Missouri Mule
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This source of yours has presented a plausible theory, but we have yet to see any real evidence. No matter how firmly your source believes his theory, he may be incorrect.
As for Clay and Recla, I'm not willing to take someone's stripper sister's word for an alibi. I'd also want to see proof that the one who was in Illinois, Riedel, didn't have a big enough window to commit the crime. Perps have been known to travel out of the area in order to set up an alibi, only to return surreptitiously to commit a homicide.
Unlikely, not from the reputation of his source. He stressed many, many times that the identity of the perp was known. And he had been tracking him for a period of approximately 10 years. But as you say, he could have been wrong.
As to the crypt vandals and their alibi, it does as you suggest, rest on the sister's words and being a "stripper" which she disputes, is shaky. However, I have read a long detailed explanation of her remembrance and she struck me as being both intelligent and forthright. She also said she was more of a waitress than a stripper. That is in dispute. All we really know for certain is that she was working making an honest living at a legal establishment.
I totally agree about someone traveling long distances to establish an alibi. The best known example is the female NASA astronaut who traveled a long distance to confront a rival for her love interest and wore adult diapers to make the time frame seem impossible. There have been other examples.
What is missing is sufficient motive. While it would seem that the upcoming trial would be a motive, that may be purely coincidental as graduation was falling just one week prior to the trial. And if the motive was to keep her off the witness stand, it would quickly point to the crypt vandals as the most likely perpetrators. Having communicated extensively with one of them I just don't believe that is what took place here. It is not implausible that the third vandal, who evidently have a reputation for "blabbing" might have stirred up a hornet's nest we would need to look to someone else entirely, either corrupt cops or drug dealers in the vicinity.
The more likely explanation is the one I have previously discussed today. This subject is a moving target so as new information comes to light I will revisit here to provide my additional thoughts.