There is something that just doesn't seem to fit right with this story. Am not saying these kids did not murder Seath. Just questioning their version of events. From the article:
As soon as Seath entered the house, Bargo, Hooper and Soto began to hit him in the head with wooden objects. Ely told detectives that she ran into her bedroom after she saw Hooper hit Seath.
Bargo shot Seath several times with a .22-caliber revolver, according to the arrest documents. As Seath tried to leave the house, Soto tackled him, and Bargo shot him again, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Amber watched the killing, according to the documents.
The teens and Soto then placed Seath's body in a bathtub so Bargo could break Seath's knees in order to hogtie him and place him in a sleeping bag more easily. Soto said he and Bargo realized that Seath was still alive, so Bargo shot the boy again, according to the documents. Seath's body was then placed into a blue bag.
Soto said at that point he helped look for firewood, and the group then burned Seath's body in a fire pit in the backyard until it was just ashes and bone fragments.
They used a shovel to scrape Seath's remains from the fire pit and dumped them into several 5-gallon paint cans, according to the documents.
The group cleaned the house with bleach, according to the documents.
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Late Wednesday, detectives were still searching for evidence and Seath's remains at the home where he was killed and at a lime pit in Ocala. (
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Based upon the violence described in the above excerpt, there should be blood evidence all over the place. Even if they scrubbed the place down, there is no way to remove every single drop. We're talking Locard's exchange principle, here. Then there's the cremation bit. According to this site (
link ), cremation fires burn at approx 2000°F and the fire must be at least 1600°F. Furthermore, the body is burned in a closed space. Yet, the above excerpt says they looked for and used firewood to burn the body in a fire pit in the back yard to the point it was just "
ash and bone fragments." Wood burning fires burn from 900°-1200°F. (
link ) In this case, since we're speaking of an open fire pit, not a crematorium, or even kiln. The, imho, temperature was likely at the low end. Then there's the bit of looking for the remains in a lime pit. What happened to the paint cans? Would lime destroy them in under two days? Now, add to this the fact that this "
burning" took place in a housing development where neighbors lived close enough they could hear the loud music when the kids played it? Has anyone here ever smelled burning flesh? Also, how could the neighbors not hear the gunshots? A .22 calibur pistol still makes noise.
All things considered? Hate to say it but it sounds like these kids have been watching too much TV. Again, not saying they did not murder Seath. Just questioning their version of events.
