WA - Mackenzie Cowell, 17, Wenatchee, 9 Feb 2010 - #7

[*Intrigued*]

Yes, a pile of branches and brush are missing.

Have you spoke to the police about this? I think it is important information. As far as when the duck blind was created etc. Obviously the killer was familiar with the dates of duck season. You dont have to say if you dont want but I think this information could be very helpful to this case. What if LE were unaware of this?

 

[James Vic]

Del Rio, could you restate the position of Mackenzie’s body in relationship to the stream and river, adding in the duck blind. No great detail, just a simple description. I am trying to visualize the scene.

 

[Nancee Drue]

No...if someone pruned bushes it would move them back toward the property, not toward the river. Is that what you're asking?

No, i meant pruning shrubs and bushes back away from the water line
which changes with the various water levels through the seasons.


And, del rio answered about the pruning being planned by Killer...(no he said)

 

[ontheoutside]

del rio your killin me! is there any way you can give us your theory?

not sure if that is allowed as i am pretty new...

 

[*Intrigued*]

Yes, a pile of branches and brush are missing.

Now I feel like we pushed ya away... sorry... we will breathe.

 

[georockgirl]

When you fish for salmon in the state of Washington you have to keep track of what you catch. I can't remember if you note the location as well??

Questions to any duck hunter in WA: Do you have to keep track of what you get? Is there a limit? Do you have to return something to the Fish and Wildlife after the season is over? Can you hunt anywhere with a duck license or just one specific general location?

 

[James Vic]

I think that the answer to our question is at Crescent Bar.

 

[James Vic]

I would love to look at the Crescent Bar site myself.

 

[ahsgramma]

First time poster.

I personally think that linking the R bros (if they are indeed bros...perhaps related some other way?) to MC is a stretch. BUT, I will add that I went to school with a CR (not sure if same one...age would be 39/40), and he and the other guys he hung around with were not good people. I thought I was possibly in his cross hairs (so to speak) through Jr HS and HS and so avoided him (bathroom, smoking areas, etc...) and have always felt that if that happened as an adult, I would have to do something about it. That was a group that I was truly afraid of. As an example: Around 91 or so a WVC football player instigated a fight with one of CR's friends, a fight that ended with the football player taking a few hits to his head from a 3 foot pipe. If it's the same CR, his rap sheet doesn't change my opinion. Of course, this is more than likely not related. I'm just sharing personal knowledge of a CR.

IMHO same CR.

 

[del rio]

You guys would make good attorneys.

So, here’s my “deep, dark secret”:

During the first week of November 2009, I went duck hunting on the CB property for 3 or 4 days. I ceased for the reasons I posted previously.

I “carved” out a duck blind from the natural brush and foliage down by the river right next to the stream. It is a very well-concealed duck blind during the Fall when the leaves are still on the bushes and trees. I had ducks come within 10-feet of me and they had no idea I was there (ducks have extremely good eye sight).

The duck blind is shown in some of the photos I posted. In the photo labeled "Right Next to Stream," the white evidence marker is just inside it. In fact, that spot is exactly where I sat waiting for the ducks (which is very eerie). I also erected a bull-work made out of tumble weeds, bushes, and cut branches about 2-feet in front of the evidence marker. All the foliage that made up my “bull-work” is gone now. I SUSPECT LE took that foliage into evidence, because it should still be there. I also SUSPECT the killers probably placed the foliage from my bull-work on MC’s body to conceal it.
The yellow spray painted letter "B" is just outside the duck blind, too.

I believe MC’s body was found either inside the duck blind or right next to it.
Back in November, I parked in the driveway right in front of the pond. In order to prevent the ducks from seeing me as I walked down to my duck blind, I cut two trails through the brushy area. You can’t see the trails in the photos, but the fluorescent orange line points straight at the trail heads. I SUSPECT the killers used the trails to get MC’s body down the hill, as they would provide ample concealment. But the trails were NOT there until November.

I will provide more info and etc. later because it gets worse. Right now I got a meeting to attend.

 

[IgottaKnow]

del rio..i'm looking at the picture you posted of that particular area.. and it's obvious to me the killer had been there before...MOO!!! Ive lived in this valley my entire life and I would have never known about that duck blind...

 

[Miss Optimism]

You guys would make good attorneys.

So, here’s my “deep, dark secret”:

During the first week of November 2009, I went duck hunting on the CB property for 3 or 4 days. I ceased for the reasons I posted previously.

I “carved” out a duck blind from the natural brush and foliage down by the river right next to the stream. It is a very well-concealed duck blind during the Fall when the leaves are still on the bushes and trees. I had ducks come within 10-feet of me and they had no idea I was there (ducks have extremely good eye sight).

The duck blind is shown in some of the photos I posted. In the photo labeled "Right Next to Stream," the white evidence marker is just inside it. In fact, that spot is exactly where I sat waiting for the ducks (which is very eerie). I also erected a bull-work made out of tumble weeds, bushes, and cut branches about 2-feet in front of the evidence marker. All the foliage that made up my “bull-work” is gone now. I SUSPECT LE took that foliage into evidence, because it should still be there. I also SUSPECT the killers probably placed the foliage from my bull-work on MC’s body to conceal it.
The yellow spray painted letter "B" is just outside the duck blind, too.

I believe MC’s body was found either inside the duck blind or right next to it.
Back in November, I parked in the driveway right in front of the pond. In order to prevent the ducks from seeing me as I walked down to my duck blind, I cut two trails through the brushy area. You can’t see the trails in the photos, but the fluorescent orange line points straight at the trail heads. I SUSPECT the killers used the trails to get MC’s body down the hill, as they would provide ample concealment. But the trails were NOT there until November.

I will provide more info and etc. later because it gets worse. Right now I got a meeting to attend.

Did you know the homeowners? I would assume so but that doesn't really matter.

The little white marker was gone when I was there...

 

[Miss Maple]

Do you have any acquaintance or knowledge of WC and whether WC would be capable of any of this?

I have crossed her path I believe only twice, so I really don't know.

To answer some other questions: AFAIK JF is not a duck hunter and SF has never mentioned JF being physically abusive.

 

[ahsgramma]

About the car wash/toke thing...

Seems like a $5 car wash is an unnecessary and expensive way to get a high, especially for a teenager.

I just don't think that she went through the car wash to smoke a j. Of course, I'm one of the ones here who doesn't see any signs of drug use with her, from the little info that we've been given by LE. We've spent a lot of time discussing that, so I'm not trying to rehash that debate....

I think she went through the car wash for the same reason most people do... to wash a dirty car. If the rumors are true that she had someone with her at the car wash, and that she was videoed going to/through the car wash, then maybe she just wanted her car to be clean. The photos released by LE of her car show a very clean, well kept car, especially for one that's 14 years old.

I hope she did go through the car wash. That way, only the most recent fingerprints would be on the car's exterior... much less for investigators to have to sort through.

While looking at her friends on FB, I noticed several with alcohol and one smoking mj in the picture.

 

[del rio]

Have you spoke to the police about this? I think it is important information. As far as when the duck blind was created etc. Obviously the killer was familiar with the dates of duck season. You dont have to say if you dont want but I think this information could be very helpful to this case. What if LE were unaware of this?

Yes, I have told LE.

 

[del rio]

Del Rio, could you restate the position of Mackenzie’s body in relationship to the stream and river, adding in the duck blind. No great detail, just a simple description. I am trying to visualize the scene.

The duck blind was on the steep slope just before the beach-area. It was about 1 or 2 feet from the stream, so was the bullwork.

I don't know exactly how MC's body was positioned, except that only her feet were in the stream.

 

[del rio]

del rio..i'm looking at the picture you posted of that particular area.. and it's obvious to me the killer had been there before...MOO!!! Ive lived in this valley my entire life and I would have never known about that duck blind...

I know, they must have . . . . and probably sometime between November 6 and February 9.

 

[Miss Optimism]

The duck blind was on the steep slope just before the beach-area. It was about 1 or 2 feet from the stream, so was the bullwork.

I don't know exactly how MC's body was positioned, except that only her feet were in the stream.

Do you have a picture that clearly shows the duck blind? Also, when you talked to LE, did they originally note the duck blind and indicate that branches were on her body?

 

[del rio]

Did you know the homeowners? I would assume so but that doesn't really matter.

The little white marker was gone when I was there...

I told LE about it a couple weeks ago. They probably retrieved it.

 

[Miss Optimism]

I know, they must have . . . . and probably sometime between November 6 and February 9.

Have you ever happened to see anyone else while down there? Do you think it could be a possibility that it was just a coincidence? If they knew the home was vacant and saw all of that brush to hide the body in, they may never have known about that duck blind until they saw it.