I apologize for the delay in response. I appreciate your perspective. I also want to add I have enjoyed seeing your comments from the early threads as I go back through them.
Thank you, kindly. I've learned a lot since those days of yore. Even took a year sabbatical from WS because sleuthing their murders traumatized my soul. Your posts are appreciated for being politely composed with insightfulness.
Yes I do think if RA was innocent he would have made persistent attempts at clearing the error. He was a local that lived in the community with a wife and daughter, if LE was going down the wrong path by naming him Main suspect I think he had a duty to correct it. This really bothers me.
The fact that he didn’t made him shady.
I've never said or implied RA is above suspicion. He was there that fateful day even although he claims the times are different; therefore, he's not the killer. I see no reason for him to repeatedly contact the authorities. He stayed busy working and playing in pool tournaments.
Allen was a regular at the now-closed JC’s Bar and Grill, the Indy Star reported Monday.
When LEO was searching his home and he stood by the vehicle watching, perhaps he didn't anticipate an arrest for murder. When he was arrested, his legal nightmare began. He thought he could afford an attorney so he could post bail but he's never had a bail hearing or a prelim hearing.
Judge Diener said there was a bloodlust for information so he recused himself after signing a few warrants. It's been a wild legal ride ever since his arrest.
I think he made mistakes in the execution of his crime. He dropped evidence, he got muddy and parents showed up and police got involved earlier than he anticipated IMO. Maybe the phone died. Maybe he couldn’t remove his gloves to manipulate the phone without leaving prints.
If he crossed the creek in order to get to RLs land, then he had to be muddy. I've seen the topography maps and have seen a few others try to climb that steep embankment since. Even with a gun at their backs, how did those terrified children manage to climb it? LGs shoe was stuck in the mud on the bridge side and not the other side of the creek. It was found when the family was searching on the 13th down near the private drive. KG was on the bridge at the time, iirc.
Why would a dead phone battery prevent the killer from getting rid of it forever? Wouldn't the killer care about the video/audio recording of himself being found on her phone? She may have been tortured for recording it and leaving it was a cryptic message. It's mind boggling that the iphone was left at the CS where it was easily accessed.
Ripping down the photo behind him at the bar sure would have directed attention his way. I think RA did a very good job at being unnoticed. I think it was allowed him 5 years of freedom. In fact I think it’s part of the reason behind the shocking crime scene, he felt invisible in his own life.
Getting rid of the gun, clothing, etc may have also raised suspicions with his wife. I wonder if she ever questioned him on his involvement. I wonder where she was that day when he returned home.
My impression is that he can handle himself without the wife's interference. A killer may tell her it's none of her business what he was doing. Also, he may have the aggressive, domineering
Napoleon Complex. Using the right tone, in his best DTH voice, and she wouldn't likely intrude again.
I agree it's puzzling that no one in a town of 3000 thought the killer they feared every day for years worked at the corner drug store and hung out at the local pub.
The arrest was shocking as well as a relief. It left some speechless.
I think RL had to be investigated. The crime happened on his property and he lied about his alibi. LE were doing their job. They already had access to his property due to crime scene but needed the SW to finish the job. I think phone pings are going to be tricky due to the lack of towers in 2017. More so since the crime scene was behind his residence.
Wonder why LEO gave RL a month to get rid of evidence? If there was anything, RL got rid of it at the
Transfer Station the next morning, on Feb 14. Yes, the strange and odd phone pings and the seemingly contradictory eyewitness testimony will be presented to the average citizen on the Jury.
The FBI cellular data expert that testified in Jessica Chambers (1995-2014)
immolation murder trial did a magnificent job of explaining in layman's terms the tracking of her alleged killer's cellphone along with the victim's all the way to the CS where their phones essentially sat on top of each other, according to his chart. The accused won a mistrial. Twice.
The other stuff about prosecution and budgets I have no answer for. I think if we want to say it’s a money making opportunity then it can also be applied to defense. Either way I don’t think either parties planned the crime to make money off its trial.
I think there is far more evidence than what has been revealed. I look forward to trial.
It was certainly not my intention to infer nor imply the D or the P desired to profit off the murders. Everyone employed to work on the case deserves a fair income. It was more to show how The P was reminding the commissioners that the D was earning big bucks and, as if, weren't they all sickened by the fact that the accused was getting represented free of cost because the taxpayers paid the D handsomely. That's my own interpretation. We can post
DebbieLowe's video of that FEB 8, 2023 meeting since she is a local news reporter for the Carroll Co Comet that attends their city council meetings. If you haven't, you can hear NMc for yourself, if interested.
I'm curious what other evidence are you anticipating? Is it pertaining to the hair and fiber evidence or something more? During the same CC meeting, NMc was assured unequivocally that funding was no problem for experts, etal. When he nudged the matter, I heard the figure $200,000 had been set aside. I admit, it's a bit concerning that the most recent sworn testimony reveals there's no electronics, no DNA, and no fingerprints that link to RA.
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