Hey All,
I live in Spokane Valley, WA, which is pretty close to all this. Bo was a beloved member of my family (my girlfriend's Uncle, we all spend lots of time together at family gatherings and whatnot) and I can't think of a more undeserving family to suffer this cruelty than his. His wife and kids are all so wonderful and this is just an absolute tragedy.
I made an account here literally just so I could be involved in this thread; I've been scouring the internet for ANYTHING to help me understand this case since I got the text that he was missing last Saturday evening. This thread, and all of your insight, suggestions, and SM comments/links/things you've found and analyzed is just amazing. So thanks for being a huge resource for me as I've been trying to piece this together myself.
I think there are two logical timelines here, based on the info we've received:
1. Bo was kidnapped, forced to provide his PIN, and then driven to the shooting area and murdered and dumped. The suspects then went back into town, hit two ATMs, and then burned the truck and left.
2. Bo was kidnapped, tied up, and brought in his own truck with the suspects to both ATMs so they could verify his PIN was correct. After hitting both ATMs, they drove to the shooting area, murdered him, and dumped his body. They then drove out of the woods, burned his truck, and left.
Some of my thoughts, in no particular order:
- Based both on the large amount of time that passed between when Bo left work and the first ATM transaction occurred, and the small amount of time that passed between the second ATM transaction and the discovery of Bo's truck, I'd say that timeline #1 seems more plausible.
- A second vehicle must have been involved. The question is where in the timeline it came into play. Was it immediately, or not until they burned and ditched the truck?
- I know they're pinning this on road rage, but I'm not buying it, for a variety of reasons. Are we to really believe that all of this was spontaneously done and these suspects had all of this stuff (clothing, masks, rope, gasoline, gloves) already with them? I suppose that they could have purchased one or more of these things after killing Bo and before they hit the ATMs, and maybe the police have been able to obtain records of these purchases to argue the case that this wasn't planned. But it sure seems way to calculated and excessive to just be the product of a road rage incident. Also, the fact that they're asserting that Bo was followed home and then kidnapped makes no sense. He lives in a fairly active neighborhood, and ther certainly would have been witnesses had he been abducted in his own driveway with a struggle. Unless they've recovered OnStar records or a witness that supports this theory, it seems unlikely.
- I'm stumped on the reasoning for the second suspect to be in federal custody. Hutto is clearly the one being charged with the murder, while his accomplice is being held on "related charges". This makes the "national forest" argument obsolete, as Hutto is being charged with the murder that occurred there but he is not the one in federal custody. The attorney general said that there are "lots of moving pieces" in this case, so maybe the other suspect was already wanted on federal charges? I don't see how they can charge just one of the men with bank fraud, either, as I've seen that suggested as the reason for federal holding. But why is this case sealed?
I'm hoping that there is a lot more to this case than is public. I'm hoping that there is concrete evidence that supports the road rage story, and this isn't just a product of a confession by a hardened criminal to avoid having his charge upgraded to 1st degree murder, and subsequent laziness by the prosecutor to go with the easy confession and conviction. This evil monster needs to see a quick application of Idaho's death penalty for what he's done to our family.
Sorry for the disorganization, and there's a lot more details that I find odd here, but I just wanted to share my thoughts and sincerely thank all of you for taking time to create and maintain this discussion.
Written from my iPhone, so please excuse any errors dictating.
I live in Spokane Valley, WA, which is pretty close to all this. Bo was a beloved member of my family (my girlfriend's Uncle, we all spend lots of time together at family gatherings and whatnot) and I can't think of a more undeserving family to suffer this cruelty than his. His wife and kids are all so wonderful and this is just an absolute tragedy.
I made an account here literally just so I could be involved in this thread; I've been scouring the internet for ANYTHING to help me understand this case since I got the text that he was missing last Saturday evening. This thread, and all of your insight, suggestions, and SM comments/links/things you've found and analyzed is just amazing. So thanks for being a huge resource for me as I've been trying to piece this together myself.
I think there are two logical timelines here, based on the info we've received:
1. Bo was kidnapped, forced to provide his PIN, and then driven to the shooting area and murdered and dumped. The suspects then went back into town, hit two ATMs, and then burned the truck and left.
2. Bo was kidnapped, tied up, and brought in his own truck with the suspects to both ATMs so they could verify his PIN was correct. After hitting both ATMs, they drove to the shooting area, murdered him, and dumped his body. They then drove out of the woods, burned his truck, and left.
Some of my thoughts, in no particular order:
- Based both on the large amount of time that passed between when Bo left work and the first ATM transaction occurred, and the small amount of time that passed between the second ATM transaction and the discovery of Bo's truck, I'd say that timeline #1 seems more plausible.
- A second vehicle must have been involved. The question is where in the timeline it came into play. Was it immediately, or not until they burned and ditched the truck?
- I know they're pinning this on road rage, but I'm not buying it, for a variety of reasons. Are we to really believe that all of this was spontaneously done and these suspects had all of this stuff (clothing, masks, rope, gasoline, gloves) already with them? I suppose that they could have purchased one or more of these things after killing Bo and before they hit the ATMs, and maybe the police have been able to obtain records of these purchases to argue the case that this wasn't planned. But it sure seems way to calculated and excessive to just be the product of a road rage incident. Also, the fact that they're asserting that Bo was followed home and then kidnapped makes no sense. He lives in a fairly active neighborhood, and ther certainly would have been witnesses had he been abducted in his own driveway with a struggle. Unless they've recovered OnStar records or a witness that supports this theory, it seems unlikely.
- I'm stumped on the reasoning for the second suspect to be in federal custody. Hutto is clearly the one being charged with the murder, while his accomplice is being held on "related charges". This makes the "national forest" argument obsolete, as Hutto is being charged with the murder that occurred there but he is not the one in federal custody. The attorney general said that there are "lots of moving pieces" in this case, so maybe the other suspect was already wanted on federal charges? I don't see how they can charge just one of the men with bank fraud, either, as I've seen that suggested as the reason for federal holding. But why is this case sealed?
I'm hoping that there is a lot more to this case than is public. I'm hoping that there is concrete evidence that supports the road rage story, and this isn't just a product of a confession by a hardened criminal to avoid having his charge upgraded to 1st degree murder, and subsequent laziness by the prosecutor to go with the easy confession and conviction. This evil monster needs to see a quick application of Idaho's death penalty for what he's done to our family.
Sorry for the disorganization, and there's a lot more details that I find odd here, but I just wanted to share my thoughts and sincerely thank all of you for taking time to create and maintain this discussion.
Written from my iPhone, so please excuse any errors dictating.
