GUILTY GA - Linda Yancey, 44, & Marcial Cax-Puluc, 23, murdered, Stone Mountain, 9 June 2008

[TGIRecovered]

Just for kicks, if anyone can think of a plausible explanation as to why an experienced sheriff's deputy who transports prisoners for a living would put this total stranger in his car without checking for weapons, I would have to at least give you an "A" for effort.

My H, and every one of his fellow officers, carry their weapons off-duty. When you carry a gun for a living and you are used to having to find an inconspicuous way to carry it, you are hyper-aware of anyone with a suspicious buldge in a place it does not belong. You don't ever want to risk being caught off-guard and un-armed by someone who you arrested last month, and they way our system works, those people are out on the streets before you have time to work your next shift. Most cops would probably have to try hard to supress the urge to search a strange man before putting him in their passenger seat(bet he made him ride in the back) and bringing him into his home, even just to do yard-work. "This is for my safety and yours", don't you know! Wouldn't surprise me a bit if the dude had flex-cuff marks around his wrists when he died.

Susan

 

[Roxye]

On the gun issue. My guy isn't even a cop, he just transports large sums of money sometimes. He is an expert gunsmith (took classes) and has a conceal carry permit.

One thing that he does that drives me crazy is pick up hitch hikers when he is alone. He has been doing this for years. Anyway, one of the first things he does is tell the hiker, "to get in my vehicle, I get to frisk you and look through your bag, if you have a problem with that, you get no ride." He never brings these guys near our home, but he is still safe enough to understand the risk is there.

So far only one has had an issue with it. Personally, if he is going to take this risky type behavior in giving strangers rides, he is doing the right thing by checking them. Why wouldn't a cop do the same?

TGI, you make a very good point.

 

[mysteriew]

I have several problems with this one. First the point about the day laborer and the basement is a good one. Why would he take the wife in the basement? Were there valuables hidden there? And why kill her? If he already had the money she must have cooperating. If he planned rape, if she was going to fight it she would have fought it before going to the basement. So taking her to the basement then killing her doesn't make sense.

Also good points about the risks involved in robbing the home of a police officer. And we're not talking your average, niave homeowner here, this guy is a cop. He knows what is happening on the streets. Now I can understand that he might hire the day laborer. Yet he chooses to hire a day laborer, a complete stranger, takes him to his home- and leaves him there alone with his wife? That to me just doesn't make a lot of sense. Most men who are aware of the dangers are more protective than that.

 

[mysteriew]

Day Laborers Question Death of Man in Deputy Involved Shooting

The people who knew Puluc say he was not the kind of man who would carry a weapon nor a rob a person. And they're not the only ones asking questions.

 

[StealthTheory]

I'm glad there are people besides the cops(friends of the day laborer), pushing for answers.

 

[concernedperson]

He was carrying an illegal green card and had been in the US only 6 weeks according to his roomates.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/06/17/90051596_residencycard.html

 

[TGIRecovered]

It is sounding more and more likely that this man would have been avoiding any type of law enforcement, not catching a ride with an officer and robbing him in his own home.

Susan

 

[concernedperson]

It is sounding more and more likely that this man would have been avoiding any type of law enforcement, not catching a ride with an officer and robbing him in his own home.

Susan

Seems that way to me too. I don't think he knew who he was going to work for that day because if he knew he wouldn't have gone.

 

[Roxye]

Seems that way to me too. I don't think he knew who he was going to work for that day because if he knew he wouldn't have gone.

That plus, with an illegal green card, would he be carrying a gun? Wouldn't that just be plain stupid? Maybe the gun was from the victim's home? That sounds suspicious too though.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

That plus, with an illegal green card, would he be carrying a gun? Wouldn't that just be plain stupid? Maybe the gun was from the victim's home? That sounds suspicious too though.

Let's face it, the entire account of this incident as per Mr. Yancey sounds 'hinky'.

 

[Roxye]

Let's face it, the entire account of this incident as per Mr. Yancey sounds 'hinky'.

So sad, but ITA.

 

[Roxye]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/06/19/dekalb_deputy_evidence.html

A lawyer for DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Derrick Yancey said Thursday that the evidence will prove Yancey is telling the truth about the fatal shootings of his wife and a day laborer in his home.


Veteran defense attorney Keith Adams said Yancey hired Guatemalan immigrant Marcial Cax-Puluc to do yard work at his home June 9, but Cax-Puluc found a gun belonging to Yancey and shot Linda Yancey in a robbery attempt.

Uhhhhh..... yeah! That's it!:Banane15:

 

[Tom'sGirl]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/06/19/dekalb_deputy_evidence.html

Uhhhhh..... yeah! That's it!:Banane15:

He's a cop, and yet had to be told how to do CPR

 

[concernedperson]

He's a cop, and yet had to be told how to do CPR

Also this attorney is quoting innocence with no lab reports in his back pocket. The early spin, I am afraid.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Also this attorney is quoting innocence with no lab reports in his back pocket. The early spin, I am afraid.

Yep, and unfortunately the only ones that know what really happened are dead!

 

[Vegas Bride]

I'm wondering what kind of life insurance the wife had?

VB

 

[Tom'sGirl]

I'm wondering what kind of life insurance the wife had?

VB

Hmm, maybe we'll find out, and then again, maybe we wont if they already are covering for him.

 

[TGIRecovered]

Hmm, maybe we'll find out, and then again, maybe we wont if they already are covering for him.

I think it would be more likely that they would bungle it than cover it up. IMO, cops who think they can get away with killing their wives are almost always arrogant hotheads. If he is the type to do this, his co-workers probably didn't like him or trust him to begin with.

What frustrates me is the fact that the initial response at the crime scene may have started out a bit sloppy due to first responders' natural shock of finding both a victim and the shooter are one of their own. I hope they were able to stay sharp right from the beginning, because if Yancey set this up, he needs to go down!

Susan

 

[mysteriew]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/06/19/dekalb_deputy_evidence.html

A lawyer for DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Derrick Yancey said Thursday that the evidence will prove Yancey is telling the truth about the fatal shootings of his wife and a day laborer in his home.


Veteran defense attorney Keith Adams said Yancey hired Guatemalan immigrant Marcial Cax-Puluc to do yard work at his home June 9, but Cax-Puluc found a gun belonging to Yancey and shot Linda Yancey in a robbery attempt.
Uhhhhh..... yeah! That's it!:Banane15:

A nice neat explanation as to how Linda Yancey happened to be killed with her husband's weapon. Evidently we are not the only ones who are questioning this as Yancey seems to have lawyered up.

One thing I haven't heard. Yancey picked up Cax-Puluc that day to do yard work. Did he stay at the home while Cax-Puluc was there or did he leave? Where was he while Cax-Puluc was entering the home, robbing and killing his wife?

The lawyer says that according to Yancey, the whole confrontation took only a minute or two. That just doesn't make sense. Cax-Puluc leaves the yard and enters the home. A house where presumably he isn't familiar with it. He confronts, he locates a roll of money, he locates a gun, he gets the wife to go to the basement with him, he shoots Linda, then Yancey shoots him. All in a couple of minutes? He doesn't restrain the deputy. He shoots the unarmed woman and leaves the armed deputy alive?

The attorney does explain that a witness allegedly did see Linda after Yancey brought Cax-Puluc to the home and says that proves that Yancey didn't kill his wife then go pick up Cax-Puluc to assume the blame. However he doesn't touch the idea that Yancey went to pick Cax-Puluc up and bring him to the home, then shot his wife and called Cax-Puluc into the home and shot him.

 

[Roxye]

A nice neat explanation as to how Linda Yancey happened to be killed with her husband's weapon. Evidently we are not the only ones who are questioning this as Yancey seems to have lawyered up.

One thing I haven't heard. Yancey picked up Cax-Puluc that day to do yard work. Did he stay at the home while Cax-Puluc was there or did he leave? Where was he while Cax-Puluc was entering the home, robbing and killing his wife?

The lawyer says that according to Yancey, the whole confrontation took only a minute or two. That just doesn't make sense. Cax-Puluc leaves the yard and enters the home. A house where presumably he isn't familiar with it. He confronts, he locates a roll of money, he locates a gun, he gets the wife to go to the basement with him, he shoots Linda, then Yancey shoots him. All in a couple of minutes? He doesn't restrain the deputy. He shoots the unarmed woman and leaves the armed deputy alive?

The attorney does explain that a witness allegedly did see Linda after Yancey brought Cax-Puluc to the home and says that proves that Yancey didn't kill his wife then go pick up Cax-Puluc to assume the blame. However he doesn't touch the idea that Yancey went to pick Cax-Puluc up and bring him to the home, then shot his wife and called Cax-Puluc into the home and shot him.

Yupyup! Exactly what you said!