But the "Police Officer" involvement has not been substantiated in any way. It was just speculation on someone's part.
Realistically speaking, that is probably not what happened.
Remember, just because this crime hasn't been solved, doesn't mean there was LE involvement.
It also doesn't mean anyone impersonated a LE officer. That is the product of pure speculation.
Personally, until I see any REAL EVIDENCE eluding to LE involvement.......I don't buy it.
I wish to be perfectly clear lest there be any misunderstanding.
I do believe, as I said, there were two realistic entry points the front and the side door.
It has been repeated many times that whoever gained entry was "known and trusted" by whoever let him/them in. I believe that to be true.
There is no evidence that I am aware of anywhere that would document that the whereabouts of Sherrill was known after approximately 11:30 P.M. or even sooner. She was never heard from again.
The girls, however, were known up until about 2:20 AM when they left the Kirby house as reported by Janelle's mother who said she glanced at her alarm clock as they left Battlefield. From there to the Delmar home it was exactly 11.6 miles. One can extrapolate that they would have arrived at the Delmar home at sometime at or about 2:45 AM.
The girls were not expected to be returning home. It is perfectly logical to believe they would not have wished to have awoken Sherrill at that late hour and probably made efforts to enter without waking her. We do not know if she was woken when they came in but it is more likely than not she was.
However, there is the matter of the Yorkie doggy. As anyone knows who has owned one of these dogs they are barkers and really territorial. The doggy would likely have raised a ruckus and if Sherrill was at home, she would undoubtedly have been awoken. But we don't know that. We don't even know if she was at the home. She could have been taken or left with some "trusted individual" for over three hours previous to their arrival. The doggy could also have been locked in a bathroom so as to not waken the neighborhood. The reports have varied from 1:30 AM to about 3 AM. I have no definitive information regarding what time the dog was heard barking.
It is logical that had Sherrill left with someone she would not want the dog barking and may have put it inside the bathroom to hold down the noise. If she had left and if the girls had arrived at sometime at or about 3 AM (after unloading their cars) they would have arrived at the home with the dog clawing and barking at the bathroom door.
If the report that the dog was heard barking at or about 3 AM, it would fit the timeline that Suzie determined that Sherrill was not in the house and put the dog outside to do its business. That is probably when it was heard barking. If earlier, I don't know what that tells us, really.
Now as to the matter of the "trusted" individual, we have only about two options. Either it was someone who Sherrill trusted and allowed in the house or it could have been a police officer or one masquerading as a police officer. I do not believe any other official in any capacity could have gained entry, based on my own experience as a home owner.
While I would not argue that a police officer may have gained entry, I don't exclude it either. We are left with the issue of the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. It could have happened.
I am more inclined to believe it was someone that Sherrill knew well, even if they weren't that close but who she trusted. There are several who fit that description. I can't see the "GJ3" as fitting that description. The only way they could have gotten into the house would have been through an open window and to my knowledge that has never been alleged.
I suspect that Sherrill and the "trusted" person left sometime in the intervening period before the girls arrived. Suzie, having determined that her mother was not at home would naturally have been concerned. Where is her mother? However, she and Stacy prepare for bed. Sometime soon after, she is wakened and either her or someone she herself knew and trusted got the side door opened. The blinds were cracked. That's seems important somehow.
At the time the second entry (as per this scenario) happened, is when the "fireworks" went off and either or both Suzie and Stacy had to be coerced or even forced at gunpoint as has been alleged to leave the home. It was also alleged to me by someone I won't divulge that Stacy was actually dragged from the home and probably at the time the globe was knocked loose and she cut her foot on the glass leaving the DNA behind.
That's what I think happened. Please critique.