrete information as to who was where, before or during the murders.
As for snitching, anyone who knows anything must be sweating it out. To some people, snitching is worse than anything. To others, it's not that bad but it just isn't done. It must be obvious to all that those who shot the girls are capable of anything, and shooting a snitch would be well within their amoral compass(es). It's hard to criticize some unknown potential informant for not exposing himself (or
herself) to retaliation.
Although I agree with most of your thoughts, "Why has the public been misled to such an outrageous extent?" is interesting. No one has been more critical of OSBI here on WS than yours truly. They may have made mistakes and they are certainly withholding information we are all desperate to learn, but is the public actually being misled? And if we are, and it's in an honest attempt to trip up the perp(s), so be it. Let's hope it works. One big problem OSBI has either created or aggravated is the absolute lack of confidence they have with the locals. They have told the locals nothing. It smacks of arrogance and indifference.
Finally, yes, the killer(s) know but I'm not 100% sure the family knows. It seems most of what we know and think we know and deduce and put together all seems to point in one direction. Most, yes, but there is still some reasonable doubt at this point.
SeriouslySearching is exactly right: The FBI should take this case immediately.
