The brother that lived with RH returned to the RH home after his military school and lived there for years more while stationed in the area. He was stationed elsewhere and returned to the 4th Ave. house again on more than one occasion. Even after marrying his and his wife's voter ID show the Hyde residence. This is easily found with a Google search.
It is rumored that this same brother regularly drove the car in question regarding this case. It was typical of RH to let others drive his cars. Likely another grooming technique. Later military salary allowed the brother to purchase a new truck that used to park in front of the high hedges which were not so high in those days.
It is rumored that Hyde traveled to visit this brother in various states where he served and lived even after he was married with children.
Despite having the Camaro type car, RH it seems, drove a mini van during those years. The van was later replaced with a small SUV.
Despite news coverage and a cousin interview saying otherwise, RH was not a loner and stayed in contact with many people he had known for decades who had or still live in the beaches area.
Some of these would be people from his churches, people he was in youth group with, attend school with, had ministered to and mentored in ministry, people he had traveled with on mission/chior tours, and had attended college and seminary with. Co-workers, singing groups, etc etc.
It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall and hear what they would say when RH came up now.
Working with the non profs that we're mentioned in the document was likely another avenue to access vulnerable kids.
Jaxbeach, I must ask you about something and it slightly concerns me as our exchanges continue.
First, I want to say that I appreciate the dialog that we have been having the last few months and can appreciate the 'devils advocate' point of view. However, I would like to know how you knew the name of the brother that lived with Hyde when my articles nor news media have not identified any members of the Laster family other than the cousins that were openly interviewed?
Second, where do you get these so-called rumors from? Did you happen to personally know Ron Hyde or live near him? I would love to know the story behind all of this.
In response to the coverage of his associations, I completely agree with you on that. Ron Hyde was anything but a loner. It looked like he traveled to Ocala quite a bit to perform in the band according to his Facebook page and the news reports on his activities. I am certain he had a close relationship with members of the Crosswater Community Church, the community and also had close friends (who at this point has yet to come forward other than a cousin and a former patient). It was perhaps through this, as you mention, he was able to have access to underage boys and groom them; as he did with Freddy's brother and "Joey".
I wasn't able to find any information on a mini van registered to Hyde yet, but I am certain if this is the case, I will stumble among it.
My question is which groups did he volunteer with and what was his wxtent with these groups? We must recall that some serial killers were members of public organizations so they could mask their transgressions. For instance: John Wayne Gacy was a shriner and had political ties. Dennis Rader was a member of the Lions Club, based on an email conversation I had with one of Rader's daughters in 2012. Ted Bundy for a while had ties to active work within the Republican Party, though it was very brief work.
I apologize for this late response. I had a long Canadian Rockies tour at work and I followed it with a weekend of camping. Better to do it now before the rains come back to the Northwest!
