The reason I feel so strongly that this IS a "hit" (and related to the Placker family - as in the family in general was the TARGET) is because:
They (OSBI) are going to some trouble to protect, even shield, the families (who have been cleared) and the families are NOT taking part in the media campaign to find the killer. Even Skyla's family has been silent and absent from any media coverage -- we must ask ourselves why Skyla's family isn't speaking out - perhaps because they too are frightened and afraid of becoming targets - or becuase OSBI has advised them to remain silent? Something OSBI would do if they thought any publicity might prove incendiary to the killer and cause perhaps further acts of retaliation or "control" targeting the Whitaker family? Skyla's grandparents have been on several national tv shows and shown on local tv as well. They are not hiding. Neither is the Placker family as we have seen their spokesperson, Joe Mosher, on several interviews openly discussing this case. I do not for a second blame the parents for avoiding the press!! They are still in shock and trying to come to terms with the fact their girls were brutally murdered. They are not frightened or they would be in protective custody immediately. They certainly were not in any witness protection program as they would have been had they testified against a known gang of any kind. People around here don't like to be on television while mourning and who can blame them? You are out on a limb on this one.
The Memorial Video for Taylor released to the public contains not a single photo of Taylor with a family member- and many included photos were abviously taken at celebratory school events where one would assume her family was in attendance and yet there were no photos shown of those events with Taylor and at least ONE of her GP's. I have never seen a memorial video where there was not a single photo of a child victim with ANY family member - in Taylor's video there was not a single baby photo, not a single holiday photo, not a single school event photo containing her family, not a single photo of her with her siblings - in fact, there was not a single photo of Taylor more than a year or two old and not a single photo taken outside a school event or classroom. We don't know why they chose the photos they did. Perhaps the family left that task to others and maybe they had limited photos to choose from. We don't know if in the past they had flood, fire, tornado, or other situations where they lost their photos. I do not find it strange that there aren't family photos in the memorials. This is about Taylor and Skyla. They would want the focus to be on them. I think you are really reaching when we do not know even who put those together.
This was not (IMO) some "crack/meth head". The behavior shown by the killer (and also the POI) was NOT that of a fearful, whacked out, paranoid, impulsive strung out, tweaking person. This killing shows an unusual LACK of emotion and a level of planning. It was cold, calm, calculated and organized - the killer didn't just mow the girls down from the car and drive off, someone got out of the car and walked to the girls on the ground and shot them execution style - probably after they were dead. TWO GUNS were used - that's not the behavior of a "thrill killer" - that's the behavior of someone who is as invested in sending the MESSAGE to the survivors as in the killing itself. The killing itself seems almost secondary to the presentation of message because the killer risked a LOT to leave that message - something he did NOT have to do if killing the girls was his ONLY goal. You don't know the demeanor of this killer or killers. All we know is that the grandmother stated they believe that the girls were killed then a killer/killers unloaded their guns into them. I would have to assume they know more than we do about this. Yes, anytime you murder two innocent little girls there is a message and it is cold blooded. We don't know the motive. We don't know the demeanor only that he was acting "suspicious". This could mean he was hopping around on one foot! The guy could have been crazy, on drugs, or a score of other factors could play a role here. We do not know it was a "hit". I have known of more than one crackhead that was so paranoid they shot things up for perceived delusions. They were quite precise so you cannot tell.
Psychology of this scene says the killer didn't care so much about killing (or who he killed) but about the message the killing left behind. The deaths were only important as the medium to communicate the message and frankly, I don't think the killer cared WHO he killed - so long as the MESSAGE was clear and unmistakable to the target. Obviously, he didn't care about anyone or anything. It is a given with the brutality of the crime in broad daylight!
And I do think the murders are in some way connected to the Placker Family thru the Bandidos. Perhaps the Bandidos didn't order the hit - but I betcha the killer is related to someone in the Bandidos or is in the Bandidos. Somebody was "sending a message" to someone in the Placker family for some reason...and to do that they killed two girls who came out of the Placker house - don't think they cared WHO they were or HOW they were related. The message was clear and I think Taylor's G-PA knew this the minute he saw the bodies.
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