Well, right there, the autopsies. Why are they still in limbo? Who has that kind of pull? The courts and the papers sueing have been going back and forth for over a year now. Every diversion tactic "they" can think of has been done. IMO "they" have also been using this "pull" to keep this case out of the news. It's like a lot of the media has been warned to "back off" this case.
As most here know I have mentioned I am a recovering addict, and although my "habit" happened in another part of the country than where I live now, it was a similar place. The character's that were fellow user's came from all back rounds. Addiction has no particular type of person/person's. Low income, blue collar, rich, poor and professionals are included even clergy are included. When the drugs take you over, out goes your morals, good judgement and good character. The drug is in charge of everything you do. You have to have "it" to barely function. It's like you have to have it, like most people have to have that first cup of coffee in the morning. After a while you have to have more to get to where just a little used to get you going. It's a vicious cycle that will drive you crazy to "get it", just to get it. You find yourself doing and saying things you never "dreamed" you ever would.
Now that I have explained a little about addiction, some can kinda understand what makes an addict tick. Like I said good judgement and good character go out the window. I used to know people who do almost anything to get what they needed. Theft, lying, and screwing your friends over are just a few. If some get desperate enough, murder can't be far away. Self preservation is very important to human beings. Can you imagine a/many "high" officials being in this kind of position? Your reputation lost forever, losing your family and friends and respect of a/many communities? Those reasons alone would be enough to stoop to murder.
Most small towns (in the past and present) have officials that have been there for years, some are generational (fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, uncles, aunts, etc.) I call it the "good ole boys network". It's not just public officials, but usually includes lawyers, doctor's, police, anyone with power, money and influence in the community and streachs out past that community to surrounding ones and beyond. Everyone's got their hands out. It's as old as time, powerful people using the small people to get them farther into what they want. Could this be what is happening here. Not only do the "small people" of the community have to worry about someone murdering them in their sleep, but powerful people can also make their lives a living hell.
From what I've learned about Pike Co and surrounding area's it seems there's a few people who are buying up land from foreclosures at bargain prices and reselling them at a profit, or putting "cheap" housing on the properties and selling them on land contracts. Knowing that the people who are buying them are eventually going to lose them. And who reaps the rewards? The land owners. JMO and something to think about.
