rsanders27
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I'm kind of surprised at the skepticism I'm hearing about McRaney as a suspect, both on here as well as among locals IRL. I know it's hard forget 20 years of speculation and (sometimes wild) theories about this crime; but try to imagine if 20 days (not 20 years) after the crime, we had known that DNA evidence matched at 25 yo man who lived less than 2 miles from where the bodies were found. If we'd had that info before all the rumors and theories, everyone would agree that investigations must be done to explain why his DNA was found. That process has to occur.
As to the subject of racism, I know that this is south Alabama and African-Americans have not always been (and still are not always) treated fairly. But I just don't get the feeling that anyone is feeling pressure to pin this on a random black guy. I will also note that Marlos Walker is African American. Patti Simpson is not someone that we should sleuth, but maybe some other locals know of her and will understand when I say that she has a reputation in the community that is the exact opposite of a racist.
Discussion of the case (mostly comments on social media) have left me feeling a little slimy lately. I'm not at all an insider, but I know of a few of the people discussed here by 2 or 3 degrees of separation. (The girls were the same age as one of my siblings who went to a different high school in the area. One of my kids was once very involved in dance and theater in the Wiregrass.) I'd really like to honor the families' wishes to focus on JB and Tracie and to keep an open mind as the legal proceedings proceed.
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Yes, I agree about Ms. Simpson. I thought sleuthing her was a direct violation of the TOS. As far as your comment about the families, I'm under the impression from the videos that I've seen that it's the Beasley family that's trying to keep an open mind and not the Hawlett family who seem to have already convicted him in their minds. JMOOC