Oh how I wish that Carter would just make a definitive statement about why he mentioned The Shack. I really feel that reference during the press conference set off a firestorm of speculation and was a bit reckless IMO. Unless it actually meant something, why say it at all?
The latest article did touch upon the topic:
The subreddit “Delphi Murders” has nearly 27,000 followers who hang on Carter’s every word. One theory wrongly posits that Carter’s allusion to “The Shack,” a novel about a man who seeks redemption after his daughter is murdered, during a 2019 press conference implies the girls’ killer may have been motivated by the book, or even left it at the crime scene.
“It’s problematic,” Carter said about conspiracy theories. “With homicide cases, it’s easy to speculate.”
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