I can think of several dozen forensic elements some of which the police certainly have, and some of which they likely have that we don't.
But keep in mind at the presser as well as what they leak, the police don't only have different motives/interest in the messaging than we wish, but they have competing interests within their own interests. They don't want to let on all of what they know or suspect since this could compromise catching the perp(s), or even beyond that, successfully prosecuting them.
Of the two known victims, they have bodies meaning prints, blood type, DNA, any transferred DNA, cause and means of death and almost certainly projectile ballistics.
At the first scene they have the victim's vehicle, and may have shell casing (which very often have prints of whoever loaded the gun, and which would narrow type of gun more closely), possible third party prints.
At the scene of the other deceased they almost certainly already have an preliminary finding as to time, cause and means of death, possibly an idea as to whether he died there or where the camper truck was, and prints, dental and DNA which may or may not help identify him. They'd check his hands for powder residue. That would not be definitive, but we can't exclude that he is the murderer, there is no slam dunk exclusion of him unless his time of death is clearly established as before the couples death. he could have killed the couple, and the two missing guys and offed himself in remorse. Likely? No. I doubt he would have ditched his ID before suicide, if that were the case. But completely excluded from what we know at this point? No.
For the missing young men, they could have criminal records if any, possible ownership or access to firearms (if any relatives firearms are missing), cell tower records, their DNA or prints from their family homes etc.
As far as robbery or meth-heads, sure that is possible. I guess from the police asking about the ID of the lone body, that there was no wallet or nothing with his name, which is very unusual nowadays.
I think this is too messy to be a serial killer. Now, sure, they are not all evil geniuses like in the movies. But this would be a pretty sloppy serial killing. Spree yes, serial killer no.
I think an escaped prisoner makes sense, since if he was desperate, he might well try and rob for some food and a junk van and kill the witnesses before learning the van was not running, and gotten in his own car. I'd be interested in if the ballistics or casings show the gun to be a pistol or a rifle. Rifles among locals there would be very common, ruger mini is probably in half the households there, whereas an escaped US fugitive more likely would have a pistol. Just the odds of how murders occur makes an escaped prisoner rare, but that cant be exluded.
Regardless of who did this, it is really tragic that this couple was victim of criminal violence at such a sweet time in their lives. And if the other lone guy and the other two young men are victims, this is really a big swath of cruelty.
But keep in mind at the presser as well as what they leak, the police don't only have different motives/interest in the messaging than we wish, but they have competing interests within their own interests. They don't want to let on all of what they know or suspect since this could compromise catching the perp(s), or even beyond that, successfully prosecuting them.
Of the two known victims, they have bodies meaning prints, blood type, DNA, any transferred DNA, cause and means of death and almost certainly projectile ballistics.
At the first scene they have the victim's vehicle, and may have shell casing (which very often have prints of whoever loaded the gun, and which would narrow type of gun more closely), possible third party prints.
At the scene of the other deceased they almost certainly already have an preliminary finding as to time, cause and means of death, possibly an idea as to whether he died there or where the camper truck was, and prints, dental and DNA which may or may not help identify him. They'd check his hands for powder residue. That would not be definitive, but we can't exclude that he is the murderer, there is no slam dunk exclusion of him unless his time of death is clearly established as before the couples death. he could have killed the couple, and the two missing guys and offed himself in remorse. Likely? No. I doubt he would have ditched his ID before suicide, if that were the case. But completely excluded from what we know at this point? No.
For the missing young men, they could have criminal records if any, possible ownership or access to firearms (if any relatives firearms are missing), cell tower records, their DNA or prints from their family homes etc.
As far as robbery or meth-heads, sure that is possible. I guess from the police asking about the ID of the lone body, that there was no wallet or nothing with his name, which is very unusual nowadays.
I think this is too messy to be a serial killer. Now, sure, they are not all evil geniuses like in the movies. But this would be a pretty sloppy serial killing. Spree yes, serial killer no.
I think an escaped prisoner makes sense, since if he was desperate, he might well try and rob for some food and a junk van and kill the witnesses before learning the van was not running, and gotten in his own car. I'd be interested in if the ballistics or casings show the gun to be a pistol or a rifle. Rifles among locals there would be very common, ruger mini is probably in half the households there, whereas an escaped US fugitive more likely would have a pistol. Just the odds of how murders occur makes an escaped prisoner rare, but that cant be exluded.
Regardless of who did this, it is really tragic that this couple was victim of criminal violence at such a sweet time in their lives. And if the other lone guy and the other two young men are victims, this is really a big swath of cruelty.
