GUILTY TX - Sarah Walker, 40, stabbed to death in McKinney model home, 8 July 2006

[twinkiesmom]

<<still wonder if it was a construction worker that had developed a "crush" on her, but she blew him off since she wanted a millionaire.>>

Whoever it was came there armed, and did not deserve her affections whether it was a blue-collar guy, a youthful poseur, or a fellow real estate agent.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

i have not read or seen any media reports in the local dallas/ft. worth area that have disclosed this, but i am not watching the national programs like greta, etc.

Izzy. I know I read somewhere yesterday that they had narrowed their suspects down to 6 people and aren't ruling out that it could have been committed by a woman. Have you heard anything about that? (cant remember where I read it now though)

The police do seem to think there will be an arrest in this case. Can't dna results come back quickly sometimes? This perp imo should have cuts and nicks on their hands as it seems Sarah was able to struggle with them.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

<<still wonder if it was a construction worker that had developed a "crush" on her, but she blew him off since she wanted a millionaire.>>

Whoever it was came there armed, and did not deserve her affections whether it was a blue-collar guy, a youthful poseur, or a fellow real estate agent.

Yes construction worker "crushes" are quite common.

IMO

Ocean

 

[Sassygerl]

I'm just curious about the soon to be wife of the ex-husband since he and Sara still had a decent relationship. One of those curiosity things...that's not to say she had anything to do with it!

 

[izzyB]

Izzy. I know I read somewhere yesterday that they had narrowed their suspects down to 6 people and aren't ruling out that it could have been committed by a woman. Have you heard anything about that? (cant remember where I read it now though)

The police do seem to think there will be an arrest in this case. Can't dna results come back quickly sometimes? This perp imo should have cuts and nicks on their hands as it seems Sarah was able to struggle with them.

ocean, i have not read any published reports that they have narrowed it down to 6, but i am only reading in the dallas morning news. i have heard the perp could be man or woman, so LE not ruling that possibility out. i do not watch the news every single night, so i am sure i have missed a few things, but certainly last night the lead story was the weather, LOL.

yes, DNA and come back quickly and i agree that the perp should have cuts, etc from the fact that she fought so hard for her life and also that the crime scene was all over the first floor, with her being found in the kitchen.

Craig Ranch is a new residential division in McKinney, north of dallas, but it really is in an area that is just now being developed, and not what i would consider an established neighborhood with stores and services on every corner and a lot of population per se.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

ocean, i have not read any published reports that they have narrowed it down to 6, but i am only reading in the dallas morning news. i have heard the perp could be man or woman, so LE not ruling that possibility out. i do not watch the news every single night, so i am sure i have missed a few things, but certainly last night the lead story was the weather, LOL.

yes, DNA and come back quickly and i agree that the perp should have cuts, etc from the fact that she fought so hard for her life and also that the crime scene was all over the first floor, with her being found in the kitchen.

Craig Ranch is a new residential division in McKinney, north of dallas, but it really is in an area that is just now being developed, and not what i would consider an established neighborhood with stores and services on every corner and a lot of population per se.

Thank you so much izzy. I am going to see if I can track it down. Well let you know if I find it. LOL grrrrr I read so darned much on many different sites I just cant keep up with it all.

Yes, I know exactly about what you are saying about a new phase just being developed. It really is more isolated than some think.

IMO

Ocean

 

[Goody]

OMG Goody I sure do remember that case.

Unfortunately no longer killing someone in some type of overkill means they are known to the victim. We are living in very scary times.

Has there been any updates. I read they had narrowed down the list of suspect to around 6 and they weren't excluding a female.

IMO

Ocean

I haven't heard any updates on Sarah's case but I am real interested in it. I hope the catch the guy.

 

[Goody]

I remember being at my place of business by myself late one day and a man came up wanting to see one of our model homes...I said of course. We walked out there and when we enter the living room he closed the door behind us. I stood there so taken aback but managed to muster "we keep all doors open please except storm doors" and I immediately opened it backup wide. I tried to push back the fear I had and continued on to the main areas of the kitchen ,sun-room, den, dining room etc. but he kept asking me "lets look at the bedrooms.. I like big bedrooms." Second by second I felt my fear rising. I told him "listen I am not feeling well, I am going to step outside and get some fresh air.. please feel free to look through the home and let me know if you have any questions".

I immediately went back into my business and locked all the doors and called the police. He did come to the door but left thankfully once he realized it was locked. The police went through the home and on the kitchen island lay a box cutter with the razor out and locked. It totally freaked me out. After then I made a rule none of my agents would show homes alone and there would also be at least two in the business office at all times. I have an equal amount of female employees as I do males so it works out great.

We also have panic buttons and all homes have security systems.

We live in scary times.

IMO

Ocean

Wow, Ocean, that is quite a story. I sold real estate too but not in model homes. Did plenty of open houses though and had one where one guy showed up very late. He'd disappear suddenly and appear suddenly. Unnerved me so I called home and described him to my family, stayed on the phone until he finally left. I think he was looking for purses but mine was locked up in the trunk of my car and the homeowners had locked up their valuables so nothing happened. Scary times indeed. And shoot it has been about ten years since I was working. Iam just surprised we don't hear about more agents being robbed or killed these days.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Wow, Ocean, that is quite a story. I sold real estate too but not in model homes. Did plenty of open houses though and had one where one guy showed up very late. He'd disappear suddenly and appear suddenly. Unnerved me so I called home and described him to my family, stayed on the phone until he finally left. I think he was looking for purses but mine was locked up in the trunk of my car and the homeowners had locked up their valuables so nothing happened. Scary times indeed. And shoot it has been about ten years since I was working. Iam just surprised we don't hear about more agents being robbed or killed these days.

I know of four agents in Georgia that have been murdered. Two women were found murdered in the Atlanta area in a model home. They caught that man. He had lived close by and had seen the women come and go and knew they were alone. Then in South Georgia there was the case about the murderer coming in and pretended he wanted to put in a credit application for a home. The agent was alone and when she turned around to the copy machine he lunged for her, drug her out and her body was found stabbed repeatedly in a ditch about 3 miles from the model home. The kidnapping by knife was caught on tape. They caught him he had recently been released from prison. And in my very own hometown not far from where my business is located a owner/real estate agent was found murdered in his office, stabbed repeatedly. He was alone on the premise. They never found the suspect and blood too was everywhere in that case.

Times are changing. Please everyone that shows homes be alert and careful. They don't have to look scary to be scary.

Nice to see you Goody.

IMO

Ocean

 

[concernedperson]

I know of four agents in Georgia that have been murdered. Two women were found murdered in the Atlanta area in a model home. They caught that man. He had lived close by and had seen the women come and go and knew they were alone. Then in South Georgia there was the case about the murderer coming in and pretended he wanted to put in a credit application for a home. The agent was alone and when she turned around to the copy machine he lunged for her, drug her out and her body was found stabbed repeatedly in a ditch about 3 miles from the model home. The kidnapping by knife was caught on tape. They caught him he had recently been released from prison. And in my very own hometown not far from where my business is located a owner/real estate agent was found murdered in his office, stabbed repeatedly. He was alone on the premise. They never found the suspect and blood too was everywhere in that case.

Times are changing. Please everyone that shows homes be alert and careful. They don't have to look scary to be scary.

Nice to see you Goody.

IMO

Ocean

This was brought up today in our sales meeting. In addition to Sara's murder. It wasn't brought up by our team "leader" it was me and another female agent. The new agent's (female) eyes were as big as saucers. She was scared to death and you would think advice would be given by the guys...one says keep 911 on your cell phone.Other than that...no concern. And, certainly no additional assistance.

We gave it our best but it was what one could do with limited resources.

Ocean, I wish you were our team leader.

 

[close_enough]

That is so sad that her oldest son did not attend her funeral.

Whatever happened between them to cause that, I am sure that fifteen-year old has some baggage to carry...

Her life seems to have been unraveling very quickly in the last few months--divorce, the alleged attack, etc...

wow, that IS sad.....from the article that JBean posted, it sounds like she rarely, if ever, saw her oldest son anyway, after the divorce....maybe he didn't feel a 'mother-son' bond with her, therefore didn't want to go to the funeral...i can understand that.....my oldest nephew has seen his father twice in 24 years...his father is NOW wanting to have a 'relationship' with him, but Jason won't have anything to do with him....he says "i don't know him", "he's a stranger".....i know for a fact, that he wouldn't go to his 'father's' funeral either.....

 

[close_enough]

She had a son from another marriage that she rarely saw. That is so sad, for everyone.


A lot of background information on her in this article.She seemed to be quite the high roller.

I wonder if one of these younger guys that she had dated was just unstable. If she was 40 that would make a couple of her "dates" 25 . If they were looking for a sugar mama as she implied, maybe one of them was just a bad guy.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/071606dnccowalker.1267f92.html


The day she died, Mr. Tate came by her new home in Frisco early in the morning to pick up Josh. It was their normal routine.
While Josh was still sleeping, the two talked about how Ms. Walker had recently dated men who were 15 years younger than her and were looking for her to support them, Mr. Tate said in other media reports.

>>.snip<<


A son rarely seen


Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Ms. Walker moved around the country for much of her childhood. Joe Walker, a Kmart executive, nicknamed his eldest daughter "motor mouth."

"She always talked," said younger sister Jackie Mull. "That was just her."

Ms. Walker liked to do things for other people – in grand style. When her younger brother was in the seventh grade, she decorated his locker and filled it with candy to celebrate his birthday.

After Ms. Walker graduated from Berkner High School in Richardson in 1983, she landed a job leasing apartments in North Dallas. Apartments quickly turned into houses as Ms. Walker realized that real estate was a good way to make money.

At 23, Ms. Walker married her first husband, Mort Mohaddes, a longtime love interest. They had a son named Alex. But the marriage broke up after five years. Young Alex and his father, who could not be reached for comment, moved out of state. Ms. Walker would rarely see her son.

"I think there was a lot of pain there," Ms. Citelli said. "It wasn't a subject that came up often."
Alex, now 15, did not attend his mother's funeral on Thursday, said Ms. Walker's brother, Joe Walker

that wouldn't surprise me at all...she ran across someone that wasn't 'all there', & they turned on her...."a bad guy", exactly....

i can also understand "It wasn't a subject that came up often", relating to her 15 yr old son....sad, but it sounds like even though Sarah was full of life & enjoyed it to the fullest, she still had a lot of 'baggage' (like a lot of us, i suppose).....you just never know what folks are really feeling along the way....

a friend of hers stated in the article that her current ex was her "rock"...a sense of stability for her, i guess......it makes sense now that she would call him when things got rough....sounds like her & him just couldn't make it being married, but became good friends once they divorced.....

 

[close_enough]

Tonight, America's Most Wanted profiled Sarah's murder. Let's hope and pray that the McKinney police get the leads they need to catch her killer.

Kaelee

i tuned in to AMW for this case the other night, but was late in getting to it...apparently it was one of the first segments??

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=39697

 

[Scout]

In my opinion, the arrest of Sarah's ex-husband, Randy Tate, is imminent. He's much too concerned with establishing an alibi and collecting money. His account of his activities of that day doesn't make sense. At this point, he is the only source for the allegations that she was seeing younger men. Whether she was or not, I can see plenty of motive in his statements about it. I think the guy's got GUILT written all over him, and I bet the police do, too. They're just waiting on the forensics to make an arrest.

 

[close_enough]

In my opinion, the arrest of Sarah's ex-husband, Randy Tate, is imminent. He's much too concerned with establishing an alibi and collecting money. His account of his activities of that day doesn't make sense. At this point, he is the only source for the allegations that she was seeing younger men. Whether she was or not, I can see plenty of motive in his statements about it. I think the guy's got GUILT written all over him, and I bet the police do, too. They're just waiting on the forensics to make an arrest.

wow, i don't see it that way, but i've been wrong many times....

 

[Scout]

In his interview with GVS, Randy gives much too long and detailed an answer in response to the question about how he learned of his wife's death. He's overly concerned about establishing his whereabouts throughout that day, from the time he picked up his son, to the time of Sarah's murder, to the time and his whereabouts when he learned of her murder. His story about a silver and gold Rolex watch -- which, incidentally, happens to be just like his own -- in Sarah's bathroom (and her alleged comments about it) is suspiscious, too, IMO. All in all, he's just way too concerned about going into detail at this stage. He strikes me as someone trying to lead the investigation in the direction he wants it to go -- namely, away from himself.



I've been wrong before, too.

 

[indallas2]

In his interview with GVS, Randy gives much too long and detailed an answer in response to the question about how he learned of his wife's death. He's overly concerned about establishing his whereabouts throughout that day, from the time he picked up his son, to the time of Sarah's murder, to the time and his whereabouts when he learned of her murder. His story about a silver and gold Rolex watch -- which, incidentally, happens to be just like his own -- in Sarah's bathroom (and her alleged comments about it) is suspiscious, too, IMO. All in all, he's just way too concerned about going into detail at this stage. He strikes me as someone trying to lead the investigation in the direction he wants it to go -- namely, away from himself.



I've been wrong before, too.

I thought that bit about the watch too was a little hinky and I wasn't sure why at the time.

Why go into such detail about why Sarah said she bought that watch unless he was bringing it up as maybe hinting that someone robbed Sarah of that watch because when Greta asked if they found the watch - he had no idea.

Also when Greta asked him what he and Sarah talked about that Saturday morning when he went to pick up their son, he stammered and looked down to the left before answering, then never really said what they talked about - isn't that when he went on and on about the watch.

For their son's sake - I hope and pray it wasn't the ex-husband.

 

[scandi]

It's been 11 days and we've learned nothing. Odd? There's got to be some reason LE is keeping this one so close to the vest. It must be they don't need any help from the public!




Scandi

 

[oceanblueeyes]

This was brought up today in our sales meeting. In addition to Sara's murder. It wasn't brought up by our team "leader" it was me and another female agent. The new agent's (female) eyes were as big as saucers. She was scared to death and you would think advice would be given by the guys...one says keep 911 on your cell phone.Other than that...no concern. And, certainly no additional assistance.

We gave it our best but it was what one could do with limited resources.

Ocean, I wish you were our team leader.

Why thank you, what a nice thing to say. I love the group of people that are with me......they are truly like family to me. I worry constantly about them not just this but other issues they may have. Even though some are my age and others quite younger I guess I "mother" them all. lol Most of my failure was to myself by letting them go home early leaving me alone and vulnerable but I have wised up and no longer do that.

You know yourself that men do not have the mentality about security risk as females do. I am not putting them down their minds just works differently and they are less cautious...Heck look at all the men that get hurt in various accidents ...they just didn't think things out. Gotta love them though. They want to think they are big, bad and tough but they too are at risk even though they choose to believe they aren't.

The males first baulked about my rule of showing homes in pairs. I told them nicely that this company is not all about one person but the entire group and yes they would go in pairs for their safety and others or they would have to work somewhere else that didn't care about their employees. Now it comes as easy as 1..2..3.

You did the right thing cp...I am sure you will do what you can to ease her anxiety...by giving her pointers that you have learned through the years. Keep bringing it up.... sooner or later they will get it hopefully and come up with a good plan.

Good luck. Stay safe.

IMO

Ocean

 

[oceanblueeyes]

I thought that bit about the watch too was a little hinky and I wasn't sure why at the time.

Why go into such detail about why Sarah said she bought that watch unless he was bringing it up as maybe hinting that someone robbed Sarah of that watch because when Greta asked if they found the watch - he had no idea.

Also when Greta asked him what he and Sarah talked about that Saturday morning when he went to pick up their son, he stammered and looked down to the left before answering, then never really said what they talked about - isn't that when he went on and on about the watch.

For their son's sake - I hope and pray it wasn't the ex-husband.

I thought he said that they sat at the table waiting for the little boy to wake up and that is when she told him about dating 2-3 men that only wanted to sponge off of her money?

I just cant see a motive at all for the ex to do this.

They were divorced.
Their child lived with him.
He had a girlfriend.
He also is in the same type of business so he sure had ample money I would think.
She called "him" to come pick her up from the hospital when she was hit over the head.

IMO

Ocean