The sheriff said they lean toward targeted.... I hope that twenty year old crime was called in. Let LE decide if it's significant.
I'm even now confounded than before. I was certain the crime scene would tell at least a partial tale, lending toward number and kind of weaponry, number of perpatrators, evidence of movement within the house ...
MOO I've always thought the chair was removed because the chair itself wasn't evidence but something lodged I'm it might be. I never thought it was about those ties. I've had chair cushions. Pretty to look at, but sit on them and they inevitably rip free, leaving knotted ties, not worth the trouble to untie. It is worth noting how something very common (leftover chair ties) can look so ominous in the context of a crime.
Stuck on the sheriff's comment that the perp or perps may have only been in the house for mere minutes. How does this change things, if the 911 call happened nearly in conjunction with the BEGINNING of this crime????