It's possible he has school age children at the same school or even a business that kids would go to on a day off. And sometimes all it takes is to look outside and see a group of kids and say oh I guess the kids have no school today.
Great post! One thing I wish they could provide is a longer snip of BG walking. Right before the clip ends you can see on the track right in front of BG's right foot area what seems like a bigger empty space between the railroad ties. I think his unnatural lurch to the left is to avoid that and it's deceiving. A few seconds more would probably be helpful to recognizing his gait. IMO
I still think the car info being so vague was on purpose and was LE's way of seeing if someone saw a particular person's car in the area, probably all tied to that person's alibi. I assumed, maybe wrongly, that LE had gotten certain satisfying tips about "the vehicle" because it hasn't been mentioned since.
I didn't realize RL said he'd seen a young stranger on his road that day? Can you provide a link for I would like to read about that. That to me could be huge. His road leads out to the big highway area, doesn't it? TIA
It was common knowledge that there was no school that day. Indiana schools always build extra snow days into the schedule, and if the days aren’t needed they announce and post on the signs outside schools the No School dates.
Yes, that pretty much covers it. Knowing that the crime scene was outdoors he probably made the decision to start the processing as soon as possible without ISP or FBI because lack of immediate action may have been an error in itself.
I tend to believe the same or something similar. If LE knows he left the crime scene and went in the direction of the cemetery that may be further indication that the killer knew how close he was to the cemetery. Having hunted and hiked in woods and being lost I know how it is possible to be lost and yet be so close to the area you wanted to arrive at. Someone without knowledge of the area may have turned around and gone back out the way they came in. This killer would seem to be confident in his knowledge of the area to either lead the girls to that area - or follow them there if they ran from him - and quickly get out using an alternate way.
Unfortunately... I need to be talked out of this thought process myself. Because I just don’t think LE has any idea who killed these girls. They likely have a solid profile and probably know a few guys that perfectly fit their profile. They might believe any one of these guys could have committed this crime but have nothing—as far as evidence—that connects them to it.
Let's be clear here. I'm saying it is a POSSIBILITY at most. In fact, in my statement, "Knowing that the crime scene was outdoors he probably made the decision to start the processing as soon as possible without ISP or FBI because lack of immediate action may have been an error in itself." I'm not stating that an error or blunder was ACTUALLY made.
I notice the article is dated at 12:37 on Wednesday and the FBI team was there at that time. They could have been there earlier though, since the article does not indicate when the FBI team actually arrived and actually started processing. It is interesting that it is apparently over 24 hours after the discovery of the bodies and LE is still processing the area.
We know that ISP and a local FBI agent were on the scene. But do we know when trained crime scene investigators were on scene - for example, those trained in identifying evidence that might have DNA or fingerprints and how to preserve them? We know from your article that the FBI had a team there on Wednesday over 24 hours after the bodies were found, but we can't tell from that article if they arrived at 12:37 on Wednesday OR if they arrived at 12:37 on Tuesday. There are some things the first responder can do like determine how large an area needs to be restricted to access, photographing the scene, what evidence needs immediate attention and so on.
