Skyla Whitaker, 11, & Taylor Placker 13 - Found Murdered - #8

[Leila]

True, if they hadn't been killed - but they were killed...... if they were running, IMO, they were running from something.

I had unexpected company for the weekend and haven't been able to read/post for two days, but it doesn't look like there much in the way of new information.

I doubt the girls were running as they were both shot in face/head and chest. They were confronted by their killer(s).

 

[DeltaDawn]

I don't know if anyone posted this article yet but here is the link.

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/local/local_story_172185516.html

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Last Friday, investigators released a sketch of a man they are calling a “person of interest.” A witness reported seeing the man sitting outside of a pickup shortly before, near where the girls were killed.
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Interesting to me because I wasn't aware prior to this that he was sitting. I, for some reason, always thought of him standing by the truck. But up until this I don't beleive they ever released what position the POI 's body was in when the witness saw him.

If he was infact sitting, then sitting doing what? Waiting for someone? Just sitting outside the truck along a dirt road, near a woods. Hmmm..makes me think a drug deal was going down in the woods and he was waiting / guarding the area.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Didn't they call her? That's what prompted them to PHYSICALLY go search for her/them??

Yes, I overlooked it!

 

[Tom'sGirl]

The bodies of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker were found Sunday by Taylor's grandfather, Peter, after he became worried when his wife tried calling the girl's cellular phone and got no answer.


http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=8450014 < Story has one girl's photo


This statement is on the very first thread.

Thanks, I overlooked it!

 

[Tom'sGirl]

They did call it she did not answer it. So grandpa went looking for them.

Yes, I overlooked it, thanks!

 

[GetSmart]

Easy to do !! It all runs together after a while

 

[DeltaDawn]

Yes, I overlooked it, thanks!

LOL TG..Did you overlook it? Just teasing...DD

 

[Tom'sGirl]

LOL TG..Did you overlook it? Just teasing...DD

I sure as he!! did DD That's what I get for not reading from the beginning of this case..........sigh!

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Easy to do !! It all runs together after a while

My own fault GS, I have no excuse :bang:

 

[Leila]

Here you go!

This theory does sound plausible. But it's been two weeks and I would think that law enforcement would have been able to find a teenager/classmate by now. Even if the parents did send the boy to an undisclosed location, LE has the resources to check into relatives and friends. Other teens and classmates would probably talk too. They're notorious for not being able to keep secrets.

Now, I can see a teen getting angry and making the threat - "I'm going to kill you" without intending on carrying through with that threat. But then when the person the teen said it to ends up being killed, the teen gets scared and runs away, thinking he'll be blamed because he said the words. This part of the rumor could very well be true.

But there's other elements of this case that suggest that it was likely an adult or adults that carried out this horrific crime. The POI is one element this case that's puzzling, and I think the key to this case is with the POI.

 

[GetSmart]

Now Thats just funny..lol

 

[Trino]

I've read the posts from Day One, and I don't believe this was an abduction. Evidence suggests the girls were walking, not running. The bodies were found close together. There appears no evidence of an attack either, which probably means no DNA on the girls. The case is baffling, to say the least.

 

[Morag]

A statement from Jessica Brown (I think) about encouraging someone to come forward, we know you weren't involved, something like that? I've been looking for it to no avail. Here is the only thing that was close, and it's not it:

Jessica Brown, an OSBI Spokesperson said, "We know someone has information out there, whether or not they're scared or why they're not coming forward we do not know. But they do not have to be worried because if we can get the people off the streets who did this there's nothing to worry about at that point in time. We need to get this resolved as quickly as possible."

 

[SeekingJana]

From Morag's post. This part would't copy:
Jessica Brown, an OSBI Spokesperson said, "We know someone has information out there, whether or not they're scared or why they're not coming forward we do not know. But they do not have to be worried because if we can get the people off the streets who did this there's nothing to worry about at that point in time. We need to get this resolved as quickly as possible."

Notice the use of the plural " people" in the sentence- " But they do not have to be worried because if we can get the people off the streets who did this.. etc".

I don't know at what point in the investigation the plural was used, but apparently at some point, LE believed there were more than one person involved, which I believe is likely. Would they say this solely because 2 guns were used to shoot both girls, or from other evidence or eyewitness testimony?
It is a crime of overkill, as many have already said here. I wonder if there is physical evidence such as shoe prints pointing to two perps instead of one.

I tend to think the man in the white truck, the one who was seen and who has a composite sketch was either a lookout for whatever a person or persons were doing in the woods or was an innocent onlooker of the unusual activity. I don't think the person or persons who did the shooting were there to abduct little girls.

Do we know who owns the land? Is it public information?

Thanks,
Maria

 

[GetSmart]

Do we know who owns the land? Is it public information?

Good idea.

 

[murdershewrote]

to me, that POI is long gone out of the area, and I mean far away from there. Otherwise, seems somebody would have ID'd him by now. The town isn't that big. If he was a local, somebody would have "missed" him by now, so maybe he wasn't from around there after all.

 

[close_enough]

LOL TG..Did you overlook it? Just teasing...DD

lol, i was going to post the same thing

 

[SailorMoon]

Okay....to me, the POI is a description that fits about 50&#37; of the men in that area, maybe not that high, but close. I live in the DFW area and I can think of 2 men that I know here that fits that description.

So...is the POI even real? Let's say yes. And maybe he did go bee bopping down the road and see that, or thought he saw the girls lying there and figured crap....I'm the prime suspect, they are going to pin this on me and split. Not what most of us would do, but possible.

And do you think its possible that ole OSBI and LE know who did this -- have a good idea and are waiting on the proof or waiting on them to screw up, therefore, the shoo shooing of the theories by public?? I'm not sure what the heck to think anymore. I just hope LE knows.

 

[close_enough]

Okay....to me, the POI is a description that fits about 50% of the men in that area, maybe not that high, but close. I live in the DFW area and I can think of 2 men that I know here that fits that description.

So...is the POI even real? Let's say yes. And maybe he did go bee bopping down the road and see that, or thought he saw the girls lying there and figured crap....I'm the prime suspect, they are going to pin this on me and split. Not what most of us would do, but possible.

And do you think its possible that ole OSBI and LE know who did this -- have a good idea and are waiting on the proof or waiting on them to screw up, therefore, the shoo shooing of the theories by public?? I'm not sure what the heck to think anymore. I just hope LE knows.

i think it's very possible, SM....(your scenario in bold)

 

[GetSmart]

SM "therefore, the shoo shooing of the theories by public??"

I was kind thinking that maybe one of theories have hit the nail on the head & the LE doesn't want the cat out of the bag.