GUILTY TX - Billy Joe Harris for rapes of elderly women in 6 counties, 2011

[justthinkin]

If you are referring to the article posted by Texas Mist, it specifically says a person who rapes elderly white women isn't necessarily white.

Hey, you're right, jjenny. I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.
t

 

[justthinkin]

Does it strike everyone as odd that the article linked above clearly names the friend of a victim who identified the man as a suspect and yet the man is still not in custody? Is that safe? She's not hard to find.

I would think that the police have these two women's homes under surveillance for their protection. I hope they nail this guy quickly since he's been identified.

 

[Starry Night]

Gosh Texas Mist! I read KHOU every day online.....and I missed that article! Wow.....and yes-they print the name of the friend? That's crazy. I will be checking news sources also throughout today whenever I get a chance.

 

[waltzingmatilda]

WOW! You sleuths rock! LOt's of great ideas and theories are being presented here as well as sleuthing!

I hope they arrest the rapist soon and throw him in jail for a long time. The other inmates may not take kindly to this weirdo attacking and raping elderly women who remind them of their grandmother! I wonder if he's thought of that? I wonder if he's scared knowing that LE is fast on his tail? I just hope they have the right guy so that the nightmare is over for these ladies. I'm especially worried about the victims friend on the video and hope she has LE protection since her identity has been revealed.

It is pretty bold to walk in the house totally naked. WTH is wrong with this 'jackleg' (my mothers term, LOL) Where did he leave his clothes? Jeesh!

TM I too am curious about why he takes clocks and deer heads. Hopefully, these Texas ladies can soon sleep at night without worry.

BTW I like the 'Meals on wheels' idea.

wm

 

[A_News_Junkie]

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021010/cri_560683950.shtml

 

[A_News_Junkie]

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/83986097.html

 

[Missizzy]

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/82980122.html

We know that Stephenson is not our guy. I really wonder if he thought he'd cover his tracks by following the MO of the Twilight Rapist? I don't know how bright this guy is and somehow doubt that he'd be reading the woefully piddly Texas media reports of the rapist's MO. Look how hard we've had to dig. I guess he could have gotten lucky and read one pertinent article and thought he'd get him some easy cash.

Stephenson put a blanket over the victim's head. I haven't heard that in the reports of the Twilight Rapist. The Twilight Rapist is so bold. He seems to have full conversations with his victims while standing there buck (there's that word again!!) naked. FWIW, I'd missed this detail I guess:

"Lubbock police said the phone line was also disabled at the 87-year-old woman's home."

 

[Missizzy]

Thank you, NewsJ, I hadn't read about the man spending 2 months in jail. That is unacceptable.

Wait a minute!! I just read the article more carefully and look what I found:

"Eleven days later, a 79-year-old Yoakum woman was raped on her way to mass. Investigator Campbell asked Miller's attorney for a DNA sample. Miller refused and Campbell traveled to Fort Bend County to use the gauze pad he said he touched Miller with, in a scent lineup.

Campbell said three bloodhounds on three separate tests matched Miller's scent to the scent on the victim's bedspread."


So, it is MASS!! This is huge. Remember my day of marathon posts concerning churches?

This article mentions nothing about a February or March rape but it does mention a 79 year old months later in Luling:

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/82263232.html


This article DOES list a 79 year old in Yoakum in February:

http://www.kbtx.com/local/headlines/83779102.html

So this must be the woman who was going to Mass. St. Joseph's Catholic Church has 6:30 am services most days as shown on their on-line calendar. Notice, though, that the article states that she was "on her way to mass". Would you say that if she was inside her home? That strikes me as odd. This isn't adding up. If you line up all the victim reports, Yoakum has a 65 year old raped once, a 66 year old raped twice, and a 79 year old raped once. In various article the 65-66 gets confused. How many? When? Who's keeping this information so close to the vest?

"In late January of last year, the community of Yoakum was shocked when a 65 year-old woman paid an intruder thousands so he wouldn't rape her."

We haven't seen this is print--that the money was a pay-off so he wouldn't rape her, have we?

 

[Missizzy]

Please note that I added info and links to the post above. Texas posters, what are you hearing today?

I can't find any new info at all. I find it infuriating that the reporting is so darned scattered and unorganized. I'm afraid that the lack of info and the hesitancy to release details is just giving this rapist more time to act.

It makes me feel awful that the only women in Texas who are fully informed are those posting or reading on WS. That's not OK in my book.

 

[waltzingmatilda]

MissIzzy, You were right on about sleuthing the times of mass. You have good instincts, Missy!

 

[Texas Mist]

I have tried to find another source for the "suspect identified" & "photo" that KHOU reported - can't find anything....Did get an email response - an anchor @ KVUE responded & said thanks, they're checking it out.

 

[Starry Night]

I go to Mass.....8:30 Mass-the earliest one at my parish. The congregation is mostly comprised of old'uns. Yep-cause they wake early. Hmmm. I have seen VANS FROM NURSING HOMES AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES dropping off parishioners. EXCELLENT CLUE MISSIZZ

 

[Starry Night]

Come on folks-let's develop this latest clue- is he the van driver or a substitute and on the driver list-but then he would have to live in the commuinity so that is out. If he got her on her way to Mass-how close was she to the church??? That is what we need to focus on....he hangs out.....where? He studies Catholic Church schedules and then?????I mean-how does he get them 'on their way to Mass'? Fill this in.....

 

[txsvicki]

It sounds like this Miller is still suspected of robbing the first victim but didn't leave any dna because she gave all her money to him? If this is the lady who identified him as a friend, and the rapes are so similar then maybe he has an accomplice or buddy that has the same MO. A male who will rape and steal. I'm probably confused, but still would like to know if all the women have been intimidated by demands for money in exchange for not raping. That sounds like some demented plan a couple of scumbags might come up with to get dope money.

 

[Starry Night]

See ya'll tomorrow...I am weirded out fron the random news report from K whatever and now nothing! This is too weird...... Be safe my friends.

 

[jjenny]

It sounds like this Miller is still suspected of robbing the first victim but didn't leave any dna because she gave all her money to him? If this is the lady who identified him as a friend, and the rapes are so similar then maybe he has an accomplice or buddy that has the same MO. A male who will rape and steal. I'm probably confused, but still would like to know if all the women have been intimidated by demands for money in exchange for not raping. That sounds like some demented plan a couple of scumbags might come up with to get dope money.

I am confused by your post. They have DNA linking one male to a number of rapes. None of the women reported there were two men.
So, what accomplice?

 

[Missizzy]

Texas Mist--Thanks for emailing the news sources. Gee, they were so helpful. The word I was looking for earlier concerning the coverage of this case is "fractured".

 

[jjenny]

I have tried to find another source for the "suspect identified" & "photo" that KHOU reported - can't find anything....Did get an email response - an anchor @ KVUE responded & said thanks, they're checking it out.

It's all very strange. You would think if police actually had a suspect other media sources would be reporting on it.
But there is nothing.

 

[Missizzy]

Mass "Intentions" (I don't know this word) occurred every weekday at 6:30 am throughout February 2009 in Yoakum at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. There were no early morning masses on Saturdays and the earliest mass on Sundays was at 7 am.

Remember the one video and story said that the rapist attacked while the women were getting ready to go to church AND unscrewed the lightbulbs on the porch? This would mean it was dark. Being that some attacks occurred in January and February, this would make sense as the days are short and it's quite dark in the early morning.

Possibly, the rapist's MO changed slightly during the summer months as I don't think it would have been pitch black at 5:30 am. I'm getting a very uneasy feeling that this guy stayed with these women longer than we might have thought. It's been reported over and over that he strikes at 4-6 am. If you have to be at Mass at 6:30, you probably wouldn't need to be up earlier than 5-5:30. You wouldn't leave the house until around 6 am.

Didn't he worry, if he knew these women's patterns, that they'd be missed at church? I guess he had a get away planned. Was he referring to a son who was known to pick up his mother at a set time to go to early Mass? Did these women drive themselves to church or get picked up by someone? Was the person who came to pick up the woman, the one to call 911, as the phone was disconnected. Or did someone call from the church and have someone stop by when no one answered the phone?

My head's going to explode with questions. I still go back to the one person who none of us would question being on a porch at 4:30 am and who would know the neighborhood (and get to know new ones within a few days)--the newspaper delivery person.

 

[txsvicki]

I am confused by your post. They have DNA linking one male to a number of rapes. None of the women reported there were two men.
So, what accomplice?

Miller, the man who was arrested after having large sums of money for cocaine. His dna did not match the rapes, but his scent was matched by dogs at the scene of the first attack/robbery. This may be where I'm getting confused. I took it to mean that he was suspected of taking the lady's 10,000$ and didn't rape her in return for the money, was identified by someone and the dogs, yet his dna does not match rapes where there was the same MO. I was theorizing that there could be two men in cahoots or buddies.
If this Miller isn't the rapist he could well know who is.