yes i also remember reading this on jivepuppiI read that when Mr. B left Bojangles, staff watched him go to the dumpster and then head south.
i don't think bojangles is the killer, nor do i think he had anything to do with the crime. why would a guy murder 3 young boys, use the woods to escape and keep from being seen, and then enter a restaurant where people would see him? makes no sense. especially considering this was a black man in the south. he could have very well just been a homeless guy who had gotten into a fight which would explain his disoriented state and the mud/blood.
but the timing is just too hard to let go of. what are the chances that right after the most notorious murder in the state of AR has just occurred, this guy comes into bojangles covered in mud and blood? for that reason, i think he was in the woods and either stumbled across the dead bodies or saw the killer(s) dumping the bodies. he could have injured/dirtied himself as a result of using the woods to escape and maybe he was even injured by the killer(s.) didn't RC claim he heard splashes and a gunshot? the gunshot could have been directed at mr bojangles and he managed to escape through the woods, ending up in the restaurant.
what i'm wondering is how no one managed to see him AFTER he left bojangles. the staff said they saw him walk south so he didn't reenter the woods. not one person in the area saw this guy? very odd to me. the only other account of a black man i've read (jivepuppi) was from the manager of a trucking line that had three of its trucks stop at the blue beacon after 7PM that night. one of the drivers apparently mentioned seeing a black man covered in blood.
speaking of the blue beacon, anyone else find it very odd how the logs of visiting trucks given to police end at 7:18 PM the night of 5/5? right around the most crucial time of that night. there are also missing receipts from that night and i don't believe they even interviewed any of the employees who were on the night shift