Becky Starkey
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There is another possibility for cartel connections to locals. Outlaw motorcycle clubs (gangs). The link below is an FBI report that has information about these connections you can jump to page 18 for some of the good stuff on OMGs.
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/national-gang-report-2013
Seeing the picture of KR on his Harley made me think back to my younger days when I would sometimes ride with a couple of Bandidos that were associates of some of the people that I used to ride with.
From what I can tell, it looks like KR probably rode with more respectable bikers, but there would be definitely an opportunity to mix with any local OMG people.
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I think that the Rhoden's maybe heard " things". Maybe they needed to get out of some trouble. Maybe they informed someone of things and it got back through the pipeline, that they had. Narcing (sp) is a very bad, bad thing in the drug world. And retaliating in a big way is to warn others to keep their mouths shut! (8 murders). If the "officials" knew this person or person's were so dangerous and didn't protect the family in some way, it would explain all the "lockdown" on information about these murders. JMO.
Yes, I saw that. With all of his priors, he must have been playing informant. He could of even set Higgins up... who knows. I'm not insinuating that Reader had anything to do with it. As far as I'm concerned, my JJ theory still stands. It's just that know I'm also wondering if the Rhodens were expanding operations and if there is a connection.
Thank you Cricket, for the welcome. I just have to be more patient and do more reading before commenting. A lot can happen in 2 or 3 pages of comments!
Lol I was reading that over and over again trying to figure out how Minnesota got in the mix and what DM and hmm were. Haha!Me again- disregard that DM hmm MN above. Extra fingers must have a mind of their own!
What makes you think the killers were hired gunmen from out of town? Possible, but not probable. Killers not familiar with the place and the victims doing the entire operation in the dark?I don't have anything that stands out to me about the 21yr old. I wonder if he was held that long because they were GM hmm MN wanting general info on the Rhoden's. They probably initially thought he might be a suspect, and when they figured out he wasn't, then they probably tried to get info on the lifestyle of the younger members of the family. Personally, I don't think the killers were even close to D &Csr's kids. I would bet my bottom dollar the killers were all 40+ yrs old. And I will think they were hired gunmen from out of town, until someone proves otherwise.
...The Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle club that was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in the mid-1960s.
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The club now also has chapters in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, California, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York.
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Law enforcement classifies them as an "Outlaw Motorcycle Gang".
..Two members of the Iron Horsemen were sentenced to five years in prison, and another three were given sixteen years in total on June 26, 2008 for drug dealing. They sold methamphetamine and speed in the Western District of Kentucky between December 2003 and December 2005, and distributed between 50 and 200 grams each. Both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were involved in the case.
One member of the Iron Horsemen was shot in a gunfight with Cincinnati Police on September 18, 2010. Local media reported that a gang member opened fire on several identifiable police officers and 2 undercover officers as they approached JD's Honky Tonk and Emporium escorted by marked police cruisers. The two undercover officers were injured and the gunman that started the incident was killed in the shooting.
I don't have anything that stands out to me about the 21yr old. I wonder if he was held that long because they were GM hmm MN wanting general info on the Rhoden's. They probably initially thought he might be a suspect, and when they figured out he wasn't, then they probably tried to get info on the lifestyle of the younger members of the family. Personally, I don't think the killers were even close to D &Csr's kids. I would bet my bottom dollar the killers were all 40+ yrs old. And I will think they were hired gunmen from out of town, until someone proves otherwise.