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

[cluciano63]

If I had a dollar for every case where it was thought that LE was quiet due to knowing who the perp was...well, I would have a lot of dollars.

 

[human]

Then if LE does not know anything and is not sharing info on when and where she was last seen, that is unconscionable.

They have not stated if they have found the red truck. They have not stated if they have found the dark vans.

They could go on TV and say that they appreciate the tips. Keep them coming. We are waiting test results, some of which may take a couple of months to come in.

Anything.

Notice how this thread is getting less and less comments?

I try to keep thinking of things to say and ask to keep the memory of Alanna going.

I think of some of the cases I followed on here and I cannot remember the child's name and it is not solved. Sad indeed.

It just seems that there has to be a lot of evidence. No one is that good that they don't leave something. Hair, sweat, fibers, dirt, something.

 

[fred&edna]

It appears there may be no comments from LE until they obtain forensic evidence test results OR someone talks.


Unfortunately, patience isn't my forte

 

[Knox]

If I had a dollar for every case where it was thought that LE was quiet due to knowing who the perp was...well, I would have a lot of dollars.

Isn't that the truth!

 

[Donjeta]

I do believe that most of the time LE knows more than they're saying... that may still be a long ways from solving the case.

 

[human]

It appears there may be no comments from LE until they obtain forensic evidence test results OR someone talks.


Unfortunately, patience isn't my forte

A little PR would go a long way

People go on to the next sensational thing.

Alanna should get a little more. It has only been such a short while to be forgotten

 

[pinkfly]

This case is incredibly perplexing. So many things do not make sense.

You guys are very keen observers and sleuthers. I hope this gets resolved soon.



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[fred&edna]

A little PR would go a long way

People go on to the next sensational thing.

Alanna should get a little more. It has only been such a short while to be forgotten

I agree. 'Maybe the press needs to feel some public pressure??

 

[CatFancier]

I have to wonder if the Saginaw PD just isn't into the PR thing? Many of the other prominent cases that come to mind are in bigger areas, maybe there isn't a PR person on staff in Saginaw.

 

[cluciano63]

I can't believe the local media seems so "eh" about this case. Don't they have kids too?

 

[briTCU]

You guys are so right. The press in this case, or lack thereof, is as perplexing as the case itself. I even had a co-worker ask me the other day what her name is. I couldn't believe it. Even in her hometown people are starting to forget. LE needs to release something or at least ask for more tips or I'm afraid this case really may go cold.

 

[GingerzMomma]

It could be possible, but if I was a neighbor and saw a squatter, I would be on the phone to LE. Who wants that in their neighborhood,

I can see someone with a key who has business there.

We had a foreclosed home in our neighborhood, and the people had to buy it as is. The former owners had totally trashed it.

I don't think foreclosed homes have workers in them unless there is a new owner in the home trying to fix it up.

I can just see a real estate agent and clients coming to look at the home.

I am guessing this is a nicer neighborhood that would not tolerate squatters.

I would venture that a squatter wouldn't be tolerated - it's getting a lot of press around here and most are pretty sensitive to it, not to mention people can decide to to things like grow dope or manufacture meth there w/out "official" record of them being there.

I've got some friends in real estate, and short sales and foreclosures are going to be "as is". If someone is short they probably don't have the money to do whatever the buyer is asking for, and I can tell you that the banks don't even keep the sprinklers on. If you've got a bank-owned in your neighborhood you're lucky if they send a crew to mow it once or twice. If it was left with water in the pool, hopefully the RE agent or someone else will drain it before a freeze.....and that's about all the activity you're going to see beyond showings. I agree that the work crews show up after the home is sold and closed.

Not saying it's impossible though - RE agents and others would have lockbox and/or other keys and appear to have every right to be there.

 

[eileenhawkeye]

I know that people say that there isn't much media coverage because LE isn't talking. But...take any high-profile case, and I bet the media had to be pushy for LE to hold press conferences and send news releases. If the media decided that a little girl found murdered in a tarp in the street of a middle class neighborhood, whose parents lived in an unconventional lifestyle, not to mention all the other theories about what could happened to her, was going to be a major crime story, I bet LE would be communicating with everyone more. IMO...In most cases, it's media interest that causes agencies to talk more.

 

[momtective]

Hello everyone. I would like to thank all of you posters bc for the last 2 weeks I've been reading everything I can find on this case but you all find way more than I ever can and have great responses to what y'all find. I live 3 streets from where beautiful Alanna was found. I drive past the same intersection almost daily. I have 2 daughters and suddenly what I felt was a great move to Saginaw 4 months ago, has become a decision that fills me with regret and fear. The more info I get the better I feel, somehow, so I am truly thankful to each of you.

:welcome: briTCU! Thank you for joining us here at WS!

 

[SapphireSteel]

I don't find the lack of media coverage alarming at all.

The family lives an "unusual" lifestyle and this would make the case much much more difficult to write about without seeming to bash them.

Even here we see the fact that they were "obese" and polyamorous has raised suspicion and accusation.

When LE say something is "an isolated incident", I take that to mean that they have DNA which they cannot identify...eg, no known RSO or felon.

DNA would most likely have been back overnight, if it was complete.

All these excuses about "it takes time" are really only for partial DNA. If there is whole DNA, such as semen, they can run it almost immediately.

I say they've already got the DNA profile and it does not belong to family.


:cow:

Regarding the speed of an arrest - we have a case here where it took 8 years and a Coronial Inquiry before an arrest was made, even though the perp was identified within 2 weeks of the crime.

 

[GingerzMomma]

I assume the LE is so quiet because they know alot more than they're saying.

I think the family members are still suspects. Why else would LE say it is an isolated incident?

Personally, I'm kind of discounting Officer Ing's statements from the first few days of this...... I think at that time they felt strongly it was family, as statistics and circumstances (body found before reported, etc) would support. A week later they are blocking off neighborhoods and stopping everyone, taking hair samples in the neighborhood (this is correct, right?).....and in reference to pending completion of evidence processing, releasing this gem:

“Once we get that we kind of have a little better grasp of what we’re doing,” Ing said. “It couldn’t come fast enough.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...questions-but-no-answers-in-girls-slaying.ece


Honestly, I think they just need a new PR guy.

 

[SapphireSteel]

Personally, I'm kind of discounting Officer Ing's statements from the first few days of this...... I think at that time they felt strongly it was family, as statistics and circumstances (body found before reported, etc) would support. A week later they are blocking off neighborhoods and stopping everyone, taking hair samples in the neighborhood (this is correct, right?).....and in reference to pending completion of evidence processing, releasing this gem:

“Once we get that we kind of have a little better grasp of what we’re doing,” Ing said. “It couldn’t come fast enough.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...questions-but-no-answers-in-girls-slaying.ece


Honestly, I think they just need a new PR guy.

Maybe they need a new PR woman.

 

[ArianeEmory]

As a tangent on "LE thought it was family": I wonder how many people lost interest when it didn't look like it was going to be the family after all. (Sorry to be cynical, but a lot of people do follow these cases for the cheap thrill/Nancy Grace aspect, and the parents turning out to be (seemingly) fairly normal/loving people with a few odd proclivities was probably a big letdown.)

I guess I should mention that I don't feel we have an intrinsic right to constant media coverage. I do hope that, like JR, LE will tell us if there is something we can help with.

 

[human]

I see no reason they have to talk about the family issues. Who cares about them and googling polyamorous??????

Alanna suffered the terror and the pain, Let us look at her.

Certainly the press could do some stories on Alanna. Her interests. Her personality. If the parents are too distressed, they can talk to neighbors, church, school.

Easy. Then end it with the looking for tips or whatever comments LE has,.

 

[cypress]

I can't believe the local media seems so "eh" about this case. Don't they have kids too?

As others have mentioned, I think one reason there's been so little PR is that she was found before she was ever reported missing. In so many cases like this, the initial PR push is because the child is missing, and there is the urgency to find the child. Even if the child is found deceased, there's momentum in the news that pushes the story forward; however, with Alanna, she was already found dead before reported missing.

There's nothing for the community to do in her case -- there's no child to search for. LE hasn't really asked the public for help of any kind (not on IDing vehicles, asking people to come forward because they know something, etc.).

I think they know who it is and are building a case, and that's why they're so quiet, or they have no idea who it is with no leads and that's why they're so quiet. This seems to be a case of extremes in every way imaginable.