Hey all! First time poster, and very new to Web Sleuths. I am a Macon native and have family all around the apartments. Hopefully I can help answer locally specific questions, and not just throw rumors around. I am very intrigued by this case and want to see it solved.
First, the trash definitely does run on Thursday mornings. In fact, when they brought the cadaver dogs in the dogs went all around the neighborhood hitting on multiple trash cans until they caught up with the dumptruck. Which is why the landfill was searched so extensively I believe.
Here is some stuff that I believe to true (indirectly from cops/detectives). McDaniel's machete collection, him having a skeleton key to all apartments, removal of his bathtub, and a bunch of info I have already seen discussed here.
From a very trusted source I have also been told that there are body parts from other bodies (at least one for sure) that have been found in the area. Whether or not it is connected is hard to say, but the method of dismemberment seems to be similar and the proximity of the found parts is suspicious at the very least. Also, there at least two other missings persons in the area, but they had yet to be reported based on how recently they had gone missing.
I really am not trying to throw a bunch of hearsay out there, and I realize that it is very probably frowned upon. But I would like to at least share what I have heard. Again, I trust the people around me here in town that I have been talking to, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
I would be happy to answer any questions about goings on in the area, and will leave the town talk off the forum if it's not welcome.
Thanks for the interesting discourse, and keep up the good work sleuths.
PS, from all I've gathered if McDaniels isn't guilty he was either setup, or there are some spooky coincidences going on.
I'm always happy to see locals posting because they provide information that helps the rest of us understand the environment around a case. "Word on the street" information can be useful, too, if we use the right filters. It's not unusual for a horrible, unsolved murder to generate rumors. We can certainly discuss them, but we have to be careful to qualify what is a rumor on the street, hearsay from a known, trusted source, and what we've witnessed ourselves. For instance, when you mention the "cadaver dogs" running after the truck, do you know for certain they were cadaver dogs? Did you see them chasing the truck? Or is that something you heard from others? 
