Daniel went to europe in 1984, when his parents go again in 1989 without him, dan is at this point-alone, jealous, and bored. He is 34 years old and single and all of a sudden his epic music collection isnt so great anymore. He begins talking to himself in the mirror, realizing his permament speech impediment has deemed him a failure for life. He goes out running to make himself feel better, while running dan is on top of the world and invincible. Its getting late and as he gets back near the farm he lies down in a patch of weeds and just lies there staring up at the sky, the sun is setting. All of a sudden three boys on bikes can be heard coming up the road, dan is incognito and starts to tactically follow them, he loses them and decides a better opportunity to scare them can be had on their return. He sprints back to the farm quick and gets the gun and his moms nylons for a mask. He goes back and sets up shop in the ditch, the boys are on their way back. He plays a game of whats your age, run or i will shoot, until only jacob is left. He takes jacob by the elbow and starts bringing him down the driveway before daniel realizes his first mistake-they are leaving their footprints. Daniel at this point carries jacob and long steps it through the grass and patch of woods and into the house.
I will not continue my story past this point, because it is just very bad.
Note- this story is my opinion only.
I think Daniel has told some truths. He did a lot of running that day and he saw flashlights by the woodpile. I think he was walking up from his run past his wood pile when he saw the flashlights in the distance, he ran down across from the mailbox and hid while the boys went by. Had enough time to grab his mom's black pantyhose, a gun (or pipe), moves his car up around the curve of the driveway so he can pull Jacob in to continue up the driveway with his catch. He has seen these boys before and knows where they live. He and only he knows that nobody is going to surprise him while he commits this act on his own driveway. Who else would take that risk on a driveway or what appears to be a road? Who else would know for sure that nobody will be traveling down that driveway? Daniel had an interview in his home with the local news station. As he talked to the reporter, he stated that his mother doesn't even own black pantyhose...as they walked by the bathroom, there were black pantyhose hanging there. Did his mother place them there on purpose to try to get her son arrested? I bet she is terrified of him and he knows it which is why he still lives there. Watching and making sure they don't do anything to get him in trouble. In my opinion, his parents know he did it but are too scared that he may do something to them. Was there evidence in the outbuilding that conveniently burned down? And let's always remember that DR was named POI once Kevin's tire tracks were ID'd. That means no other car was involved and the perp either used a car that was already on the property or walked. My opinion only.