NC - Kathy Taft, 62, Raleigh, 6 March 2010 - #3

[wheaten]

I apologoze up front. IMO, If D left K by herself for even 5 mins she has to take some of the responsibility. I'm sorry, but I'm not giving D a pass just because she might have been drinking. She was there to take care of K, PERIOD!!! As I posted earlier.......if D's story is true, at least ONE thing in her stories would make sense, but nothing does. I find it hard to believe that D is just that unlucky that all these mishaps just happened on the same night her sister is brutally attacked.
Sooo, let's count all the things that D wants everyone to believe are just unlucky coincidence. (1) Lives K alone to go to HT (2) Locks keys in car (3) leaves car running for 8-12 hours (4) drug baggies found (5) tells 911 durango parked in front of house (6) Goes out drinking-guess somebody forced her to drink (7) D left the house unlocked while she went out & got polluted (8) D tells nurse K may have been raped (9) D tells nurse she may have seen someone (10) according to LE, D is the only other known person in the house (11) K gets raped & attacked on D's watch (12) K dies
I'm sorry guys, but give me a break.

i'm with you, ruben. this was not random. if it was, to rephrase an earlier post about dh, kt was the unluckiest woman on earth. AND the rpd hasn't let the public know of a dangerous rapist/murderer on thr loose, so they don't believe it was random, either.

 

[crocus]

Like i said...consider the reporter.
No doubt in my mind the 'sources' are off the record RPD.

With all due respect JTF, I just can't accept this as testimony, KWIM?

I have read and followed the Michelle Young murder, and know how involved you were in that case. I believe that they have their man in that case, but every case is different, and this one is still full of holes.

I am all for truth, no matter what. I think we need to hear that LE confirms DH's statement that she has been cleared.

 

[susubaby]

I agree, she's not a suspect... for now.... but she could be implicated later


This same LE told AM (who's husband was killed with arsenic, and boyfriend committed suicide) that she was not a suspect in her husband's death.

AM is currently at the NC Correctional Center for Women serving her sentence for killing her husband.

Is LE allowed to do that? I know they are allowed to "stretch the truth" somewhat to get info, if you will, but are they allowed to say that someone is not a suspect and then arrest them later? I guess they could say some new evidence came out that implicated that person...just thinking out loud here...

 

[ruben321]

Nancy Grace needs to look at this case!

 

[unravelingthemystery]

I am watching the video on ABC11 & a thought came to my head. could it have happened this way....
1-D locks keys in car -- walks around frustrated (PERP sees her starts conversation to help her get keys out- acting like a nice guy which he really isn't) they are not able to retrieve the keys from the car...
2-D just walks to GG out of frustration for a few beers to calm herself
3-Perp realizes she has left KEYS in Car & has left
4-Perp gets into car PERPS usual way they are able to get into cars.... then retrieves the keys (which has house keys attached)
5-PERP finds something in car that shows address or in the shadows follows D home somehow to find the house for a later "hit" -- remember there are burglers around &other houses were hit. perhaps he just finished the other house when he finds D in HT parking lot earlier
6-D still in GG finishing off her multiple drinks -havin' a good ol' time
7-meanwhile Perp drives to house or waits.... 'thinking robbery when time is right '
8-Perp gets to house either before D gets there & does his smash in head thing when startled by KT - D later comes home blasted& doesn't realize KT is in trouble -- or... perhaps after D comes home later -- perp has followed her or simply followed her & waited until night time & comes into house unlocking door w the keys found on the car key ring (thus no "break-in" or noticeable entry)
9- perp does his thing one way or another. realizes someone is home - pops KT in the head (either before D arrives home or after D arrives home & has gone to bed) Perp gets the heck outta there. D is blurred & out of it enough not to notice anything is wrong..
10-PERP drives D's car back to HT - & leaves the keys in ignition ...
11-PERP is Home FREE -- for now....

 

[susubaby]

yes she had a bag in her hand, probably couldn't process that she didnt have the keys, didn't realize what she had done. She was looking for rescue.... wondering what to do. Human predators will look for the weak one in the pack, just like animal predators...they are easy to spot. Offering help is one of the oldest tricks in the book. If he drove her home she would have felt beholden to him, "Can I offer you a beer, at least?" She trusted a bad soul, because she was impaired.

Laces- I think you are on to it.

 

[cluciano63]

I don't like LE not being more vocal with the locals about this crazed killer being out there either...even if they think they know who he is, he is not in custody and is certainly a danger to residents...
I hope they have more info than they will share and make an arrest soon...connections or no connections (politically) this crime is too brutal to be tip-toed around so as not to offend sensibilities, IMO...people need to know everything possible. Even more so if LE does NOT know who they are looking for...
I don't know what to say about D being cleared...would rather wait on that one...

 

[ruben321]

I'm respectfully pulling my hair out!!!!!!

 

[sloothseeker]

Perhaps the saddest part of all this (besides DH supposedly addiction) is that KT was a beautiful 62 y/o that did not need plastic surgery.

 

[Prancy]

Doesn't LE call them "persons of interest" before they get to the "suspect" level? I guess only time will tell with this one.

I watched the WTVD video about D claiming she is not a suspect as recommended by Just the Fax. He stands in front of the house and says that D was inside the house when her sister was attacked. I interpret that to mean that his sources who know all of the reported facts are confirming that D was in the house when it happened. So, LE must believe that right?

If that's the case, then all the speculation about her going out that night is off base. So, is LE accepting the story that she got food at HT, ate, watched movie, and then around 11:00 p.m. KT went to bed, she stayed on the couch, perhaps dozed on the couch unitl 3:00 when she went upstairs to bed, right after she went to KT's door and thought she heard her snoring.

What if she only left the house once in the afternoon and never went out again? The two receipts? What if she bought the food in the regular line and then went by the cigarette counter and decided to buy cigarettes too. Does she smoke? Would she have stood outside the door area to smoke?

I'm trying to see what LE is seeing if they believe her story. I'm not too surprised as another poster posted, AM was told she was not a suspect and we know what happened with that case.

 

[susubaby]

Nancy Grace needs to look at this case!

I'm honestly surprised she's not all over it yet!

 

[SuziQ]

Is LE allowed to do that? I know they are allowed to "stretch the truth" somewhat to get info, if you will, but are they allowed to say that someone is not a suspect and then arrest them later? I guess they could say some new evidence came out that implicated that person...just thinking out loud here...

Yes they can and do. I can't count the times LE has stated so and so is not a suspect, then turn right around and put them in cuffs.

 

[AmarilloByAM]

After reading all the reports, listening to 911 calls and viewing the SW here is what I know with 100% certainity about all this bizareness - I did not commit this crime!

Two other murder cases keep entering the back of my mind - the Jeffery McDonald case from the 70s and the case in Raleigh a few years where the pregnant newspaper carrier was murdered - don't remember if she was raped.
JM claims his innocent and in the second case no one has been caught and there were no witnesses.

Think LE should check D's closet for a floppy hat?!? Sorry, I couldn't resist that one.

 

[SuziQ]

FWIW, LE rarely names a suspect or POI before an arrest anymore. To do so starts a timer and puts pressure on bringing charges before the case is ready. Perps stop cooperating, talking and lawyer up. It's just not good to show your hand before you are ready.

ETA: and then there is all that litigation involved in publicly calling someone a suspect and they end up not being charged.

 

[Noway]

Can "unluckiest person on the planet" be used as a defense?

I think Drew Peterson (Bolingbrook, IL) is using this defense already ... she may have to use "second unluckiest person on the planet" ...

 

[susubaby]

IMO, LE probably knows who they are looking for. The question is, can they FIND him. I have a bad feeling this guy may have split.

 

[susubaby]

Ruben- are you getting any feedback or hearing anything from family or friends since all of this new stuff has come out in the past few days? what are the thoughts surrounding the 911 call and all the new info that has come to light surrounding that?

 

[Noway]

I think it was Ruben or JTF who said that DH volunteered to stay with KT.

Why did she do that ... some other reason for being in Raleigh?

ETA
If the reports of her being at GG are true, and they are from reliable sources ... she clearly was not interested in helping her sister out. So why did she say she'd do it in the first place?

 

[raleighrez]

I think it was Ruben or JTF who said that DH volunteered to stay with KT.

Why did she do that ... some other reason for being in Raleigh?

ETA
If the reports of her being at GG are true, and they are from reliable sources ... she clearly was not interested in helping her sister out. So why did she say she'd do it in the first place?

That's key, who are these reliable sources? If I knew for sure that I had a piece of a crime puzzle, I'd sing like a canary...

 

[Just the Fax]

"although no one can be completely eliminated as a suspect at this point in the investigation"

You, me and everyone else but 2 or 3 people CAN be completely eliminated.
I'm the first to admit when I'm wrong, but I'll wait til she's completely eliminated.

Despite the media saying she is cleared per sources and KT's daughter saying she thinks it was random, you are still hanging on to D as a suspect.
That is surely your prerogative.