ST Murder Investigation Thread

"People like to talk about what they don't know."

thats exactly right, and precisely what people are doing...which, in my mind, is fine...

nobody is really giving any credence to outlandish mafia stories, its sort of well...this seems odd...

it is very possible it was completely random, but most things are not- as such we have to take the good with the bad...many people have brought up solid points in this thread, while others are pure conjecture...what do you expect? everyone is a jr sleuth (including me- and a bad one at that). As I've said before, talking about the "case" helps me deal with it, and I imagine I'm not the only one. I certainly hope I'm not offending anyone, but again, if you are offended by the topic, don't read it- as you must know a degree (large?) of speculation will be taking place...

I went back and read the entire thread, and I think you're right to let it go on. It is a bit frustrating that the Board is inundated with so many new members, some of whom don't seem to have much of substance to say as of yet.

I like reading everyone's speculation and theories. I dont care how crazy the theory I think it should be heard. We are fans speculating on a message board so anything we say (right or wrong) doesnt matter one bit. The only people that cant speculate are the cops. They have to work with the facts they have so let them do the real crime work and let us speculate because what we think doent matter.

The Post had the best article I've seen on this topic in this morning's paper: washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines (http://washingtonpost.com)

As you can tell from the idiotic comments that people have left on the website, people cannot accept the possibility that this crime was really a burgulary gone wrong. Perhaps we'll find out something later, but right now this article makes quite a bit of sense. I love how everyone puts on their detective hats and starts saying "oh, he had a machete under the bed, that is so crazy, he must have known something was going to happen, I've seen that in a movie once." Well, in subtropical climates a machete is a really common gardening tool and you can get it at any hardware store. I have a baseball bat under my bed and there's no one 'gunning' for me.

Or "oh, a knife was left on the bed, so that was clearly a mafia style message, I've seen that in a movie once." Well, a better explanation would be that it was a kitchen knife and was used as a tool to pry open a window and to try to get into a safe as the article postulates.

Or, "they kicked in the door, clearly this was a hit, I've seen it in a movie once. Plus, no one knew he was going to be home so clearly the hit man was staking out the property." Well, perhaps a much better explanation is that the criminals did not expect to find anyone in the house, they kicked in the door to find a safe, and then pissed down their leg when they saw someone in the room with a machete. They poped off two shots and ran, unfortunately they were fatal, but that wasn't the intent.

Or, the worst one of all, which I've actually now heard a couple of times, "he was shot in the groin, clearly this is something to do with retribution from someone Jackie was having an affair with, I've seen it in a movie once." Or, most people don't know how to properly handle a firearm, these criminals had seen 'Scarface' and thought violence was stylized but when when reality came in all they could do was pop off a few blind shots and run.

Rush to judgement off information that you've never seen and off reports that are contradictory. The really horrible part is that if this really as a random (random in that they were not intending to murder Sean Taylor, just try to get at the safe), then the odds of actually catching these individuals will decline. And people like Colin Cowherd and Mike 'from the streets' Wilbon still won't be satisfied.

I agree. Good article that makes it seem like this could have really been random.

CNN is reporting (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/29/taylor/index.html) that "Lt. Nancy Perez with the Miami-Dade Police Department said investigators were looking for an "unknown suspect." What the hell does that mean? Does that mean that they are looking for evidence which will lead them to identify and locate a person? Or does it mean that they have already identified someone, whose identity has not been revealed to the press?

This same spokeswoman gave misleading statements the other day. Aren't spokespersons supposed to be articulate?

BTW, I personally don't like the speculation about Taylor's wife. This poor woman lost her fiance and the father of her child, yet people are willing to pin the blame on her without any real support?
I'm all for the fact that the police are not giving into the preasure of the press and giving out any of the info they may have. We just had an arrest here in my area where the police kept saying that they had no info and did not have any clues to who the killer was in this case. The very next day they arrested the killer and explained that they held th info from the public so they did not tip off the suspect. So its very hard to tell what the police even have at this time.

Don't have a link but just reported that 3 men have been detained for questioning in Miami per Redskins Radio reportedly from the miami herald.

Don't have a link but just reported that 3 men have been detained for questioning in Miami per Redskins Radio reportedly from the miami herald.

3 detained in Sean Taylor homicide - 11/30/2007 - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/854/story/326903.html)

3 detained in Sean Taylor homicide - 11/30/2007 - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/854/story/326894.html)

3 men have been brought in for questioning. Hopefully this leads somewhere.

This is great news. From what Fox News (:doh:) just said, it looks like it was an attempted burglary...

I so hope that ultimately those responsible are NOT from ST's past and people will honor his time here with us instead of continually dredging up his previous relationships.