AgentFrankLundy
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What questions would ya'll like the Macon.com reporters to answer ? I will submit them , might not get a response , but its worth a try
I don't see how this would rule out McD, Bessie. In the unlikely event that this is part of Lauren's remains, we would have to discount the evidence the police already have against McD and make lots of assumptions: that he couldn't have possibly made the trip himself, that he didn't have an accomplice, etc.There is a thread about these remains in the Unidentified forum with a link to this article.
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/24187
Some of the comments mention that homeless people are known to live in the woods where the skull was found. Prince Frederick is about 60 miles south of North Laurel, BTW. I'd be very surprised if the remains are Lauren's, but yes, it would rule out McD.
This is very interesting. I think it's interesting that at a time when funding is tight, so much would be put into a humanitarian mission. I'm not saying this to be an <unusual person> or because I begrudge Lauren's family the resources. I am saying it because I am puzzled.
My Mom and I are perfect strangers that donated a large amount of money to this search. If we did that, then I think that her freinds and family members did similar or better.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...alvert-county/2011/09/19/gIQAPXn1eK_blog.html
link re skull found in Md. woods
If the skull is LG's, such a long drive w. it seems fraught w. risks:
1. Poss of LE making traffic-stop, vehicle search, and LE finding skull.
2. Even w/out LE finding skull, the drive is likely, imo to generate E-trail:
a. Gas purchases, food purchases, & other CC or DC use,
b. ATM withdrawals of cash on trip.
c. Cell phone pings on towers.
3. Surv. cameras en route.
Even avoiding all those, still a risk of---
--auto accident,
--traffic ticket,
--being seen by someone he knows, away from Macon w. his being in "wrong place,"
which w/nullify any poss. "I was studying for bar exam 24/7 in Macon" alibi.
Perp c/anticpate & work around some E-trail issues, but c/not avoid all other risks.
If the newly found skull is LG's, and if SMcD transported such a distance,
then why would he have placed the torso in rollaway bin at B-Hall apts,
instead of placing in his car and driving elsewhere to dispose of it?
IOW, if he thought transporting remains a couple miles to dispose of around Macon area was too risky,
why w/he have thought transporting skull several hundred miles was an acceptable risk?
I had left for work by the time you posted this. Did you follow the chat? Anything new or of interest?What questions would ya'll like the Macon.com reporters to answer ? I will submit them , might not get a response , but its worth a try
Yes, I did follow it . Absolutely nothing new or of interest . I think (maybe this is a good thing ) people are getting bored with this case , at least since there is nothing substantial going on at this moment . I also think LE is keeping a lot of stuff away from the media , or the media is keeping a lot of stuff away from the public. Maryland skull was not mentioned.I had left for work by the time you posted this. Did you follow the chat? Anything new or of interest?
3 crime scenes, 200 pieces of evidence. I think LE has SM signed, sealed, and waiting to be delivered to a Bibb County grand jury. I think they have a lot more than what LE has made public with the warrants, etc. I think that what they have is enough and are just waiting for all results to be returned so that people can't claim that evidence was overlooked or ignored. We can debate and have debated about the known evidence. Is the hacksaw packaging found in SM's apartment for the hacksaw found in the storage closet or did someone plant the packaging or hacksaw to frame SM? Did SM know he had a master key or not? Did SM or someone else put Lauren's torso in the trash can? I guess there could be "someone" else, however, SM is the common denominator in all the evidence we know about. But, the famous TV interview with "Body?" is all SM. I think we are looking at a guilty man there. Of course, this is all my opinion.
Yea, tomkat I got it.. As I said in my thinking about it while posting about a gunshot wound other things relating to that came to my mind and I posted about them.. I understood your post exactly for what it was and nothing more.. Anything I chose to further elaborate about a gunshot were of my own thoughts.. The only thing that was directly related to your post was my stating that of course it's quite obvious that if a gunshot wound were to have been discovered that it woukd be investigated..
I wish we could find out if McD submitted a DNA sample. I don't see how he can be cleared without it. I've forgotten which question Patterson was asked when he hesitated so long and wanted to confer with Winters. Was that in reference to the hacksaw? Guess it's time to review. :book:I believe that SM is guilty also. However LE sent 200 pieces of potential evidence. According to Patterson's testimony there is no forensic evidence linking SM to the hacksaw. Two and a half months seems like a long time not to get some type of forensic evidence back.
respectfully snippedMaybe, instead of using a couple lesser pieces (like hair or fiber) w. test results pointing to SMcD,
before going to GrJury, State is waiting for test result for one specific piece w. more impact. IDK, just a poss.
I believe that SM is guilty also. However LE sent 200 pieces of potential evidence. According to Patterson's testimony there is no forensic evidence linking SM to the hacksaw. Two and a half months seems like a long time not to get some type of forensic evidence back.
I wish we could find out if McD submitted a DNA sample. I don't see how he can be cleared without it. I've forgotten which question Patterson was asked when he hesitated so long and wanted to confer with Winters. Was that in reference to the hacksaw? Guess it's time to review. :book:
Yesterday morning, when I said McD would be ruled out, I based my opinion on timing and some thoughts about McD's personality. From 10:30 Saturday night until Tuesday morning, when I believe it was confirmed McD attended class, provides about a 60 hour window in which he would have to commit the murder and dismemberment, clean up, drive 700 miles to Maryland, find this particular spot (which is 60 miles south of North Laurel, incidentally), and then drive 700 miles back to Macon. It's not impossible, but nearly, imo. Then as Al66pine suggests, the risks involved in such a journey would be extraordinary, which adds to the unlikelihood. Everything we've learned about McD seems to indicate that he is a homebody and a creature of habit, meticulous, too. Based mainly on what I've gleaned from his internet posts, he appears to exist within a narrow comfort zone. That's why I had some hope LG's remains would be found in the landfill. Whatever he did, I believe he did it close to the apartment and/or in a place familiar to him.
WhoaJo made the point that we shouldn't overlook the known evidence against McD. Part of that evidence is a plan to commit the perfect murder that he allegedly talked about to his roommate. A reckless 1400 mile trek with a murder victim's partial remains in tow doesn't fit in with such a plan, imo. WJ also mentioned an accomplice, which I hadn't given thought to. If the MD remains did turn out to be LG, then I suppose we'd have to consider the possibility of a second perp. But in theory, involving another party increases the risk of detection and is also ill-suited to a "perfect murder", unless part of the plan involved immediately eliminating the accomplice. Possible, but a stretch. McD's a loner who had a difficult time enlisting a volunteer for a school project. Why would he buddy up to commit murder? Nah, IF he did murder LG, I'd bet dollars to donuts he acted alone, and the entire horrible scenario played out within a stone's throw of BH.
For the family's sake, I'd like to believe the Maryland finding holds answers, but I don't. The consolation is that another family's mystery might be put to rest, and that would be a good thing, too.