Skyla Whitaker, 11, & Taylor Placker 13 - Found Murdered - #3

[SeriouslySearching]

LE has already determined the direction the girls were walking was South towards Taylor's house. I think they are sure because of the footprints and the witness who saw them walking minutes before they were shot. The rest we won't know until they release it.

The other question is if the person who saw the man also saw the girls walking? If they did not, it would mean the girls were already gone or hidden...because they would have to be seen in that immediate time frame either walking to or from the bridge.

 

[txsvicki]

Curious. Where did you read this? I wonder if it was a mail carrier, UPS, etc. Or as someone said, maybe an event that took them away for a couple of days, like the birth of a baby. What else?

I watched Nancy Grace and Greta yesterday. I'm not positive on which show it was said, but the lady who is giving interviews said it. I believe she is the spokesperson or LE.

 

[STEADFAST]

LE has already determined the direction the girls were walking which was South towards Taylor's house. Best guess is because of the footprints and the witness who saw them walking minutes before they were shot. The rest we won't know until they release it.

I missed that they released the direction the girls were walking. I only saw that the girls were found on the west side of the road. Was that in the news conference? I haven't watched it.

 

[Snowlover77]

seems like the witness would be a local if releasing some information would make his identity known. if it was a truck driver, how would we know where he was from, his identity,etc.......it's got to be someone who lives in that town...where people know people.....if cops just said a truck driver, etc...how does that make his identity known? but if it is a local truck driver..that's very different.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I have cited many articles and quotes of them stating the girls were "returning" from the bridge which could only mean South towards Taylor's house. Yes, they were found on the West side of the road.

 

[Snowlover77]

something else...there is a good possibility the witness could be a minor, too. that makes alot of sense as to not putting more information out there.

 

[STEADFAST]

I have cited many articles and quotes of them stating the girls were "returning" from the bridge which could only mean South towards Taylor's house. Yes, they were found on the West side of the road.

Oh good. Much easier to search here than on Google News.
Thanks.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I don't think it matters much who the witness is really as long as he came forward finally to tell them what he saw. They said he had valid reasons for waiting and he was reliable. It is enough for me.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Oh good. Much easier to search here than on Google News.
Thanks.

LOL You can't take my word for it?! I assure you...I researched the hell outta that one! Go check it out if you must.

 

[Snowlover77]

it matters to some who are trying to figure out the who and why he waited days to report. A piece of the puzzle always matters to me.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Ross said shell casings were found at the scene, as well as tire tracks and footprints. Ross would not release the caliber of the gun believed to have been used in the shooting. The girls had walked to a bridge along the dirt road, which is a popular gathering place for residents in the rural county, which is about 90 miles east of Oklahoma City.

http://www.newsok.com/clues-sought-i...undefined?pg=1

 

[SeriouslySearching]

OKEMAH — Authorities investigating the weekend slayings of two girls near Weleetka received a break in the case Thursday when a witness claimed he saw them just a few minutes before they were shot to death.

Ben Rosser, special agent for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said the witness was driving along County Line Road (N. 3890 Road), three miles northeast of Weleetka, when he saw the two girls walking together.

~snip~

The girls had made it to the bridge and were walking home when they were killed, execution-style. Both of their bodies were found within a few feet of each other.

Rosser would not divulge how investigators determined the time the two were killed.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=12&articleID=20080613_12_A4_hInves907999

 

[STEADFAST]

LOL You can't take my word for it?! I assure you...I researched the hell outta that one! Go check it out if you must.

That's not it, you maniac! I'm trying to be organized and have a screen shot of each important detail, so that later when things get all confused or there's a trial, I'll have it to reference instead of trying to do the impossible -- remember or wade through all the posts and get expired links, etc.

 

[STEADFAST]

OKEMAH — Authorities investigating the weekend slayings of two girls near Weleetka received a break in the case Thursday when a witness claimed he saw them just a few minutes before they were shot to death.

Ben Rosser, special agent for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said the witness was driving along County Line Road (N. 3890 Road), three miles northeast of Weleetka, when he saw the two girls walking together.

~snip~

The girls had made it to the bridge and were walking home when they were killed, execution-style. Both of their bodies were found within a few feet of each other.

Rosser would not divulge how investigators determined the time the two were killed.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=12&articleID=20080613_12_A4_hInves907999

Why, thank you, ma'am.:blowkiss:

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Trying to save you some time.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Snow, they aren't going to release who the witnesses are as long as there is a killer/are killers running loose possibly in their area. If they mowed down two little girls, they have to realize that they would have no problem going after witnesses. It is best to let the people be safe than to reveal who they are. Until they catch them...they will not give us any clue as to who they are or why they came forward when they did. I imagine those people are rather frightened.

 

[STEADFAST]

Trying to save you some time.

I appreciate it! I'm moving day after tomorrow and closing on a house on Monday. Hope all our stuff moves itself, because I am unable to do anything except try to gather every possible piece of information on this case. Don't want this to go the way of some other cases, where a year later I'm sure of something but I can't post it because the citation no longer exists. Yeah, that would be terrible.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

OK..I am going to go to bed and watch everything I ever wanted to know about Tim Russert since it is all that is on now. RIP Tim.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I appreciate it! I'm moving day after tomorrow and closing on a house on Monday. Hope all our stuff moves itself, because I am unable to do anything except try to gather every possible piece of information on this case. Don't want this to go the way of some other cases, where a year later I'm sure of something but I can't post it because the citation no longer exists. Yeah, that would be terrible.

Do what I do when I move: Take ten teenagers, boxes, tape, and pizza...mix together with soda and demand they be careful while loading/unloading. LOL

 

[c2cd208]

So we can track some of where we have read, here are some quotes and links, it is starting to get a little confusing:

At 5:08 p.m. Sunday, Whitaker called to let Taylor's grandfather know she was on her way to pick up Skyla.

A conflicting time here: ( http://newsok.com/two-girls-11-and-...-near-weleetka/article/3254870/?tm=1213059480 ) Family members said Taylor and her friend went for a walk down the road at about 5:30 p.m. to a bridge and appeared to be heading home when they were killed

Taylor's grandfather found the girls' bodies after he went to look for them when they did not return

Tire tracks were found on the dirt road and were preserved, as well as other evidence found at the scene

The girls were found fully clothed in T-shirts and shorts. Both had multiple gunshot wounds


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365081,00.html
Peter Placker, Taylor's grandfather, found the girls dead about 300 yards north of their home on Sunday after the girls did not answer a cell phone they had with them, Rosser said. Placker immediately called police

This link talks about the POI
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366464,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime
"He was stopped on the road actually kind of blocking the way there, standing outside his pickup truck, doing something," she said. "And they couldn't really tell what he was doing, so they kept driving because it looked a little suspicious."

Nancy Grace Interview with CLAUDIA FARROW http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/12/nancy.grace/index.html?eref=rss_latest
GRACE: When did you learn of this -- this murder?
FARROW: Well, Sunday afternoon. My daughter was the second person to arrive on the scene. And the daddy of Taylor wouldn't let her near Skyla. And she called us at our home, and we flew over there to see about her because we knew something was drastically wrong. So it was Sunday afternoon, probably 5:20.