I am curious if their previous criminal activity made them paranoid. They seemed to really take it to another level. Assuming everything was bugged and they were being tracked. Not talking in the cars, using burner phones, using code words. I guess they didn't think about how suspicious it would seem that they were overly paranoid.
Yet they were talking in front of a female witness about incriminating things. And talking at Fred's.
Why not just have all normal conversations like your innocent?
To be scared to talk shows guilt.
I've said it before and will say it again, the Wagner's learned about committing murder through shows like CSI in my opinion because...
They were extra careful about the crime scenes, not being seen at the crime scenes, killing witnesses, not bringing their phones, getting rid of evidence, tampering with the crime scenes, taking down security cameras, buying a truck for that night, using suppressors, phone jammers, sneaking around with people in bed, leaving no fingerprints or DNA. Getting past dogs and getting into the homes. On and on.....
But I think what happened and why they got caught and the other 2 will get caught, is because they did not plan enough about the before and after. They were so busy not to leave evidence at the scenes or to be seen that night that what they did before and after the crimes is sinking them. They didn't think enough about the before and after.
Such as:
Many Murder Kit purchases easy to trace, running to AK, admitting they can't talk freely, gun lists and gun purchases, custody fights, fake custody documents, threats to Hanna, the stuff on Jake's phone and keeping his phone, lying to BCI, lying to Chris Graves, incriminating statements, silencer in the cistern, casings on their property, keeping Angela's laptop with - gun list, plus TX downloaded custody documents with the wrong dates plus many screenshots of hacked Facebook conversations, all on Angela's laptop.
Hacking into Facebook accounts, planning to accuse Tabby of abandonment, abusing Jake's EX and threatening to kill her family, the 4 phones together, using Jake's address and rewards card, leaving custody documents and receipt for shoes, buying shoes at the store with the most security, the photo of Angie, Jake, George and kids in truck in Walmart parking lot when Angie bought the shoes......
The list goes on and on......I want to add, they seemed to forget murder has no statue of limitations and that there is this thing called BCI, not just local pike county LE. They thought the local LE would consider it unsolvable, Cartel drug related etc....and then stop investing it, considering it's a cold case.
They didn't bank on 8 murders down in very rual Pike County -- looking like they could be related to marijuana and drugs whatever -- as bringing in so much attention. Not just from LE and the Attorney General but also from a ton of social media. They saw the investigation wasn't going away and that's probably why they sold the Peterson Rd. farm and got passports.
