I've been following this case on and off over the years, and I'm very impressed by all the work everyone posting here has done and is doing, especially OkieGranny! Thank's so much for the comprehensive timeline, and all the work you put into it!
I've been thinking about this case every day since the Jamison's were found, and with the description of the terrain, distance from truck, and the remains found together, I don't think the Jamison's died of getting lost/exposure. I believe that they were ambushed while leaving. It sounds like this area is sparsley populated, and any outsiders would be noticed pretty fast. This also sounds like an area one not familiar with would get lost easily, as the Jamison's did when first trying to find the property they went to look at. I think that they were ambushed by someone or more than one person who had to know this area quite well. I would think that where the Jamison's were found would also be in an area that one would have to know quite well. I also think that whoever it was that killed the Jamison's would have to be someone who besides having intimate knowledge of the area wouldn't draw undue attention from locals the way an outsider would. I think whoever it was that killed the Jamison's, either lives in the area, or did at one time, and likely still has ties to Panola mountain and the surrounding areas. This same person or people also had to know the Jamison's would be up there that day. Who would this point too?
I do think this was premeditated, though I've thought of the possibility that maybe it was some person/people maybe on meth or maybe not, who went up there for some other reason, came upon the Jamison's as they were leaving, and ambushed, abducted and killed the Jamison's for unknown reasons, possibly paranoia, robbery, or a combination of these and unknown motives. I personally discount this theory, but I remember following the case of Taylor Placker and Skyla Whittaker, the two girls viciously gunned down near Weleetka in June 2008. For the longest time, it was thought by many that an Indian guy in a white pick up truck was the killer because of a composite sketch and description LE had put out. Later, Kevin Sweat was arrested for their murders, along with the murder of his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor. So, I thought I'd just throw that out there.
Who in the area where the Jamison's were last seen, and eventually found, knows the area intimately, wouldn't have drawn undue/unwanted attention to themselves, and would have a motive(s) for abducting and killing the Jamison's, if this was indeed premeditated? If this was not premeditated, same questions apply!
That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it!
Thank's to all here for the excellent work on this very disturbing and haunting case.
Great post that I, personally very much agree with all of the points made..
I, too strongly opine that the Jamison family's death is not a result of having gotten lost and died from exposure.. IMO there are many reasons that IMO just do not at all mesh with that being what happened here..
Most important point made in the above post is about the killer(s) responsible for this family's death very much are familiar with this particular area, the people that live in the area, and the lay of the land wrt this area's terrain/forest..
Just to name a couple of the points that we know of, that IMO substantiate this opinion, are those such as the evident fact of the people that live in this area very, very much appear to watch, take notice, and definitely are aware of any people who, for whatever reasons, happen to come into the area in which they live (ie. Be it oil rig people, visitors, or people looking at property to buy in the area, etc).
IMO, fact is these people very much are aware, keep an eye out, and take note of all people who come into their rural, yet close-knit community. IMO, the statement given by the neighbor who was one of the last people to speak with the Jamisons, his statement very much proves exactly this. The details in which he gives in that statement are very much indicative of being aware, taking note of, etc of any people who come up Panola Mountain.. Further examples of this is his detailing of knowledge wrt the "oil rig people" drive excessive speeds.. This detail is what quickly led him to know that the Jamison family were not oil rig workers due to their driving slowly up the mountain.. He goes on to give more detailed knowledge of who was driving the vehicle that was traveling behind the Jamison truck that day(gives her full name and phone number)..all of these details, IMO are indicative of the close knit community, and that they very much kept an eye out for themselves, as well as each other..
I am not at all saying these are negative traits, they are not..they are positive traits indicative of a small community who look out for each other.. The importance of these details, IMO is that whoever it was that IMO, stopped the Jamison family as they were driving back down Panola Mountain had to have been someone that belonged there, lived there, had direct personal and/or business ties there.. The people responsible for the family's death are very much known to the community..and there for wouldn't have been out of place..
IMO, if the persons who ambushed the Jamison's were just happenstance outsiders..or outsiders, period..if that were the case I'd bet my bottom dollar that they would have been immediately noticed and every single detail about them, their physical description, and vehicle info would have been known immediately to members of this small community..
IMO the killer(s) are very much just the opposite.. He/she/they belong there and/or have direct ties to this small community.. and I would go it even one step further in offering up a bit of my own personal theory on who/why killed this family.. This community is extremely tight..and imo, they're definitely NOT wanting anything/anyone to come into their community and in any way negatively impact their lives..and that can be looked at a couple different ways in their being protective of their families, property, and safety that they have maintained for themselves..or it could be they're protective for other reasons such as some type of activity that they do not want others to know about(be it legal/illegal activity..drugs, "religion", etc)..
I just believe that whatever the "ways" of this community are, that there are likely some(maybe just one person..maybe just a very small few)..but imo there are VERY LIKELY some, who are very, very determined to keep that community from being breached by any unwanted outsiders(IMO, key word is "unwanted")..
Some may ask why would the Jamison family fall into the category of unwanted outsiders, rather than the category of potential new members of their small, tight knit community??.. And to that my answer is very simply.. Think about it..firstly its not as tho, the Jamisons were from some distance, out of state, much different is they lived merely an hour away and IMO, it is more than likely that there were people on Panola Mountain who knew people in/around Eufala that would have told exactly what the Jamison's reputation was(just look at what we have had painted for us as the Jamison's rep).. Demons..spirits..meth users..witchcraft..etc..etc..etc..the list goes on and on wrt the negative traits that have been attributed to the Jamisons(some, IMO fairly..and some NOT fairly at all)..
Would those attributes go over well with the tight knit community that lived on Panola Mountain?
The answer is absolutely not, IMO..and IMO, that is possibly one of the motivating factors of why/who would have ambushed/killed this family.. IMO, there are several other possible motivating factors that I could go on&on about.. but, for me, the one thing that it all points to is that it was very, very likely someone from/directly tied to the community of Panola Mountain that ambushed/killed the Jamison family..
Of course as always Jmo, tho..
