Since theories on what happend that day are all speculations and there have been very few facts released, you would probably be better off to go back and read the first thread on the case. Many of the links are no longer active.
Unfortunately the police haven't said enough to give us a clear list of actual Facts. What we have are statements from the police in the press which admittedly don't say much. There was one article near the one or two year anniversary of the murder that had a pretty in depth interview with Dr. Hunter and some details of the crime scene that were interesting. Not sure if the police are a reliable source of "facts", but it's the best thing we have. This was in the World Herald. I'm sure Snick probably has a copy.
• We know Tom and Shirlee were both killed by knife wounds to the neck.
• We know they both died in close succession (we don't know who first).
• We know that Dr. Hunter came home from work to find them.
• We know that the FBI did profiling early on.
• We know that the police did at least basic analysis of computers from the home.
• We know both families were looked at pretty hard.
• We know that the police extensively looked into CU connections (including, but probably not limited to MB), presumably anyone with a grudge against CU or Dr. Hunter.
• We know that no one has been named a suspect or arrested in connection.
• We know that MB was not named a suspect or person of interest.
• We know Tom came home around, if slightly later than his normal time.
• We know Shirlee had money in her purse, that was left on the kitchen table.
• We know Tom had at least started to play a video game.
• We know Shirlee's family put up part of a reward, anonymous sources (family or otherwise) put up the rest.
• We know that OPD put a stopper on an Americas Most Wanted episode.
• In March, OPD said they would consider sharing more notes on the case with the FBI in hopes of further input. (
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110313/NEWS97/703139919)
• We can probably assume that if there was any physical evidence left at the crime scene, that it did not match anyone on record.
• I also believe it was mentioned in one of the interviews that it was Shirlee's regular cleaning day, though Dr. Hunter was quoted as saying he was surprised to see her car there that late, which aroused his suspicion that something was wrong.
I'm probably forgetting some basic facts. It's hard to believe this has been going on since March of 08 and there has been such little progress. We've done this a couple times now. I know it's helpful for new visitors.
Thanks Snick, WM and everyone else -- especially those who were active very early on -- for keeping the thread alive. I know my interest hasn't dropped off. I keep checking back regularly for new snippets. Of course nothing on the TV at all lately.