Only time will tell. I’ve always thought this was a cover up job and there were several theories as to why early on in the case, but I could be wrong. We have to see what this DNA is and where it came from. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out. I’m sure there are many things that we don’t know about in this case as usual in cold cases.
I agree.I think there is a lot we don't know jmo.
Only time will tell. I’ve always thought this was a cover up job and there were several theories as to why early on in the case, but I could be wrong. We have to see what this DNA is and where it came from. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out. I’m sure there are many things that we don’t know about in this case as usual in cold cases.
Does anyone know how well lit the Big/Little store was?
Like were there street lamps over the payphones? On the corner befire you turn into the gas station?
I think at that point they just gave up finding the party and decided to head home. Jmo
If they did, then they would have just taken 431 south back to Dothan. No, something drew them to Ozark, possibly Skipperville before that.
But they had already planned to meet 2 Midland city boys at the shell station....so that theory is bs
That crime scene was totally destroyed in the 6 hours they supposedly waited for keys to unlock the trunk. I’ve heard a lot of theories seeing as how I’ve lived in Dothan my whole life. I’ve heard them straight from people I know.. from friends of friends, etc. this town is as backwards as it gets. I’m not saying anything definitively, but I’m keeping an open mind on all sides.So OPD covered it up and then the FBI, ABI and all other agencies covered up for OPD...thats ridiculous
I watched a video with her sister Jacqui and she said thst JB knew her way around Ozark because she grew up there etc.
That crime scene was totally destroyed in the 6 hours they supposedly waited for keys to unlock the trunk. I’ve heard a lot of theories seeing as how I’ve lived in Dothan my whole life. I’ve heard them straight from people I know.. from friends of friends, etc. this town is as backwards as it gets. I’m not saying anything definitively, but I’m keeping an open mind on all sides.
That crime scene was totally destroyed in the 6 hours they supposedly waited for keys to unlock the trunk. I’ve heard a lot of theories seeing as how I’ve lived in Dothan my whole life. I’ve heard them straight from people I know.. from friends of friends, etc. this town is as backwards as it gets. I’m not saying anything definitively, but I’m keeping an open mind on all sides.
Are you saying they waited to get keys? The podcast says they popped the trunk from inside.
Apparently they weren't waiting for keys but for the tow truck to haul the car back to Dothan. They only considered it an abandoned car at that time. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
I wonder if Ms. Merrit and her daughter would've been able to recall if there were any other vehicles in the gas station area when they left...I still wonder how J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett ended up all the way up in Ozark, AL if after they stopped at the Headland, AL BP (now Citgo) gas station they then decided to get directions to Midland City, AL? The geography and psychology aspect of the case is very interesting.
Do you think they got lost after leaving the Headland, AL BP(now Citgo) gas station the night of July 31, 1999?
I found some articles that I linked down below to describe why I ask the question. I am not stating for a fact that J.B. Beasley was lost driving that night. Maybe she was not lost? In my opinion, I think she was lost. But somehow she made it to the party in Skipperville, AL northeast of Ozark, AL where she and Tracie were spotted by others. And then from there they ended up at the Big Little gas station in Ozark, AL where they were spotted by Ms. Merrit and her daughter.
uxpamagazine.org/geographic-orientation-disorientation-getting-lost-and-getting-found-in-real-and-information-spaces/
Opinion | ‘Lost Every Day’
Does anyone know how well lit the Big/Little store was?
Like were there street lamps over the payphones? On the corner befire you turn into the gas station?