bessie
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Here's one report:This topic is a very interesting one, and on the surface there is certainly reason to be skeptical.
If the person is lying about where they found it, then what is the motivation ? - I'm curious about that, let me know if you have an answer. Any theories ?
I personally am skeptical, but also think that if someone finds a gun and realizes it's likely been used in a murder, they are going to be like.. wtf - they are going to question me. So they might take it home and think about that. Hell, they might have even gotten home with the gun before they knew anything. I don't know details on when they claim they found the gun, but I can see plausible reasons why they might not immediately turn the gun in and be completely have no other motive than not wanting to be involved/questioned! Was it the resident ?
So, I am kind of puzzled as to what the motive would be to say they found it there, and to go 7 miles away, that is meaningful. Like, someone wanting to implicate owner of a registered gun, might do that ? Well, that again, would fit my narrative of it being the blackburn's gun.
IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle says a resident in the 2900 block of West 42nd Street found the weapon in a front yard four days after Amanda Blackburn was killed. The person took the handgun to an Indianapolis fire station, and it was then turned over to police. The location of the discovery is about a block and a half away from the Blackburn home in the 3800 block of Sunnyfield Court.
http://fox59.com/2015/11/17/recovered-handgun-may-be-linked-to-amanda-blackburn-murder-case/
Assuming the "resident" actually lives in the block where the gun was found so near AB's home, s/he had to be aware of the murder. Police presence around that neighborhood has been heavy since the murder. Why not find a cop, and say, "There's a gun lying in a front yard. I'll show you where it is." What's to think about? I don't see why an innocent person would be afraid to do that.
If s/he were concerned about being questioned, then why touch it at all? S/He could have called in an anonymous tip. It just seems crazy to me that a person would pick up a gun, especially knowing a murder had recently occurred nearby. I suppose there could be a reasonable explanation, but I'm having a hard time coming up with one.
Is it plausible that the person found it elsewhere, and had reason to believe it was in the possession of a person known to them, and that person might have been involved in the crime. But because s/he didn't want to implicate that person (snitch) out of fear of retaliation, s/he lied about where it was found? Was it turned into a fire station, rather than a police station, to avoid talking to LE?
I dunno. Again, it seems very odd to me. Like Riddle said, who picks up a gun near a known crime scene? On the other hand, by now LE has checked it out, and it probably will prove to be nothing more than a foolish act on the part of a concerned citizen.
JMO