I know this is kind of late in the ball game to bring some of this up and it may be that I have just missed the answers in the postings since I have only been able to visit this site sporadically. Then again the questions that keep nagging me might not even be relevant, but here they are:
1. Did LE ever confirm with Melton the following statements made by WDB:
- That Melton initiated the fishing trip.
- That Melton made the statement to WDB that he "wanted to show me where there was a lot of rabbits
- WDB stated, "I thought that I saw something red on my right and I told Bill to stop. Thought it looked like someone lying down." Did LE ever confirm the line of sight to see if WDB's statement was reasonable?
- Diary entry on 8/8/61: David called and I called David. Was there any way to check phone records to see what numbers were called from Patty's house?
2. One of the reports states that three of the killer's tires were bald and one had tread. I wonder if an inquiry was made of the area tire stores, service stations and junk yards to see if a single tire was purchase around the time of murders? It sounds like a tire had to be replaced and the purchase of a single tire might have drawn attention. Also, that area has a lot of sharp rocks and plant that are hard on tires which means that there could have been a flat that had to be fixed.
3. The police report on the interview with Linda Lou Roberts states that the car that she saw had a license tag that began with 6-1. This is significant because in 1961 the first digit of the license plate designated the county that the automobile was registered in. Like a 3 designated Eddy County, a 4 designated Chaves County, and a 6 designated Lea County I believe. So it would seem that if LE was looking for a certain make, model and color they would have at least had a starting point. Plus there weren't near as many automobiles then as there are today.
4. Also, there was a man named Johnny Meadows that was thought to be a serial killer that was sent to prison for abducting, raping and killing a woman in Odessa, TX in 1968 and suspected of killing several other women in the Odessa, Kermit, Monahans areas using different methods. Some of these areas are less than a hundred miles from Carlsbad. What makes this interesting is that he was arrested in Aztec, NM on another charge and started talking about the killings in west Texas. Which means that he was transcient.