I think the jury is still out on whether the car was “stripped” or not. Yes, there was the police incident report (assuming it was the correct vehicle, as the entry strangely also listed the Arlington PD..) in which they used the term “unk susp stripped”, but AW’s brother Tim said the car was in “fine condition” when it was found, and AW’s niece (thelastunicorn) indicated that only the car’s seats were wet and the tires muddy. Idk, maybe they were coached to say those things? Also, I believe AW’s phone was found in the car. Why wouldn’t “strippers” have taken the phone?
I just think we need to be careful not to presume that this was just a stolen car (steal it for a short ride and the parts) scenario. Because if you were going to do that, just take the car. No reason to take AW. Imo, I don’t think AW was killed just because somebody wanted to drive around in his car for a few hours and then steal some parts.
First, you could always steal the car at a different time - when you wouldn't have to go to the trouble and risk of killing the driver (like “give me the keys and get out of here!”). Also, they didn’t really take the car anywhere - and, they didn’t use the car for any real length of time.
And even if the seats were wet, if the car had truly been stripped, it seems like prints or DNA would’ve been left somewhere. No, a typical car theft just doesn’t make sense to me.
I do think suicide is a possibility, but I’m still not convinced that this wasn’t a crime - possibly a botched carjacking (a kidnapping-carjacking - NOT a car-theft-carjacking) for the purpose of robbing and extorting money from AW and his family (just like the attempted Hedgerow crime which occurred two weeks later approx 3 blocks from the Inwood and Lemmon intersection). I think it is possible that the perps were after more than just an ATM visit or two (plus, with ATM cctv, that’s just a good way to get caught).
But if they could hold AW hostage for a week or two in some S Dallas location, and carry out a few forced withdrawals - all while beginning negotiations with AW’s family for his ransom/release - well now your talking some real money.
But (if the above was even the plan), what if something went wrong before the ransom negotiations had even gotten underway, like.. what if both perps were arrested and held in jail for a totally different crime? Whoever was left holding AW in S Dallas would have had no other choice but to get rid of him.
Definitely all just wild speculation.
I sure wish there were some answers from LE for AW’s family. Just a really sad story
Full credit to diggndeeperstill who found that out first, but I didn't see their 2020 post so I re-brought it up last month.
