NC - Kathy Taft, 62, Raleigh, 6 March 2010 - #1

[Just the Fax]

Apologize...but.....You don't get it. Wanting the interest to die down a bit. Hoping another "big media" case will take the limelight off of KT. A family member being charged will give the whole family unwanted attention, bad press & people start digging in places that we don't want dug. Get it.
Control of the situation.....when & how this will play out.

Chief Dolan asked the media and public to respect the judge’s decision for the integrity of the investigation and for the Taft family

 

[cluciano63]

just sayin'...it all makes sister look MORE guilty IMO than less...and makes me wonder MORE rather than less...and I think it will cause MORE media interest when/if an arrest is finally made...
JMO

 

[CocoChanel]

Well I am getting up there in years..but just meant elderly as opposed to young I guess...and I thought she was in late sixties if that makes a difference again, no offense intended...

I guess what I do not get is what is the great protection they are getting then? If it is thought that sister may be charged anyway, why all the secrecy? They won't be able to keep that part secret. I don't know what having great big contacts has to do with LE not advising citizens that they are most likely safe. Do they think people are not drawing their own conclusions? Not sure I am saying this right...but just not seeing that their high level contacts etc....are getting them anything more than extra speculations about family...

No offense taken of course

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. By clamping down on the reporting of this case, those exerting that pressure can PRETEND it is all under wraps, but like you said, it only fuels more speculation. I would like to think that LE is doing their job professionally with the goal of a firm conviction of the guilty party. Though public safety and reassurrance is also their concern, it does not seem that there is a local outcry or panic at this time, so apparently locals are surmising they know whodunnit. Otherwise I think we would be reading alot of comments on the news stories that HAVE been published. I looked and haven't found many comments at all.

 

[ruben321]

Do you think Chief Dolan could/would say anything other than that about the judge's decision

 

[diphi]

No offense taken of course

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. By clamping down on the reporting of this case, those exerting that pressure can PRETEND it is all under wraps, but like you said, it only fuels more speculation. I would like to think that LE is doing their job professionally with the goal of a firm conviction of the guilty party. Though public safety and reassurrance is also their concern, it does not seem that there is a local outcry or panic at this time, so apparently locals are surmising they know whodunnit. Otherwise I think we would be reading alot of comments on the news stories that HAVE been published. I looked and haven't found many comments at all.[/QUOTE]

BBM

I know. There is nothing new - not even comments....

 

[CocoChanel]

A family member being charged will give the whole family unwanted attention, bad press & people start digging in places that we don't want dug. Get it.
Control of the situation.....when & how this will play out.

I guess every family has stuff they don't want dug up. But are you kinda sorta saying there are other areas that could be embarrassing or harmful to political careers and status? Other areas that may or may not have any direct impact on this case, but that could be potentially uncovered just by close proximity? I've certainly seen such scenarios before. If event A had not happened, no one would have ever learned about peripheral events that caused further repercussions. Collateral damage so to speak.

 

[ruben321]

Control is extremely important. When, how, what, who. Controlling the situation has always been #1......not just in this case. That's just the way it is when....politics, name and $ are involved.

 

[diphi]

Control is extremely important. When, how, what, who. Controlling the situation has always been #1......not just in this case. That's just the way it is when....politics, name and $ are involved.

And, in reality, KT was a politician. Politicians get very, very uncomfortable when they start getting questioned by any authority (like police) - whether they are directly involved or not. "Closing ranks" is the term that immediately comes to my mind.

 

[diphi]

I guess every family has stuff they don't want dug up. But are you kinda sorta saying there are other areas that could be embarrassing or harmful to political careers and status? Other areas that may or may not have any direct impact on this case, but that could be potentially uncovered just by close proximity? I've certainly seen such scenarios before. If event A had not happened, no one would have ever learned about peripheral events that caused further repercussions. Collateral damage so to speak.

Coco, you didn't direct this question to me, but I'd say yes. We're talking education here - everybody has their fingers in it.

 

[ruben321]

Yes. When people start digging.....info gets stumpled upon.....even info that perhaps wasn't being searched for. See where I'm going....

 

[CocoChanel]

Coco, you didn't direct this question to me, but I'd say yes. We're talking education here - everybody has their fingers in it.

Thanks diphi. Appreciate your input here, and all the insight you are giving. As an educator, I am disheartened that even in this noble profession there is opportunity for skeletons to hide, but of course that potential is true about anything humans are involved with. I have been fortunate and honored to have been promoted to a professional level that has some influence on the policies of the people I serve. I can see how easy it would be to take advantage of that position in so many ways, and I try really hard to be alert to the danger of that. It would indeed be a slippery slope.

 

[Noway]

I'm going to leave my summary where it is for now (different site than Websleuths). I only have 24 hours to update a post here, and the updates are not coming on this case at all. Plus, I'd have to change to initials and revise most of the entries, so unless the media starts reporting, I'll leave it where it is.

I wonder whether the autopsy will show additional drugs in her system (other than what she was taking for pain after her surgery).

If DH was going to kill her sister, she probably would have found it easier to do when her sister was loopy from the drugs. Little possibility of her fighting back.

 

[Prancy]

I respectfully disagree that it's easier to think it's stranger-on-stranger crime. After any crime, for the public at large, I think it is much more distressing to be under the impression that it is random. My own interest in true crime stems from my need to make sense of some of the horrible things that happen. When I can focus on a family or acquainance issue, it helps me feel a bit more insulated from such a thing happening in my own life. I know...I know....unfortunately that may be a false sense of security in this day and age.

I DO understand that those closest to this terrible tragedy would naturally want to believe it was a wrong place/wrong time scenario rather than try to grasp that someone who was trusted could have betayed KT so horrifically. You seem to have accepted and faced the possiblity though, ruben. Are any other inner circle folks thinking similarly?

Some have made posts that question why local residents aren't doing something because of the lack of information from LE. I live near the crime scene and honestly don't know what I can do. Yes, we are terribly concerned. I would rather believe it wasn't random, but, I can take no solace in false belief. I really don't know what to think. I would appreciate any ideas.

Our state is not immune to murder in high profile, political families. Do you remember Susie Sharp? She was NC's first Chief Supreme Court Justice. The murders of several of her relatives by her neice and nephew was documented in "Bitter Blood" by Jerry Bledsoe. You really don't ever know what is going on behind the scenes in any family.

 

[Noway]

Yes. When people start digging.....info gets stumpled upon.....even info that perhaps wasn't being searched for. See where I'm going....

Are you referring to Kathy? That she may have done something not on the up and up in her life?

Or do you mean others connected to her -- family, friends, coworkers?

 

[CocoChanel]

I'm going to leave my summary where it is for now (different site than Websleuths). I only have 24 hours to update a post here, and the updates are not coming on this case at all. Plus, I'd have to change to initials and revise most of the entries, so unless the media starts reporting, I'll leave it where it is.

Noway - THANK YOU for the link to an amazingly thorough post full of information. I appreciate the effort it took to compile that summary. It is very helpful and I'm very grateful.

 

[Just the Fax]

Yes. When people start digging.....info gets stumpled upon.....even info that perhaps wasn't being searched for. See where I'm going....

Kathy Taft ran for State Senate and lost.
By doing so, the way she lived her life became an open book.
I doubt anyone will uncover 'skeletons' in the victim's closet.
....if that is where you are going?

 

[ruben321]

Wasn't going that way at all. No skeletons in KT's closet. She was an incredible lady.

 

[ruben321]

The digging has arms that reach many.

 

[CocoChanel]

Thinking maybe ex-husband TT has an interesting background as a trial attorney?

 

[diphi]

The digging has arms that reach many.

High profile, political individuals who may or may not have made certain deals, compromises, or agreements. NC is already drowning in federal investigations of public officials, federal agencies looking a stimulus funds, etc. - stress level is high already.