I've never posted here before so forgive me if I have no idea what I'm doing! I live about 30 minutes south of where this happened and let me be the first to say that everyone who lives anywhere near where this happened is shaken by this, not just because of the horrific nature of the crimes, but because these things just do not happened around here. Our local LE agencies are not equipped at all to deal with something on this scale so I think everyone is probably a little relieved that Pike Co. had the foresight to bring in other agencies. That said, everyone is on edge due to the lack of information and the thought that the person or persons are still out there.
Marajuana grows are pretty common place in the country around here (maybe not on the same scale as this one), but it's fairly common nonetheless. A lot of people around that area are what are referred to as "country folk" and I just don't see the
perps being from around here as the sophistication and planning that was required for this are far more than anyone I know from this area would be able to plan and execute. Maybe I'm wrong, IDK, but I think it's highly unlikely.
I just wanted the give a little insight from someone closer to the scene than some of you may be. My son's baseball team has their first game tonight in the town next to where this happened, I'm not too excited about going up that way with things so
up in the air, but it appears, on the surface anyway, that things are business as usual for the most part.