I watched Episode 1 on Youtube, The Dermonds. Reaaaalllly great job!! My favorite part was the multiple ideas and views and opinions, all while just brain storming. MVAC WILL be key! I agree. Lots of evidence there. My views seemed to line up with the crime scene guy, although I agreed with lots of the lines of thinking. Full disclosure, I knew about this case, but didn't follow it closely. So, I don't know if that helps or hurts. But. I came without any ideas of what happened or who is responsible. So, if any of my ideas don't make sense, I apologize and that is the reason.
Here are some thoughts I jotted down:
- no one really mentioned a son of a neighbor or a friend of one of their sons. This feels personal, to me! I know the overwhelming opinion is not that, but I am not sure why. Nothing was taken, except 2 lives. In very gruesome ways! It feels personal. But it feels personal with the majority of the aggression to him. Like, they were softer hearted to her. Maybe she knew them better, from around the neighborhood or a friend of a son, would know her better. Something like that.
- the circle in the garage that the blood has no blood under it. It wasn't discussed past mentioning it, but my first thought was one of those buckets with a lid, like a paint container. That could also be weighted and dropped in the lake and would not cause much suspicion. That to me feels like someone went there expecting to take the head off.
- he had grey hair in his hand and on his shirt. My first thought or more of a picture in my head would be a man holding her head to his chest in a protective way. Then I thought of the finger. What was wrong with his finger? could his finger been hit with the hammer to cause the damage?
- He was in his sleep clothes. She was fully dressed with shoes on. Was it typical for her to wear shoes in the house? My mom ALWAYS has her shoes on. She puts them on right when she gets dressed. I NEVER have my shoes on, until I am walking out the door. This would let us know if she was planning on going somewhere or if it is just typical of her day.
- talking about the very sharp weapon. Again, I had a "picture" pop in my mind. Now keep in mind, I am from South Louisiana, so we are cajun! But, I pictured a guy who sharpens his weapons. My brothers were big gun cleaners. Someone was always cleaning a gun. But, some guys are knife sharpeners. Sitting on the porch sharpening it. Can machetes be sharpened like that? I can easily see that. And secondly, if you begin your swack from the back on the neck, does it go through the bone more easily than if you go from the front? Do we know which way it was cut from? I am SO sorry for that visual.
- This was a little thought, but if the ballistics were already registered to someone, they would need to get rid of the projectile, not just the gun.
Things that dont' feel right to me-
- robbery, because nothing was taken! The jewelry was in plain sight. Older people keep cash! They would have rummaged something. Them not having an ATM card is EXACTLY what I would expect. Neither of my parents have one. She cashes a check at the bank. Her friend does the same thing. They both told me they dont understand how ATMs work. And they are in their 70s. Not THAT old haha
- some cartel or organized type crime. Because why. They would have had to do something to made someone mad. Or they would have had something big missing. I think those are in and out quickly. I don't think they would have taken her away from the property. She would have had the same fate, right there. Criminals, yes. Something bigger than that? I don't think so. Would professionals use a cinder block and several colors of rope? That sounds home grown, to me. But, I am not well versed in those items.
- Ransom. No way, to me. Because he was dead!!! Who are you going to get ransom from?
- Him being killed outside. This guy was in his boxers. No way. Most people wouldn't go outside like that, much less an older guy, usually.
Ok, sorry that I had so much to say! I have ONE other thing that I didn't want to include in my thoughts because I am not even sold on it, but there is some form of it that keeps popping in my head, so I want to mention it, even though the thought isn't fully developed.
--- Does she ride on boats? Let's say "Jim" the son's childhood friend had a boat and wanted to take her on a sunrise putter around the lake, just to enjoy nature, the scenery, the weather. He was excited about his new boat and wanted to take her out there. Is that something she would have been excited about? I bring it up for 2 reasons.
1- she was fully dressed and he was still in pajamas. I don't think that is odd, but it left me with the possibility that she was either leaving or already out of the house. There is no evidence of her being harmed in the house, right? No blood inside of hers.
and 2- if she was killed ON a boat, it would be easy to clean and easy to dispose of her.
There was one other thing I thought of while I didn't have my paper, but that is enough, so I will leave it at that! I'm ok with all the hole poking anyone has in my thoughts!
Again, super interesting, well done and this will be a great way to brain storm things into a well thought out list of ideas. Keep it up, y'all!
