... this is what we came to a conclusion -
- LE is waiting for someone to walk into the office and hand them the 'smoking gun'....
-or-
- LE is waiting for someone to get arrested and start to talk...
From everything I've read here & at topix (including articles), I hate it but, it's the impression or vibe that's given off, isn't it?! arggh
... There is nothing as far as forensics' ... no fingerprint... no weapon.. nobody seen anything.. nobody is talking... SOOOO you DONT have a case..... and that TRULY sucks.
I'm jumping ahead of my own reply but I see someone has posted before me with regard to this. I'm just not buying that - that there was nothing. I could buy, I'd be angry as all get out but I could buy it, that there was and they screwed it up... but with the simple and least detailed account of what took place there says there was plenty of forensic evidence. Don't ever lose sight of the fact that there was indeed a weapon... even if LE doesn't have it/them in their possession... there most definitely was one! And depending on what it was it is not always the easiest thing to dispose of 100% for eternity. And add the fact that evidence may still be ON it even if the killer/s tried to obliterate it.
One thing that bugs me if they've actually verbalized it to you as quoted there (or close to it) is them making a point of saying no fingerprints. Oh except for those that would be in the home or around the property due to living there or coming and going there. Well... considering certain peoples actions coupled with there being only certain peoples fingerprints wouldn't that be just the set of prints you'd be expecting to see there?! It makes it seem as if LE is saying 'well there must be an outsider's prints here'... just seems confusing and close-minded. Even if it's just something that tumbled off LE's lips.
Rosco, if they ever say to you that "YOU" don't have a case you lean right in and correct them and say "no sir, it's you who seems to not have a case."
... That Larry Mack guy that moved into the house right after the murders is now dead. He died about a year ago. At the time of the murders and him moving into the house - he was one of the main Meth/Drug dealers in the county... SOOO.. now he is gone.. now what???
Hmmm... that is a shame if he was privy to anything. Do you know how he died?
... I really get soooooo depressed as to WHY LE is not moving.. or working this DOUBLE homicide.... Like I said before - local is NOT working the case in full - they have State LE working the case (helping out) and on their 'spare' time.
Again, I'm jumping ahead to what someone else posted before me... have you attempted to go higher up. Just to see what exactly may be an avenue for stoking the fires under them? How about the state's attorney general?
http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/
I just don't know anymore.... I'm just the lady who's father was murdered that won't shut-up and forget. MOST of the locals don't even come to any of the memorials that I have planned. Nobody goes to the fishing tourny... I get NOTHING from locals with help or advise.. or encourgment.
I can only believe that locals are afraid... or they too want to just brush it under the rug and forget....
No you're not "just" anything... and never forget it's your Dad's & Darleen's voices that are crying out... thru you not "shutting up" and your loved ones and good friends and us here that have come to know you... it's their voices and they're going to be heard!
I live in cook county (chicago) and on any given year there is an average of 600 homicides - just in cook county. LaGrange has had one in a decade and NEVER had a double homicide in their county.. It appears to me that they are working their drug stats and not this homicide.. and I can't do anything about that...
Well there you go... I get two things out of that info.... one, unfortunately they've probably little career experience to draw on and definitely need that state assistance - all they can get! and two, since they are fortunate enough to not have a crazy backlog of homocide to contend with they should have enough time to focus on this double murder! The drug stuff probably does keep them busy but there's drugs intermingled in this case so they go hand in hand. At the beginning of writing this my expectations from them was lowering.... with this info and my thinking... I'll not give them that free pass... my expectations bar has been raised right back up.
There has been a change in Sheriff since... and still nothing is done or showing up and new info..
It just SUCKS.. Hard to keep an upbeat feeling with the case when there is NOTHING to even work with.. when LE is waiting for someone to waltz right up to them and HAND them the murder/s...
THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN....
Rosco
It does suck, no denying that. You keep your chin up girl... rest it on someone's shoulder when necessary!! There's no such thing as a perfect crime -- they always leave something behind. We've heard that dozens of times, right? It's true, and for the most part in this case, imo, it hinges on LE not falling into that thinking of "there's no evidence" and that that which was there was there because it was supposed to be there. That is not typical cop thinking - it's not even quizative citizen thinking!! And it shouldn't be tolerated.
I've written a novel...egads! Sorry :blowkiss:
Justice for Terry & Darleen in 2008!