Ok. Lets play what if. What if the killer was after Barrows. After all he worked at a popular Miami Beach hotel at a time when the drug trade in Miami was escalating along with murders. Lets say that the killer had been put onto Barrows and he followed him the day he left to meet the Dumois's in Holmes Beach. This would limit the time the killer had to plan his act and make it appear as he did. He could have followed him the first time when he went out in the boat. Put his plan in play and waited for the second time he went out.
Just to emphasize that there are killers capable of doing something like this, I found this article when searching for possible correlations in Miami. Everyone seems to be focusing on the Doctor as the primary target. What if it were Barrows. What if Barrows, while working at the hotel pissed someone off. He may not even have known it.
Take time to read this link.
http://www.skcentral.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2322
I just don't buy the psycho theory. It was too well planned and too deliberate.
Regarding the Florida tags. It could be that either the shooter himself or, if it was a murder-for-hire, that person bought a car in Florida and never registered it. Maybe they lifted a tag from another car?
I don't remember reading they had the actual tag number. Did I miss that or did they just get the state?
I dont believe that they did get a tag #. Story says that witnesses stated it was a Fl tag.
It seems like they thought it was the perps car but it could have been a rental (highly unlikely because of the type of car back then. Not as big of a selection of rental cars back in 1980), stolen, or borrowed from a friend. I think if it was borrowed,leased, or stolen someone would have called LE with this info after seeing in the news that they where looking for this car.
Ok. Lets play what if. What if the killer was after Barrows. After all he worked at a popular Miami Beach hotel at a time when the drug trade in Miami was escalating along with murders. Lets say that the killer had been put onto Barrows and he followed him the day he left to meet the Dumois's in Holmes Beach. This would limit the time the killer had to plan his act and make it appear as he did. He could have followed him the first time when he went out in the boat. Put his plan in play and waited for the second time he went out.
Just to emphasize that there are killers capable of doing something like this, I found this article when searching for possible correlations in Miami. Everyone seems to be focusing on the Doctor as the primary target. What if it were Barrows. What if Barrows, while working at the hotel pissed someone off. He may not even have known it.
Take time to read this link.
http://www.skcentral.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2322
I just don't buy the psycho theory. It was too well planned and too deliberate.
For a lot of you who were asking for more evidence and information. Tampa Bay ABC News 28 who is doing a 30 year update has put up a website with a lot of the information. Here is the website.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/generic/news/crime/Kingfish-Boat-Ramp-Murders
Lets get this solved!
has anyone considered the possibility these killings are related to some type of government work
I wondered about the order of shooting and believe it could have been a practical matter as well. If I were going to shoot in that situation, I would have aimed first at Barrows, then the oldest child, the other child and lastly, the doctor, simply because he was driving the vehicle.
Also, in regards to Barrows noticing a New England accent: Having lived in this area of Florida, these accents are very common and easy to ID quickly. He could have been used to hearing them. Lots of full-time residents come from New England as do thousands more "snowbirds."
I find the Mariel boat lift connection interesting.