I'm new to this thread. Rosco, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad and stepmom. What happened to them is just...well, not the normal channels we average people would ever think as a possibility. It's just so sad. I started reading about them last night. Then fell asleep in front of the computer, not the first time by any means.
I can really relate to your dad's love of the outdoors. My dad taught me a lot of outdoor things when I was growing up, and in the past I hunted & fished with my late husband. Now I can't afford it, though I've longed to get back into it again.
Now to this case. It it all goes back to the dog. What happened to the dog is key to this murder. It reveals that a family member had something to do with it or else someone very close to the family and fond of the dog because any other killer would've just killed the dog, and been done with it. I look at it as the dog was being saved or put in a safe place. Otherwise one of the killers if there was more than one was afraid of the dog, and the other, familiar with the dog was not so the first asked the second to take care of the dog.
I'm guessing the dog would've attacked in the event he or she could see what was happening. If not, then someone who loved the dog very much just wanted the dog out of the way (tied up) so they could do what they did or someone had instructed the killer to tie the dog up. You'd need to know who in the family & outside the family played with the dog a lot when they stopped in to visit. How old is the dog? Was it ever said that the dog belonged to any particular person. Was it Terry's, Darleen's or A's dog?
I personally wonder why certain people haven't already been arrested. Motive is easy to see, and a quite common one at that, greed. If A had nothing to do with the actual killing, she certainly stood to profit from it. I'm thinking the cash in your dad's pockets went to the actual killer/s. I would expect him or them to start blackmailing the person who ordered the killings.
The insurance company/s paid off on Terry& Darleen's policies? That is surprising the heck out of me. If this is indeed true, then it's very likely the local police told the insurance company it was a random killing or totally non-family involvement.
I've lived in a small town, and boy can those PDs ruin a case, failing to do things city cops would do, allowing too many people to contaminate a crime scene, plus some good ole boy antics. I sure hope that isn't the case here.
Did your dad happen to be friends with anyone on the police force before the murders? What about A? This is the kind of case insurance companies will hold back in paying, and it really bothers me that they paid out.
You've probably gone over all this already, but it was the only 2cents I could offer without reading further which I'm going to do now. This is definitely a solvable case. Simply a matter of following the money. Were the police able to take any plaster casts of tire tracks or footprints? Recent rains or a stretch of dry weather?
You know, it's awfully interesting that A would be stopping by the house the next morning because her tracks would cover those of the killer or cover her own.
Justthinking's point about the dog is a good one. Seems to me if the dog allowed the perp to tie him up, the dog knew the perp and was comfortable around the perp. I wonder if LE ever tested the dogs collar for evidence. Especially if it was the perp that put the dog on the rope/tied up the dog.
I am assuming meth users and dealers have ties to one another. IF one dealer is out of goods, he or she would likely refer their customer to so and so because they know they have some (or the dealer would contact another dealer to buy to have a supply for his or her customers). (I know for a fact they do that, because an old roomie of mine used to deal marijuana- before I knew him- and shared that with me.)
17 is a lot of people. Very likely at least one of them will be trying to save their butt and provide info regarding your dad and step moms murders Rosco. I pray this is the beak the case needs.
hugs my friend. We need to talk about a date for kiddieland soon!
Rosco ~ It amazes me the things A has been allowed to get away with. Thank's for use of word's Lynn1001..
One way I seen this being done many time before is; Being a LE informant.. This been on my mind for atleast a year or more just researching this case right here.. But this only 1 idea of what could be caused by a number of reason's.... Now my lawyer might feel little better..
I am not trying to say she is one, far from that.. I am only saying I seen this type of action from LE many times before and a lot of times it end's after many years later they was working together all this time together and that what was keeping that person out of jail all this time.. Sometimes I feel LE as went too far out of control allowing some of these people to stay on the streets...
Take Whitey Bulger case from Boston as a example of this out of control action and how easy this can become so far out of control.. he is on 10 most wanted list by FBI right now if you never heard of that case before..
I know personally myself I would not have nothing good to say at all about any LE officer no matter what excuse they had or any LE Office that put Drug Investigation As more important than a Double Murder Case... I would feel that would of cross the line in the best interest of the overall safety of US Citizens as a whole..
Somebody commit cold blood double murder I feel is more dangerous to the citizen's than a drug dealer not much but a little bit more dangerous and should never be allowed to walk the streets free unpunished in my book.
Just a idea that been buggin me for a long time about this case.. Something stinks in this case what I been unable to find it yet...
Rosco, thank you for the warm welcome!
I'm having some real problems here understanding LE motivations. Don't want to say anything harsh, but I'm sure they already knew A was a meth head or whatever they call people that do that drug. So for the life of me, I can't imagine why LE didn't keep the crime scene under wraps longer.
I'm not finished wading through everything here yet nor the posts on Topix, but I remember reading something about a hand drawn will.
Was that will notarized? Cause in TX I don't think it would've been a legal document. I'm just curious if the law is different in Indiana regarding wills.
I somehow doubt your sister's actual involvement unless she's as calculating as Casey Anthony, but am certain her current or XBF and friends did this.
I've picked up some little snippet about a barn fire. Did they have a meth lab in the barn, and an explosion?
I'm sorry if I'm repeating stuff everyone else here already knows, but these things caught my eye.
About Rosco, I'm guessing he was tied up to keep him more from interfering more than to keep him from being hit by whatever blunt instrument was used.
Seems like the logical choice for the weapon would be a baseball bat. Larger than a hammer, and the perp could keep a greater distance from the person being hit.
I like the theory of two perps, but think it could've been carried out by one person fairly easily. Could've driven up, found out from Darleen that Terry was in the barn. Gone down to say hello. Then said he was thirsty as an excuse to go into the house, but would be right back. Then killed Darleen, and went back out to kill Terry.
Rosco, are you saying they started carting stuff off your dad's place before the funeral even? Holy cow, and by what authority did they have to do so? A judge could have stopped it.
All this can mean to me is your sister knew what was going down, but didn't stop it, and may have ordered it done. Sure sounds like she already had plans in place to remove the most valuable things she could think of. Where was she when this stuff was being removed?
You are aware you had every right to do the same aren't you? I'm sure like me, you wouldn't because the almost instant removal of things is just too callous for words.
Perhaps you need to contact the state attorney's office. Who all did LE question regarding the deaths and for how long?
I gotta bring this up. You don't suppose that someone in LE bought those guns from your sister do you? Cops like guns and often are collectors. Something about this case is setting off my hinkey meter.
I guarantee you had this occured in a large city, your sister & her friends would've been in for long grueling interrogations, and before it was over with, somebody would've spilled the beans, and this case would be solved.
How can it be a CIVIL issue when people are carrying items out of an active crime scene? It was a crime scene and if it had been secured like it should have been NO ONE would have been trapesing around helping themselves. I think some of what happened is a case of having LE who just was not prepared to deal with a double homicide.
My ex boyfriends dad came over once and tried to start carting my stuff out (long story) and upon calling the police was told it was a civil issue. Now, if I had just murdered my ex boyfriend and his dad showed up and started carting stuff out THAT would be tampering with evidence and tampering with a crime scene.
Roscoe - it really breaks my heart to hear about the auction and the dumpsters outside the house. It makes my heart hurt. It is so sad to see it come down to this. I can't imagine being in your position. Your self control is admirable. I feel hatred burning in my chest for 'A' and all the crap she has done and hasn't done and if I were in your position I don't know how i would handle it. Even if she had nothing to do with her parent's deaths the way she has acted in the aftermath is enough to breed enough contempt and anger to last the rest of her lifetime. That said - I think she had plenty to do with their deaths.
It just isn't fair. I have a feeling it is one of those things where several people in the Mongo drug community know or have heard rumours of what happened that night and please, please let it be just a matter of time before someone speaks up.
Rosco, I'm changing my mind. I believe your sister is the person responsible, in that it was her idea, and other parties carried it out for her. It's also possible she and others owed a drug dealer money, and were told they had a very short span of time to deliver it or their heads would roll.
LE mishandled this. And if they didn't question that group about the murders when they were picked up for felony drug offenses, then they're not doing their jobs. Somebody should've been singing.
Forget the state attorney general, go directly to the US attorney for the district of Indiana. Request an investigation into the handling of this crime & crime scene. Mention all the guns that LE failed to secure that likely went into the hands of drug runners.
Rosco, I hope it pans out. It seems to me all you have to mention is drugs, murder, guns, crime scene not properly secured, and the fact your sister couldn't even wait until after the funeral to remove every item of value.
It's a circumstantial case, but I think a jury would be hard pressed to find your sister not guilty. I'm no spring chicken, but this is the very first I've ever heard of someone removing things before a funeral. That kind of gall speaks volumes.
That alone should have set off alarms in LE. I just don't get it. Weren't they taken aback by A removing the stuff before the funeral? They should've had her down at the station being interrogated. There's just no excuse or any justification for not doing so.
3 1/2 yrs., and not one arrest. They're letting this get away from them. :furious: Which agency was in charge of the investigation, the county?
Sometimes justthinkin :banghead: - it's just like this smilies.... banging my head over and over... cuz everthing I am screaming is going on deaf ears. :silenced:
It's all circumstantial... and truly I would NOT want to go to trial UNLESS there is 'something' that is direct... I do not want the case to be tried and then let them walk... HER walk.. and nobody in jail. I would prefer to wait it out ~ how ever long it takes.... to make sure there is a GUILTY conviction.
Just can't go by crossed fingers and a kiss on the four-head for luck on this one...
Appears LE was NOT taken back by her behavior... cuz I put it into their attention (right in your face attention) and I was told it's civil... then the shrugged of the shoulders came and nothing was done by LE...
Soooo as it is... it all went bye-bye and nothing is left to filter thru... all gone.:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
LaGrange Co is lead invesigators... and State of IN is secondary along with FBI and ATF involvment.. So it was not just local. I have direct contact with State LE and also FBI. All have and continue to be seated in the round circle when I visit at LE office
(( which I will be doing YET again next weekend after Iron Man)) Truly hate the meetings cuz it hurts to be told nothing is happening...
Case been getting away from LE for 3.5yrs....and the clock continues to tick-away justthinkin....
Every single day it gets farther and farther away from touching without an arrest and/or someone held accoutable for their murders.... EVERYDAY..
Rosco
The longer Terry & Darleen's murders go unsolved, the less apt they are to be solved unfortunately.
Gaia, I'm thinking along the same lines as you. If A loved her mother, then the clothes she was buried in would've been important to her even with a closed casket service. I mean, this is your precious mother and father who've been beaten to death. A's thoughts couldn't possibly be on anything else if love was in her heart for her parents. She'd have had to spend time just totally shocked like the rest of the family. Even if she put some of the responsibility on Rosco or another older female relative to organize things, A should have still wanted to be very much a part of organizing the funerals, picking out caskets, flowers, but also because of her age, relying on her older sister's judgement as well. How involved was she, Rosco? I know you said she put no thought at all into the clothes for her mother, but what about the rest of the arrangements?
Also, what about the guy that lived on the same road as Terry & Darleen, the person who was arrested in that drug sting op? Is he a suspect? Rosco, even if they don't have any leads, LE should be able to tell you how many potential suspects they have or persons of interest, if they've narrowed it down the field of suspects at all, and after those felony drug arrests if anyone was quizzed about the murders which should've been done.
I can't imagine Terry telling anyone outside of family about the cash he had in hand. I can imagine A or her boyfriend or ex, whichever one worked with Terry, getting high on meth & talking about it, but there's timing involved, and this looks like it was planned and premeditated. I mean, some guy or guys overhearing about the cash in one minute, wouldn't just excuse themselves in the next to go commit the murders.
How many people knew Terry was getting a new boat and when he was getting it? Was he a trusting fellow, maybe too trusting? Rosco, do you know the person at the dealership that your dad was going to buy the boat from? If your dad wasn't going to be buying directly from the owner of the boat dealerships, could the person he was to deal with have been experiencing financial difficulties? Was the person a friend of your dad's outside of boat dealings? Could he have stopped by the house after dark easily or known how to deal with Rosco?
It seems to me there's a limited number of possible suspects. How many different meth people that were friends of A's had been at the home recently? I know you don't live there, but maybe some aunts or uncles or other family members who do live nearby or in Mongo might be able to shed some light on that.