GUILTY TX - Billy Joe Harris for rapes of elderly women in 6 counties, 2011

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I don't want you guys to think I'm ignoring this thread--I'm not. I'm fascinated by what is found on Google Maps. I just can't look at them as the site moves. That can set off seizures for me. So please post all the info you find, I'm very interested.

And that's an intriguing ad, there, IWannaKnow. Hmmmm

Personally, I don't think the guy's hanging out in the cemetery or coming in on the train. I know small Central Texas towns. Any guy hanging out in the cemetery would get checked out pretty quickly--especially if he's not a local with a routine. The train thing wouldn't work either, I don't think, as they are too sporadic and move too slowly. I really never hear of anyone jumping one anymore. JMO

Concerning the grocery store--we've considered that quite a bit. We need to remember, though, that many of these women are not driving. The caregiver in this recent attack actually said that the lady didn't get out much. Could there be something related to seeing an obvious caregiver assisting a lady and then following them home? We've heard two separate times now that a "son checked on the woman" at a specific time. Anything there? Would a son be checking and still have a caregiver? And what about the church angle? It doesn't seem to be a factor in this attack. But we've had several rapes seemingly connected with women getting ready for a very early service. Are they picked up by someone?

I'd really like some info on who's reporting these rapes. Are the women calling 911 or is a caregiver, family member, driver, or neighbor finding the women? If anyone sees this addressed in any comment section, please post it.
 
Miss Izzy - I edited my first post so many times I lost count, but the last edit was to state that that was a CELL PHONE tower next to the cemetery, with nary a house in sight - except across the railroad tracks on Ave D. I guess I could try to figure out the exact mileage to the houses, but they are not close. So, my point with the cemetery was that there is a cell phone tower right next to it, with NOTHING around either one of them, and the closest houses have no line of sight due to distance and rows of brush and trees between the fields - that is, the houses on that side of the railroad tracks. This is not directly across from the victims home, but certainly close enough and if the jobs are 2 to 3 weeks in nature.....I actually started out with the cemetary, thinking he did his surveillance from there, but now think this cell phone tower thing could be good. It is very interesting to me that the victims phone lines were cut, and the first victim was moved by LE, but he still found her a second time. Could LE's conversations have been transmitted by a cell tower he had access to? I admit I don't understand how all this works, but I think this is the most possible scenario I've come up with yet. All came from stumbling across that tower trolling through google street view.
 
OK, so the only things across the street from the cell tower are the Texaco station, Newmans Quick Stop from what I can tell, and the girl there says they are open until 10:00 every day. The only other thing across from the tower is a vacant house, which in a different google view has a bbq trailer parked in front of it. There really isn't anything else right across the street from this tower and certainly nothing around or behind it. Great place to hang out if you had a legitimate reason to be there....
 
lisa01 said:
This was just reported today by a local news channel about the incident in Moody.

"Another Break-In Reported At Home Where Elderly Woman Attacked"

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/86429282.html
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:Welcome-12-june: to Websleuths, lisa01

TY for the update, lisa....it just sucks that local Austin media isn't covering this!!

I'm so glad this lady's son was staying with her.....this SR is very bold - but it sounds like he's slipping up if he tried to break in w/ the son in the house.

Still - so scary.....how can that poor lady ever sleep again??? :(
 
Thanks for the welcome....I found this site while searching for the stories about this incident.

I only live 12 miles from Moody and all of this stuff is just crazy.

The idea that this creep may have broken into this person's house again just 48 hours after the initial attack on Sunday is just crazy.

How was this person not able to be caught the second time? Moody is such a small town.
 
lisa01 said:
Thanks for the welcome....I found this site while searching for the stories about this incident.

I only live 12 miles from Moody and all of this stuff is just crazy.

The idea that this creep may have broken into this person's house again just 48 hours after the initial attack on Sunday is just crazy.

How was this person not able to be caught the second time? Moody is such a small town.
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It *is* crazy!!

Does Moody PD not have a late nite patrol shift? Do you know how many LEOs in Moody PD are patrolmen/women?
 
I have a friend who lived in Moody for a while and she said that when she lived there it only had one officer.

I'm shocked that there was no LE watching this person's house at least for a few days afterwords to see if this weirdo might come back since his initial attack was foiled by this feisty senior kicking him.
 
lisa01 said:
I have a friend who lived in Moody for a while and she said that when she lived there it only had one officer.

I'm shocked that there was no LE watching this person's house at least for a few days afterwords to see if this weirdo might come back since his initial attack was foiled by this feisty senior kicking him.
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he wasted no time-- 48 Hours!!

It seems he's escalating.....Unfortunately I think we'll hear about him again, soon.

And ITA - why wasn't *somebody* from LE, even DPS -- altho it's technically not their job -- they are part of the task force....Dept. of PUBLIC SAFETY needs to mean something!

I hope Gov. Perry isn't on a high horse because he won the primaries & is now just gonna forget about the SR becuz he's a shoein.

I feel so badly for this lady...and her next-door elderly neighbor lady too.
 
Hi everyone.....I couldn'tsleep tonight and stumbled back into this thread=very sorry to see perhaps another attempt from Twilight. What struck me is the railroad thing. I live very near some railroad tracks and yesterday after work there were 2 utility-looking vehicles parked right next to the tracks. On down the tracks were some work crews doing something right on the tracks with some large machinery. Some kind of maintenance. The trucks were Union-Pacific Railroad. So maybe Twilight works for the railroad? Do they stay overnight in small towns in little motels? This is all so baffling. And also very disturbing that me, a news junkie, heard it here first-about the Moody attack. Kinda burns me up. Praying they find the perp.
 
IWannaKnow said:
Miss Izzy - I edited my first post so many times I lost count, but the last edit was to state that that was a CELL PHONE tower next to the cemetery, with nary a house in sight - except across the railroad tracks on Ave D. I guess I could try to figure out the exact mileage to the houses, but they are not close. So, my point with the cemetery was that there is a cell phone tower right next to it, with NOTHING around either one of them, and the closest houses have no line of sight due to distance and rows of brush and trees between the fields - that is, the houses on that side of the railroad tracks. This is not directly across from the victims home, but certainly close enough and if the jobs are 2 to 3 weeks in nature.....I actually started out with the cemetary, thinking he did his surveillance from there, but now think this cell phone tower thing could be good. It is very interesting to me that the victims phone lines were cut, and the first victim was moved by LE, but he still found her a second time. Could LE's conversations have been transmitted by a cell tower he had access to? I admit I don't understand how all this works, but I think this is the most possible scenario I've come up with yet. All came from stumbling across that tower trolling through google street view.
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Now - there is an interesting thought! I listen to my local police scanner online all the time. So what would be interesting to me (I do hope the Rangers are reading here!) is where the officer(s) in all the small towns on another call at the time of the attack? Perhaps our perp knows when they are on the other side of town or on dinner/bfast break.
If these towns are that small there might be only one or two officers on at that time of night (if any at all :-( )
 
A News Junkie, does your scanner pick up regular phone conversations? I don't have one, but I have a relative who does and I know they've heard a number of personal calls.
 
I'm wondering if there's any possibility that someone else broke into the home--even a teen--knowing how it would freak everybody out? The house and address were shown for all the world to see.

Has anyone seen any proof that it was indeed the serial rapist, the second time? Also, do we have confirmation that any DNA has been linked to this case.

If it was actually our guy, the second time, something's shaking loose. He's either out of control or wanting to be caught/or both. IMO

And welcome, Lisa!!
 
eachandevery said:
A News Junkie, does your scanner pick up regular phone conversations? I don't have one, but I have a relative who does and I know they've heard a number of personal calls.
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I listen online, but I have heard that too. Seems from this wiki article that cell phones and cordless phones can be hacked, but note it is illegal - but then so is raping elderly ladies - grrrrrrrrrr :-(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanner_(radio)

See, I would want to know if all the ladies use the same type phone -- ie: all only have a landline, all have a cell phone or all have cordless phones. An angle to follow, IMHO.
 
You know what, I think it is cordless phones that can be listened in on. If I remember correctly, at one point you were supposed to buy a cordless phone that had a certain model number (is it frequency?) in order to avoid such a problem. I don't know if that's the case now, but it was in the past.
 
I used to live in a small town here in TX. It is easy to find out when the LEOs are doing shift changes--the most opportune time for anyone to commit any kind of crime.

Secondly, the town I lived in had a PD, but in the evenings, the sheriff's dept. took over. I know for a fact that the county I lived in had two deputies only on patrol. One covered the north end of the county, the other the south, and that's a lot of territory for one officer. These towns don't have budgets that would allow for additional officers, despite need. Most of the time their work was domestic disputes, auto wrecks, teenagers and drugs, and loose livestock.

A serial rapist on the prowl is something they just can't guard against. I'm sure the officers they have are working overtime and overlapping coverage, but they are still going to be understaffed.

I would be surprised if the perp has any special knowledge of the victims other than observation prior to his gaining entry into their home, but if the profile says this man likes elderly women, then he is likely employed in some position that puts him in contact with elderly persons and travel--home health aid. He might be allowing as much as six months time to elapse before striking, working and all the while compiling a list of those whom he will later hit. If not, sitting in the parking lot of a grocery store is an easy way to pick out persons he wants to attack. Just because we are told these women don't get out much, doesn't mean they never set foot in the grocery store either alone or accompanied by a care giver or family member. JMO.

I just don't think his method of picking out victims is going to be all that complicated or require special skills. Anyone whose job requires licensing by the state is likely not the perp. I think he is near the bottom employment wise, and unskilled or nearly so, working for minimum wage or just slightly above that.

Little old ladies are not technically inclined, and probably don't even have a cell phone. A cordless now that's different, and is utilized with a land line. That would make sense from the practical standpoint and convience.
 
Texas Mist said:
he wasted no time-- 48 Hours!!

It seems he's escalating.....Unfortunately I think we'll hear about him again, soon.

And ITA - why wasn't *somebody* from LE, even DPS -- altho it's technically not their job -- they are part of the task force....Dept. of PUBLIC SAFETY needs to mean something!

I hope Gov. Perry isn't on a high horse because he won the primaries & is now just gonna forget about the SR becuz he's a shoein.

I feel so badly for this lady...and her next-door elderly neighbor lady too.
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My friend just asked me if I saw this video and as I listened to it again - I get really angry........1. Why do they keep putting these elderly ladies names on the screen and in stories?????? 2. Listen at 1:08 the lady says, " The devastating thing is, we DO NOT HAVE POLICE PATROL HERE AT NIGHT."
What is it gonna take? Thank goodness her son was with her!
 
How many times now, have we heard that a woman has a son checking on her? I don't think I've heard mention of any other family member than a son. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Could this be a factor in some way?

My husband has said from the very beginning that the hours that this guy strikes are the "dead hours" in these small Texas towns. The town we lived in, Liberty Hill (in the 70s and 80s) only had a county constable. It literally took an hour to get a response. I know they have a police dept. now but I'll bet you dollars to donuts that there's nobody on duty from 4-6 am.
 
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