It says the casing had not been resubmitted to NIBIN in "many years". Sounds like an overlook to me. Would love to know what year the Kentucky PD uploaded their info.
Again - only 2 key pieces of physical evidence exist in this case. How one of those wasn't being comprehensively revisited on an annual basis is insane to me. This is the most famous unsolved murder case in modern APD history. Wtf.
Blows my mind up. The single shell casing and the DNA are literally the two most important physical pieces of evidence they had. How does this get overlooked for 34 years.
I agree with you. I also know that after 35 years, multiple suspects, multiple shenanigans by investigators, and the general era of misinformation/conspiracy bullshit that exists today, it would be great if they have a pile of corroborating evidence to present along with the DNA revelation.
Agree 100%. Id love if they could definitively place him in Austin at the time.
I also wonder if they have additional shell casing evidence from another one of his murders.
I mean, he didn’t successfully torch the place. They’ve had his DNA for 35 years.
4 teenage girls scared shitless in the face of an experienced serial killer, who already had one double homicide on his resume. It’s no stretch to me that he was able to control the situation.
With as wary as everyone is about this case I would hope that along with the DNA they are also able to solidly confirm this dude’s presence in the Austin area at the time through a job, residence, etc.
I just spent entirely too much time removing protective tapes, foams and plastic films from a new refrigerator. There were (3) different types of plastic film - a clear that came off fairly easily, a blue that left ragged bits along every edge that needed trimming with an X-acto knife, and a total shitshow pink that needed to be picked off in a thousand pieces like a giant crumbling human scab.
Fuck you, refrigerator packaging dept.
I remember in the mid-late 90s there was a show on PBS where they showed actual unedited surgeries. They would have hip replacements, heart transplants, amputations… whatever the hell was on the docket they would show it. Anyway on one episode an old man came into the ER who had fallen in the shower and sliced his shoulder blade area open like that. It looked like a sword wound from a medieval battle. Or a Snake River Farms brisket. Absolutely gnarly.