Marie A
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Great points, excellent question. There's no doubt something was off. And that strange statement he made to the victim about his "going to be in big trouble with the police"....and that bullet proof vest. Was he looking to attract attention or was he really this 'slow?'
OK I'll play "devil's advocate." Truth is often stranger than fiction. Policemen are human and they make mistakes.
I know of an innocent man who was hounded for months in a despicable way by seasoned and professional police investigators who were quite certain he was a murder, only to have him proven innocent by DNA evidence years later.
I wouldn't be at all surprised about a truthful report to police being dismissed erroneously for lack of receipts.
Falls didn't provide receipts for his firearms. How many of us have kept receipts for our valuables and could produce them for police right after a robbery?
That said, I wouldnt completely discount the idea that Neal Falls was robbed.
I think he may have had things stolen or possibly arraigned to look like things were stolen/ had a friend help.
His former housemate in Nevada described him as an avid gun collector and she recounted seeing some pricey or "name" firearms in his personal collection. That info came out BEFORE the info that investigators discounted Falls claim.
IF Falls was telling the truth about the robbery, he could have easily stolen jewelry from his many victims. If he was a true "survivalist" he could have well kept his cash savings in a stash and some money tied up in gold. There is no telling how many firearms Falls collected between the time he showed them to his housemate years before and was "robbed."
I think that Falls was an extremely bright criminal. He went to great lengths to assure that it wouldn't be easy to be catch. He hid victims of his crimes many many miles away and parceled them out. Others will never be found. He was cool and calculating as some brilliant psychopaths are. He knew better than to lie to police in Texas in June. He was truthful about no longer living in Oregon. He was truthful about heading toward West Virginia. He was truthful about not having a permanent address. He may have been truthful about reporting a robbery. If indeed he was robbed, this would account for greatly increased despondency and an escalation in his crimes (Chilicothe, Niagara Falls etc etc???) A possibility of a "final" run because he was truly broke. I'm very curious as to whether any bank accounts / bank records for Falls can be found. He took a risk reporting the theft. Is there a chance his report was truthful? Maybe so.