With the exception of the anchor rope possibly snagging on a limb when Mrs D's body was dumped in the lake, dancinunderthemoon. I don't feel like they got sloppy.. I believe everything went just as planned, with the exception of the sighting of the man in the yard by the witness.
Imo, the Dermonds were initially the victims of an elaborate, creative, and well planned ruse to gain entrance to their home. For instance, an official document, package delivery, etc. Once inside, the perp/s likely restrained the Dermonds utilizing zip ties, rope, or other ligatures. They would have likely been brought into immediate compliance by the perps by means of physical violence or threat with a deadly weapon; firearm or knife.. All indicators point to a well planned and executed crime by organized and experienced offenders, imo. The first rule of prey is to control the victims and bring them into immediate compliance.
Mr D may have been murdered and decapitated in the garage. Many organized offenders come prepared with kill kits containing the tools necessary to complete the crime. From observations, the perp/s were forensically and investigative aware, imo. A plastic tarp may have been used to eliminate blood spatter and evidence residue from the decapitation, imo. Imo, Mrs D was alive and compliant when transported to the boat and was executed later when she was of no longer use to the perps. Mrs D was likely used as a hostage/shield in case of an arbitrary DNR boat safety check on lake oconee during the perp/s departure. JMO
All one has to do is look at the aftermath; the well laid plan, the seemingly choreographed execution of the crime, and the resulting intended effects of the Dermond murders to conclude who had motive, means, and opportunity, imo.. The signs, indicators, and evil residue left in their wake seems very obvious, imo..
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Putnam Sheriff: No new leads in Dermond murders
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/local/2014/06/24/no-new-leads-in-dermond-murders/11327969/
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Sills says they've narrowed the time frame for the murders down to sometime between the afternoon of Friday May 2nd and Saturday May 3rd.
He says the only possible witness they have was a caller who says, from a distance, she saw a man on the Dermonds' property that Saturday afternoon. "And that's the closest thing we have, we don't have a car description, we don't have a person description," Sills says.
Sills says his department has done a thorough investigation into the Dermonds' background. He doesn't believe any of their immediate family committed the crime, but does think it would have to be someone they knew.
Sills says the case is unlike other murders because of the unique circumstances.
"Most of the time, the victim, or at least somebody associated with the victim has some ties to some criminal activity. That, at this point in time in our investigation we have not found that," he says.
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"Stranger on Stranger crimes are the most difficult to solve".. After thirteen months has passed since this ungodly horrific crime. It may be time for Sheriff Sills to set a new starting point for further investigation and rethink the investigator's original hypothesis and conclusions, imo.
'History happens twice because people do not listen the first time'...
