Cajun Chardonnay
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Given that level of journalistic integrity, perhaps TheInd will hire them.
:floorlaugh: It's an Independent-worthy tactic to get your scoop from Gannett. I always say that the Ind reminds me of the yellow journalism tactics of old. Heck, it even reads like a salacious rag most of the time. I think it's by blind, stupid luck that they occasionally get something right.
My sis, who is former LE says she believes he intended to keep her at his home, and may have done just that...
Perhaps that the reason for all the "evidence" that linked him to the crime and gives LE the thought that she is "gone".
JMO.
LE does't "think" she's deceased. They know it.
I think I mentioned this before...The only way that LE would have pursued a 1st degree murder conviction on Mickey was if (a) they found evidence of HER blood in such quantities that life would not be possible, and/or (b) remnants of parts of her body were found which indicated an injury which could not have been survived, i.e., brain matter, intestinal villi, certain body parts (such as esophageal or tonsillar tissue) or strips of heart tissue. Just finding her ID, purse, shoes, or even her hair in the mobile home wouldn't be enough. A murder indictment without corpus delicti? That's hard to do unless you have something more than circumstantial evidence.
That Craft described BSL's mobile home as a "major crime scene" says volumes. You have to read between the lines with him. What was found in that mobile home was damaging and damning enough for a grand jury to indict within hours. It was also enough to keep CID busy in there for two days. Personally, I'd love to know how much Luminol they used in there.
Cluciano, I find my own thoughts mirroring yours. I think BSL spent many nights just driving around, looking. Unfortunately, this time he spotted Mickey and circled her until he found the right time and place. I do think he got more of a fight than he anticipated and Mickey hurt him. At that time, he has to get rid of the big pieces of evidence and jumped on I10 and went straight to Whiskey Bay where he dumped the bike. Personally, I have the same feeling Tim Miller has, that he also dumped Mickey in the basin there somewhere as well. I think he then jumped on State Route 975 and took that up to 190 and back home.
At that point, if he did keep any "trophies", he hid those, he tried to take care of his injuries, but realized that they needed medical attention but knew he couldn't go anywhere locally. He then has the long drive to New Orleans to come up with his "mugging" story. After giving LE a statement there, he probably went away feeling fairly confident he covered his tracks. He got rid of major evidence, he confronted LE with no major problems and up to this time, there was no news of a missing Mickey. That probably changed a short time later. He probably got interviewed by LE, as an RSO, and pictures of the DWT were released, sending him into a moment of panic where he decides to burn his DWT. Of course that is all just my opinion and only time will tell.
I have several thoughts on this: some are speculation, some rooted in what I've heard from sources and read. [SPECULATION] First, the bike dump reeks of a spur-of-the-moment drop. Yes, the water was deeper when he dumped it, and the drought in June lowered levels sufficiently for the bike to be found...However, the removed handlebar grips appear to me (note: rabid speculations follows) a way for him to try to remove both identifying markers (gold grips), and to remove his fingerprints from a place which was not easily wiped with a cloth. He was sloppy; he could have easily driven a mile up or down the levee, flung the bike or just the grips into the water, and it would have never been found. He got rid of that evidence hastily, and after the family started advertising the bike (remember, they kept saying it was distinctive due to the gold grips). However, I would think that Mickey would have either (a) been incapacitated or (b) already dead at this point. I do not think she was placed in WB. If anything, I'd lay my bets on either the Sabine River or in a wooded river right off of a major intersection where cars almost never stop. I'm betting there's some spot in Swords or CP where the soil is consistent with having had a decomposing body lying there at one point. Again, rampant speculation on my part, but I fully believe Mickey was moved after an initial dump. Too much evidence can be garnered from an original crime scene and it would be consistent with his ghoulish way of scattering evidence.