I still think that they had some sort of run in at the grocery where the perp rode his bike and got into a Ford LTD or at the boat ramp and he dropped his car off at the grocery and rode the bike back to the boat ramp. I just wonder about the bike. Was it stolen? Did he have it in his trunk? Seems odd to be riding around with a bike in his trunk unless he was local and going to park and ride his bike on the causeway. I still think it's solvable.
I still think that they had some sort of run in at the grocery where the perp rode his bike and got into a Ford LTD or at the boat ramp and he dropped his car off at the grocery and rode the bike back to the boat ramp. I just wonder about the bike. Was it stolen? Did he have it in his trunk? Seems odd to be riding around with a bike in his trunk unless he was local and going to park and ride his bike on the causeway. I still think it's solvable.
The only thing that makes me apprehensive to call it a hit, is that it would have to have been ordered by someone who knew that he was going to be in Holmes Beach for vacation. Also, why not take him out when the kids where not around? He was supposed to be there for a week I read. Had to have been a better opportunity. I am curious about his patients. I wonder if LE checked into a parent or former pediatic patient who could have had a grudge years later.
What would the motive be? Do you think it was a family member?
I'll have to read that. Sounds interesting.
Still wonder if hothead James Burnside could have crossed paths with them. Especially since he worked at a grocery in Holmes Beach around 1980 19801 when he married his wife Annette.
I read them again. xgumshoe said they were going to send Crimesolver some info. Crimesolver said they were not LE but that they were interested in hearing about the case. This is not verbatim. Crimesolver did divulge some of the info but kept some private because they promised to. I looked back in my private messages and Crimesolver had sent me a message a couple months later saying that they were going to ask xgumshoe to rejoin us since they had not been on and that they could not say what the person said other then nothing earth shattering and they had a theory.
Based on what’s publicly known about the case, “if” this was a hit (as I still lean toward) the Doctor was probably not the primary victim because other than the Castro-Cuba ties nothing was ever reported that he was involved in that would’ve made him a target. Not accusing Barrows of wrongdoing, but still think it’s possible there was someone who either wanted to kill him or send a strong message since he was the only survivor. The drug trade was hot and heavy back then and a Miami hotel (where he worked) was a likely place to encounter people who were in the business. While a hit locally in Miami wouldn’t have been out of the question (they happened all the time), doing it on the opposite coast would’ve made it harder to connect the dots. The brazen manner of the killings of the family and then the other man while escaping point to a professional killer not some amateur or random deranged person. Throw in the accomplice in the waiting getaway car and it makes it even more likely to be a hit. As always this is my opinion/speculation.
