Too soon to say but I know he was looked at back then and that they concluded he was not a likely suspect, IDK what they based that conclusion on. In retrospect, it seems he should have been looked at, he fit the composite drawing and had a motive. If you have read the early posts back in thread #1, I was not exactly subtle in my feelings about the original detectives assigned this case. They seemed to be a bunch of old-school gumshoes who went after Shirlee's family, getting fixated on some 'drug' connection. I was told that they almost ignored computer evidence, not even pulling Tom's computer until months into the investigation. They literally blew months of valuable time on chasing stuff that went nowhere. The police chief at that time was more interested in getting out of town and starting his new job while double dipping with his Omaha pension and IMO just decided it wasn't going to be solved.
It wasn't until Lt Kangier and his people got this case that things started to come together. I noted one local news channel this evening commented that OPD feels the AMW broadcast generated tips that helped to ID Garcia as a probable perp. If so then I think the people on this board can feel we accomplished something. IMO that broadcast never would have aired if not for the pressure we helped generate. A lot of our speculation was of course not correct but airing all this helped focus our efforts. I am proud of us and am glad to call many of you my friends..
