Since he had money, I wonder why he didn't just phone a relative and tell them that he was stranded. Or, maybe he contacted a policeman and the cop was the perp.
I wonder if the person,or persons who killed Lonnie took his money ? MOO
Since he had money, I wonder why he didn't just phone a relative and tell them that he was stranded. Or, maybe he contacted a policeman and the cop was the perp.
Well I wouldnt want to jump to conclusions but the description of how his wrists were bent up behind his back and the fact that his killer made a point of removing whatever was binding them certainly makes one wonder.Since he had money, I wonder why he didn't just phone a relative and tell them that he was stranded. Or, maybe he contacted a policeman and the cop was the perp.
Its my understanding he was.Lonnie was found totally nude?
Also, since he was blindfolded-there could have been more than 1 killer?
Yeah definitely,by random I didnt mean that I thought his killer hadnt killed before just that he happened upon Lonnie when and where he did.I don't think this was random. This person did this before.
Taking Lonnie all the way home would have meant an hour long drive up the Greer grade and accross the prairie ,and another hour and more back down and home to Kamiah.i think it was the teens he was needing a ride home and they somehow looked shady to him but they offered and as they were riding to where they were going to dump him he started to ease up thinking ok. but what was he doing that late at the fair grounds?
also if the teens were truly good people why didnt they drive him all the way home or was that to out of the way or they could have just dropped him off at the police station. something tells me the teens were up to no good
I would have to assume so and I would imagine if they still exist they are with whatever remains of the files.This may have already been discussed. I'm just getting re - caught up on this case after not looking at it for awhile..... But, did they take crime scene photos of any kind? I know they may not have been suitable for public viewing, but it seems like most police departments would do that, even in those days. I'm just wondering because of all the confusion over the state of the body.
Thats the weird part...he wasnt an active FBI agent.He was retired FBI currently working as an attourney...from another state yet.Why in the world was he in charge of the case instead of local LE?WHY was the FBI called in? Was there a rash of assaults on young boys they were investigating?
Also, if the FBI investigated, isn't there the freedom of information act you could apply to this?
Very possibly.The time line is interesting... is it possible that the 2 teenagers who stated that they picked up Lonnie at 12 :30 are not telling the truth ? MOO
Nice Find Aussiegirl! I hadnt seen that particular article!I found this article, in which the Sheriff states he was convinced Lonnie had been transported from wherever he was killed to where he was found:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...-VXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4226,4047487
He was last seen around midnight. Then there's a couple hours he was likely alive after that, says the coroner - so where'd he spend those? At the fairground? In a vehicle? In another part of the woods (but why then move him again..?) On the property of somebody who lived nearby? He wasn't moved all that far from where he was last seen, so my guess is either a vehicle or a nearby property or both. He was likely tied up alive, died while bound and had the bindings removed after (for convenience of transport, or the bindings could have helped ID the killer somehow) - possibly he was moved several hours after death, if his hands retained that shape. Rigor mortis takes a while to set in, doesn't it? So there's potentially a bunch of hours the killer had Lonnie - both alive and dead - in his possession.
It'd be worth also checking out whether either of those two 'highschool' boys (isn't 19 kind of old for high school?) or the truck driver went on to have trouble with the law.