Miranda!:
earlier in this thread someone made a list of those who did not do the
'right' thing. They included Fogleman as the Prosecutor. He wasn't. Brent Davis was.
Mea culpa. Sorry that was a bit of a rookie mistake on my behalf. Thanks for pointing me in
the right direction Miranda, the last thing I want to do in this case is, "misinform the
public". I will chalk Fogleman in as Brent Davis's adjutant, or maybe better, as his
accomplice.
Userid:
Good point about the bag with the clothes and the razors in it. I've always
wondered about that bag.
Sorry to disappoint you, and myself. The hair evidence
http://www.jivepuppi.com/hairs.html states:
"Numerous Caucasian hairs were found among the items in a bag found at the crime scene."
There is still hope.
"One hair fragment described as being Negroid in origin from the white
sheet used during transport of Chris Byers to the medical examiner."
"Not examined were the Negroid hair"
"In the defense's summation, the mysterious Bojangles man was suggested to be a source of
the Negroid hair."
Justiceseeker35:
Ok so we are saying the possibility is that the Bojangles man saw the aftermath of the
attack somewhere in the woods say around the man hole? He sees 3 boys laying there and
bloody. The killer (say it's TH) is there holding a knife and detects him comes over to him
and perhaps knocks him around a little and slashes him. Hey he's an easy target with a cast
right? Bojangles man runs away loses him and ends up at the restaurant. It's probably the
worst thing he's ever seen so disoriented, sick, and bleeding. Now TH has to move the
bodies because Bojangles might talk. But Bojangles is a drifter with a past and doesn't
talk because he'll be accused. So leaves town asap.
You mentioned TH, I didn't. A nod's as good as a wink!!!
Otherwise, here is a good answer:
Compassionate Reader:
There are a myriad of possibilities.
Graznik:
Although I do believe it would have been hard to track Bojangles down,
especially if he was a drifter. It seems like the WMPD did make some sort of effort
Possibilities to trace Mr Bojangles:
Blood trail leading to Bojangles Rest., plaster cast(medical records), possible blood trail
leading from Bojangles Rest., blood samples (lost) mud samples (not taken), toilet roll
soaked with blood would probably have had good fingerprints on it (not recovered by
police), sunglasses, great for fingerprints, seen it on my own quite often (recovered by
police). (Maybe the samples were not lost, but the results were)
As I said before, this guy was a suspect or possible witness, it doesn't matter what he
was, or who he was.
The half-hearted investigation of Mr Bojangles, as described at jivepuppi, took place
6/24/93 (Talked with a Larry Ceasar) 06/28/93 (Michael Scott).
Jesse M. confession was 6/3/93.
Even WM3 opposition claim he should have been investigated (before they then contradict
themselves).
http://wm3truth.com/alternative-suspect-bojangles-man/
If the WMPD already knew who the murderer/s were and were already off in the direction of
looking for someone to pin it on, then Mr Bojangles was not their man (plaster cast). As a
suspect only interesting with multiple suspects.
If he was a possible (or maybe even already known) witness, it would be better to let him
disappear. (Maybe the samples were not lost, but the results were)
A few other interesting things around Mr Bojangles:
Marty King said the time he discovered MBJ was between 9:00 and 9:30. He knew this because
a lady & daughter came in at about 9:30 and he had to decide whether their meal would be
finished in time (Closing Time 10:00) The ladies then went to the toilet and discovered
MBJ.
Officer Meek states in her report, she got the call 8:42 and was in transit to
Bojangles till 8:50. Hmmm... strange!!
If officer Meek had made a mistake, and it was really 9.42, then that would have coincided
with Marty King's statement.
That would have also been interesting, then that would have meant that officer Meek and
officer Moore were both called away from the pipes area at 9:42 for about half an hour.
Also worth mentioning:
3/5/93 11:53 pm. 911 call from Delta Express clerk. Clerk at Vickers - Black male outside
on foot, red shirt gun black pants. The Delta Express was next door to the Bojangles
restaurant.
OK, now back to TH.
As far as the early days of the case go, the non-investigation of TH and the Bojangles man,
stick out like sore thumbs. At a later time the WM3 were targeted and "la Inquisición"
began.
I think the WMPD knew already that TH was involved. They were covering him up for some
reason, and were already looking for someone to pin it on. Why were they covering him up?
A few speculations come to mind, I will think about them the next few days.
One last thought. TH said he was in the woods with officer Meek. Officer Meek doesn't
mention seeing TH. Maybe he was hiding in the bushes at the time, and later he forgot that she
couldn't see him.