Y'know, I just wonder if the perp is now back at home in Wisconsin or Indiana or Georgia or Pennsylvania or wherever, and if he has been there since the day after he killed & hid her/dumped her body in the Cape Fear. (Please, I mean NO offense to the purely random states I mentioned.
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Or is he sitting in the Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg area, or in prison, and chuckling whenever another search is announced? Or is he arrogantly helping in the searches?
If Kelli was murdered, one good thing I can see of all this time passing is this: I think that the killer is getting more confident of "getting away with murder" as every day passes. If he is still in the vicinity and if he is questioned or is just talking to impress someone, maybe he would be just a bit too confident and let something slip. Or he could just make a passing remark to a friend, and then it all could come tumbling down.
Years ago, a then-retired Raleigh Chief of Police (now, RIP) lived near my in-laws, and we were all talking about an unsolved murder coming back into the news (still unsolved). The chief said they knew her husband had done it, but they never could get enuff evidence to take to the DA/Grand Jury. I then asked him how they were able to "get" these people in general with them usually being careful, etc., etc. He just smiled & said two words, "People talk."
Loose lips sink ships -- I'm hoping somebody gets to feeling a bit too cocky & talks to the wrong person...
That's all I got....