Thru some OK Contacts I now have a local source very close to the crime scene.
Here is a different suspect we have not been aware of:
The Placker's have a neighbor who lives to the South and sorta behind their house. He is somewhat of a troubled man - has an arrest record, has a permanent restraining order on him from his ex wife and members of her family, shooting with intent to kill, feloniously pointing a weapon and he has been committed (by the state) to a mental facility at least once (and maybe twice).
His name is Jerry D Patterson, DOB 5/27/46
LE is aware of him and are checking him out. Nothing so far linking him to the murders but he has not been totally cleared of suspicion either. He does NOT look like the POI (age 62)
Here are SOME of his court records
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=2697
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=2696
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=2695
here is a link to the "records" site
Enter Jerry D Patterson and Okfuskee County to pull his records.
http://www.odcr.com/
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I had my contact go check the distances in person - he says it is 1/2 mile (8 city blocks) to the bridge from The Placker House and 1/4 mile (4 city blocks) from the Placker house to the crime scene.
Per him, girls could EASILY have walked to the bridge and back home in half an hour - he says kids (including Taylor) like to throw rocks off the bridge and they probably walked to the bridge, looked at the water, threw a few rocks into the water and started back.
Here is a map I did with his help - it also shows how close Patterson lives to the Plackers - and only 1/2 mile (as the crow flies) from the crime scene
Anyone who wants a high-res copy let me know and I'll e-mail it to you - only a small file will post on WS albums
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=2698
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The info I have gotten from my contact is that there are no active Meth Labs or a drug "problems" of any kind in the area where the Plackers live. There are OSBI and Sheriff and Hiwy Patrol Copters checking the area from the air pretty frequently since the murders (and they also patrolled by air before, just not as often).
He does know the Paschal-Placker and Whittaker Families, not best friends or anything, but he does know them. He has driven by the Placker home at least once a week in the past and he has seen Taylor and sometimes both girls running and playing around the Placker home. He says the girls were cute active cut-ups, sometimes pulling faces at people driving by if they knew the car or popping up and waving and making hand signals (all from the Placker Yard) - if he honked they'd stick out their tongues at him, then hide their faces and then grin and giggle at him. His words were, "Their smiles would melt anyone's heart, everyone around her loved those girls."
I will add more info as I get it, I am trying to get more info on the witnesses (all local) and the families.
Just so you know - take this info for what it is, a local insight and not "official". I cannot ID my contact here (at his request), but he is very reliable, knows what is going on and is a long-term "local". He lives with his wife and family within a short drive of the Plackers - he also works in the "area".
My Opinion