"Murphy was last scene on Aug. 3 at the Liberty gas station in Lovington, where surveillance footage shows her wearing a red sweater and leopard print pants."
I'm pretty sure that the missing poster and all FBI info says that Alexis was wearing floral leggings....Where in the world did leopard print pants come from now!?
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_0da8c692-126d-11e3-95f7-001a4bcf6878.html
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Re: #831
I can see how the circular patterns of the flowers, and the poor quality of the footage, could lead someone to seeing a leopard print if s/he was in a rush.
Looking around, IMO, it's pretty easy to find floral print leggings that have a similar pattern on a body in motion to the pattern on the leggings in that photo. For instance:
http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/shor...hResults&colorizedImg=DP0617201317105709M.tif
When looking at AM's right leg in the in-store photo and the right leg on the model, I thought the patterns looked pretty similar.
Just doing a little speculating on the colour of AM's top in the same photo.
I thought the pattern of the leggings AM was wearing in the photo had a pink, not a red tone. Therefore, I could see AM wearing a sweater that was a deep rose tones, or, as carbuff suggested in #871, a fuschia rose colour so it would be more in harmony with the shades in her pants.
To me it looked like a fine knit scoop neck long sleeve cropped pullover in a basic color of dark rose, with lighter coloured embellishments or embroidery on the sleeves and on the front. I understand there is lettering on the pullover, but can't make it out what it is.
If LE has not told them to make no comments, could locals who know AM say where she likely bought that top?
I think it's telling that not only has LE has made no comment regarding the red sweater pulled from the river yesterday, but that they have asked the Murphy family to say nothing about it. The neckline as it is held looks wrong to me, but that could be due to the fabric having been stretched by the water or torn in some way. Plus, the sleeves seem not to have the coloring shown on the in-store photo. If inside out, then perhaps differences in colour wouldn't show.
Anyway, this may all be moot.
I'm quoting a few sentences from an article updated 11:40 pm August 31. My apologies if it has already been posted.
http://wtvr.com/2013/08/31/search-continues-for-alexis-murphy/
"Investigator William Mays told WVIR the areas covered in Saturday's search may be connected to Randy Taylor...Investigators said Alexis was not wearing a sweater the last time she was seen."
So, does this mean that there is another witness? Is this coming from RAT? Is RAT's possible accomplice turning on RAT? Was AM seen after RAT possibly handed her off to someone he was himself working for? Has LE seen something online that makes them believe she is still alive and they have just not yet been able to reach her? Did this search also have to do with finding evidence about additional victims of RAT and friends?
Or are we just using two different words to describe the same garment?
I still think RAT has deeper, darker, more far-reaching connections than even his rap sheet would hint at.