Skyla Whitaker, 11, & Taylor Placker 13 - Found Murdered - #1

[SuziQ]

I wonder who the suspect is?

http://newsok.com/article/3254870

Investigators combed the area last night before heavy rains hit the area. Tire tracks were found on the dirt road and were preserved, as well as other evidence found at the scene. Choate said there is a suspect in the case.

 

[BrowneyedEmily]

Me too. Hopefully it's someone they can catch today. This guy/these guys need to get off the street.


I'm leaning towards what someone else mentioned, that it was a drug deal:

"Sheriff's officials said they have some leads but no official suspects yet. They think that whoever killed the girls is probably local to the area and that the girls might have stumbled upon something they weren't supposed to see."

http://www.koco.com/news/16547383/detail.html

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Her name is Taylor Placker, 13 years old.

If they have a suspect, it won't take them long to round him up for questioning. Things move along pretty quickly in Oklahoma. They don't play games and go right to the heart of the matter. (Notice he said "suspect" not POI.) I guess it could be why I get so impatient with other agencies across the country.

 

[Beyond Belief]

I hope this is solved quickly. These murderers need to be off the streets.

 

[southcitymom]

I hope this is solved quickly. These murderers need to be off the streets.

It sounds like they are making some good headway if there is already a suspect. My prayers for all the families.

 

[philamena]

This article gives different information.

http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/k1085-BC-OK-GirlsKilled-5thLd-Writethru-06-09-0432
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The bodies of two young girls shot to death near the small town of Weleetka in Okfuskee County were discovered by the grandfather of one of the best friends,

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Stan Florence, an inspector with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, confirmed the names of the girls Monday. Florence said the victims were shot "multiple times" and it was unknown if they were molested.

I'm leaning towards the girls seeing something they were not suppose to see.
This is a heartbreaking case.

 

[Beyond Belief]

Greta's going to cover this in a few minutes.

 

[MeoW333]

They sounded like such sweet girls, my prayers for their families and that they catch the SOB soon.

 

[philamena]

http://www.kjrh.com/content/news/breaking/story.aspx?content_id=1ba65326-f57b-4cf1-b22c-f3bffcad67ba

Sheriff Choate tells 2NEWS that his investigators have interviewed "persons of interest" in the case, as well as several possible witnesses.

That makes me feel sicker. PersonS of interest and witnesses ie plural, more than one. :0

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Yes, it looks like there could be more than one person involved which I think might make it easier to bring her killer/killers to justice. I can't believe multiple gunshots. How difficult was it for them to overtake two little girls?! How sad. I can hardly wait until these creeps are caught.

After listening to the news reports at ten, I did hear that the grandparents were raising Taylor so the reason for the confusion between Grandmother/mom and Grandfather/father. Taylor's grandfather first called her cell phone and got worried when he found no answer.

Here are a couple of more reports:

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=8450014

http://www.newsok.com/article/3254870/

 

[txsvicki]

How far had the girls walked? It's odd that no one heard the gunshots. I just can't imagine why the girls would be shot multiple times for just seeing something. What the heck could they have seen in a short period of time in the late afternoon.

 

[MeoW333]

"Their bodies were found along an isolated road. Hardscrabble homes along the county road are spread out and as much as mile apart in some places."
http://www.newsok.com/article/3254870/

If the homes are very far apart, and or gunshots are common with hunting in the area, gunshots may have went unnoticed. It definitely sounds as if it's very rural. I would hope they can find out what kind of gun was used with ballistics there or send what they need to out for testing.
I am wondering about the possibly that they wandered unto something they shouldn't have as well; or a pervert got to them. Maybe both, Lord knows..

 

[SeriouslySearching]

They just had some girl on the news that spoke of 3 possible suspects.

I mentioned earlier about the meth, but there is also a gang element that hail not from far the area. They easily could have come up on a rolling meth lab or drug deal.

I am glad they found the girls dressed etc. because it means maybe they didn't have to suffer sexual assault first and the torture. As if it couldn't be any worse than it already is.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Investigators did find the girls' tracks, and could tell that the girls were left where they were shot.

Choate said officers were able to identify some possible tire tracks, and they had some "persons of interest” they were interviewing Monday. But as the day came to a close, none of those interviews had solved the case.

"I don't know if we are going to have an arrest tonight,” Choate said Monday afternoon. "I really wish we did, but I don't know that it's going to happen.”

http://www.newsok.com/article/3255279

 

[ShannieMonkey]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364582,00.html

Oklahoma police are searching for a motive in the double slayings of two young girls found dead Sunday night in a ditch along a rural road.

Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, were discovered by a relative after they failed to return from an afternoon walk on the county road south of Interstate 40 in Okfuskee County near Weleetka, Okla.

The deaths of the best friends were labeled "double homicide" by investigators, according to News9.com in Oklahoma City.

 

[Clearly Confused]

I hope someone from either girl's family is not involved. I found it strange that a relative found them.

 

[SewingDeb]

I heard about this on TV last night. The police say they are not ruling out anything.

This is/was considered a very safe area.

 

[nanandjim]

Sad. I wonder if it were a drug deal or if someone was growing pot in that desolate area. The reason that I thought of marijuana is that I'd always heard not to wander off hiking trails in Hawaii or you could end up dead. There were apparently some major pot growers on the various islands who would shoot to kill if you wandered into an area where they were growing their plants.

 

[Clearly Confused]

I'm leaning toward a relative on this one. I pray that's not the case.

 

[nanandjim]

I'm leaning toward a relative on this one. I pray that's not the case.

I at first thought that it was a relative, too. I think that I read that they have three persons of interest. If this is the case, I think that would eliminate relatives.