Someone remind me what the interviewer said was “probably the one true thing” Kegan had said in the interview. That LE *did* believe he was being truthful about that thing.
His phone being on the microwave when he got back from his polygraph on 2/25/17. The phone that ended up being wiped before getting turned over to LE a couple days later.
Just to clarify, circumstantial evidence is pretty much everything but eyewitness testimony. DNA, fingerprints, gun shot residue, incriminating statements, etc., are all circumstantial evidence, which just means evidence that needs some form of interpretation. For example, finding the DNA of a person inside the orifice of a deceased person doesn’t prove that the owner of that DNA killed the deceased person. But the circumstances - unrelated male, dead body found after having been disposed of, etc. - point indirectly to that unrelated male’s guilt. Most guilty verdicts, in absence of a confession, or witness who saw the killing, are rendered due to circumstantial evidence.
Good point. This is an extreme example, but look at Samuel Little. He committed rapes and murders - PROBABLY 93 - over three decades and no one was making the connection.
Samuel Little - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
One of Little's favorite reading materials was true crime magazines. Nowadays criminals have a better source, the internet.
Just because this killer hasn't been connected to other crimes doesn't mean there aren't others. He could have had something else in mind here, it went sideways on him and doesn't resemble previous crimes. He could have sat back afterwards and looked at his mistakes and future murders don't look like this one. If LE even hasn't made a connection doesn't mean there isn't any. To add to that if LE is using ViCAP (Violent Criminal Aprehension Program) to look for other crimes that is a problem. The last I looked about 10 years ago out of 18000 city, county and state LE agencies only about 1400 entered violent crimes into ViCAP. If this killer is not currently local and is committing crimes in places like Backwoods Arkansas or Podunk Nebraska chances are high ViCAP has no visibility on it.
I believe the chances are high this killer is somewhere with 1-2 hours of Delphi and has some past connection to the area. But there is also the possibility this guy could be in Kansas City scoping out Swope Park or in Columbus OH stalking Alum Creek Trail.
My investigative excitement in hearing, from seasoned prosecutors, they don't go out of their way to broker deals from informants got my Geiger Counter clicking loudly. IIRC The male commentor specifically said he didn't have time for any wild goose chases and needed something credible/concrete before moving on information from an incarcerated person and usually with the assistance of the defense attorney, Now I really, really, really want to know more about the divers & their search. It doesn't appear the transfer of custody was for a dental appointment....just sayin.
He found the phone in the kitchen after the first polygraph?
In the judicial system I can imagine it is a matter of degrees. For example, if the witness says look at this - email, FB messenger, Instagram, etc. - that can be solid. But if the witness says that KAK said it but can't produce the communication, for whatever reason after 5 years, it would be less credible.
What someone says to another is credible, unless there is a reason to doubt the other’s credibility. In law, testimonial evidence is not the weakest evidence.
Gitana1, thank you for taking the time to give some clear definitions to terms and concepts that people use and misuse on the website. Your training and experience are valuable and instructive, and I (among many to be sure) am very grateful for your careful mentoring.
Seconded. I really appreciate authoritative voices adding perspective in areas with which I’m not terribly familiar.
I hear about this and then I go back to the murder of Angela Michelle Lawless in MO and the wrongful conviction of Joshua Kezar. Witness testimony from a 'credible' witness placed Kezar in the area at the time. The fact that several persons KNEW Kezar was in IL and not MO at the night in question. The witness was deemed credible. The witnesses who placed him in IL were considered inebriated. He has since been exonerated. In spite of a sober and credible witness.
Wow, looks like they failed to redact the name Adam in that one instance. Great catch!! If you keep reading (if you can stomach it), it seems like that person continues to be referenced but redacted (the redacted name appears to be 4 spaces). The transcript says that the redacted person was a friend of KK’s who had access to KK’s phone.
Yes, well if that is true that is what happens when a podcaster is entrusted with doing 'responsible' redacting from a document that was obtained by 'accident'.
Respectfully, that is what happens when a human is entrusted with doing responsible redacting. I once laid eyes on a sensitive document redacted by a government employee who failed to redact a single nickname in one spot, and that, along with other clues, made the rest of the redactions meaningless because the person’s name was able to be figured out. Moo from a fellow bean counter.
how is kak disguised as a persona making a claim on SM is evidence in the first place ?
not you living my dream career lol. I’m trying to work with my supervisor to make me competitive for a rotation in fraud investigation at my agency. DOJ told me to get experience and apply again in a few years.
If you have bachelor's degree and some fraud examination experience you can apply for and take the CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) exam. Not cheap and it takes time.
The only 'talk about BG' that was described--- by Abby's mother, after hearing Libby's recording,--- "is that creepy guy still behind us". My verbatim from about five years ago when Anna's video was first available on internet. I, too, question why Libby was recording their own talk as they walked? It does appear to indicate that if that guy was BG, they did not recognize him as an individual, nor expect to meet up with any older stranger.
