Mule, surely there's something to share with the class....I just wrote my name in the dust here!
Seriously, hope all is well and maybe 2018 is the year our three find peace.
Well, perhaps this might interest you. This was not permitted to be posted in another site.
"Not a whole lot going on since last nite. Thank you xxxxxx for this useful information. (regarding old address information sources)
I wanted to reiterate some points that I believe need reinforcing.
1) I rule out completely the crypt vandals. With Mike's sister's observations it was an impossibility for any of them to be involved as the third one was in Illinois. Any further discussion regarding that will be handled between other people. It would appear that Knowles was in fact correct in his questionable investigation that disrupted the normal elimination of suspects. But in any event that is water under the bridge.
2) The "Grand Jury 3". Most of us know who these individuals are thanks to the very good investigative work of Hurricane's "Assistant." who eliminated those who could not be the ones involved. In any event their identities are known.
My best source, otherwise known as "xxxx" or on Air Alex as "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx", had many private discussions with me. He was invariably polite and very informative. This is what is the most salient.
He said (many times) that the perp was known. Left no doubt whatever. He also said a second one was "under control." The only meaning of that would be if the second perp was either dead or he was in prison. We know that Cox, SG and RW, were in prison. That is unquestioned. We do know the other is or was on the street. His last known location was several hundred miles from Springfield.
My source and his good friend went to the work location of the known perp. He had been tracking this individual for well over a decade and there was little to no doubt as to his identity. He was seen in person on the job. The distance was vague but within driving distance. The distance to the third GJ subject has obviously varied over the years but at this time would not be within driving distance in much less than one day. While he can't be ruled out he is not, in my mind, the best selection as the "prime perp" described variously as a "sexual pervert", a "real sicko" and one whose family did not know of his dark predilections.
If we rule out the crypt vandals, the GJ3, who are we left with? No one seems to like the idea of corrupt cops, so let's rule them out. We know that space aliens didn't take them. We know that the women were not raptured.
And we know that the crime scene yielded up little in the way of evidence as the crime scene was so corrupted. I'm not of the bent that the individuals who came to the house played a hand in this crime no matter how stupid and ill advised their actions.
"xxxxxxxxxxxxx" provided the best theory of what happened here. There was a socially maladjusted individual who was rejected by women he approached, for whatever reason. He was obviously of that age where his desires were strong but frustrated. If he were drinking and had a drinking buddy along, it is entirely plausible that he and his friend (the one who didn't realize what he was getting into), came up to the house in a drunken state and the argument proceeded outside the home which would explain why there was no usable DNA evidence found. They talked their way into the vehicle to work out their differences and left with the women who were subdued in some fashion.
They were taken to a second crime scene. Looking back, they realized that there had to be a third woman in the house and went back to get her. This is where Stacy attempted to escape out of the back sliding glass door, was frustrated by the back fence and attempted to get back into the house. She was partially clad, and was dragged out of the house into the vehicle.
At some point, the vehicles were moved around and the house staged where it was found later that day.
To my mind this answers all questions. Critique please."
Note: A reader has suggested that Suzie may have been outside smoking. Sherrill may have as well. That would make sense since in all probability Stacy did not like cigarette smoke. So as a courtesy to her they went outside.