OK, I've beat around the bush long enough and dropped hints....
Let's just SUPPOSE that everything with the Billings wasn't on the "up and up"....
Just playing devil's advocate here, but all I hear is, "Byrd and Melanie were such fine upstanding citizens."
YES, I agree, until proven otherwise, we have to assume so.
But how many times have we been DUPED into believing that someone was a "fine citizen"...only to find out afterwards that they had a darker, more sinister PAST?
Yes, I DO KNOW about Byrd's past prior to his marriage to Melanie. I DO KNOW what kind of business he was in.
Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to say exactly WHAT at this time, as this forum is quite public, and I am too close to the situation to be the "whistle-blower"....
Maybe his past caught up with him?
I AM JUST SAYING...that's all.
NO, HE AND HIS WIFE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE! (By any means!)
I'm just saying that a lot of the focus appears to be on the perps and not on the victim.
WHAT could have caused this seemingly random act of violence?
I Really Don't Think You Should Play Like This. This Is NOT A Guessing Game. If You Have Something To Say, You Should Just Come Out And Say It!
OK, I've beat around the bush long enough and dropped hints....
Let's just SUPPOSE that everything with the Billings wasn't on the "up and up"....
Just playing devil's advocate here, but all I hear is, "Byrd and Melanie were such fine upstanding citizens."
YES, I agree, until proven otherwise, we have to assume so.
But how many times have we been DUPED into believing that someone was a "fine citizen"...only to find out afterwards that they had a darker, more sinister PAST?
Yes, I DO KNOW about Byrd's past prior to his marriage to Melanie. I DO KNOW what kind of business he was in.
Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to say exactly WHAT at this time, as this forum is quite public, and I am too close to the situation to be the "whistle-blower"....
Maybe his past caught up with him?
I AM JUST SAYING...that's all.
NO, HE AND HIS WIFE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE! (By any means!)
I'm just saying that a lot of the focus appears to be on the perps and not on the victim.
WHAT could have caused this seemingly random act of violence?
Personally ,unless you are privy to some factual information regarding the custody situation & can back up those facts/ details,that indeed has NOTHING to do with this horrific crime & imo seems baiting & unnecessary to bring up.
By all accounts the Billings were amazingly generous & good hearted people & im sure Im not alone in assuming that if they indeed "fought"for custody there was DAMN good reason for it & that should be left at that.
The true victims in all of this are those children. Byrd and Melanie have passed to the other side. Whatever they did in the past - is the past. All I can say is - is that it was VERY obvious they loved and cared for those children with all their heart and did a wonderful and selfless thing by taking them all in. Byrd and Melanie were human - they may not have been perfect and maybe Byrd had a past - so what. He and Melanie didn't deserve to die the way they did.
REPOST (the old Thread got locked right after I posted):
OK, I've beat around the bush long enough and dropped hints....
Let's just SUPPOSE that everything with the Billings wasn't on the "up and up"....
Just playing devil's advocate here, but all I hear is, "Byrd and Melanie were such fine upstanding citizens."
YES, I agree, until proven otherwise, we have to assume so.
But how many times have we been DUPED into believing that someone was a "fine citizen"...only to find out afterwards that they had a darker, more sinister PAST?
Yes, I DO KNOW about Byrd's past prior to his marriage to Melanie. I DO KNOW what kind of business he was in.
Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to say exactly WHAT at this time, as this forum is quite public, and I am too close to the situation to be the "whistle-blower"....
Maybe his past caught up with him?
I AM JUST SAYING...that's all.
NO, HE AND HIS WIFE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE! (By any means!)
I'm just saying that a lot of the focus appears to be on the perps and not on the victim.
WHAT could have caused this seemingly random act of violence?
I Really Don't Think You Should Play Like This. This Is NOT A Guessing Game. If You Have Something To Say, You Should Just Come Out And Say It!
Maybe Im too open minded but I really dont find that all too scandalous or slanderous........especially in light of what theyve accomplished since "those days".Byrd met Melanie while he was the owner of several Strip Clubs. She was a waitress at one of them.
well, I got a phone call tonight and was told that a friend of mine's husband has been arrested for this murder. I am shocked right now, beyond words. I have not read what all has been posted, but I knew you guys would be discussing this. The one I know that was arrested is D. Stallworth.
Maybe Im too open minded but I really dont find that all too scandalous or slanderous........especially in light of what theyve accomplished since "those days".
I also truly think ,as swifty as LE has acted up until now,if there was a connection that it wouldve been investigated & addressed by now.
As sad & scary as the possibility of it is,I belive that the Billings died RANDOMLY.
I think this was a robbery tinged with a skewed,erroneous revenge scheme.
I belive the Billings were innocent & the guilty parties are in custody OR soon to be in custody!!!!!!!!!!