Skyla Whitaker, 11, & Taylor Placker 13 - Found Murdered - #11

[christine2448]

I know this has been brought up....just thought I'd post link to article about the cross tampering that was in the Criminal Report Daily today.

July 11, 2008

Ominous Warning Found at Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Paschal-Placker Crime Scene

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation [OSBI] is examining a cross that once stood at the roadside memorial for 11-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, two young girls who were shot and killed in Weleetka last month.
According to an OSBI spokesperson, someone recently vandalized a cross that had Skyla's name on it and wrote, "You'll never catch me." Despite the warning, investigators have their doubts that the message was left by the person(s) responsible for the murders.
"I don't really think it is relevant to the case and more than likely its just some kids being kids," OSBI spokesperson Jessica Brown said in a telephone interview with Investigation Discovery.
Despite their reluctance to take the message seriously, investigators are conducting forensic tests on the cross to determine if it contains any evidence that could be relevant to the case. (bold mine)

 

[LifeSaver]

:bang:investigating the FreeLance employee in Henryetta.

 

[christine2448]

:bang:investigating the FreeLance employee in Henryetta.

Huh??

 

[SeriouslySearching]

:bang:investigating the FreeLance employee in Henryetta.

Welcome to WS, LifeSaver! Would you care to elaborate? I have no idea what or who you are talking about.

 

[Claycat]

SS, I think the FreeLance is the name of the paper in Henryetta that published that article about the cross.

Do you believe one of the employees is involved, LifeSaver?

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Ah, so it could be the message on the cross was done for headlines for their paper? Interesting.

 

[SailorMoon]

I'm discouraged that no one has been caught for this heinous crime yet. 2 innocent young lives taken away in a second..and the killer seems to have just vaporized.

 

[Albert18]

... I know girls this age can be pretty rude - they do feel rather invincible and can be a bit smart-azz too...

You must know the girl who lives across the street from me!!! I will have to give her folks some boarding school brochures.

 

[FlowerChild]

You must know the girl who lives across the street from me!!! I will have to give her folks some boarding school brochures.

The kids 12-15 in my neighborhood are all good kids with educated, well-off parents but....

They all go thru a phase where they delight in telling everyone (including adults) to f-off and yell the f-word (and other really nasty things) so loud I can hear every word inside my house with the AC on and the windows closed and where they flip off drivers who have the audacity to drive down the street and interrupt their skateboarding, hanging out - whatever they are doing in the middle of the street.

When I see the girls I think of sweet Skyla and Taylor with their clubhouse and posters - being in that age between child and adult where one minute they seem 10 years old and the next 20. Where they play Barbie one minute and flip their hair and flirt with boys the next. They are so cute and yet so infuriatingly unpredictable. They want the boys to pay attention and then don't have a clue what to do when they DO pay attention, so they RUN like rabbits screaming like they are starring in a horror movie. And oh my the language they use - if a boy manages to get within 5 feet, sailors would blush at the language that pours out of these sweet little girls...with a rapid fire response from the boys, once they reach a safe distance - often accompanied with the rude "gang-cool" hand gestures. Ahh, as bad as it is, "turn around and they're 16" - once they hit 16 and get the car they are gone and the neighborhood seems too quiet for a while.

I still have to do a double take sometimes at the language - and their parents just shrug as if they can't stop their kids (who are right there) from telling their neighbor to f-off --- loudly, if he asks them to refrain from hitting tennis balls into his garage door.

NOTHING a girl (or boy) can do or say warrants A violent response, (like SHOOTING them) but I can see a scenario where a disturbed, wound-too tight, "adult" might get angry at a sweet looking young girl when she starts the high pitch screaming or using foul language or rude gestures.

My Opinion

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Woah! From everything I have heard about these two girls from their Principal to their friends...NO ONE has EVER said they were anything like that!! Just the opposite actually!

Do not put all girls in that age frame into one basket!! My DD certainly did no such thing either!! (I know this to be a fact.) Just because some people do not raise their children with the decorum to associate properly in public or private does not mean all children act like heathens due to their age group or peers!

You have nothing to base it on that either girl would go into "flirt mode" or "cussing, ranting, flipping off mode"!!

 

[GetSmart]

Here is just an idea that came to me.. Back to when we were throwing around the idea of a hit, wouldn't there be away to to inquire if a certain offender had been moved into solitary or even another location if the LE had any idea that indeed this was that type of killing. We have both sides that could be inquired about, i am sure a reporter can find this out but a layman could probably call also.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I don't think they release that information, GS. It falls under disciplinary action of sorts which is inhouse and doesn't fall under the public right to know.

 

[YellowDog]

It could have been some boys out target shooting who decided to try to scare the girls and their aim was better than they thought. When they saw one down, they went into "panic mode" and shot the other one knowing she would turn them in. This crime happened in such a small time frame that I feel it was someone who lived nearby and probably someone they knew.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

You don't target shoot right upon a person or people and you wouldn't use such guns to do so either. When teens talk about target shooting...they are talking rifles and shotguns as a rule. LE cleared the known people at the bridge with weapons.

 

[YellowDog]

Do you think the killer or killers would have waited around on the bridge for LE to check their guns?

 

[YellowDog]

Has it ever been determined what kind of guns were used? Everything I've read said that it was two different guns of different calibers, but not what kind of guns.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Do you think the killer or killers would have waited around on the bridge for LE to check their guns?

No, but I think that people knew others at the bridge and they didn't have to go very far to check those guns out. If strangers were there...people would have pointed it out to LE.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Has it ever been determined what kind of guns were used? Everything I've read said that it was two different guns of different calibers, but not what kind of guns.

While they are not releasing the exact type of guns used, they indicate that they were hand guns not rifles or shotguns (IIRC). They discussed that one was a highprofile weapon while the other was a lesser weapon. I will have to go find that quote. Witnesses said that the sound was "unusual"...which I would assume meant that it wasn't a shotgun blast or a rifle firing sound which they were used to hearing in the area.

 

[YellowDog]

No, but I think that people knew others at the bridge and they didn't have to go very far to check those guns out. If strangers were there...people would have pointed it out to LE.

We're talking about a half a mile in distance between the bridge and the house. If the grandfather didn't hear the shots, maybe the people on the bridge didn't hear them either or just thought it was someone target shooting.
They may have seen nothing from the bridge. If they had witnessed the shooting, I believe LE might have this case solved by now.

 

[YellowDog]

While they are not releasing the exact type of guns used, they indicate that they were hand guns not rifles or shotguns (IIRC). They discussed that one was a highprofile weapon while the other was a lesser weapon. I will have to go find that quote. Witnesses said that the sound was "unusual"...which I would assume meant that it wasn't a shotgun blast or a rifle firing sound which they were used to hearing in the area.

Or maybe they had silencers on them which would muffle the sound.