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Here are some snippets from the story:
There were also a few puzzling details.
Her bedroom lamp, for example, was knocked askew. There was, of course, no way of telling when or how that had happened. What's more, her digital alarm clock had apparently fallen to the floor and was now six hours off, but authorities had no way of determining whether that any significance either. Perhaps the clock had simply stopped during one of the not- infrequent power outages the neighborhood had experienced. Or perhaps it meant something more. There was also the fact that the driver's seat on Tara's car had been pushed back further than the 5-foot-3 woman would have been likely to favor it. Again, the cops didn't know if it meant anything.
Finally, there was the glove, a latex glove, the kind worn by doctors, and paramedics and cops that was discovered on Tara's otherwise pristine front lawn.
Ok, first the lamp and alarm clock. The lamp may be the sign of a struggle. As far as the alarm clock goes I know that whenever my digital alarm clock goes off due to a power outage or being unplugged it flashes 12:00. I would hope the police tested it after dusting for FP and such.
The latex gloves point toward Harper or Gattis. I also have latex gloves in my house because I collect football cards to sell on eBay and I don't want to get the oils from hands on them. So they can be purchased at regular pharmacies.
Harper who was shot in profile reportedly in part as a safety precaution because of his job as an independent contractor who has worked in Iraq challenged the reports and said he had seen Tara about 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, a school day, when she turned up at his house. Harper said that Tara had threatened to commit suicide, though after a short interruption in the taping, Harper added that Tara had returned later that day and asked him for a hug, apparently indicating that it would be the last time.
Very suspect. What was she doing on his doorstep at 9am on a school day. I don't know much about this case except what's in that article but would she be able to be there at 9am without being missed at school?
How close does he live to the school?
Saying someone threatened to commit suicide seems like a way to innocently explain her disappearance. IMO, if someone is going to commit suicide because they are despondent over the breakup with someone they are going to do it where they can be easily found so to send a message to that person.
Also, if she was going to commit suicide in a remote area she would either need to drive somewhere or walk. Why was her car still there and why was the seat pushed back so far?
I hope the cops tested to approximate the height of someone who would be comfortable driving at that setting.
Officially, authorities say they are paying little heed to the chatter. But privately, they acknowledge that they are monitoring the blogs and the message boards in the hopes however faint that they may lead them to someone they haven't yet interviewed who may have some critical information.
Yeah! They read us!!
Friends, among them some who knew about Tara's unhappy romance, have told Crime Library that it is possible that she might have run away in a fit of despondency. Though they are loath to say it some even some friends admit that it is not entirely out of the question that the bright, articulate and fiercely religious young woman might have taken her own life.
As stated above the facts just don't point that way.
I live in Rochester, New York and in the late 80's and early 90's there was serial killer named
Arthur Shawcross who was killing hookers.
One of the things that the LE people said, and they brought in profilers, was that a killer will usually dispose of a body in area they are familiar with.
It turned out a lot of his victims were found in areas he liked to fish in.
IMO, the most likely place to find her body is a place where the suspects frequent. Do they hunt in the wood if so where mostly? Does anyone have a cabin somewhere? Is there a place they like to swim? Is there a place, in Harpers case, that training sessions for the military were carried out?
The hardest part of proving Harper did it will be that his fingerprints and hair and other things won't be unusual in her house or car.