Well for now I guess what we have to go on now is about it...
Gag order issued.
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1208/574864.html
I think honestly a lot of the rumors are due to several obvious things... Anne's popularity and appearance, the brutal nature of the crime, the lack of info released and perhaps some initial mis steps in what was publically said, and human nature.
When the official story changes a few times... stabbed not stabbed, raped not raped, getting better/died. That gets people thinking. Probably some of the confusion was due to privacy needs, confusion in reporting details, etc. But it made people think there was more than might meet the eye.
Anne's appearance would make people think. She was VERY attractive and very popular. So people will think of all kinds of salacious rumors or explanations for the attack, since very little real detail has surfaced.
Yes where there is smoke there can be fire... or vice versa. Ok most people figured out she was probably sexually assaulted. So that means a MAN was involved. Maybe DNA did link the killer to being black. Or someone just felt that would make the story sound "better" so it was a black man that did this. Well, then the one black man becomes two, then three, etc. So the story grows. As for her being cut, that could stem from initial reports that said she was stabbed. Or maybe that was influenced by the nut job McCain supporter who cut a "B" into her face right around the same time as Anne's attack was in the news. Then there are the Ann Coulter conspiracy theories. Anne Pressly's role in "W" wasn't even credited, and since the movie was just then going into release, not a lot of people (including Anne) hadn't even seen it. Too far out there... Pretty much everything exept Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster have cropped up in these rumors. Even the boxer can't have just one rumor. He has at least two... depending on what you read she was either pregnant with his love child or a cross dressing man that duped him and filled him with rage. Go figure.
Also, where do you find this stuff? all the weirdest, sickest, strangest rumors were from less than reputable sites like the Neo Nazis. So you can assume if the Nazis are reporting it, they will put their own spin on the story.
I'm not saying there isn't more here than meets the eye. there are certainly some open areas (like motive) to come out. But honestly there arent really a lot of holes... think about it...
Vance is assumed now to be a rapist based on the teacher attack. He was found loitering in other ladies yards, homes, etc. He has been in LR and at least some reports say he was going door to door in Annes neighborhood. Since people in her neighborhood also didn't seem to lock their doors... you can see where this is going. An assault and/or petty robbery seems to fit his MO quite easily.
I think people somehow do want (not that you wanted this horrible thing to happen) there to be some big surprise twist. Something to somehow make Annes death seem less tragic, more heroic, or whatever. Some key missing piece that makes everything at least click. But it sucks when it might be a pretty simple, unfortunately somewhat common type of crime.
If Anne's neighbor, a middle aged, married woman, for example, was bludgeoned in similar fashion, I doubt people would make up the colorful rumors they have with Anne. It would be a sad but somehow acceptable or more easily understood crime.
In my own assault, a lot of stuff was said about my sister and i that was just absolutely NOT true. So don't believe everything you see or hear. Even people that knew us said some strange stuff afterwards.
