Found Deceased TX - Michael Chambers, 70, Hunt County, 10 March 2017 *found deceased 2023* #8

[Soccerfan]

I see that another season of "Unsolved Mysteries" is coming out next week. If the show had an episode on Michael Chambers, it would be the #1 show on Netflix for a year.

We need "Unsolved Mysteries" or some high profile true crime show to shed some light onto this case. It's getting ridiculous.

 

[RuthSleuth]

i always thought that perhaps he was taken by boat downstream to the crematorium and cremated. However when his remains were found that nixed that theory. But perhaps his remains were moved to the new location where they were found?

 

[nannymo]

After his remains were found I felt like the remains and the bike could have been taken by boat close to where they were found and left there. Someone else took the phone toward the bridge at a snails pace...

 

[Soccerfan]

After his remains were found I felt like the remains and the bike could have been taken by boat close to where they were found and left there. Someone else took the phone toward the bridge at a snails pace...

I think I agree with this but what was the "snails pace"? How did it get there? This is the most confusing part of the case, in my opinion, although there are many confusing parts to choose from.

 

[Soccerfan]

Now that everyone has taken their summer vacations and everyone is back into the swing of things, it sure would be nice if law enforcement could solve this very solvable Michael Chambers death. The clock is ticking . . .

 

[Isabella0706]

I am not sure why LE and others haven’t mentioned this about the cell phone, but just because his phone was traveling/pinging at 4.2 mph the 17 miles from his home to the 2 mile bridge, doesn’t mean that he and his phone were together. Let me repeat this, it does’t mean that Michael Chambers and his phone were together. ONLY HIS PHONE WAS TRAVELING AT 4.2 MPH TO THE 2 MILE BRIDGE. In addition, it was only pings of the phone, so that doesn’t mean his phone was on a bike, walking or jogging.

There is no way a 70 year old man with bad knees could ride a bike 17 miles on hilly, twisty, and winding roads without a shoulder, and riding at only 4.2 mph (which isn’t really possible) (4.2 mph is a brisk walking pace for someone in decent shape), and not a single person saw him for that whole 17 miles. Plus the bridge is busy and there were construction workers there.

I think 2 people were involved. I think he was killed in the workshop that afternoon and he was put in a vehicle, and the killer rode a bike, jogged or walked with Michael’s cell phone to the 2 mile bridge (based on the pings, and to make it look like a suicide) where they disposed of the bike and cell phone. The other person who drove to the 2 mile bridge was waiting there in a vehicle which had Michael’s body in it and picked up the other person and they disposed of his body in the swampy area a couple miles away.

His last phone ping was at 2:30 on the 2 mile bridge, but that only means that his cell phone was either powered off or thrown off the bridge at that time, but it doesn’t mean that he was with the phone. His body was put in the back of a vehicle and taken to the place where he was later found in the swampy area a few miles north of the 2 mile bridge.

 

[nannymo]

Except, wasn't the bike found with his body? I think they took the bike with the body and threw the phone off the bridge. MOO

 

[Soccerfan]

I agree with everything you have here. I think you hit the nail on the head. All we know is what the phone data show. The previous sheriff assumed that the phone was on Mike Chambers's body. That was a major flaw in the investigation because he didn't know that but he made statements to the public that made it seem like Chambers had his phone on his person.

I'm still perplexed by how the phone made it into the water but I've always wondered if it was possible that someone walked to the bridge from the house. That seems like way too long and people can see you! I guess it's possible that someone walked across the bridge to throw in the phone but I don't know where they started the walk. I see two possibilities: First, this crime was so well planned out that the perpetrators fooled law enforcement. Second, the crime was not well planned out but law enforcement bungled the investigation at every turn. I guess the third option is that both are true; I just don't know. Most days, I tend to side with the first possibility because of the placement of the bike. That shows premeditation (make it look like he rode his bike!). All I know is that this had to have been committed by at least two people and people talk. There is a 0.0% chance that the people who did this never said anything to any other person. There has to be a soft spot or weakness that law enforcement can exploit to their advantage (solving the case).

I keep coming back to the logical principle called Occam's Razor. It says that when you are looking for an explanation for something, most often it is the simplest explanation. The simplest explanation in this case -- also backed up by the evidence -- was that this man was murdered. For some reason, the previous sheriff made every effort to make this case more complicated and crazy than it needed to be. Why, I have no idea (I will leave that to the locals).

 

[Soccerfan]

If Hunt County is looking for a day to make an arrest in the Mike Chambers case but are afraid to because of all the media attention and possible embarrassment because of what it might mean for the county, this Tuesday would make an excellent day since everyone will be focused on something else. Just saying . . .