Once again, this case is really bothering me. From time to time, I look at the news from Hunt County, TX. Like clockwork, it's always the same thing: announcements of drug-related arrests but complete silence on the Michael Chambers case. Don't get me wrong, law enforcement can and should continue to police drugs but I'm afraid that this Sheriff's office will never be able to reclaim its moral authority until something is done in the Michael Chambers case. They can't continue to sweep this case under the proverbial rug.
The key points/questions are:
1. The evidence is clear, this was NOT a suicide; it was a homicide. Don't lie to the public.
2. The key question is, who would gain something from a homicide? Once you answer that question, pull on that thread. Apply pressure, reinterview people . . .
3. If Hunt County is not able to figure this out, why not hire someone from outside the county to look at the investigatory files and see if they can figure things out? Letting this case go cold is a choice. Don't make the wrong choice.
4. I believe it was a homicide. I'd imagine that the people involved have not been able to keep this a secret for 8+ years. My bet is that they have talked to people about what they did. Leverage that possibility. This relates to reopening the investigation. Talk to people again.
5. Unless people can present evidence to the contrary, I believe that the garage was the crime scene. The location where Mike Chambers was found was simply where they placed him, along with the bike, to make it look like this 70-year-old man rode his bike 15+ miles and was able to do so without anyone seeing him, including construction workers on the Lake Tawakoni Bridge. The suicide "theory" (I put it in quotation marks because it's so laughable it's not even a real theory) doesn't stand up to reason or any thoughtful analysis. People who put Chambers and his bike in that location did so thinking that law enforcement wouldn't be able to figure out what really happened. So far, it appears that the perpetrators' calculation was correct.
6. Let's not forget that Michael Chambers was a first responder. He worked for the Dallas Fire Department until his retirement. Law enforcement should treat every case the same, but the fact that Chambers was one of them should serve as an impetus to solve this case. Resources should be poured into solving this case. The police, the district attorney, the former private investigator -- all of them -- should be working together to get this case across the finish line. Drugs are bad, I get it, but so is murder. Act like it.