GUILTY TX - Alanna Gallagher, 6, Saginaw, 1 July 2013 - #3

[ArianeEmory]

why would anyone put a wet swim suit in a bag...

Carrying it back from the place you were swimming so it doesn't get your other stuff wet. Me, anyway, such as after the pool at the gym.

 

[Pensfan]

Cat hair is distinguishable from human hair. I think they must have found cat hair with Alanna, possibly stuck to a piece of tape.

Trying to keep a tarp clean from evidence would be impossible too.

 

[momtective]

In the hours after six-year-old Alanna Gallagher was found bound and gagged along a residential road in Saginaw last week, investigators served four search warrants on her family’s vehicles and home, seeking DNA samples, computer equipment and anything that could be used as a restraint.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/tarr...of-slain-Saginaw-girls-parents-214656741.html

What the WHAT!

 

[GingerzMomma]

I think most of their tests came back negative for the family, dna etc. They are back to square 1 in terms of their focus. Probably were fairly confident odds were on the family and when results didnt square with that they are back canvassing

Awesome. This still an "isolated incident" and those of us around these parts are "perfectly safe" then, right?

:facepalm:

 

[coastal]

Arm and leg restraints? Ummmmm. What are those?

"Arm and leg restraints" = zip ties?
LE also took several computers and several hard drives. I've used zip ties to route cables inside most of the pcs I've built, and my bf uses them for lots of his bf-stuff. So, maybe it isn't as bad as it sounds. Hopefully.

 

[CaptainKangaroo]

Probably the search warrant should not have been released right now, IMO...not going to help as far the public looking at the family, as there are some pretty odd and specific items on there.

I know what you are saying, but for me it just says they are doing a thorough job and I am glad. They would be remiss not to take all the evidence that could point to them or clear them.

 

[gia2]

Carrying it back from the place you were swimming so it doesn't get your other stuff wet. Me, anyway, such as after the pool at the gym.

Yeah I do that as well. You'd think that if the swim suit was used in a home hto tub though the swim suit would be put in a sink to drain or left hanging up to dry. With so many people in the house hold they may have put it in a plastic bag to stop the water leaking onto a carpet perhaps before washing or something.

 

[JillyNJ]

I also think there may be some merit to carbuff's earlier point about it being the same time of day/same day of the week as her abduction probably happened. I.e. they are catching people at the same point in their routine.

I never thought of that but seems so logical! Good call to you and carbuff!

 

[Linda7NJ]

I would hope the Lowes & Walmart receipt items purchased can all be accounted for. If a tarp or roll of tape is missing....

 

[wfgodot]

The receipt that was found sitting in the car seat by reporters was just an inventory of items removed from that particular vehicle.

I believe the official search warrant that we are reading about today was either leaked or obtained through FOIA.

I believe it was leaked, and the leak was an intentional one on the part of LE.

 

[ArianeEmory]

In the hours after six-year-old Alanna Gallagher was found bound and gagged along a residential road in Saginaw last week, investigators served four search warrants on her family’s vehicles and home, seeking DNA samples, computer equipment and anything that could be used as a restraint.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/tarr...of-slain-Saginaw-girls-parents-214656741.html

What the WHAT!

This stuff was all taken into evidence a week ago--if any of it matched, I think someone would already be in jail. I think the warrant was that broad so they could *rule out* those items.

 

[thepinkdragon]

Yeah I do that as well. You'd think that if the swim suit was used in a home hto tub though the swim suit would be put in a sink to drain or left hanging up to dry. With so many people in the house hold they may have put it in a plastic bag to stop the water leaking onto a carpet perhaps before washing or something.

They had just gotten back from Camp a day or two before and they had been swimming. Probably hadn't gotten to the laundry yet. Moo


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[KateB]

Interesting that today, the search warrants are obtained listing 129 items, according to the WFAA link. The paper we saw the photo of was a receipt for seized items, not a warrant.

It was only 4 days ago that the Star-Telegram reported that

A judge has sealed a search warrant in the case, police said.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/07/04/4982904/police-still-receiving-tips-in.html

 

[ArianeEmory]

I believe it was leaked, and the leak was an intentional one on the part of LE.

To what end? The family already knows what was taken; they already know some percentage of the public suspects them. Or do you mean you think if they subtly nudge public opinion further against the family, a non-family perp may relax and slip up? Or something more complex?

(I am also terrible at chess.)

 

[carbuff]

How would LE know anything about lifestyle?

If they asked who else was in the house, there is no reason people cannot have others living with them.

I would not expect a call to help find a missing child to need my entire life history at that point. The kid could have fallen down and was unconscious somewhere for all the parents knew at the time.

Also, they must have exhausted the people they knew she went to because a simple phone call would provide a yes or no answer,

The knocks on the door, to me signify people they do not well enough to have their phone number. You know. At first you let your fingers to the walking. Among them, they must have had at least three cell phones, you would think

Well, no. My hearing isn't good over the phone, so I tend to go over first and call later. People have different styles. That doesn't make them sinister.

LE is not always nice. We tend to see their good side because we see them working on the most difficult cases, but there's plenty of abuse of power and just plain stupidity out there. I was a single mother at the time. Had to call to report that the neighbor's house was being broken into. They came to my house, not the neighbor's, and gave me a third degree about why I didn't have a husband and how was I taking care of my daughter. I really thought they were going to arrest me and take my daughter to child services, and as far as I know they didn't do anything about the neighbor's house until the neighbor got home from work and called several hours later. And I have no idea how they knew I was a single mother.

 

[cluciano63]

When did the press get a photo of the warrant? Today? Or last week?

 

[gia2]

They had just gotten back from Camp a day or two before and they had been swimming. Probably hadn't gotten to the laundry yet. Moo


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Thanks I didn't realise that. I've done that myself a few times after going away or a very hectic day out.

 

[floridamomma]

Carrying it back from the place you were swimming so it doesn't get your other stuff wet. Me, anyway, such as after the pool at the gym.

aha!

thank you. we are slobs- just walk in, strip, hang suits in bathroom.

but, if she was playing in the family hot tub, why.... err, nevermind we dont know whose suit ut was...

 

[momtective]

This stuff was all taken into evidence a week ago--if any of it matched, I think someone would already be in jail. I think the warrant was that broad so they could *rule out* those items.

But they were specifically looking for anything that could be used as a restraint. There's a reason for that...marks other than tape marks on wrists and ankles maybe? I just watched the video here http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/tarr...of-slain-Saginaw-girls-parents-214656741.html and they also took a wet swimming suit, but I'm keeping in mind that Alanna had just returned from camp, so that may be nothing as well.

 

[Hejlena]

I know y'all have gone over this, but I gotta surmise that if I called 30 people in my contacts list right now, that *maybe* 1 of them would have red tape of any kind.

This seems a bit far-fetched, but if someone in the family is not involved-and I'm not saying they are-it seems plausible that the perp planted these items in the family's car. I mean-social security card???