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Thought I should move these here.Skyla Jade Whitaker a resident of Rural Henryetta (Salem) passed this life on June 8, 2008 at the age of 11. Born April 5, 1997 in Joplin, Missouri to William and Rose (Farrow) Whitaker. Skyla attended Graham School. She is preceded in death by a Grandmother “Sam” Getman
Survived by her parents; William and Rose Whitaker of the home
3 Sisters: Rosita Gordon of Tulsa,Ok
Christina Whitaker of Popular Bluff, Missouri
Jayme Whitaker of the home.
Brother: Edward Gordon of Columbus, Kansas
Maternal Grandparents: Jim and Claudia Farrow of rural Graham,OK
Paternal Grandparents: Bill and Sharron Whitaker of Baxter Springs, KS
Linda Pritchard of Henryettta
“Granny”- Hester Gregg of Wagnor
“Grandpa”- Harold Getman of Baxter Springs, KS
Great Grandmother- Mary Pritchard of Miller, Missouri Services will be 2:00pm, Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Henryetta First Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Paslay, officiating. Services are under the direction of the Rogers Funeral Home.
http://www.eboards4all.com/728165/messages/1247.html
Video Tribute by the Rogers Funeral Home at http://videos.lifetributes.com/20515
ETA: Just watched the tribute and you might want to have some tissues handy.
Here is the other one.Birth: Mar. 6, 1995
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma, USADeath: Jun. 8, 2008
Weleetka
Okfuskee County
Oklahoma, USA
She was the daughter of Peter and Vicky Placker. Taylor attended Graham School where she was involved in the 4H Club, cheerleading, and was on the Superintendent's Honor Role. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Ruby and Carl Paschal, and by her paternal grandparents, Petra and Arvie Placker. Taylor and friend Skyla Jade Whitaker, were found shot to death on a rural road near Taylor's home. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 13, 2008 at 10:00 am at Dewar First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron King officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Shurden Funeral Home.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...er&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=27445144&
Brown called the man a "witness" and a "possible person of interest," and said someone saw him standing in front of a white Ford or Chevy single-cab pickup truck on County Line Road around the time of the girls' death.
"He was stopped on the road actually kind of blocking the way there, standing outside his pickup truck, doing something," she said. "And they couldn't really tell what he was doing, so they kept driving because it looked a little suspicious."
The truck had a thin chrome stripe down the side and Oklahoma plates, she said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366464,00.html
I think it is possible he had them in the truck at one point unless they have their shoeprints coming back to that point from the bridge. Since they seemed certain the girls made it to the bridge and were returning...the only thing I can think of are the shoeprints giving them evidence not to mention the other witness who saw the girls right before they were murdered. Of course, they didn't say he didn't see them inside a vehicle. Interesting.
Yes, evidently they considered themselves Mom and Dad. There is also no mention of the mother or father which I found very odd. I noticed she has the names of the other grandparents and their name. The Plackers are the father's parents evidently.Looking at the obits, I thought Taylor lived with her grandparents, but called them Mom and Dad?
According to LE and Ms Brown, the angels were murdered where they stood.
That doesn't mean they didn't turn away from him and start to walk or run when he asked them to get in his truck, or maybe said to them, "i'll ride you home."
Murdered where they stood just means that they were shot and killed where they were standing and found, and were not killed in another location and dropped off in the ditch. A grown man could easily make two girls who are walking away STOP in their tracks and stand there by pulling a gun on them.
I don't know, but I will stick with a "thrill kill" or an abduction gone wrong until some other evidence leaks that leads me away from that theory.
That is possible, too. I find it odd he would be kind of blocking the road tho. I would think if they drove around him...they would have been able to see more of what he was doing. First, I heard that he was beside the truck with the door opened (IIRC) and next heard that he was standing in front of the truck.maybe he was standing "watch" by the truck
This sketch is so detailed, the witness must have seen him pretty close up. But never actually saw the girls either walking or lying by the side of the road?
Yes, evidently they considered themselves Mom and Dad. There is also no mention of the mother or father which I found very odd. Maybe they adopted her tho since she has their names.
She was the daughter of Peter and Vicky Placker. Taylor attended Graham School where she was involved in the 4H Club, cheerleading, and was on the Superintendent's Honor Role. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Ruby and Carl Paschal, and by her paternal grandparents, Petra and Arvie Placker.
Placker and his wife had custody of Taylor, who called them "mom" and "dad." He said Taylor was a straight-A student who quickly made friends when the family moved to Weleetka from Oklahoma City several years ago.