Thank you for this informative site. I live not too far from Canadian but was unaware he had been found until a few days ago. Breaks my heart.
I guess the saddest part of this story is how close he was to safety. How close he was to home, to Thanksgiving dinner, to his upcoming role in the play, to Graduation, and a promising life. My prayers go out to his family.
This is pure speculation on my part and I hope it is not true. The only reason I say this is because of the radio DJ mentioning he was dismembered and because the audio was posted on FB. I did not read the comments on that post discussing the dismemberment, but this had to have crossed some minds. Knowing that probably his family has already considered this scenario is the only reason I would post it. My heart is filled with compassion and sadness. Prayers for his mother!
But if you are not from this area, or have not been home in a while, then you may not know that there are feral hogs that run loose in the Canadian River area.
Do a Google search for attacks by wild hogs. I am not a wildlife expert or a gun fan, but I dated a guy who lived for sport hunting and went on a hog hunt with him when he took me to meet his family in Arkansas. One of the guys in our group told us he had to scramble up a tree to keep from being gouged. That was in 2009 & back then I do not believe the hogs were as common in this area. But they are now.
I have a very sinking feeling that his death was premeditated. That teens took him out to that area, stripped him naked, and left him for the hogs.
That could explain why his clothes were thrown out the window, IMO. If the kids watched the attack, I do not know how they can continue on this Earth. But feral hogs can devour a human in minutes and digest all but the hair and teeth. And I have heard rumor only his head was found - Worst case scenario. It is just speculation and I pray to God it is not what took place.
That makes leaving the killer on the loose even scarier! Knowing a body disposal is there for the next time too...
Also this possibility makes NL's off-hand comments about him leaving town with an older man even more disgusting. It was hunting season and with all the feeders in that area I would suspect there were many hogs in close proximity. Is it possible NL did not want searchers in the area because it would interfere with the hunt for a trophy mule deer? Shameful, yet possible. How terribly sad this makes me.
Prayers for justice to be served and the guilty put away for life. Also praying that NL be humbled, do the right thing, and step down as Sheriff- in the interest of healing the community. God Bless the folks in Hemphill County.