In Response to Blomquist
We also rent out part of our land to a farmer who grows hay. He is on our property for maybe 3 or 4 days out of a whole summer, depending on whether he cuts the hay once or twice in a season. Usually a few hours/day to cut the hay, then he comes back a few days later to bale it. IIRC the farmer grows corn in DM's field. He would have to come sometime in April or May (depending on the soil conditions) to plant the corn. Most likely after that, he would only come back to harvest in the fall. It may be that due to some bad luck, or bad timing (or both) on DM's part, the farmer just happened to choose to plant the crops while DM was in the midst of his dastardly deed.
This is pure speculation of course IMO as we have no facts about this alleged dastardly deed except that a guy has been accused. The fact that the land was rented indicates to me that the land was open to the renters at any time. JMO
MOO, but it seems to me that LE may never have been led to DM if it wasn't for a series of unfortunate events (at least on DM's part), that led them right to DM's door, beginning with the discovery of TB's cell phone. IMHO, I think finding TB's cellphone was THE most important factor in the collapse of DM's house of cards.
I find it strange that these 'unfortunate events' led right to DM's door also .... First of all I find it very odd that a neighbour would question a trailer on a driveway, I am not pointing fingers at this moment merely saying it was uncanny how a neighbour was so alarmed by a trailer on a driveway !!! JMO MOO MB could have been parking up a trailer to move out or taking furniture to storage.... I have a hard time grasping that a trailer would alert a neighbour to call police. JMO
I find it odd that the cellphone was left anywhere to be found ! If you were about to or had just killed someone surely you would dispose of the SIM card, take out the battery and either throw it in a river or bury it.....not leave it where it could be found and found rather quickly as it turned out !!! JMO
Were it not for the discovery of TB's cell phone, LE would probably have never found out about test drive #1, and his description of the unique tattoo.
Yes its very odd isn't it that the cellphone was found so quickly and that it just happened to have a number connected to DM. Of course I don't suppose there were other numbers on TB's phone, just that one ??? I wonder why a murderer would not have blocked his number if he planned on killing someone ??? I also wonder why someone would go to the trouble of getting a so called 'burner' phone (which incidently would not have anyones name attached to it...not a real name anyway) and then be careless enough not to block a call from it and leave the phone that it had called, out there with numbers not deleted for all to see ??? MOO JMO IMO
The description of the tattoo was a crucial lead as well, as I believe it is what led to DM's arrest. DM's name is released the day after his arrest, which drew attention from his Mom MB's neighbors, in regards to the trailer that suddenly appeared in her driveway a few nights before. I don't think the neighbors would have been so concerned about it, had it not been for the news of DM's arrest.
DM was arrested AFTER the neighbours called about the truck as the truck was put on MB's driveway on the Weds/Thurs night (early hours of Thurs) DM was arrested on the Friday was he not? So the neighbours had called in about the trailer on Thursday...a day before the arrest. So whatever reason they called in about a trailer it was nothing to do with the arrest IMO
MOO, but I think DM was just becoming too cocky, as he felt he wasn't the type of person to draw suspicion from LE (no criminal history, fairly well off family, etc.). He hadn't been questioned by LE as far as I'm aware in regards to LB's disappearance and the phone records showing he was one of the last people she spoke with. He also seemed to not draw any suspicion at the time in regards to the untimely suicide of WM.
Well if he was not found to be suspicious in regard to his fathers death or in relation to the disappearance of LB...one can assume IMO that he had done nothing to set off any alarm bells IMO. As far as I can see it seems he was/is a well liked guy and has even been described as humble .... we only have a disgruntled ex employee and a possibly jealous ex boyfriend (of LB) that have said anything to smear his reputation as a good guy. Which IMO speaks for itself ! JMO MOO
) ... when I lamented to the officer that there were lots of other drivers going faster then me, he asked "did you ever go fishing?". I said "sure". He then asked "did you ever catch all the fish in the river?".
