GUILTY AL - Kathleen "Kat" West, 42, murdered, Calera, 13 Jan 2018 *husband arrested*

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Have to add after he threw her out of the car, he was nice enough to put her phone and bottle on the road. This is the only thing that makes sense to me.
 
sthrngrl76 said:
hmm..sound odd doesn't it? i couldn't find the FB discussion page. The is an article online that states that the husband has been untagged from some of the pictures. For her to be umemployeed and him being an unarmed cop and from having filed bamkruptcy some years back, they seemed to be doing pretty well. She must have made pretty good money off her website. Wonder if the husband has any ties to the local police department?
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On the Ashleigh Banfield show tonight it was mentioned that she had 855 subscribers to her $15.99 a month website, so if every person subscribed once a month then they were making some good money.

Jmo
 
Just finished reading the thread on this case.

We don't know for certain what the bottle was, right? Just that it was green and on top of her phone?

Trying to think of scenarios where you'd place a bottle on top of your phone; I know some of which have already been mentioned here. If she was intoxicated, it might have been something she just did with no real rhyme or reason while outside. Maybe she was worried about the bottle tipping over and used the phone sort of as a coaster or a level. If it was a bigger bottle, could she have sat it on her phone in an attempt to hide the phone? (Not that a big liquor bottle on the side of the road wouldn't have been suspicious or anything.)

Also gotta wonder why she'd be out there in the first place. Maybe she left after an argument and stormed out? Was sitting on the curb waiting for someone (hubby) to come check on her or for a ride? These are all assuming that she had on shorts or something else when she went outside and something happened after the fact.

On the other hand, if she went running out without any underbritches on that's a whole different ball game. That makes me think fear/desperation, and knocks out one of my theories that she might have been sitting out there. I'm not putting my bare cheeks on the ground or going out in the buff unless I'm mortified, and I wouldn't be taking time to neatly set a phone and bottle down.

There are just a lot of different avenues for this one.
 
oceanblueeyes said:
I didn't even know pages like this were allowed to exist on FB. :D Does FB allow members to have pages that involve prostitution or escort services too? If so, it sure shows I have lived my life in a bubble, but that's okay with me, I like it that way. I only have one life that is open for all to see. :)

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Her subscriber page was NOT a fb page. You can post and offer anything on FB in a closed group (members only) as long as no one reports her activity then you can get away with it.
 
Presley78 said:
The husband posted a picture of a green bottle of Lucid brand Absinthe next to two cocktail glasses. His SM accounts have disappeared but pictures of it are available on the Facebook discussion page. Someone posted the link up thread.
Sorry if I’m not allowed to state that since the only “proof” is a screenshot from his Instagram account before it was deactivated.
I haven’t the slightest clue as to why the bottle was there or if it was even the same one her husband had.



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Interesting post with the green bottle, along with the post about her being spotted together with her husband in the liquor store, prepping for 'date night'. Psychology 101 IMO someone is sending a cryptic message by placing the bottle on the cell phone. Crime of passion?

Also, it seems strange that there is no public desperation statement from the husband, (mems of Scott/Lacie Peterson) but a statement from her supporting mother (red flag).

I don't live in a small town and not judging small towns, but it's an interesting theory of her husband being a 'non sworn' campus police officer. And he would probably no doubt interact with the local town police force in a crossover type of policing and flexing the alpha male. Word would get around in a hurry in a small community that he served military, and his wife's online footprint prolly the talk of the local coffee club.

The husband's non public plea raises flags after digesting the ongoing investigation.
 
The only person that has spoken that may have information that the public doesn't is her mother. She seems supported of the husband and characterized the death as an accident.
 
I thought it odd as well that the husband hasn't asked for the public to help, call in with tips or if they had seen anything suspicious. Wasn't it cold in ALabama that weekend? i was thinking that was the weekend of all the snow. If so, i doubt she would have been outside in underwear. Maybe it's possible, since it was a "date" night and the daughter wasn't home, maybe they had sex and she had gone downstairs to call or text someone else, husband catches her and he freaks, confrontation ensues and she is attacked. Both could have been intoxicated. I haven't heard if any blood tests have been done. The husband could have been having an affair and she caught him on the phone. Was it her phone found in the road? Just because she was a very attractive lady with a great body, doesn't mean everything was ok in the bedroom. And just because the family is supporting him means nothing. Remember Scott Peterson? Also the man that worked for Joyce Meyers, he murdered his wife and 2 sons. You don't know what is going on behind closed doors.
 
Strange case. I don't know the military at all but on the wedding picture he was in uniform and then they mention multiple postings. If he retired, would it not be with a decent pension? Probably took the other job to be doing something (he doesn't appear that old) and extra cash.

On the picture of the house, I noticed from the shadow on the driveway that it was for sale. Could be the sign of an impending divorce. Somewhere upthread someone mentioned that the house is only $159,000... very, very inexpensive so I doubt that they couldn't make the payments unless with her "new found money" they were looking to upgrade.
 
sthrngrl76 said:
It's been reported that a liquor store employee said that they came in together and said it was date night, so that would mean that the daughter was not home. Thankfully. So, could the husband have been drunk and then they got into an argument? Maybe body was placed. If daughter was not home, that would give time to clean the house is that was indeed the crime scene. Being that they stated it was a date night, that would make one belive that they would have been alone.
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If true, that would be consistent with the two of them drinking at home, fooling around, getting into an argument, physical assault, etc. with her running out of the house for help. Given she was murdered and mostly undressed, it doesn't sound like an accident. The neighbor who found her body said she was laying face down with a bloody wound to the back of her head. Sounds like someone struck her from behind.

She was found by the neighbor's daughter at around 5:00 am.

BTW, here is the link to the news reports that liquor store employees saw her that night when she told them it was "date night" with her husband and children would be gone.

http://wncn.com/2018/01/23/murder-of-adult-website-model-mom-puts-small-town-in-national-news/

http://www.wiat.com/news/local/people-react-to-calera-making-national-headlines/933305736
 
Frannie said:
Strange case. I don't know the military at all but on the wedding picture he was in uniform and then they mention multiple postings. If he retired, would it not be with a decent pension? Probably took the other job to be doing something (he doesn't appear that old) and extra cash.

On the picture of the house, I noticed from the shadow on the driveway that it was for sale. Could be the sign of an impending divorce. Somewhere upthread someone mentioned that the house is only $159,000... very, very inexpensive so I doubt that they couldn't make the payments unless with her "new found money" they were looking to upgrade.
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In the picture his uniform had E7 rank. I don't know if he retired at that rank or not. If he did 20 years he would have retired with 50% of his base pay, which would be close to 2000 after taxes. It would go up if he tired as and E8 or E9. BUT, he could have taken an advance at 15 years and then he would only get 40% of the base pay. The advance would have been 30,000. THe bad thing about taking that is that when you retire you don't get the cost of living raise every january until age 62.
Im assuming they had car payments, house utilites, etc. She obviously liked nice things, Tiffany jewelry that she was wearing in pics, Coach shoes, etc. But if she was getting $16 a month, she was probably making really good money.
Has anyone thought that maybe she wasn't happy with him and he thought he was going to lose that money and he might have thought that he wouldn't get another woman as pretty and his ego got the better of him.
 
They were seen together that night for date night. Knowing what I know (albeit I don’t know everything they were into) but if they weren’t alone partying getting drunk and having “adult time” then it would have likely have been another couple in attendance not a lone male. She used her beauty and sexuality to make money from men but I saw very little interest in other men from her. She liked to put on a show so to speak with other females and her husband was the benefactor of this energy. I’m struggling with a nice way to paint this picture. This lifestyle seems a thousand years ago to me but I remember these days. I don’t think Jeff would have harmed a hair on her head. She was treated like a queen. I also don’t think he would have put her in harms way. I think the night was winding down and she went out to smoke or something and maybe fell hitting her head and sadly he may have fallen asleep not realizing she was in trouble and she lay there unable to get Help. I’d be more than shocked if she anywhere but in her home without him. If she was the police know exactly with who because he could tell them. Zero jealousy from him. They would have been doing this for years by this time. When we “run” together her daughter was just a baby. The online thing was strictly a money-making thing. She was a great networker.


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It makes me wonder if this is nothing more than a tragic accident.

If she was intoxicated than maybe she accidentally slipped and hit her head.

If her husband did anything to her than why did he just leave her body out in the open where anyone could find her?

It makes no sense. Jmo.
 
Iwatchingeye said:
They were seen together that night for date night. Knowing what I know (albeit I don’t know everything they were into) but if they weren’t alone partying getting drunk and having “adult time” then it would have likely have been another couple in attendance not a lone male. She used her beauty and sexuality to make money from men but I saw very little interest in other men from her. She liked to put on a show so to speak with other females and her husband was the benefactor of this energy. I’m struggling with a nice way to paint this picture. This lifestyle seems a thousand years ago to me but I remember these days. I don’t think Jeff would have harmed a hair on her head. She was treated like a queen. I also don’t think he would have put her in harms way. I think the night was winding down and she went out to smoke or something and maybe fell hitting her head and sadly he may have fallen asleep not realizing she was in trouble and she lay there unable to get Help. I’d be more than shocked if she anywhere but in her home without him. If she was the police know exactly with who because he could tell them. Zero jealousy from him. They would have been doing this for years by this time. When we “run” together her daughter was just a baby. The online thing was strictly a money-making thing. She was a great networker.


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So u think she went out to smoke in just her bra? And you knew them several years ago right? But you don't know anything about their recent interactions, or how things may have changed.

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Outsiders can never truly know what goes on behind closed doors.

And if it were an accident, I imagine the police wouldn't be saying it's a homicide. They obviously know more than they are releasing.
 
always reading said:
So u think she went out to smoke in just her bra? And you knew them several years ago right? But you don't know anything about their recent interactions, or how things may have changed.

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This is true. I have been friends with her on Facebook since we met and yes you truly never know what goe on. My opinions are truly just that opinions based on what I knew of her over the years. Truly a sweet lady who didn't deserve the end whatever the cause. Rather it turns out hubby was involved (which I doubt) or a stranger they were in this together.
 
The family not pleading for help in locating a suspect, asking for help with tips ect does speak volumes but not in a way that others are thinking. I think it says more that they already have a good idea what happened or who did it. Husband not begging for answers says to me that he already knows what happened. I’m NOT pointing my finger at him, I just mean there may be more to it. They could have both been drinking heavily, began intimacy, got in an argument and she stormed outside with bottle and phone half naked. Her going outside in the middle of the night unclothed is possible, I don’t think she was shy, especially if drunk. She may have stormed off and he may have not followed her. My husband doesn’t chase me down when I storm out of a room or the house if we are arguing. She could have stumbled across the road, sat down with her phone and bottle and been hit by a car for all we know. He may have went to bed thinking she would come back inside. It’s also a theory that she was involved with the prostitution ring in the area , he knew where she was and who she was with, her client killed her and sat her out like trash and placed her phone and bottle beside her.


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