I searched pretty extensively I couldn't find anything pertaining to a confession to George bush, or a DNA match in this case
The more I read on this case the more questions I have .
I cant see how the investigators, went from finding a kid with an illegal firearm, even if it was the same caliber, as one of the murder weapons, to bringing in these 4 kids, only 2 of which went to trial. I didn't see anything other than a possible description, of one of the defendants,
there was NO DNA match and of course,
The undoing in this case, is you have in investigator, who has supposedly coerced confessions before.
That taints EVERYTHING . However the evidence put forth by the defense does hold water against the prosecution in this case.
One article states how the confessions were off, but the state moved forward with them anyway ....
Ok
A lot of risk here for the offenders, strip mall possible witnesses, 4 victims in this case.
The presence of 2 weapons indicates, to me that this wasn't a random happening, this was planned. OR Possibly a chance opportunity with 2 criminals that were armed at the time, And Yes I know its Texas and everyone is armed in Texas, but not everyone uses those weapons to commit murder.
Nowhere does it list what the girls were bound with, which I would be interested to know , if it was brought along, or if it was procured at the scene.
Id also be interested in knowing if any money was taken from the store as well .
One of the things that bothers me, is If it was indeed, the work of 4-5 men, as originally indicated in the case, 2 of which may be armed, why were the girls then bound? there really is no need.
You basically have 1 for every teenage girl, now ill be the 1st to say I've seen teenage kids do some crazy $hit, but I cant see these girls offering much resistance to 4 possibly 5 guys, 2 of which are armed with guns.
The positioning of the bodies, is interesting as well, and I'm not referring to that they were "Stacked", which they weren't according to the illustration, one girl was on top of another, (Eliza Thomas was on top of Sarah Harbison) the other 2 girls were not as a matter of fact, If you look at the illustration where the bodies, were located, Amy Ayers, is separated from the bodies of the other 3 girls , her body is found in another room. Jennifer Harbison is in the back with the other 2 girls
Ayers is the youngest of the girls at 13, it also turns out she is the only one that was sexually assaulted.
That's interesting, in and of itself that with 4 victims they could choose to assault, the suspect(s), choose the youngest and smallest, to rape then murder
And yet she (Ayers) and Sarah Harbison were only there by chance. IF someone staked out the location, they couldn't have possibly anticipated, the 2extra girls coming to pick up Jennifer Harbison.
If it was commonplace for there to only be 2 girls there at closing, and this location was staked out prior to , then it would've been at least 2 assailants, to 2 girls. 4 if you believe the prosecutions 1st case.
So why is this significant?
Because if it was 2 on 2 or 4 on 2, with 2 armed, there would be no need to bind the victims.
Only 1 was sexually assaulted, the youngest smallest of the girls, yet all were nude.
Ayers is located away from the rest of the girls, most likely where she was raped, then killed,
Stripping of the victims, in this case, has no bearing on the commission of the crime, if you are only going to kill the victims.
Having victims strip has been done in robberies, before to take their attention off the perpetrator, however that's part of an MO
In this case, I feel the nude victims, were personation.
Therefore I feel this wasn't a robbery gone awry, depending on the nature and origination of the bindings, it seems waaaaay too organized, for a bunch of crazy teen boys, though it apparently cant be ruled out, and it sure as hell wasn't an attempt to collect insurance.
I feel that it was purely sexual attack, by 1-2 individuals, though I feel 1 who is sexual predator. Possibly by someone with an interest in younger girls.
NOW Robbery may've originally been a motive, but I didn't see any reports of anything being stolen.
Which leads me to believe if it was, at least one of the killers, was a sexual predator, once the girls were bound, the killer(s) now felt he was in total control of these girls, which may explain the rape of Ayers.
There was no NEED to kill any of the girls, if robbery was the only motive, even if it was out of control, the girls were all restrained.
So what you have is 4 murders, the youngest of the victims, is separated, from the others, they are all stripped nude, then shot with 2 different weapons
Its possible Ayers was raped and killed 1st, then the rest were killed. or the older girls were killed 1st, then Ayers was raped then killed, either way , I feel one was "guarding " the girls in the back room, while Amy Ayers was raped in the other.
Given the layout of the store, if the illustration was accurate. I feel the back door of the store provides the most likely point of escape, which executing the victims, prior to using the nearest exit makes sense.
Its also possible that one offender (ala Richard Speck) but had 2 guns, and did it all himself , but that's a stretch.
If I'm even close, on this this the one who raped Any Ayers, is your sociopath type, no regards, for anyone, selfish need is what fuels him (them). He most likely planned, on raping one of the other girls but Amy became his choice of victim, by sheer chance, of her being there.
What made her, a more preferable target? 4 girls, all nude, all bound, The only factor left is her age, or size. He preferred, her more than the other girls, because she was the youngest, or because she was the least threatening.
With the proliferation of DNA, id almost expect this individual to have committed other sexual crimes, but again, I feel this is more a sociopath type, who can go on committing other crimes, that is, until a similar opportunity presents itself again.