A lever action rifle would seem a poor choice of a weapon for someone whose motive is simple armed robbery. If it was a murder for the sake of just killing, the subject may have taken the purse/contents as a trophy. Rarely do these cases fit into a nice neat little box. Excellent synopsis...
Understood. That's entirely possible.
The .30-30 fires a single projectile, which would make it nearly impossible for most shooters to use it for skeet. A shotgun, when used for skeet, fires many smaller projectiles in a pattern, which makes it the gun of choice for such activities.
August 26 is too early for centerfire rifle season there. I'm fairly certain it's too early for any deer hunting at all.
The possibility exists that it was a road-rage incident, and the suspect(s) just happened to have the weapon in the vehicle. The vast majority of weapons chambered for...
Most would probably sign that jurisdiction's boilerplate consent-to-search form. Unless they are advanced enough to have directly addressed voluntary DNA collection on a separate form. It may vary from state to state.
I was referring to the "My Story" feature, not individual messages. There is always a chance that they submitted a preservation request within 24 hours, however.
Per information previously released by law enforcement, the camera taken from Childs is a Sony Cybershot, NOT a "Radio Shack kids digital camera." Outside of a general possibility, I'm not sure I see any connection of the Severance subject to this investigation...