I remember all the media coverage. Drew slo-mo perp walking on television for a week. That Tina Flood was young, white, and attractive as it was then, is still true today just added to the attention. Now add the fact that he lived on caulder rd!? Total chaos! Alot of people in law enforcement including the district attorney's office were trying to make a career off this case. I heard rumors that years later a retired LC detective was working on a book.
It has been assumed that Drew had a partner, evidence presented at trial as fact except....
[One day after Drew's arrest LC police took stamper into custody he was visibly shocked and saddened by what happened but also was very combative with the line of questioning and voluntarily offered to take a lie detector and DNA test at one point laughing at the detectives when he was accused of sexual assault and kidnapping. Irrefutable evidence to the contrary was confirmed. The interview was terminated and he was released. ]
Drew was still considered a person of interest in the disappearance of Jessica McCain and Laura Smothers after his conviction because Texas Rangers were still looking for some possible connections in 2011-2012 but nothing came of it. When he relocated to Austin he did it very suddenly abandoning his business with customers cars still locked inside and didn't tell anyone he was leaving including his family. I know one of the women from Austin was a credible witness that they were locked in a motel bathroom smoking crack when he tried to force her to perform oral sex. She loudly refused striking him yelling to open the door causing attention and then quickly exited the motel. I hope Drew's death has given Tina's family and friends some measure of satisfaction. I hope Mrs. Drew finds peace.
Sadly, I discovered that Drew didn't come alone to that lounge in Seabrook that Sunday after Thanksgiving. He told me that he stayed in the back shooting pool while drew borrowed money to get drunk gravitating towards the party for Tina. That at closing time they were sitting together, friendly. There was an after party at the Hilton and the both of them were invited. Before he tells me what happened next he says it has haunted him because. He noticed that they all rode in one minivan and and that the girl driving was so intoxicated that twice she tried to put the key in the door and twice she dropped them on the ground while almost falling over. The rest were just as drunk and gladly accepted his offer to drive. Drew offered to give Tina a ride along with a friend of hers who called the police after he speed off, with her yelling stop! She would still be alive. he said, No question about it.......