branmuffin
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I believe James and Pamela were a couple, even if it was only for a few months. I don't think they hitchhiked as a couple; I believe they had their own vehicle and that's where all their missing possessions and identification were.
Much of the information that has been touted for decades: the sightings at the camping ground and the fruit stand, comingled with suggestions there was a Canadian connection, have been tainted now and can't be relied on for any kind of timeline. For all we know they had been driving for hours before the event that ultimately killed them.
The reason for their murders is elusive. We don't know whether it was a random act of opportunity or whether it was a targeted event. Whether they were murdered for their vehicle and possessions or that the vehicle and possessions could be tied to the murderer.
It wasn't a sloppy kill. It was swift and sudden; Pamela and James did not appear to have knowledge aforethought as to their fates. No evidence at all to suggest they attempted to flee. The shots were delivered cleanly in exactly the same manner. I don't know whether that tells us anything about the relationship between the killer and their victims or whether it suggests some kind of training in weapons handling.
So much has been written during the last decades regarding the identity of the Sumter Does, whereas the actual murder investigation always seems like a post script.
Much of the information that has been touted for decades: the sightings at the camping ground and the fruit stand, comingled with suggestions there was a Canadian connection, have been tainted now and can't be relied on for any kind of timeline. For all we know they had been driving for hours before the event that ultimately killed them.
The reason for their murders is elusive. We don't know whether it was a random act of opportunity or whether it was a targeted event. Whether they were murdered for their vehicle and possessions or that the vehicle and possessions could be tied to the murderer.
It wasn't a sloppy kill. It was swift and sudden; Pamela and James did not appear to have knowledge aforethought as to their fates. No evidence at all to suggest they attempted to flee. The shots were delivered cleanly in exactly the same manner. I don't know whether that tells us anything about the relationship between the killer and their victims or whether it suggests some kind of training in weapons handling.
So much has been written during the last decades regarding the identity of the Sumter Does, whereas the actual murder investigation always seems like a post script.