I'm from Texarkana, Arkansas
Some of you might not know that Texarkana is a twin city. But i do know the real story to this.
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What is the real story?
The killer was ultimately caught. He was an auto thief and was arrested for car theft. His wife told the police about her husband being the killer and everything seemed to fit except that it was just not enough to convict him on the murders so he was never prosecuted for them. He was put in prison (for car theft) and served a few decades in the "Big House".
After his arrest for car theft the murders stopped; which is a pretty good sign that he was the killer but not enough, in itself, to convict. However, the suspicions were so high that he was the killer that parole for his car theft sentence was repeatedly denied to him over the years. Eventually he was released from prison (do not remember exactly when but I think it was AFTER the film was released; I think he was released in the 1980s) and died in the 1990s.
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The car thief's name was Swinney. None of the survivors identified him and there were bloody hand prints at one murder scene that didn't match him. I think this was one of those cases where police just want us to think they solved it because they are embarrassed that they couldn't. Chief investigators continued to look for the killer after Swinney's arrest also so why do that if they had their man?
shareProbably to make certain. That is not surprising as Swinney was not caught in the act; so the investigation continued until they were pretty certain they had their man. No killings occurred after his arrest, but until some time, without killings, had occurred the investigators could not confirm that the killer had been caught.
Of course, like you mentioned, Swinney may actually not have been the killer. Perhaps it was somebody else who happened to be "put out of commission" by dying or also being imprisoned (for an unrelated offense). Who that could have been is anybody's guess-but Swinney sure does look like he was the man.
You are right on target with your assessment. If you send me your e-mail address i will send you a photo of Mr. Swinney that few have seen. [email protected]
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shareA slight correction to your comment that the police were "embarrassed."
Police don't get "embarrassed" over such things because there are some crimes that just don't have enough evidence to point to the culprit.
Bricklayers don't get "embarrassed" because they couldn't finish a job for lack of blueprints.
Firemen don't get "embarrassed" because they didn't have enough time to save a building from fire.
Teachers don't get "embarrassed" because some students just lack a normal IQ & fail no matter what.
Carpenters don't get "embarrassed" because the wood given to them by the company was inferior.
The police generally do their job and yet accept the fact that sometimes a crime goes unsolved. It happens. Thats life. To say the cops were embarrassed infers they did something wrong ...... and the worst that could be said in this case was that they didn't have training like they do today and they weren't backed up by lab tests (i.e. DNA) and such as they are today.
It's also a possibility that the killer was looking for a way out and used the newfound car thief's arrest as a scapegoat.
What better way to solidify that the fall guy is the killer if you stop murdering folks?