I WOULD HAVE LEFT OUT THE INFORMATION ON KENNETH TUCKER, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE POLICE HAD NO LEADS THEY WERE FOCUSING THEIR INVESTIGATION ON HIM, BUT WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT A CONVICTION THEY WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE THIS WAS GOOD OLD FASHIONED POLICE WORK, NOT SO.
IT WAS BRANDON, WHO COULDN'T LIVE WITH WHAT HE SAW. HE HAD TO TELL SOMEONE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
HE FIRST TOLD MY NIECES THEN BOYFRIEND, RONALD. HE WAS AFRAID TO GO TO THE POLICE, BUT HE HAD TO TALK TO SOMEONE. SO HE TOLD RONALD.
RONALD KNEW ABOUT THE REWARD THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED, AND ON 3/01/199 HE WENT TO THE STATE POLICE, ALONG WITH MY NIECE, AND MY MOTHER, AND HE TOLD THEM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT THE SHOOTER.
HOWEVER HE LEFT MY SON OUT OF IT. HE DID THIS ON HIS OWN. HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT BRANDON, AND HE DID NOT WANT TO GET HIM INTO TROUBLE, BUT THIS WAS DECISION HE MADE ON HIS OWN.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY NIECE, NO ONE ELSE WAS PRIVY TO THIS INFO AT THE TIME INCLUDING MY MOTHER WHO DROVE THEM TO THE STATION TO GIVE A STATEMENT.
SO YES HE LEFT SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION OUT WHEN TALKING TO THE POLICE, BUT HE STILL GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO MAKE AN ARREST AND CONVICTION.
HE WANTED THE REWARD, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THAT, AND THIS WAS HIS REASON FOR NOT TELLING ME, OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY WHAT HE KNEW. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT TRY TO TALK HIM OUT OFGOING TO THE COPS, OR PERHAPS HE WAS AFRAID THAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT TRY TO GET THE REWARD.
EITHER WAY HE HADN'T BEEN 100% TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW, WHEN HE TOLD MY MOTHER OR THE POLICE, WHAT HE KNEW.
BUT HE STILL GAVE THEM THEIR KILLER. I WISH HE HAD TALKED TO US FIRST. I WISH HE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL. THE FACT IS HE WASN'T, AND HE HAD HIS REASONS. NEVER THE LESS HE GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO MAKE AN ARREST, AND CONVICTION.
THE REWARD OFFERED, STATED VERY CLEARLY THAT 20,000.00 WOULD BE PAID TO ANYONE WHO CAME FORWARD WITH ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF THE EXXON DRIVER.
RONALD GAVE THEM THEIR INFO LEADING TO ARREST AND CONVICTION AND THEY SCREWED HIM.
NOW I DON'T AGREE WITH RONALD'S MOTIVES, BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY FAMILY OR ANYONE INVOLVED. HE WANTED THAT REWARD AND HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO GO AFTER IT, AND THE COPS SCREWED HIM, AND IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, THEY HAD THE NERVE TO BRAG ABOUT GOOD OLD FASHIONED POLICE WORK.
RONALD HANDED THEM THE SHOOTER IN THEIR LAPS, AND THEY SCREWED HIM.