My mistake.
Speaking of jealousy. There was another girl, Dusty's girlfriend at the time, who did not like Suzie. Whose mom dated POI Steve Garrison.
But see, that's where this all gets convoluted and muddied up. Various papers reported the crime in different ways. The Springfield News-Leader reported one thing, then the Kansas City Star reported something different, and then apparently the Jefferson City Tribune reports that it has something to do with a sexual assault.
I totally agree with you Betty P. I think what really needs to happen with this case is, police need to go right back to square one, and re-interview EVERYONE they interviewed in 1992 and beyond, as well as take another look at any evidence or information that had possibly been collected from 1992 and beyond, and see if it leads them in the same direction. I don't think when they've assigned people to stay on this case over the years, that the people have really dug into the investigation like they would have if it was a fresh case. The have said that the information from the initial investigation is in boxes and fills an entire small room at the PD. Personally I think that the answer, or at least some of them, are in those box's of evidence, but have just been overlooked, downplayed, or not properly connected. Remember, they do have some evidence that was never released to the public. As at least one example, Garrison was said by police to have given them information that they already knew about, that had not been released to the public. And I'm sure there is more evidence that police never released to the public as well. They sealed the return on the search warrant for the Robb farm as another example, so we don't know if they found anything of value or not. Nor do we know the same about the other properties they searched. I've wondered if they took the time to process some of the items that were in the house or some of the things they collected such as the shards of the broken porch globe, if newer technology such as Touch DNA would possibly reveal any new evidence.
You are absolutely correct. I can't for the life of me remember what the group of investigators is called, but they are a group of (I think) retired and some still active top notch investigators, and I remember reading that after they were done looking at the case, they gave Springfield PD a list of things they thought warranted either initial investigation, or further investigation. However, Springfield PD hasn't seemed to have either had any luck with those recommendations, or done anything with them. Which ever the case may be. I hate to say it, but a lot of cops are just plain lazy. I've heard people in the profession state that time and time again, especially when it pertains to cases that weren't initially solved, but later reopened as a cold case and subsequently solved.
That wouldn't surprise me. I've wondered if they still have the women's purses and the contents of the purses. With the new Touch DNA there is a possibility even 26-years later, if they were stored correctly, they could detect DNA evidence. I have also wished that they had preserved the front screen door, and all of the access doors to the house, as well as their cars, and may be some other items that the person(s) who committed the crime may have touched, now that the new technology for DNA detection has been developed. May have helped solve the case. But I doubt that the purses were preserved in evidence, but rather turned back over with the families at some point.
Excellent idea !!!
