I’ve been lurking for a while, but I need to get something off my chest. I don’t think these two boys are guilty. I’m not suggesting it isn’t possible but there is way too much doubt.
For one, who murders someone, then torches their truck near the body, and takes off in the victim's vehicle when they are guilty? I believe these actions are of someone who saw something, was scared of something, or feared for their life.
Then we look at the suspects. We consider Kam. From multiple diverse sources, from different people, he is described as being kind, considerate and even at times, there for others. How does someone who is defined as being a good, kind person translate into being a perpetrator? Then there is Bryer. If he was such a disturbed kid, why hadn’t anybody done anything to help him. It was after AS interview that all of a sudden he was this odd kid, said these peculiar things. So what that he showed an interest in military and Russia. That doesn’t make someone a murderer.
They say there is evidence tying the crime scenes together. It was evident they were at Mr. Dyck’s crime scene because they had his car. But as described above, that doesn’t make them murderers. Remember, Kam was described as being kind and considerate from someone other than his family. What to say, he didn’t stop and offer help to Chynna and Lucas who were stuck on the side of the road? That could be the connection they had to that crime scene. And on the way to wherever they were going, it’s possible they could have run into truck problems since they were driving in an older truck. There is no service, so hitchhiking would be the only option. It’s very possible they saw Mr. Dyck deceased, freaked out and drove off. At the most that make them thieves, again a huge stretch for being killers.
I mean look at the surveillance footage. The look on Kam’s face was fear. Even Bryer was anxious-looking. Who knows what they were doing in the store. Perhaps they were looking for protection or figuring out what to do next. Remember these two are teenagers. They left with all their belongings to go look for work and probably to go explore, because well they are teenagers.
As for how they obtained guns? They could have gotten them at any time during their travels. Maybe after they were plastered all over the news as being dangerous. Everyone and their dog were looking for them. They could have felt like they had no way out, no one would believe them and didn't want to go to prison for something they didn't do. Stress could put them over the edge, hence why they had guns.
Then there is the long long delay since their bodies were found, and still no update. What if the guns weren’t used in the murders like they suspect?
Either way, I really hope for justice for the three families of the victims, and that they get the right guys. Maybe I’m wrong but there are way too many holes in the story, for me to believe these two teens are responsible.
Clipped from the above post:
'It was evident they were at Mr. Dyck’s crime scene because they had his car.'
Within some otherwise excellent thoughts, this assumption is problematic as it is not necessarily true. Though it appears evident, the two yokels could just as easily have been compromised into driving it away from a different parked up place. That they never even met Mr Dyck is also a feasible possibility, but from such a starting assumption as 'evident', we build upon a narrative which can preclude other truths.
Returning to scrutinize the very first factual evidence in this case - the video from the Fort Nelson gas station - causes me to recall a famous old quip; 'who ya gonna believe, your own eyes or what I tell ya?'. A white car slowly cruises into the forecourt from the street until spotting the blue van parked up at a pump with Lucas and Chynna inside the store. It then confidently parks between the van and store entrance before a man exits a rear passenger seat to enter the store.
The man certainly has a beard fitting an eyewitness report of later confrontation at the murder site. He returns to the car after a few minutes empty-handed, seemingly having bought nothing. Was he casing LnC from some earlier incident? His manner seems quite purposeful. But yes, he might just have as easily needed a toilet, atm etc. The front two not taking such opportunity, is explainable also, but odd to me given the distances between refueling stops in that region.
This was at 7:30pm according to the security video.
Liard Hot Springs lies about a four hour drive away, so it would make sense to use the extended driving daylight to reach that destination. The bearded-guy stand-off reportedly happened at dusk which would have been around 11:30pm, fitting the drive timeline from Fort Nelson. I'm not sure you follow someone for four hours if you intend them harm when anyplace along the way would presumably work just as well - unless, of course you need the nighttime dark as cover.
The murders appear to be, from what little we are told, overly brutal. Rage could incite that in of the unstable or evil, while gangland retribution shows similar violence. Despite the many posts regarding KnB's possible mindset, I remain unconvinced that either was capable of reaching such levels. Rcmp rightly needed to apprehend two fleeing suspects, and surely by now they will have collected all evidence to prove their guilt. Let's trust they weren't so focused on the fugitives to have dismissed any cctv footage from inside the gas station store, for any interaction between the victims and the bearded guy. He may very well have been the last person to see LnC alive.
The detailed websleuth discussion here regarding a KnB motive or lack of one, have often been quite convincing, and may yet prove to be accurate when rcmp release their report. But I doubt we'll see anything before the general election here on October 21, if ever. 6 weeks and counting since the reported 'suicides' in a supposedly clear cut case, seems contrived. imo.
