I wasn't aware I was shooting anyone's view down. I welcome any and all "new thinking" regarding this case.
I don't have any ironclad theory that fits all the facts. What I have said, and what I do believe is that someone, at some time, has put all the facts together perfectly. We just don't know what it is or if it can be proven. After all Einstein labored long in the vineyards of thought before he perfected his General Theory of Relativity. And it was not until it was conclusively proven several years later that he overturned Newton's gravitational theory that had been accepted for two hundred years.
Let's discuss the various theories:
1) Cox did it. If so, how did he keep his DNA/forensics out of the house?
2) The "burglars did it. If so how did they keep their DNA/forensics out of the house?
3) A random killer(s) did it? Possible, although we have no evidence.
4) A serial murderer? If so, why would he come to this home?
5) Drug trade? If so, were any of the women tied to such an enterprise?
6) Jealousy? One of the girls may have locked horns with another. Any evidence of this? Surely one of the classmates may have some information.
7) One or more of the 18? Don't know. Didn't interview them.
8) One or more of the people who entered the home in that two month period? Possible.
9) Some "motorcycle gang?" Police say no; specifically the "Galloping Gooses."
10) Some mysterious "concrete workers?" Possibly, some reports say so.
11) Some mysterious "businessman behind a big desk with wing tipped shoes?" Could be. The lead detective claimed he looked at all the suspects to see what kind of shoes they wore.
12) The women just ran off the start new lives? Could be, but they have never been seen and left everything behind.
13) The women were abducted for the "sex trade" and carted off to some third word country. Possible but no evidence of such.
14) The grave robbing theory? Plausible but the chief evidently ruled them out.
15) Relatives? We don't know but we do know that relatives have a high percentage of crimes toward other relatives.
16) "Space Aliens?" Unlikely, since we know that matter cannot exceed the speed of light and the nearest star is four light years away. Would require "worm holes" to go vast distances in the universe since there are no habitable planets in our own solar system. Highly unlikely.
If anyone can think of any other theories, I'd be interested.
Since these are the same questions that have been asked several times and every likes to side-step around them, I would like to take a stab at them. (Now that I am caught up on the case and on Cox.)
1. He had formal military training. He also had made several other "mistakes" at this point. It seemed that he learned overtime what to do and what not to do. It is actually extremely easy to keep your DNA/forensics out of someone's home and car. You can Google it and get all kinds of ways.
2. Once again we can thank Google for this. If you want to know how to do something, you can definitely find the hows and whys on anything!
3. While I hate to think that they are no longer with us, there is no proof saying that they are not.
4. A serial murderer would mean that this case has been linked to another one somewhere. I haven't read where it has. Is this even a true possibility?
5. Drugs? Was this a known drug area? Was the mother or the girls known to do drugs?
6. When girls fight, there is some type of evidence. There would be no way that one girl could overpower the mother and another girl at the same time. Since the mother had a hard time sleeping, would she not normally have still been awake when the girls had arrived home?
7. Have no idea what you are trying to ask.
8. Since the just moved in, if Cox had done the work for whatever services they used, would his fingerprints not still be somewhere? Even if it's not him, there would have been fingerprints that would not have been ruled out. I have seen when the cable and stuff is installed, they touch all kinds of things.
9. Ok, I am going to dismiss the Motorcycle Gang theory. When was the last time a Motorcycle Gang just took 3 women and no one knew.
10. If there were workers in the area, then someone knows who they were. At least the company. Could these be some of the list that has already been eliminated?
11. Apparently they have clues that they are bypassing. Was this area known for door-to-door salespeople?
12. You said what I was thinking.
13. The girls are believable but not so much the Mother.
14. Doubtful.
15. It seems as if there were problems between the Mother and the relationships with her children. It seems that those same problems existed with the brother and sister too. Maybe this was just not a healthy relationship because they never learned any differently.
16. Ok, I like that one.
I do have to say that this does not seem like something Cox is capable of doing. First, he was closer in age to the Mother than the girls. So would he not have tried to befriend the Mother instead? I know his case in TX was with a minor, but before then he always picked someone close to his own age. He has always left evidence in the past. Even if the police dropped the ball and couldn't really use it, it kind of sucks cause I am from Florida and really embarrassed right now. I guess that is the exciting part of technology, the use of evidence is more sophisticated and is no longer "suspectible"
I agree that I think Cox is leading the police on. The constant changes in his handwriting shows that. Not just the word content but the constant change in the way his writing slants from one side to the other. He says he works the area but did not work anywhere by there.
There is one thing I would like to know. Why was the agent that visited Cox an ATF agent? Apparently they are looking at him for more than we think. Also, in his letter he mentions several officers from Springfield PD. I know some of them are the same ones we are trying to work with on my sisterinlaw's case and they are the same one's that don't talk to us. So how "good" are these guys?
Sorry, I'll stop ranting. I just wanted to put in my two cents.
