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This case is going to be on 48 Hours Saturday March 27, 2021:
Sneak peek: The Kidnapping of Jonelle Matthews
Can't wait to watch this one!
I only caught the last 15 minutes of the 48 Hours show, but I did hear that there was no DNA evidence on Jonelle (I don’t remember the exact wording) that belonged to Steve Pankey. I’m not surprised there wasn’t after all these years, but it sure would have been nice if there would have been DNA evidence linking Steve to Jonelle.
Steve’s attorney is...strange. Lots of blinking, looking to the side, and trouble finding the right words.
They won’t ever get any DNA evidence. Pankey made sure he got rid of everything, including Jonelle’s body for over 34 years.I caught that as well from previous news videos of Weld County DA Michael Rourke who said
"there is no definitive link – DNA-wise – between Pankey and Matthews' remains. "
Weld County coroner says Jonelle Matthews was shot in head | 9news.com
What do you believe is the strength of the prosecutor's case? How will they prove beyond reasonable doubt that SP is responsible for the abduction and murder of Jonelle.They won’t ever get any DNA evidence. Pankey made sure he got rid of everything, including Jonelle’s body for over 34 years.
I only caught the last 15 minutes of the 48 Hours show, but I did hear that there was no DNA evidence on Jonelle (I don’t remember the exact wording) that belonged to Steve Pankey. I’m not surprised there wasn’t after all these years, but it sure would have been nice if there would have been DNA evidence linking Steve to Jonelle.
Steve’s attorney is...strange. Lots of blinking, looking to the side, and trouble finding the right words.
They won’t ever get any DNA evidence. Pankey made sure he got rid of everything, including Jonelle’s body for over 34 years.
They won’t ever get any DNA evidence. Pankey made sure he got rid of everything, including Jonelle’s body for over 34 years.
Agree. I'd like to hear from an impartial profiler & forensic psychiatrist on that too.He said that he was a youth pastor, but Jonelle's father Jim Matthews said that Pankey was actually a janitor at the church. So one instance where he lied. It seems in keeping with the theory that Pankey just inserts himself into things or exaggerates his role. It doesn't necessarily mean he is guilty. And what seems to be their best piece of evidence - that Pankey knew that the killer had raked over his footprints in the snow - may not be proof either if Pankey's lawyer can show that the idea was suggested by the police to Pankey during interviews. Hopefully the interviews were all recorded.
He reminds me of Dr. Peter Hackett (from the Shannan Gilbert / Long Island Serial Killer case). Strange; inserts himself into situations even when it is a bad idea; shifts his story; etc. I wish we could have a profiler say whether someone with those characteristics is likely to be an actual killer or is more likely to just insert himself into the case for no good reason.
Swift Tiff, you've given us a lot to think about.
I don't remember him saying he was gay, and I don't remember how they were led to her body.
He sure had a lot to say tho, that's for sure...
found - per my notes:
went missing on Dec 20, 1984 after entering her home at 8pm, Greeley, found July 23, 2019 by construction workers at an oil & gas site in rural part of Weld County near County Road 49 & County Road 34½
I found that very odd that he was continuously mentioning that fact. I feel like he was using his supposed homosexuality as a way of making it seem like he wouldn’t have hurt Jonelle since she was a girl, not a guy. That’s been my feeling ever since Pankey gave those interviews following his official status as a suspect in this case.The video with East Idaho news that’s just over 50 minutes he keeps mentioning “his homosexual past” repeatedly more than ten times plus every single other interview he ever has went out of his way to give he mentions it