MO MO - Melissa Peskey, 40, shot and killed, Boonville, 13 Dec 2018

[alexwood]

(@carbuff)

Good thinking, margarita (as usual!), and thank you! I've not had enough caffeine today.

 

[margarita25]

Good thinking, margarita (as usual!), and thank you! I've not had enough caffeine today.

(I’m literally making a second cup right now...how wonderful to be completely hangover free since I stayed home last night for NYE, wooohooo! (NannaNannaBooBoo, I dontHaveaHangover...)

 

[margarita25]

So, thinking really hard about all of this, it’s bad enough that Melissa is dead. Ya bad enough that her children are now motherless. Now on TOP of that I’m not finding any optimistic scenario as far as volatility/potential for future danger unless the husband is the perp and he is arrested. Otherwise, the only ther possibilities, it seems, are the following:

1. Random serial shooter which means he’ll do it again.

2. Random non serial shooter which means he could be hard to track (example road rage) and has a possibility to reoffend.

3. Non-road rage related random act such as thrill or drive by or intent to assault which also means it could be hard to track and there is the possibly to reoffend.

4. If it’s the husband but it can’t be proven then the kids are in danger.

What other scenarios exist here.

So logically, as hard as it is that the kids have to know their dad was the one, sadly this would be the least potentially volatile situation if it is proven and he is incarcerated. Otherwise it is implied imo that more people will be hurt one way or another because this would mean there are other hothead psychos active and free.

Actually I honk figured this out. The above is not true.

The best case scenario would be for it to be a random shooter, either serial or not, who is arrested before committing another crime. Thia way everyone is safe, especially the kids, and they can grow up with a nonviolent dad.

Do we have a confirmed source yet that was abusive, she was officially taking the kids and fleeing, all that stuff, other than the GH (now pulled) video.

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Here is another thought. IF it’s a random shooter he might not necessarily stick to the freeway al though it is likely (the linked shootings of John Jacoby and Cori Romero we’re different settings, one was the highway (Cori), and John’s wasn’t. Also for note is the fact that Cori was in a car vs John was riding a bike.

 

[Timekeeper65]

Sorry to double post, but I really fouled up my previous quote by replying to the wrong post! This is what I meant to reply to -- cpeacock1's post re the vehicle.

What kind of a vehicle is this? I can't figure it out.

Ford Flex.

 

[alexwood]

Ford Flex.

That's it, cpeacock1! Thank you, that was great work!

 

[Timekeeper65]

That's it, cpeacock1! Thank you, that was great work!

Welcome alexwood. I can’t find a pic of the car she was driving. Must have been thinking about the GH video. He did a great job re-creating how the event played out.

 

[carbuff]

(@carbuff)

I'm not one hundred percent positive, but it could be a Toyota FJ Cruiser, a few years old. But it looks more Ford to me.

eta: Ford Flex, as @cpeacock1 pointed out.

 

[LILMAMA78]

When will this interview be available?

 

[carbuff]

Ford Flex.

Yeah. I'm going to agree with this.

 

[Timekeeper65]

When will this interview be available?

Welcome to WEBSLEUTHS Lilmama78. What interview are you asking about?

 

[Spartygirl]

(I’m literally making a second cup right now...how wonderful to be completely hangover free since I stayed home last night for NYE, wooohooo! (NannaNannaBooBoo, I dontHaveaHangover...)

LOL...NO Hangover here either !! I have grandkiddos for the week while their mom is in Puerto Vallarta on a much needed/ deserved vacation so quiet night here !!
I just found this thread and am starting to catch up here and with the news ..I see GH video is now removed so I cant view that but will keep reading on this case.. so tragic..those poor kids to have had to been in the vehicle when this happened to their mother.. I just can't imagine

 

[margarita25]

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[Jethro4WS]

I have a hard time with this case because her husband had been out of the country for a year and was only back less than a month when this happens. Listening to that GH interview (that was removed) what her friend was describing seems nearly impossible to me. What woman on the side is waiting around for a year? When does he get a "secret" apartment - did he pay rent for a year on a place he couldn't use? You would think that Melissa would be wondering why all of his pay was short if he was doing that. All of that seems rather absurd to me.

I have a feeling that something else was going on here. I am trying to figure out why she would quit her job, take her kids out of school (at least temporarily) and head off to North Carolina or South Carolina (still isn't clear where she was headed). Almost all of her family is not all that far away from Hartford. So, why head across the country? Does anyone have a lead on who she was going to see? From what was said in the GH interview this was a friend that live in the Carolinas and that she had visited there in the summer though it was not stated if she took her kids with her on the summer trip. I would think that her husband would know who this friend was - but perhaps he didn't know this person.

All of this makes a lot more sense to me if there was another guy in the picture at some point.

 

[margarita25]

Morning margarita. There certainly are two types of possible suspects in this case.

Your example shows that to be true.

There are so many cases now of people being shot right out of the blue when they are in a moving vehicle now.

Scary times.

Imo

Scary times is right, unfortunately.

I anticipate this to be a rough year shootings wise, Moo.

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I’m officially saying for the record that after the Watts case anything is possible.

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I keep coming back to the kids in the car and the not guaranteed possible outcome of firing on a vehicle.

All I want to know is east or west, is this another dirt bag trying to kill his wife and kids, or another dirtbag I guess essentially trying to kill someone else’s wife and kids.

This case is very disturbing on many levels no matter how you look at it.

 

[margarita25]

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[margarita25]

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[oceanblueeyes]

I have a hard time with this case because her husband had been out of the country for a year and was only back less than a month when this happens. Listening to that GH interview (that was removed) what her friend was describing seems nearly impossible to me. What woman on the side is waiting around for a year? When does he get a "secret" apartment - did he pay rent for a year on a place he couldn't use? You would think that Melissa would be wondering why all of his pay was short if he was doing that. All of that seems rather absurd to me.

I have a feeling that something else was going on here. I am trying to figure out why she would quit her job, take her kids out of school (at least temporarily) and head off to North Carolina or South Carolina (still isn't clear where she was headed). Almost all of her family is not all that far away from Hartford. So, why head across the country? Does anyone have a lead on who she was going to see? From what was said in the GH interview this was a friend that live in the Carolinas and that she had visited there in the summer though it was not stated if she took her kids with her on the summer trip. I would think that her husband would know who this friend was - but perhaps he didn't know this person.

All of this makes a lot more sense to me if there was another guy in the picture at some point.

Good morning Jethro.

That thought has crossed my mind several times but I didnt want anyone to ever think I was trying to disparage Melissa in any way.

Even if she had met someone else she sure didnt deserve any of this. She deserved to start a new life if that was her intentions at the time for making this very long trip.

I do think whomever she was going to see may have valuable information.

Since she quit her job she may not have had any intentions of returning. If she planned to start a new life wherever she was going there had to be a lot of communication between Melissa and whoever she was going to see. Quiting a very well paying job isn't something someone decides to do lightly. Imo

But I'm also a realist too and I know the police are also investigating who she was in close contact with during the year her husband was deployed.

That is only logical and is done in every homicide investigation. They will retrace her life going back months to find out who all she was with or even communicated with via cell phone or online.

But usually when a spouse is not there to welcome their military husband home it does often mean they have found someone else during the time their spouse was on a year long deployment.

Sadly it's one of the biggest problems facing military spouses/families where there are long deployment periods involved.

Of course none of us know if she had met someone but it's a very good possibilty.

However many military spouses do patiently wait for their spouse to return. It's a hard life though for those left behind and also for those who are on long deployments.

If there is another guy involved that gives her husband even more motive to do this. If he found out she had been taking the children around the other man while he is gone often the jilted spouse will seethe that someone else has replaced him as their father while he was gone.

The children are old enough to be able to tell the investigators if they were around another guy while their father was gone.

It's an uncomfortable subject but if true it does add to his motive if he is the one who did this.

Or could she have been planning a clean break and if there was another man he too may have been furious she was leaving him too. Ugh..it can get complex for if he exist it would give him a motive too.

OT: There was a recent case in Atlanta Georgia where an aspiring model was shot on her way to work when she was driving her vehicle.

Does anyone know if the police have found out who shot her and why? I lost track off that case and just wondered if they ever arrested who did it. TIA

JMO

 

[Laughing]

I would imagine this kind of coverage is what every murderer hopes for. A mention in the news, and then the whole story just drops off the radar. No one is able to predict which case will garner a media frenzy. I hope this one does not go cold. Ocam's razor might be applicable in this case, MOO.

Murderer/angry spouse wants coverage to end.

Gang/thrillkill shooter wants coverage to continue.

JMHO YMMV

ETA: corrected spelling

 

[Jethro4WS]

Good morning Jethro.

That thought has crossed my mind several times but I didnt want anyone to ever think I was trying to disparage Melissa in any way.

Even if she had met someone else she sure didnt deserve any of this. She deserved to start a new life if that was her intentions at the time for making this very long trip.

I do think whomever she was going to see may have valuable information.

Since she quit her job she may not have had any intentions of returning. If she planned to start a new life wherever she was going there had to be a lot of communication between Melissa and whoever she was going to see. Quiting a very well paying job isn't something someone decides to do lightly. Imo

But I'm also a realist too and I know the police are also investigating who she was in close contact with during the year her husband was deployed.

That is only logical and is done in every homicide investigation. They will retrace her life going back months to find out who all she was with or even communicated with via cell phone or online.

But usually when a spouse is not there to welcome their military husband home it does often mean they have found someone else during the time their spouse was on a year long employment.

Sadly it's one of the biggest problems facing military spouses/families where there are long deployment periods involved.

Of course none of us know if she had met someone but it's a very good possibilty.

However many military spouses do patiently wait for their spouse to return. It's a hard life though for those left behind and also for those who are on long deployments.

If there is another guy involved that gives her husband even more motive to do this. If he found out she had been taking the children around the other man while he is gone often the jilted spouse will seethe that someone else has replaced him as their father while he was gone.

The children are old enough to be able to tell the investigators if they were around another guy while their father was gone.

It's an uncomfortable subject but if true it does add to his motive if he is the one who did this.

Or could she have been planning a clean break and if there was another man he too may have been furious she was leaving him too. Ugh..it can get complex for if he exist it would give him a motive too.

OT: There was a recent case in Atlanta Georgia where an aspiring model was shot on her way to work when she was driving her vehicle.

Does anyone know if the police have found out who shot her and why? I lost track off that case and just wondered if they ever arrested who did it. TIA

JMO

It would also give other people a motive (such as a torqued off spouse of another guy). But like I said, I am only saying what makes more sense to me. I only offer it because, along with what I said in my prior post, I don't see how he would be given his children - he got his kids back on December 26th - if law enforcement believed that he was involved in some way. The total disregard for the children in the actual incident, where they easily could have been killed or seriously injured, would be something that couldn't be ignored even if law enforcement wasn't prepared to charge him. So, this has me thinking that it is very possible that whoever shot Melissa did so not knowing the kids were in the car. I believe her husband would have known they were with her.

Giving the children to him if they think he was involved would be reckless as the children would be in danger if they were around him considering what already played out. So that weighs heavily in how I am looking at this case.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

I have never been a active military wife but how I know many of these things is when our son was in the USMC he was in charge of around 35 Marines.

He told us many times when coming off deployment he had to wind up taking several home with him until he could assist them in getting housing.

All were married but when they returned they found out they didnt have a home to return to and their wives and kids had moved in with another man.

He said some came back and found out their wives were pregnant with another man's child.

Imo