GUILTY TX - Alanna Gallagher, 6, Saginaw, 1 July 2013 - #5

[Linda7NJ]

I wonder if the ME just cant state the COD until all tests have returned.

The ME said Alanna wasn't shot, stabbed or strangled. For some reason he/she didn't mention drowned which could be easily determined in his/her lab.

Or suffocated. Which he also could tell

 

[GingerzMomma]

She was dumped in a nice residential neighborhood. It is logical to assume that the creep knew she would be found quickly by someone.

If she was dumped in the desert where no one would likely find her, IMO, it would be more odd for all that staging to have occurred.

Speaking ONLY from my own "real estate experience" in DFW w/ my own & friends' homes.....AND, I know NOTHING about how homes in this Saginaw neighborhood are designed.....but:

many here that were built since 80's/90's enter directly into a more formal living/dining area - which no one ever uses outside of holidays and are the biggest wastes of space ever, IMO, anyway..... and the real living happens toward the back side of the house facing the backyard. I'm sure there are many exceptions, but now that I'm thinking about it all three I've owned and all of my friends and acquaintances are designed this way.

I only point this out because, at that time of day in a residential neighborhood, it's a safe bet that most families are in family room/den/"everyday" livingroom, kitchen, dining....that face the backyard.

If something like this happened in front of my house "around dinnertime", I can honestly say I wouldn't see or hear a thing. Maybe perp was counting on this?

FWIW.....


ETA: I don't disagree that perp wanted body found quickly, but perhaps also knew there was window of time where chances in residential "spec" home would be greatly reduced?

 

[CHERIE.T]

Because it's extremely unusual for a body to end up in the middle of the road like this child's was. In fact I can't recall any other case right now.
If there were people staging up accidents to look like sexually motivated murders, where are all these bodies?

School was out for summer break, right?
How likely was it that no one saw a tarp covered "something" in the road ?
I'm really missing something....:moo:

 

[jjenny]

Or suffocated. Which he also could tell

Suffocation is not always obvious. From what I read, in infants there are often no clinical signs of suffocation. And she was while not an infant, but still very young.

 

[RT51]

School was out for summer break, right?
How likely was it that no one saw a tarp covered "something" in the road ?
I'm really missing something....:moo:

Boys skating in the street did see it eventually and went to move it, and that is when she was discovered.

I think back of how many times I've seen junk in the road, and I don't stop, I just drive around it, thinking it fell off a truck.

 

[sreshowtime]

Also worth rementioning: when I checked google maps a few days ago, I couldn't find pools near Alanna's house, unless the things that look like trampolines are actually covered above-ground pools. There are, however, more pools visible in the next neighborhood down, where she was left.

I had counted them the other day and had posted- I think it was 22 0r 23 pools in her neighborhood, between Bridle Path, Old Decatur, Silverbrook & Knowles

I stopped counting after 46 in the neighborhood where she was found


I wonder if there is any chance she got locked in a shed or vehicle that after noon? going on the accident/someone panic thought

 

[epiphany]

Not all sexually motivated crimes, involve sexually assaulting the victim. Not all sexual crimes involve penetration. And...for some offenders, murder IS the sexual gratification and sex act.

Ugh. I don't even want to think about that any longer. Sorry to be so graphic

BBM

Exactly.

 

[Kat]

Nobody staged a murder. They simply dumped a body. The cause of death wasn't even apparent.

Let's pretend for a minute that she was wandering around and saw the pool of the neighbor 3 doors down. She knocks but nobody comes to the door. She takes off her clothes and jumps in the pool in her underwear, and drowns. The neighbor comes home and finds her floating in the pool.

Hypothetically, that neighbor doesn't have homeowners insurance. He FREAKS out -- "I don't even know this kid! I'm not going to risk losing my home and everything I own because the meddling kid used my pool!" So he wraps her in a tarp, binding her legs for easier transport, drives her a mile away and dumps her, then quickly drives home and disposes of her clothes.

I think we need to consider this as a possibility! Seems entirely possible to me!

It does sound plausible--but---what kind of person sees a dead child in their pool and thinks to themselves---I don't want to lose my house---I'll just get her out, wrap her up, and dispose of her.

Finding a child in your pool and thinking about the monetary repercussions is one thing that I can understand but not calling 911 when you find a child you think is deceased on your property and not rendering aid or calling for aid-- just goes beyond the pale for me. Jebus, with neighbors like that we don't need enemies for sure! JMHO

 

[ArianeEmory]

I wonder if instead of the usual "help me look for lost puppy" a perp tried "do you want to come swim with my kids? My house is just down the road." And then did let her swim first.

 

[Pensfan]

Or suffocated. Which he also could tell

If she had discoloration around her nose/mouth or abrasions if she struggled.

 

[blue22]

I walk three to five miles a day. Two miles is a long way for little legs. Two miles seems like a long way to me ,too , and I am used to walking farther. She just turned 6 a couple of weeks before she died.

I really have never seen a little child walk that far on their own.

She was said to ride around on a scooter. I wonder if she used her scooter that day or if it is missing.

My kiddo is 4, and we often go on 1-3 mile walks. A slow pace and he is great. We don't power walk, but stop and smell the roses...so to speak.

 

[Linda7NJ]

It does sound plausible--but---what kind of person sees a dead child in their pool and thinks to themselves---I don't want to lose my house---I'll just get her out, wrap her up, and dispose of her.

Finding a child in your pool and thinking about the monetary repercussions is one thing that I can understand but not calling 911 when you find a child you think is deceased on your property and not rendering aid or calling for aid-- just goes beyond the pale for me. Jebus, with neighbors like that we don't need enemies for sure! JMHO

For the record, I will never believe it was an accident.

 

[jjenny]

For the record, I will never believe it was an accident.

I don't either.

 

[Linda7NJ]

If she had discoloration around her nose/mouth or abrasions if she struggled.

Perticia hemorrhage doesn't show in children?

 

[Kat]

For the record, I will never believe it was an accident.

Me either Linda. I think it whatever was done to Alanna was a deliberate act. But that's JMHO.

 

[cluciano63]

I meant if the perp was driving to dump her in a body of water or somewhere she wouldn't be found quickly, but the body fell out of his car accidentally, why bother with the staging?

So she would be assumed to have been kidnapped and murdered, if ever found?

 

[Linda7NJ]

My kiddo is 4, and we often go on 1-3 mile walks. A slow pace and he is great. We don't power walk, but stop and smell the roses...so to speak.

Mine, at that age, probably walked / ran atleast 5 milies a day.. But it was all where I could see him.

 

[snarkymalarkey]

It's mentioned in this one posted July 8.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Incident-With-Pickup-Truck-Eyed-in-Saginaw-Slaying-214693701.html

Incident With Pickup Truck Eyed in Saginaw Slaying 7/8

After reading this... Wow! Come on! I'm willing to bet this is who they are looking for, and they will be able to solve this crime now, because this guy got the license plates!

 

[jjenny]

They don't have a complete license plate for this truck. And I wonder if the rest of it is even accurate.
Or they would have found this truck already.

 

[Linda7NJ]

I just wanted to go on the record by saying that. No way will anyone convince me a child found that way, died an accidental death of any kind.

I didn't want anyone to confuse my throwing out accident scenarios as my honest opinion.