I am curious about her co-workers at Pizza Hut. Did the police interview any of the employees? An older manager maybe? I am wondering why Pizza Hut made no attempt to use the emergency contact number when Carmen didn't show up to work? What is their policy in situations where employees don't show up to work?
All good questions,
LittleMissContrary.
How late do they sale beer in Indy? They can sell beer from 10am. until 10pm. where I live to a 21yo and older. Was the fast food wrapper a Pizza Hut box?
Carmen should have driven past the Pizza Hut on the way home from the hospital which is a 42 minute drive without heavy traffic. Add time for dropping the dad and brother off at their Southside home.
The route from the hospital to Turtle Creek shows they are on opposite sides of town:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Tur...e8c61b681337!2m2!1d-86.132597!2d39.637757!3e0
If she left the hospital with her grandmother sick and dying at 10:00 that places her walking down the hallway laughing and talking into her apartment with the male companion at 11:00. If it was 11:30 that she was heard in the hallway that gives her a possible 30 minutes to meet the guy and invite him into her apt.
If the screams "get off of me" or "get off me" were heard, she did not anticipate a sexual encounter. At this point, he is prob attempting to kiss her and she is forcefully pushing him away.
The killer was inside her apt. for likely two hours, if his rapid footsteps were heard departing at 1:30. Stabbing 50 times takes time even with his adrenaline pumping or maybe he took his time with his crime. But why would a rapist/murderer be satisfied by doing this just once given the murderer's need to overkill his victim, Carmen Hope?
Unless the young lady, Carmen Hope, was accustomed to being evasive with her father, why not just tell him: Oh, I can't spend the night bc I've already planned for
so and so to drop by for a few minutes while I wash my uniforms for work tomorrow?
Therefore, it was an unplanned event for this person to meet up with Carmen, immho. Furthermore, Carmen had a boyfriend who was out of town and so was her ex-boyfriend. Was the boyfriend surprised she might invite another man over while he was away?
Did the killer take a shower afterwards? Surely he was covered in blood. How far did he run after leaving her door? Did he leave a blood trail? Shoeprints? Are his fingerprints on beer cans?
If he is not in CODIS, he has never been convicted of a felony.
Under the umbrella of suspicion, in no particular order:
1) [art] students where she attended classes
2) employees at Pizza Hut [Who doesn't call after an employee misses 2 days? She had worked there almost a year.]
3) the neighbor who complained to management [sure heard a lot of details not to have dialed 911 for her/his neighbor]
4) hospital employee at South Community
5) young male neighbor in apts.
6) male friend taking advantage of her boyfriend being out of town