Another Thought on Pastor Carol Daniels

I was thinking about how many people found my blog because of my post about Pastor Carol Daniels and I decided to search for her on Yahoo to see if there were any updates. No updates; but, now my blog was on page one for searches or whatever their algorythmn is. Anyways, it got me thinking about something.

The little store that was right next to the church had to be closed on Sunday. There is no report of anyone being in the vicinity except for the old couple that came by. If someone had been at the store than they would have had a lot of questions asked of them and that would have been reported. Something saying that the clerk next door didn't hear or see anything.

Whoever killed the dear pastor must have known that the store was closed on Sundays. I imagine most people in that town knew that. Small town. In a town where you only have one or two small stores, you know when they are open. The killer was someone who knew that town and it's businesses and that people rarely went to the church; but, he would have also known that sometimes people did, just like the old couple.

The killing was not planned for that day, the day wasn't important. The person would have come by each Sunday, prepared; but, waiting to see if anyone else might attend. If the only people that ever came by was the elderly couple and they were consistent in their time as to when they came by, that would indicate something to watch for. Who could watch and would they watch for weeks. Two choices, you would watch the elderly couple waiting for the day when they did not leave at their regular time or watch the church at the expected time of their arrival. I guess then the question would be for the elderly couple.

I would want to know if they elderly couple had planned on leaving their money to the church. I didn't like the fact that the church was destroyed a year later. Not a criticism, just seemed quick to me. Yet, it doesn't appear anyone other than the elderly couple went. I guess now they would have to drive 50 miles to attend church. They would probably just stop going.

So here is my thinking. We know the person came prepared, he brought liquids to destroy dna evidence it said at the time. He knew that the elderly couple were not coming that day (but, he was wrong about that in the end), they just arrived late, maybe they woke up late or maybe they told him that they weren't going. At least they should be asked questions along this line.

There had to more people than just the two elderly ones, otherwise why wouldn't she just minister to them at their house. Sorry, no answers, just trying to see if there are any questions that could still be asked, seems like nothing new has happened in the case.

Something else occurred to me. There was no reports of blood stains outside of the church. It said there was a lot of blood in the church and the person exited via the back door, there should have been bloody steps unless the shoes had been changed. It also didn't report any bloody footsteps inside the church. Did the killer wear the kind of things that surgeons do over their shoes, it is so that they don't slip in blood or get blood on their shoes.

It is possible that the police have a shoe print and just haven't said so. The church is gone so the only physical is in the hands of the police. The only other possible physical evidence is in the possession of the killer.

I am betting that the police do have a suspect. They never caught the person who had set the fires just prior to the killing and the two may be connected. The problem would be evidence. If you have no DNA, no witnesses and no prints, what evidence could you use to convict someone? You would either need the person to confess to someone, anyone or find evidence on the person or in their possession. If the killer remove any evidence and destroyed all his clothes, there isn't much hope of proving anything short of a confession.

I guess the only thing left to do would be to check on everyone that could have been a witness, people that would have usually seen or heard something, neighbors, whatever. Are there any private security firms in the area that should have been by there checking on businesses or any people that regularly made deliveries in that area on Sundays. Not much, not much to go on.

It said in the autopsy that Pastor Daniels had defensive wounds, she fought back; but, they would have checked under her nails for skin from the attacker. Either there wasn't any or they think it is a secret. Nope, the attacker would have known if she had scratched him, no secret there.

This killer was absolutely convinced that nobody was coming by, he wasn't afraid of the screams and he wasn't afraid that burning hair would be noticed on the street. It smells bad. How could anybody take such a big risk unless they were 100% sure that they she would not be heard and that it was safe to stay and stage and even start her hair on fire.

I guess if you had a suspect you could check and see if their cell phone records showed any calls not being picked up while the murder was going on; but, that is really circumstantial. I know they have tried swabbing random people for DNA as in the BTK case. What if you had everyone that lived within one block of the church take a lie detector test, would they be willing to do it in order to catch the killer and eliminate the possibility that it was someone who was within one block? Lets face it, it isn't that many people. Oh and everyone that worked at the store and car wash that was across the street.

I guess what I may be saying is don't be too hard on the Oklahoma police, as I was initially. If what we know is true, they may have a suspect and nothing to prove that he did it. I know, I keep saying him; but, it is the most likely. I know a woman could have done it; but, lets be truthful, Pastor Daniels was a big woman and a woman using a knife to attack a woman that was large would be very risky and Pastor Daniels did defend herself so a smaller woman is unlikely.

There are what, 6,000 people in Anandarko, I mean eliminate all women, all children under 15 and all people that were attending church or otherwise accounted for. How many people are left in a town of 6,000 in the bible belt that includes Oklahoma. Now how many of the ones remaining even knew who the Pastor was, come on, she showed up on Sundays to a church that nobody attended, how many people in that town even knew of her? These numbers are not big.

So you narrow it down to a few suspects and then what, what do you do when you don't have any evidence other than circumstantial? How do you even get a warrant to search someone's house? I will bet money that the killer is low paid or unemployed, I will bet that it is a younger man, maybe in his 20s or very early 30s. I will bet they live in Anandarko and do not attend church unless their parents force them; but that is unlikely as his parents would have noticed that he did not attend on that day.

I am just free style thinking. No knowledge, just writing. You take a town of 6,000 and if you have no suspects then you begin by eliminating suspects in a ring that goes outward. That is hard work and the only choice you have. Even after that you only get suspects, still no evidence. Don't be too hard on them.