Thursday, February 23, 2017

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Peter Hyatt on "Crime Wire": The Murder of Amanda Blackburn 


February 23, 2017, Peter Hyatt will be a guest on "Crime Wire" live broadcast, and will be taking your calls and questions at 9am to 1030AM EST.  

Amanda Blackburn was a victim of a sexual homicide in which arrests have been made. 

Questions, however, remain in one of the most bizarre 'solved' murder cases of recent years. 

Peter Hyatt will share analysis of the case, including deception detection techniques, and what this may mean for justice.  

Imagine Publicity Blog  :  broadcast of the show on Madeleine McCann 2016.  

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flightfulbird said...

I've said before - Taylor and Watson were not choirboys. They had records - Indianapolis is safer with them locked up. But I remain unconvinced that they inflicted ANY of Amanda's injuries - what happened to her was way too personal for it to have been a random burglary gone wrong.

It does no harm for IMPD to have these two off the street while they are awaiting trial. Yes interesting that they didn't take plea deals. Their defense attorneys/public defenders should have a field day with Davey on the stand - creating reasonable doubt for their clients should not be all that hard. It doesn't hurt that the homeowner / husband of the decedent said he had no idea anyone (intruders) had been in his house and that he left the front door unlocked when he left.

flightfulbird said...

I do not expect LE to pounce on Davey in court. I do expect Davey to not be able to keep his tangled web of lies straight (he already cannot) and that his words and actions on the stand - and his statements in the APC compared to his statements since then - will lead to further investigation as to his foreknowledge of, or participation in, his wife's murder (or both) - if an investigation is not already quietly happening.

if it helps you to think that because Davey is roaming free right now, he is innocent of anything to do with Amanda's murder - whether foreknowledge or setting it up or actively his own hands - then go ahead and cling to that thought like a life preserver.

I believe things are going to come out in those trials that will cast a new light on Davey and on the story has been feeding to his audiences. It could be pointed out that the front door could have been left unlocked on purpose. Even if Larry Taylor was the guy who actually pulled the trigger on Amanda, it could be revealed that this was a hit and the whole scheme was set up by her husband to simultaneously give him his now-carefree, lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous dream existence and also eliminate a major source of anger, friction and future responsibility.

I believe Davey telegraphed what was going to happen to Amanda on Sunday November 8th and then worked through the playbook a page at a time over the next couple of days. Kicking the enemy in the teeth, shooting away your worries - Amanda could be considered an enemy if she was monitoring his internet sites, maybe threatening to take Weston and leave him. Davey was definitely worried about their expecting another baby which would mean more financial hardship and maybe a real job to go along with his "go train in the gym and then go sit at Starbucks and write my 'sermons' " job.

Clearly these two had an unreal amount of friction between them - clearly they were not happy together. Why live with your worry when you can just shoot it away?

There was motive. More than one motive. It is more than obvious that Davey has been lying all this time about saying he had no idea anyone had been in his house and that he honestly thought Amanda had miscarried the unborn baby. And there would be no need whatsoever for him to lie about what he saw and thought if things had happened exactly as we are meant to think that they did.

Time will tell. In the meantime, the discussion continues. And I wonder how long the family will protect the image at the risk of something happening to Weston.



Anonymous said...

I don't think Davey is "innocent." (I should say, I don't know, but none of the so-called "evidence" cited here ad nauseam implicates DB.)

I find it illogical to believe LE has any evidence that implicates DB, or they would act on it. This is real forensics...real life investigation, not a tv drama. LE doesn't work like a tv drama. If they had linked DB, you can bet he'd be brought in.

BTW, this is where many of you try to use other crimes as analogies (Redwine, for instance). The BIG difference is that those other "late" arrests were on LE radar from the beginning, and they didn't try to hide that.

They are not investigating Davey, whatever you may think, and I repeat, if they had anything linking Davey, they would go after him, and it would be no secret.

flightfulbird said...

Anon at 1:14pm wrote
^ ^ The BIG difference is that those other "late" arrests were on LE radar from the beginning, and they didn't try to hide that


Dare to dream. IMPD's clearing Davey 100%, no 150% within the timeframe that IMPD cleared him was a calculated move. Davey should have been and I believe he has been on LE's radar from the beginning - from the time the 911 dispatcher sent a fire truck to a murder scene.

And at the time they cleared Davey and even went on the news emphasizing the great extent of his "clearing", no suspects had even been arrested yet so there is no way they could clear him from a connection to them - if they didn't even know who was supposedly involved yet. No way he could be cleared of any connection whatsoever to setting up a hit to cause "what happened to Amanda", as he and Amber like to sugarcoat it.


I am sure the IMPD officers wondered why IFD Engine 12 had to actually summon them to the Blackburn house - I am sure they wondered why they weren't sent there at the same time as the paramedics - - because clearly things had happened in that house that required more than just medical attention. The paramedics walked in to find not just an "injured and unconscious" wife on the floor - it was an active murder scene - and then they called in IMPD.


Repeating yet again - documented in the Affidavit of Probable Cause -

Jacola Searsbrook and Alison Becker called 911 reporting burglaries to their property. IMPD responded.
Davey Blackburn called 911 reporting that he found his wife injured and unconscious - IFD paramedics responded.

Why didn't IMPD appear at Davey's house along with the paramedics? Because THEY had no idea they were needed.
I believe 100%, no 150% that the 911 call will support this.

Hence the reason Davey started saying and has kept on saying that he had no idea anyone had been in his house and that he thought Amanda miscarried - because it is quite probable that during the 911 call that Davey made as soon as he could, he -

- did not report a home invasion, because he said it was at the hospital that he actually found out there had been a h-home invasion
and
- did not report the extent of Amanda's injuries which were clearly not accidental and could have only happened in an assault


Further, there is no way in real life forensics and crime scene investigation that IMPD could have gone through Davey's phone records and internet searches, talked to friends and family and neighbors, gathered their evidence from the house and analyzed it, gotten the DNA results back from Amanda's fingernail scrapings, done whatever it took to rule out any involvement whatsoever on his part - in the timeframe in which they cleared him.

IMPD cleared Davey - stating that / because he was seen on camera at LA Fitness during a certain timeframe - during the timeframe Davey had said he was at the gym - which was also when 'earwitness' Natasha Jones Tank said she heard two gunshots and what sounded like a woman scream at 6:40-6:45am.

But Davey being seen on camera at the gym only shows that he was at the gym between certain times on the morning of Tuesday November 10th at the time his wife was supposed to have been being attacked.

And Davey was most insistent on making sure everyone knew he was at the gym at that certain time - even to the point of reposting the announcement on the Resonate Facebook page to include that he was at the gym when the first announcement hadn't included that tidbit of information.

The gym was his alibi. Yeah he was seen on camera there in a certain timeframe, so what. That doesn't mean something couldn't have happened to Amanda anytime on Monday or on Tuesday morning before he left for the gym.

And it doesn't mean that Davey's whole agenda on Monday the 9th - meeting with this person, taking care of this, pushing the ball forward - did not also include fine tuning the details of a hit on his wife.

Anonymous said...

.....and if they "wondered" these things, rest assured they looked into them.

You're so determined to contrive everything to fit your repetitive "evidence," but it doesn't seem to penetrate that if YOU ... a blog commenter with no special knowledge .... know these things, LE is sure to know them, as well. Maybe....just maybe....you are lacking a ton of information. Does that occur to you?

Even Peter rides the fence on this one. "Guilty knowjedge," according to his SA "conclusion," but as people often do, you and others here put your own special interpretation to that. I'm sure you think Peter's analysis indicated deception proving him guilty of murder.

Pathetic people.

OJ said...

http://crimefeed.com/2015/08/5-infamous-cases-that-prove-getting-away-with-murder-isnt-so-hard/

OJ said...

https://m.ranker.com/list/killers-caught-years-later/jacob-shelton

flightfulbird said...

I believe IMPD did look into these things and are continuing to look into them and build a case. It takes time.

When I read posts like the one at 5:14pm, it seems to me that some are attempting to reassure themselves that Davey is not on IMPD's radar because he was cleared and surely something would have happened and they would have brought him in by now if he was going to be on the hook for this in any way whatsoever.

No question that I am lacking a ton of information about this case. The 911 call would be a huge piece of it, if for no other reason that it would confirm what Davey said and did not say and end the endless questions from me and others about its contents.

But we do have a decent amount of information - information that is true, on the record, stated by Davey, unable to be retracted. In print and on video on the internet, archived forever (in case it disappears) by people who know there is more to the story than has come out so far.

And from the information that Davey himself has shared, from his actions and words surrounding Amanda's assault and murder both before it happened and since then - there is a clear indication that things do not add up about this case. You know it. Everyone knows it.

I am so determined to find an answer to this comparison of Davey's words and I will not stop bringing it up (aka rehashing it over and over) until I get an answer.

Contriving things to fit happens here when some of us spitball what might have happened. Like the question of whether Weston was wandering around downstairs at any point before Davey arrived home or whether he was upstairs cooing in his room behind the still-closed, untouched (completely untouched) door the whole time the mayhem was going on downstairs. Amber herself said "why did this have to happen in front of Weston. . .I mean, I know he was upstairs but. . . " Even with her statement, it's not proof that Weston was downstairs and saw Amanda. Various scenarios have been presented about where Weston might have been - and Amber's statement looks shady, like she didn't stick to the script and caught herself and Weston was sitting next to Amanda when Davey walked in - but that's as far as we can take it right now.

One might call that a contrived story or scenario.

But for Davey to say over and over and over this past 22 1/2 months that he had no idea anyone had been in his house and that he honestly thought Amanda had a miscarriage, yet not mention maybe losing the baby to anyone on phone or text that morning - just pray for Amanda, she's on the floor unconscious, she has a head wound - raises questions about him.

And there should be no need to contrive any explanation for an answer to the question of why he said both of these things when all of the evidence HE SAW - when he walked into his house - pointed toward a home invasion and assault on his wife.

Can you or anyone else explain why Davey would change his story? Asked and not answered, over and over and over. Here is another chance, if you please.

- continued next post -

flightffulbird said...

- continued from last post -

I'll own pathetic people for myself, shoe lint even - call me whatever you like if what I write here and elsewhere, in even the smallest way, points to the truth about what happened November 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th (as well as the rest of the week, the house visit on Friday the 13th) in 2015.

Please rest easy if Davey had nothing to do with what happened to Amanda - sweet and peaceful dreams assured. She's in heaven and good is coming from her death! And if IMPD thinks none of this information is relevant then I am sure they will have no problem whatsoever ignoring it. Neither should anyone else have any trouble rolling and scrolling and chalking this up to the ramblings of a bottom feeder loser with no life away from a laptop screen (which is not true, but fine if that helps you to believe this about me).

The continued need to post on this board that we who post here must think we are smarter than law enforcement, that surely Davey would have been taken in by now if he was involved - looks to be an attempt to quell the discussion.

Again, it takes time to build an absolutely solid, airtight case. And just because the life insurance paid out, that is not a clear cut sign that Davey was not/is not involved. It wouldn't be the first time that a wife died, life insurance was paid out and then her husband was arrested years later for her murder.

OJ said...

Wow. Was Redwine really on LE's radar from the beginning? If so, wow. I wonder why it took three years to name him as a POI and five years to arrest him. If had any evidence that implicated Redwine, you'd think they would have acted on it before five years had passed. Why didn't they go after him in that five years? Was LE just sitting on their thumbs with evidence? Anyway, thanks Anon. If gives me hope.
It sounds like you have some insider knowledge. Do you think Redwine will be convicted? Is he guilty?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sigh

Davey has not been arrested, charged, and if he's being investigated, certainly nothing is sticking. Looks like you sleuths have spent weeks and years of your lives barking up the wrong tree....not to mention Peter's erroneous "guilty knowledge" SA conclusion.

All this effort.....gone with the wind.

September 29, 2017 at 6:37 PM
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Anonymous :- if you don't mnd, could you explain where Peter was erroneous in his statement analysis conclusion and what makes you think so?

Anonymous said...

Additional discoveries - a transcript - were filed for all three thugs today.

Anonymous said...

NO, actually it was yesterday...

Anonymous said...

What does that mean Bobcat? It sounds to me like the defendants are ready to fight back? Not one of them seems ready to take the fall?

Hey Jude said...


Davey's latest message, in which is continued the saga of Weston's potty mishaps, further disparagement of Amanda, and some difficulty in saying what he wants to say.

https://resonateindy.com/sermons/thriving-in-babylon/get-your-hopes-up

Trudy said...

Crazy, crazy Davey. He is so off beam. The latest sermon is entitled "thriving (not just surviving) in Babylon." The fact that "Babylon" is now synonymous with sin and hubris, folly and greed in the Western world, seems to have escaped his notice. Then again, maybe not. Maybe it's taunting. Who else but the sociopath hiding in plain sight would write a sermon about "thriving in Babylon" (as he is clearly doing) less than 2 years after his wife and unborn baby were brutally murdered? Thriving, ffs. In Babylon.

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't it be funny if the substantial delay in the publication of Davey's book is because it contains incriminating evidence?

Anonymous said...

Is Amber moving to the Serendipity Mansion?

flightfulbird said...

Nothing is Wasted Serendipity LLC - if Davey's 5000+ square foot newly renovated house with a pool and a library being titled in that name instead of his own name (and including the word "serendipity") doesn't speak volumes, what does.

I just fortunately and by chance have the happy experience to own this majorly huge nice house because my wife was killed in a random home invasion by guys who live all the way across town from my puny ex-house ! - wow what an exceedingly fortunate and pleasant coincidence !

serendipity defined -

The New Oxford Dictionary of English defines serendipity as the occurrence and development of events by chance in a satisfactory or beneficial way

Also defined as -

a fortunate happenstance

a pleasant surprise

Obvious at most and in the poorest taste at best for Davey to combine this word with the words Nothing is Wasted engraved on Amanda and Evie's tombstone- as the title for his HOUSE !

And my choice of word of puny above is how I believe Davey thought of his ex-house - delusions of grandeur, I deserve better, that guy. I thought the Sunnyfield Court house was nice - and it would be much more easy for a "single dad" (as he likes to keep calling himself) to care for a smaller space while working and caring for Weston.

About Weston - when he sees these videos of his "daddy" - who he trusts and loves - sharing his toilet training experiences week after week with not only local people who go to Resonate, but whoever is watching on the web - over and over and over - he will feel betrayed and never be able to trust Davey. That stuff is personal, or should be. It shouldn't be used onstage as an attempt to get laughs.

Quite a foundation and relationship you're building with your son, Davey - who unfortunately has to live with you. You can't use Amanda for your verbal (and physical?) punching bag anymore - you had to find someone else to tear down to try to make yourself taller.

Why the need to point out the negative things - something that down the road will alienate someone you supposedly love? Telling this about Weston says more about your self control than it does about his.

Anonymous said...

Amanda Cummings, Davey's neighbor and Mel's now owner, said she spoke to Davey the night before Amanda died (1:20 mark):

https://www.facebook.com/ResonateIndy/videos/1316000881758990/?hc_ref=ARRMOiIgtZizgHV0EeqIEyy1WLxwToJlX5uZXaJWVwYRn6bdAbQU5UgeJo5MWVzAULg

Bobcat said...

Amanda Cummings was likely speaking of the 10th in the hospital.
And she uses the word "died" as opposed to "passed" or "went to be with Jesus".

Hey Jude said...

Trudy - I think by 'Babylon' he means the modern world.

Flightful, yes - Davey using Weston's potty mishaps for sermon material says he doesn't much consider Weston to be his own person, more something of a prop. Davey asking his audience for any advice - why doesn't he listen to Weston first? He said he had asked, " For a little privacy." He probably hears adults saying that to him when they use the bathroom, and he wants to be alone with his potty, too. Davey is such a control freak, he is so likely to be hovering and badgering him, increasing his anxiety.

I like that Weston winked - it was more likely mimicking someone who winked to reassure him than intended as the p*ss take Davey seems to have taken it to be.

Anonymous said...

Reply 539 on DataLounge thread - nice catch (bolded)

Davey Blackburn Ministries, LLC was registered by his agent Michael Head in Jan. 2017 (the same individual listed as the agent for NIW Serendipity LLC). The street address locates his office space in a retail complex across the parking lot from the Chase bank where Jalen Watson and Diano Gordon successfully withdrew funds from Amanda's card on the morning of the shooting. (Bank address: 1313 W 86th St). Coincidentally (or serendipitously?) there is a conveniently placed Starbucks in the same parking lot with a good view of the Chase bank.

I think Michael Head is Davey's lawyer, not just his agent.
Another random coincidence that Michael Head's office is right across the parking lot from that Chase location. The thugs passed up however many more Chase ATMs (and non-Chase ATMs) to go to this specific one. Interesting.

Anonymous said...

What's "interesting" about it?

Trudy said...

Why did they take just one card and drive to the damn bank at all, leaving LT at the crime scene? This is the weirdest 'burglary' ever. And if, that WAS their modus operandi, why the hell didn't they wake Jacola and demand her PIN and leave LT there while they went to her bank(s)? They could have saved themselves a trip to Sunnyfield altogether. Can anyone think of a reason they didn't wake Jacola to get her PIN? (Allegedly, according to the CI, LT wanted to kill Jacola because they were seen on her security camera; but he was unwilling to wake her, get her PIN and wait while the others went to her bank?).

The location of Starbucks and the lawyers office and Resonate and the bank are interesting. What's the bet that crazy Davey had himself a meeting with his own "don't worry about it boss, I know a guy" connection at that Starbucks? The church and the lawyer in close proximity, coupled with crazy Davey's much talked about (by him) coffee addiction give him a legitimate reason for being in the area and provides a good cover.

Trudy said...

daveyblackburnNothing like a 6am breakfast with men who are passionate about connecting with Jesus and connecting with each other!

6 am, hey? I wonder if he locked the door when he left his shiny, new house, this morning.

I hate that crazy Davey off handedly says he left his house unlocked because Amanda "was about to get up, anyways".

About to get up means still in bed. Still in bed means vulnerable and unprotected. She was three months pregnant, had bad morning sickness, a toddler asleep, her dog locked away, and her husband at the gym. Even if this truly was a random burglary, what kind of a man could excuse himself for failing to lock the door - an act that could have saved her life - and have no remorse or survivor's guilt?

If this was truly a burglary, crazy Davey's failure to lock the door, and allow the dog out, resulted in Amanda's murder. There are no two ways about it. He is to blame for Amanda's and the baby's murder.

What kind of man could use the word 'serendipitous' to describe the home bought with his murdered wife's insurance? What kind of man talks about "thriving" after such horror? One kind of man, only. Sociopath.

Ping ping said...

"Nothing like having breakfast with men who are passionate about connecting with each other"

Davey -, I'm totally not gay, bro, really, honestly, 100% not, please believe me, I'm not even a little bit gay, no word of a lie, I pinky promise, not at all, no, no, no, no, no, what? No. Cross my heart. Of course not, why would you even ask that? No, actually, to tell you the truth, no. not at all, - Blackburn.

flightfulbird said...

Yes he pings for sure, even without comments like "going in hard and deep" with Levi Lusko.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYwi3GiFiqu/?hl=en&taken-by=daveyblackburn

Whoever wrote upthread that this Instagram pic looks like two lovers pillow talking was spot on. It looks like "this is Cornelius" is on (talking from) his bed?

Trudy said...

I'd like to add that Amanda's "normal" position in the morning - until 8:00, when Weston woke up - was "propped up in bed".

Why wouldn't you lock the door if you knew your pregnant wife is likely to be alone, with a toddler in the house, and "propped up in bed" innocently reading her bible?

Crazy Davey knew she wasn't "about to get up anyways." at 6:10am. According to him, if she was awake, she would have been in her usual position, "propped up in bed" reading her bible. (Or on both knees, bowing, beside the bed, in a posture of complete surrender, praying that God would use her " in a really big way".) He left her vulnerable and defenceless.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

RE: Trudy @ 10:53 PM October 6, 2017

I hear you- the lack of survivor's guilt is incredible (as in unbelievable, literally). Davey says that Amanda "was about to get up anyway" because he can't say "She was awake" or "She was still asleep" or even "She was awake but slow moving", as he not-so-subtly slammed her in speaking of a different morning. But, he will not take responsibility for the unlocked door- preferring to Spread the blame to Amanda (like the act of her getting up would have magically locked the door). Unless he never remembered to lock the door and she always had to check it behind him, his excuse doesn't work either. That would make him even more of a negligent husband and less of the "MAN" he works so hard to portray himself to be. Real men know they're such and don't have a need to continually remind everyone around them. They have no NTP because they know what they are. By the same token, Davey knows what kind of man he is to and he knows what he is not.

Davey didn't say she was still sleeping, he didn't say she was awake, and he didn't say was up. He had three "normal" choices to choose from and consciously avoided any of the three for months following her murder. As a matter of fact, he didn't even address her at all that morning (outside of "finding her face down in a pool of blood"), until he was essentially forced to address the ongoing social media chatter (doubts/accusations/Affadavit of Reasonable Cause statement discussions ). He tried shutting down discussion by simultaneously playing the grieving husband and father card, while talking forgiveness and labeling his detractors as "shoe lint" (irritating, annoying, bothersome, requiring action on his part to alleviate his discomfort).

Between Davey's "I got up around 4:00-4:10 a.m.) and I left for the gym about 6:00 a.m.", Amanda was either sleeping, awake, up, unconscious/incapacitated, or injured/dying. His refusal to verbally commit to any of first three is sensitive,given his "the condition I found her in". The Sunnyfield Court house is not that big and by his admission, he had at least 2 hours before he left and yet only accounts for 10-30 minutes worth of that: "I spent some time in the Word (which he later clarified to 10 minutes), "I prayed for protection for Amanda and Evie...", and "I grabbed my bag and headed for the gym.". He has so far refused to publicly address the unaccounted for time as well. Neither are the expected or normal, especially for one who thinks he is so important that his audience is interested in the details of his marital, spiritual, social, and fitness life. It's been my experience in life thus far, that when detail-oriented people begin dropping details from their conversations, they're hiding something (serious illness, affair, financial trouble, marital trouble, etc.).

Anonymous said...

Around the 5:35 mark, Amanda talks about her routine of getting up early to do her devotions, which we know were in her bedroom. Makes no sense that Davey would say Amanda was about to get up so he left the door unlocked. She spent most of her morning upstairs and Weston was upstairs so why he would leave a door downstairs unlocked for Amanda's benefit makes no sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQJMlgc1O7A

Anonymous said...

Why does DB need to detail the "unaccounted" time for you blog commenters? As long as LE has been informed (and....GASP...they have been), you and your fiction writing and theories really don't matter.

flightfulbird said...

For the hundredth time, comparing the statements Davey made to Detective Pete Perkins to what he keeps saying in his appearances is NOT fiction writing or a theory.

And if Davey would care to explain why his statements made on the morning of November 10th directly contradict each other, this discussion about what he said could be ended.

But he won't explain - so it won't end.

And it's not fiction writing - or a theory - to wonder why Davey would tell Detective Perkins that there was a Swisher Sweet package on the counter that did not belong in their residence. . .

. . . and then repeat over and over that he had no idea anyone had been in his house - and that he actually found out in the hospital that there had been a h- home invasion (what, was he effing blind that morning when he walked in from the gym and found Amanda in the condition she was in ? - he knows there's no way Amanda could end up like on her own and with all of those items scattered around her on the floor) - and that he was taking mental snapshots of things that were out of place so he could tell investigators later ?

It's also not fiction writing - or a theory - to wonder why Davey would honestly think the only thing going on that morning was that Amanda had just lost the baby right here, but um . . .

. . . after he saw severe head trauma, bleeding from her left arm and right upper back, shirt pulled up and underwear off, multiple teeth knocked out, bruising and swelling. Even if he didn't know there were bullets (another stretch), Davey knew there was no way all of this could happen from (1) a fall (2) a miscarriage (3) insert another random reason for this.

And only part of what Davey said is documented in the APC - enough to know there is more to the story -but IMPD and FBI have much more detailed statements combined with the stumbling and stuttering on media appearances and probably in the 911 call as well.

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flightfulbird said...

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Nice post, foolsfeedonfolly at 3:03pm. Quoted from post -

Davey didn't say she was still sleeping, he didn't say she was awake, and he didn't say was up. He had three "normal" choices to choose from and consciously avoided any of the three for months following her murder. As a matter of fact, he didn't even address her at all that morning (outside of "finding her face down in a pool of blood"), until he was essentially forced to address the ongoing social media chatter (doubts/accusations/Affadavit of Reasonable Cause statement discussions ). ....

Between Davey's "I got up around 4:00-4:10 a.m.) and I left for the gym about 6:00 a.m.", Amanda was either sleeping, awake, up, unconscious/incapacitated, or injured/dying. His refusal to verbally commit to any of first three is sensitive, given his "the condition I found her in".


Davey did have three "normal" choices of how Amanda could have been when he left the house - but she is invisible. I believe that if she was in one of the "normal" conditions (still sleeping - or awake still in bed - or up and cruising around the house which is less likely at that early of a time) then he would have said it at SOME point over the past year and almost eleven months.

That he will not describe any of these normal conditions - or even mention Amanda at all on Tuesday before he left - means he cannot. Why would he leave out this timeframe on such a critically important morning - especially as much as he likes to share (way too much information actually) about his thoughts and feelings and what he sees and does in his life.

Davey doesn't NEED to detail all of the unaccounted time for us shoe lint blog writers. But if he had done this months and months ago, HE could have quelled the discussion. Now it's like an obvious crack in his carefully orchestrated plan that is growing larger and larger.

Davey did not mention Amanda's condition or give any indication that she was alive at ANY point after her laughing hysterically/ gut laughing on Monday night at "dumb finds on Instagram". He wrote to Weston in his blog "and that was the last time you saw her" - referring to Monday night when she tucked him in and kissed him goodnight.

His failure to reassure that Amanda was ok on Tuesday morning or say ANYTHING about her - whether she was sleeping peacefully, up and around getting ready for the day, on top of the bed having her quiet time, brushing her teeth, that he kissed her goodbye under the covers, or even that he snuck out quietly so he wouldn’t wake her - - combined with the discrepancies in his statements over and over and over - it's going to get really interesting really fast.

Yes, there have been some theories and fiction writing here - some of which might be accused of fiction but might actually hit close to the truth - time will tell. But Davey's actual statements - combined with what he has not said - this DOES matter.

Bobcat said...

...referring to Monday night when she tucked him in...

He never specified that it was Monday night, only that it was the night before she was killed. Either way, he is the one writing fiction in his blog to protect Weston from what actually happened IN FRONT OF HIM.

flightfulbird said...

According to Amber, Davey was chasing Weston around the couch during the "family dinner at Mamaw's house" on Monday night - after she and Amanda had gone on Monday to Traders Point indoor PARK with all of their children after Weston's morning nap - and then they were jumping in the pile of leaves at Mamaw’s house - and then the two of them spent the rest of the afternoon shopping, running errands and drinking their favorite Starbucks drinks.

The story we are being led to believe is that "everything that happened" to Amanda - happened on Tuesday morning while Davey was (conveniently) at the gym, or on the way to or from the gym.

Amber and Davey’s statements and blog posts actually lead to the belief that something terrible happened to Amanda well before Tuesday morning - and all of the smoke and mirrors and stories about Monday and the rest of the week are to confuse the issue and make it look like she was still alive and well right up until "these guys” allegedly entered the house on Tuesday morning.

The night before she was killed - could have been Sunday?

And yeah I think Weston saw things happen to Amanda. Far too much need for Davey to convince over and over that he was still upstairs (cooing no less) behind his still closed, still untouched door - and Amber's slip in the podcast substantiates it as well.

Trudy said...

The absence of the expected statement speaks as loudly as the unexpected statement. Where was Amanda on Tuesday morning, the last time cd saw her? The last time before he left the house at 6:10 am?

What were the last words she spoke to him, if any, before he grabbed his gym bag/clothes and left her to her fate?
He speaks about spending time in the word, grabbing his gym bag/gym clothes (important enough to mention twice?)


If she was asleep, what else besides the hysterical "like I'd never heard" laughter at dumb instagrams finds?

There is a blank

We don't know. We should know.

The last everything suddenly becomes significant when a person you love dies.

We don't know where Amanda was the last time he saw her, nor the last words she said to him. It is unexpected.

What we do have is "she was laughing hysterically, like I'd never seen.".

Is that quote right?

TLDR. What is missing is as important as what is there..

Anonymous said...

Did Davey say that Amanda was about to get up and that is why he left the door unlocked? That would put her in bed, either sleeping or awake but still in bed. Or did Davey just say that in general terms as to why he would leave the door unlocked. Why he isn't more specific about what Amanda was doing that morning is telling. We know Davey reads these blogs and adds details to address questions but he never directly addressed what Amanda was doing that morning. Or what he was doing that morning, either, other than the 10-15 minutes he spent in the word. The black SUV that came down his street at 6:00am and left a minute later maybe carried more than just stolen loot.

And Davey is adamant that the 911 call not be released and is doing all he can to prevent that.

Anonymous said...

anon @ 12:11pm

"And Davey is adamant that the 911 call not be released and is doing all he can to prevent that"

Where has that been documented?

Anonymous said...

Anon at 3:39 PM, I know that from some inside info. It's really the only inside info that I have but he doesn't want it released.

flightfulbird said...

The Marion County Prosecutor's Office said the 911 call is not being released because it's part of an active investigation. If the 911 call is part of the investigation of those who "were arrested for Amanda" and who will be on trial in the springtime (Davey's word, the time of a fresh start and new beginning - cue the butterflies and sunshine and rainbows and unicorns) then I cannot imagine a reason that it wouldn't be released then.

To withhold the 911 call during/after the trials of those currently accused and in custody would look like IMPD / the prosecutor's office are hiding something. The argument can be made that there is an active investigation ongoing NOW against these guys being held - but once the trials start, the investigation is over right? Unless there is someone else being actively investigated.


If the 911 call shows Davey reporting that someone broke into his house and attacked his wife - there would really be no reason to withhold it now. Allegedly the thugs broke in (actually walked in through an unlocked front door, but we are not supposed to think they were allowed or expected to have done that) and got Amanda into the condition she was in - it should be cut and dried already.

The freaked-out husband walks in from the gym, sees his wife, realizes intruders have been there and done this - and reports it. He reports EVERYTHING he saw just as he saw it. Clear cut. So why withhold what he said in the call? What would be the reason for keeping it under wraps?

Well - what if Davey didn't report everything he saw just as he saw it?

THAT would be a reason to withhold it - if they are investigating Davey, building a case. I think the words included in the Affidavit of Probable Cause were chosen for a reason. Especially the one line that says David Blackburn stated that the Swisher Sweet package did not belong in their residence.

That one line turns Davey's "I had no idea anyone had been in my house" story into a flat-out lie which has been repeated ever since.

And also from the words in the Affidavit of Probable Cause that say David Blackburn called 911 reporting that he found his wife, Amanda Blackburn, injured and unconscious on the living room floor of their home.

The 911 dispatcher's choice of what equipment to send was based on what was said and more importantly, NOT said in the call - so it would be no surprise if the investigation includes Davey.

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flightfulbird said...

- continued from last post -

The poster at 7:38pm has inside information that Davey does not want the 911 call released. . .

I would be shocked if Davey could do anything on his own to prevent the release of the 911 call - then again it looks like he has friends in high places who might be able to do so. I do not remember anything written or said that indicates that Davey is actively trying to prevent it.

But IF I was Davey and I KNEW I was totally innocent and had nothing whatsoever to do with what happened to Amanda - nothing at all - then I would be encouraging the prosecutor's office to have the 911 call released as soon as possible if it wouldn't affect the trials. The guys who allegedly did all of this are in custody - what part of the 911 call could possibly change or affect their cases?

But releasing the call would clear up the questions about Davey. It could clear his name - OR it could implicate him in a coverup, in hiding the truth about what he saw to delay IMPD response for as long as possible. And if that call goes the way I think it will, I can absolutely see why Davey wants it suppressed as long as possible.

Yes, I am a broken record about this. But there's no way that 911 dispatcher would have sent only IFD Engine 12 to Sunnyfield Court if that dispatcher had even the most remote idea that there had been an intruder in the Blackburn house and that Amanda was brutally beaten and shot with her teeth knocked out shirt pulled up and underwear off, not just injured and unconscious.

I mean seriously, IMPD was already responding to Alison Becker's random simple burglary - IMPD officers were on the SAME street in the same timeframe ! - surely Davey's serious situation with Amanda would have taken priority over that.

They could've slid right over from Alison Becker's house and started gathering evidence at Davey's house. IF they had known they were needed. As it was, the EMTs arrived and THEN had to call IMPD, who arrived as medics were carting Amanda from the house.

Very nice. Just the right amount of stalling. And the 911 call is going to reveal it. Davey called 911 as soon as he could - and what he said and didn't say actually hid what was really going on.

I ask again - why wouldn't the 911 dispatcher send IMPD to investigate a crime scene along with IFD Engine 12 to tend to an injured and unconscious individual? - IF they had known it was a crime scene?

The dispatcher did not know.

What about when Amanda's family and friends hear the call - if Davey didn't tell everything he saw? Yes, he had to start to say (and now keep repeating) that he honestly just thought it was a miscarriage and that he had no idea anyone had been in his house - because THAT is what the 911 call will support.

Trudy said...

Is there any reason Jacola S and Allison B's 911 calls have not been released? Would it be the same reason; ie part of an active investigation? It would be interesting to hear both of those calls to compare to crazy Davey's, if and when, we get to hear it. Specifically, it would be interesting to hear what they tell dispatch about how fucking obvious it was that that there had been a burglary.

Trudy said...

It's All About the Approach
Our everyday lives are made up of a series of decisions. Sometimes, even if we don't always make the right choices, it's easy to know what we should do. Don't kill, don't steal, don't lie, and so on. There are plenty of choices that are black and white. But what about when things seem a little gray? Not every question has an easy answer, some definitive moral stance that will tell you what to do no matter what. What is the secret to living black in white in the black and white, but showing grace in the gray.

Daveys latest sermon - it's all about the approach - won't load for me. Has anyone strapped on a sick bag and listened to it?

Hey Jude said...

I listened to it last night - I thought it was fairly reasonable in a ‘f*ck off, Davey’ sort of way, which was not reasonable, as listening is voluntary.

I thought how he can't resist making things up. Example - he says he attended an Episcopalian church, at which too much Wine had been consecrated for the number of communicants, and which the priest then had to drink himself. So far, so good - that is what happens, the priest consumes what is left - but according to Davey, it was a lot, which I find questionable. Even giving him the benefit of the doubt there, perhaps it was a special event with unknown numbers, or a new sacristan who over estimated, he then goes on to claim the priest then had also to preach, as if to infer he was tipsy whilst addressing the congregation. He might like that it made a ‘good’ story, but that is not the order of service - the sermon is given before the Mass/Communion/Eucharist, which is followed by a short prayer, a hymn, and blessing. I find that ‘kinda annoying’, that he infers the priest was preaching under the influence of alcohol. That might happen, if there really had been that much left over wine, and if one service was followed by another in which he also preached, but that is not the story - according to Davey the priest got tipsy on communion wine and then preached at the same service. He was surprised to find it was real wine rather than grape juice because he was brought up to consider alcohol to be unChristian - sometimes he sounds as if he has led a really sheltered life to not know churches of different denominations use wine. I think I find it annoying because Davey is a Baptist by formation, so his story is more motivated by tribalism than humour.

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Also was thinking how his preaching wears - overall it's so much criticism, fault-finding, Jesus being 'murdered' because of us, send us your money, and join me and my father-in-law on our fun trip to Israel - it's gonna be a blast. Right. I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.






Hey Jude said...

Is it ironic that Davey is teaching about losing audience due to having the wrong approach? I wonder what his audience/membership turnover rate is now - I don't think they publish annual attendance figures, or accounts.

Hey Jude said...

Bobcat - I see now why you think Amanda might have hanged (or been strangled?) - the neck swelling and contusions - I had missed that.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Thinking this over, Allison Becker called 911 at 8:17 AM to report her home was broken into. Davey was theoretically still sitting in the driveway (note: He called 911 at 8:22 AM, "as soon as he could"). He reported Amanda as injured and unconscious to dispatch; IFD arrived at 8:30 and promptly requested IMPD. IMPD was already literally two doors down at Allison Becker's.

Maybe this is just me, but given Amanda's condition, I'd have been outside yelling for the officers at Allison Becker's to come over to my house. Seriously, her injuries were that severe (pregnant, massive blood loss, mostly nude, obvious head trauma, etc.). Chances are good Davey had to have heard IMPD coming into the cul-de-sac and arriving at Allison Becker's (there would have been siren use with morning traffic entering and exiting the subdivision). Davey would have had to have known at the barest minimum she needed a Rescue Squad/Ambulance. Eight minutes is a long time to wait on the Fire Dept. when you have at least one officer two doors down.

Anonymous said...

Bobcat - I see now why you think Amanda might have hanged (or been strangled?) - the neck swelling and contusions - I had missed that.
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Poor Amanda.

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Bingo said...

I watched an ID show the other day where a son killed his mom, beat her to death just as Amanda was beaten and then he pulled off all her clothes to humiliate her. He hated her that much and had that much rage against her. I think this is the same thing that happened to Amanda. He wanted to humiliate her. She wasn't sexually assaulted but her clothes were removed. This murder shows all the signs of a personal murder of rage and hate. This does not sound at all like a robbery gone wrong. I would believe it if she had one shot (according to affidavit, she was charging at him so he shot her to avoid the scratch) At that point, Larry would have grabbed what he could and ran. Instead he is seen wandering down the street talking loudly on his cell phone. No way this story adds up as run of mill robbery gone wrong.

Anonymous said...

This was set up exactly the same as the robbery a few days prior, where Larry was assigned to watch the girl while Jalen went through the house taking the loot. Larry was sexually assaulting the victim while she lay on her stomach. It seems the exact same scenario here. They told Larry what to do beforehand (stay with Amanda), knowing there would be a sexual assault. He only killed Amanda after he got the green light via a phone call. The sexual assault was reported early on but then quickly dismissed. No way Larry Taylor is there by himself with a woman for that length of time and he doesn't sexually abuse her. The scenario perfectly matches the dry runs they had Jalen and Larry do before the murder. Hopefully, LE bothered to perform a rape test but with the lax investigating that's been reported, probably not.

Hey Jude said...

'Hopefully, LE bothered to perform a rape test but with the lax investigating that's been reported, probably not.'

Ridiculous at first read, I suppose collecting that type of evidence would have depended on the medics, though, as Amanda survived for a time. How does that work? They would want the evidence, Amanda could not consent herself.

flightfulbird said...

I wondered in the past (and still wonder) this -

IMPD was at first talking about sex assault but then withdrew that line of thought - could that be because after gathering evidence, they found that it showed interaction with Davey (whether consensual or not, expected in a marriage) so they ruled it as NOT assault?

I understand that Amanda's shirt pulled up and underwear off, exposing her to the world, is sex assault as well - and yes also a sign of pure hate and evil if Davey put her into the condition she was in. But I gathered that IMPD was talking about rape and not just exposure when they were talking of her being sexually assaulted.

I wonder what those two sets of fingernail scrapings revealed ?

I wonder if IMPD wondered why they were late to the party um, th- the uh, c-crime scene and had to be invited by IFD Engine 12 ?

I too would love to hear the 911 calls of Jacola Searsbrook and Alison Becker - but Davey's one will be the most revealing.

Trudy said...

"I listened to it last night - I thought it was fairly reasonable in a ‘f*ck off, Davey’ sort of way, which was not reasonable, as listening is voluntary."

Hahahahahaha. I know that feeling. I have to turn the sound down every week when crazy Davey asks me if I'd consider partnering with him financially, a one time gift or $10, $20, $100 a month, or whatever God puts on my heart, to help him deliver his content, into my hands, in a more excellent way.

flightfulbird said...

If Davey wasn't traveling the globe, living in a 5000+ square foot house with a pool, doing photo shoots and buying SUVs and going to Chicago Cubs games - people would probably be way more likely to give to his church. As it is, where is the accountability - how do these givers know that their gifts are going to support Resonate Church and not to buy Weston the newest Nike shoes to match Davey's shoes ?

The church my parents attend - the pastor's wife drives a Jaguar. They live in a million dollar house in an exclusive gated community. They go to Rome and Paris and Venice on vacations and post on Facebook about it. And these senior citizens on fixed incomes give money to that church. With this lifestyle (and it is SO flaunted), there's no way ALL of the gifts, tithes, whatever- that are being given - are being spent on church maintenance or painting the children's playroom or a new piano or new hymnbooks or. . . .

Same with Davey and Resonate.

Trudy said...

Sorry to hear that Flightful. Bilking the poor so that you can live like a celebrity seems to be the purview of a certain type of criminal. It's disgusting.

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daveyblackburn#TBT to the very first blog post I wrote on DaveyBlackburn.com after my world was turned upside down. Looking back at the journey of the last (almost) two years is still heart wrenching and humbling and I can't help but reflect on how quickly time flies by. Check out that Blog Post: "Would She Still Have Said Yes?" Here: daveyblackburn.com/posts/would-she-have-still-said-yes

Yes. How quickly time flies when you're living it up, buying houses and cars and clothes and holidays. "Still heart wrenching and humbling" ? Still? After all this time? Mealy mouthed pig.

It's hard to believe that crazy Davey is crazy enough to invite people to reread the "Would She Have Still Said Yes.?" Blog. Wherein Davey says his counsellor asked if if Amanda would have still said yes to moving to Indianapolis if she knew what was going to happen to her (her and her unborn baby being brutally murdered in her own home leaving her beloved 15month old boy, motherless).

And Davey, having seen Amanda on her knees, beside the bed, in a posture of surrender, praying that God would use her in a really big way, on the morning before her murder, says YES. Yes. Amanda would have said " yes"to her own murder.

It is a shocking blog! I'd think he'd want to remove it rather than draw attention to it. It's just so so wrong. I'd like to ask crazy Davey the same question that his counsellor asked (not that I believe the counsellor asked....if he did he should be disbarred or whatever they do to grossly incompetent counsellors).

Hey Davey. Would YOU have still said "yes".

(The would she have still said yes blog makes my blood boil!)

Hey Jude said...

Trudy, I laughed at your quoting of that annoying salesman pitch - 'in a more excellent way' - yes, it's hardly a fair exchange - the viewer who gives has less in his hands, and an assault upon the soul, whilst Davey laughs all the way to the bank.

Where's the product Davey? Nothing is delivered into anyone's hands on this side of the screen.

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Still catching up, that's as far as I have got.

Hey Jude said...

He should be ashamed of that blog, presuming such for Amanda. It must somehow make him feel better to believe that. As Perry said, "There's something not right with that boy."

Trudy said...

Hey Hey Jude, yes he should be ashamed of that disgraceful blog but I don't think narcissistic sociopaths experience guilty and/or shame. The closest they come is embarrassment, which leads to rage against whoever embarrassed them. (Poor Weston. Poor everyone he comes into contact with) From the beginning, crazy Davey has pushed the idea that "sure Amanda was killed but..." (His actual words!!) which is to say nobody should be too sad or worried about the brutal murder of Amanda because it's what she always wanted and good things will happen because of it. And it wasn't only Amanda that wanted to be murdered, God wanted her to "die so that my bride can come alive" shudder.

PN was making the understatement of the century when he said "there's something not right with that boy". There is something very wrong with crazy Davey Blackburn.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Hey Jude- You're right about Davey's presumption of Amanda "She would have still said yes.". It's a little like him blaming her for not locking the door he should have locked ("She was getting up anyway...").

Essentially he's saying it's perfectly o.k. that she and the baby were brutally murdered because she'd have said yes to her and their baby being brutally murdered anyway. Except there's a huge problem with Davey's statement. If Amanda would have been or "was" so o.k. with it (as Davey all but says), why would she have "fought for Weston" or "fought so bravely" or "fought" at all (as both Davey and Amber have blogged about repeatedly- how she died saving/protecting Weston, etc.)??? Davey can't have the story both ways. If she was o.k. and willing to be the sacrifice that the Church might live (invoking the deity of Jesus and his sacrifice), then "fighting" it evidenced her extreme unwillingness to sacrificially die (and she was very unwilling, judging by the extent of her injuries listed in the Affadavit of Probable Cause autopsy details and Jonothan Blackburn's posts about seeing her in the hospital).

Davey's not even a good liar. However, he is good at throwing out religious-speak, well-mixed with religious metaphors, to suit his good pleasure in the moment, to people who have little to no knowledge of the Bible. He feeds his people watered down milk, mixed with a little melamine powder, and tells them they're spiritual powerhouses.

It's interesting that he has repeatedly used the phrase "turn upside down" to reference what it supposedly the worst event of his life ("Amanda's passing" and it "turned his world upside down") and his 5 years running campaign as he spurs his church members to "Turn INDY upside down". One would think you would not use the same term to describe the most devastating event of a lifetime and the greatest success of one's career...but Davey does. Mentally, he gives them the same weight.

Trudy said...

Great points. Foolsfeedonfolly,

Crazy Davey does like to have it both ways and some of the contradictions (as you noted above) are stark.

Was Amanda's murder carefully plotted by satan trying to take the church out, or was it allowed by God so that His bride could come alive? He has said both. Amanda's murder was the handiwork of God...no hang on a minute....Satan. It changes with the weather.

Is being "turned upside down" a good thing as in "let's turn Indy upsidedown" or is it a bad thing as in Amandas murder "turned my world upside down".. I remember he used that expression about Weston, too. "Your world was turned upside down as much as anybody's."
That always struck me as cold. As if Weston was graciously included on a long list of people who had their worlds turned upside down. "As much as anybody" is hardly a distinction. I mean..anybody could include a lot of people. As much as the postman? As much as the next door neighbours? Weston's "world was turned upside down" much MORE than anybody. Not that Davey cares.

Bobcat said...

Amanda was battered, but none of the thugs have been charged with battery. Only Larry has been charged with confinement.

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Anonymous said...

Larry Taylor, Blackburn case:
Murder
Burglary, but serious bodily injury occurs and burglary was to a dwelling.
Robbery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to someone other than a defendant
Carrying a Handgun Without a License
Murder/Att Murder Causing Termination Of Human Pregnancy Enhancement
Criminal Confinement while armed with a deadly weapon.

Larry Taylor 11/3/15 rape case:
Rape Rape when compelled by force or imminent threat of force and with an enhanci,
Burglary with a deadly weapon.
Robbery Taking property by putting someone in fear while armed with a deadly
Auto Theft where intent is to deprive owner of value or use of vehicle
Criminal Confinement while armed with a deadly weapon.

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There is no charge for Larry putting Amanda in fear - because she was already dying, IMO.
There are no battery charges, even though Amanda was beaten to an unrecognizable state.

Hey Jude said...

What do you think, Bobcat - was the bruising and other injuries determined too old to have been the result of an early Tuesday morning battering? Why is there nothing in the affidavit, or from Davey, about how Amanda's neck injuries and swelling came about? They didn't volunteer any info, because they didn't know? Just like thy didn't know where in the body Amanda was shot as she supposedly charged at Larry Taylor? I think they only mentioned knowledge of two gunshots, and one sounded like a guess, yet there were three injuries. Were they not asked about the third? Were they not asked, and did not volunteer that knowledge, as they did not have it?

Trudy and Fools - Resonaters are sheep to not be offended on Amanda's behalf. Why is there not one amongst them who will say he has no f*ckimg right to speak for Amanda, and to go about claiming she would have 'still said yes' to her murder. The human instinct is to survive - instinctually Amanda fought for her life. That has not fitted the narrative of the willing self-sacrificing victim who prayed against her own agenda to grow Davey's church.

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There has been some rope imagery, but a person can be 'hanged' anywhere just by the tightening of a belt or a dog-collar. I don't say that happened, only that something happened to her neck in addition to everything else, and she didn't accidentally strangle herself with the Christmas tree lights. Bobcat highlighted it months ago, but I didn't see where she was getting it from until I re-read the affidavit a couple of weeks back. The hideousness of it all is too much - I think to now just wait for the trial, in the expectation that the autopsy report and crime scene photos might be released - and that 911 call. What if there is no trial, though? Keep looking and listening, and having your head done in by Davey. Trouble is, I don't dislike Davey. I dislike lots of things about him, especially his attitude towards and exploitation of Amanda, and that he is so overbearing of Weston. Still, he has his cousin living with him now, while her husband is on military duty, so he has someone there to help with and look out for Weston.

Anonymous said...

I dislike Davey.

Bobcat said...

"Still, he has his cousin living with him now, while her husband is on military duty, so he has someone there to help with and look out for Weston."


Where did you learn that?

Bobcat said...

HJ,

"Why is there nothing in the affidavit, or from Davey, about how Amanda's neck injuries and swelling came about?
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There has been some rope imagery, but a person can be 'hanged' anywhere just by the tightening of a belt or a dog-collar. I don't say that happened, only that something happened to her neck in addition to everything else, and she didn't accidentally strangle herself with the Christmas tree lights. Bobcat highlighted it months ago, but I didn't see where she was getting it from until I re-read the affidavit a couple of weeks back."

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Huh?

Hey Jude said...

That Amanda had neck injuries - you thought she had been hanged? I didn't know why you thought something happened to her neck.

Hey Jude said...

In his most recent message, Bobcat - he said his cousin was living with him while her husband, wjpjo,is in the military, is on a tour of duty.

I wonder if Ashley and Derek and the baby and the dog moved out.

Bobcat said...

"That Amanda had neck injuries - you thought she had been hanged? I didn't know why you thought something happened to her neck.
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There has been some rope imagery, but a person can be 'hanged' anywhere just by the tightening of a belt or a dog-collar. I don't say that happened, only that something happened to her neck in addition to everything else, and she didn't accidentally strangle herself with the Christmas tree lights".


My inkling about hanging came only through *possible* leakage by Davey, Amber, Phil, Robin, Perry and Mike Colaw.

However, it is only an inkling of a specific type of suffering that Amanda may have endured - or was it an accident, if that is what actually happened?

I also had an inkling that Amanda might have been shocked by Derek & Ashley's shock dog-collar, through some leakage by Amber, but again, it was only an inkling.

Yes, something happened to Amanda's neck. Perhaps she was trying to free herself from restraints.

Bingo said...

Poor Amanda. If only it had been a quick gun shot during a robbery but no it was a long, drawn out beating. It is just so atypical of a robbery gone wrong. Everything about it screams personal to me. Did they find Larry's bloody clothes? No way he stays in that house for 45 minutes beating, raping and shooting Amanda without being a bloody mess. That takes me back to Davey and the gym bag, which he mentions over and over. Did the police bother to ping his phone on the way to and back from gym to see if he went out of the way to dispose of anything? The fact that this is going to trial must make Davey very uneasy. I think they all thought they could easily frame Larry who was already in trouble and he would take a plea deal and they could all move on. I seriously can't believe this has not been settled. It makes it stink so bad towards Davey. He looks older and worn to me. Not quite the fresh faced, excited guy right after the murder. Whoever said Davey is not completely unlikable, I have to disagree. He seems like a monster to me of the worst kind. Exploiting his wife's murder, living the high life all while telling his audience that Amanda would have def said yes to her brutal beating and murder. He is disgusting.

Hey Jude said...

Bobcat - have you made a blog post about possible leakage relating to Amanda's neck injuries yet? If so, will you post a link to it, please, or if not, would you?

It is almost too much to contemplate - altogether I find it is difficult to avoid the thought that Amanda was tortured over hours. At the beginning I said it had been a long night for Amanda, and I still believe that was so. There is such a sense of Amanda's pleading in so much of what they have said. Amber's comment that Amanda could draw comfort from her chalkboard text on the dining room wall in her final 'moment' - too much which says there was nothing momentary about any of Amanda's suffering, IMO. If Amanda was on the living room, dying in front of the absent Christmas tree, how could she take comfort in her final moment (she must mean of consciousness) from a text which was on the dining room wall - her view would have been of her killer, the living room, or the carpet. I think, her instinct would have been one of survival and of fleeing if she was able - I think that only if she was resigned to her death, and had accepted there was no possibility of escape, would she turn to thinking of, and taking comfort, from a text on the wall. Amber wants to make it as though Amanda died pecefully like an elderly lady who was able to think about a bible verse on the wall. She wants to somehow romanticise Amanda's death. I still think that's a form of self-comforting, an attempt to make it more bearable, because 'humankind cannot bear too much reality'. I think Amber knows quite well, to have written that, that Amanda's ordeal was longer rather than shorter. It doesn't need to mean she knew about it at the time, as Amanda's condition in the hospital would have informed them all of the type of attack Amanda endured.

I cannot imagine they do not suspect Davey. Sometimes I want to despise Phil - that's when I think he doesn't suspect Davey, and believes he's a grieving widower, despite all the evidence to the contrary, and that he is happily leading a trip to the Holy Land with him next year. Then I think, no, he must be biding his time, in a calm before the storm way, and if that is what he, and they all are doing, I admire him for that, as the temptation to strangle Davey upon sight would have to be strong. Davey is not a suspect, and Davey has his grandson. We don't know what might be going on behind the scenes - if anyone could say with certainty nothing, all that is happening is that the family is supporting Davey, I would not know what to think of Phil, because surely he suspects Davey.

So - I don't know if Phil is a saint or a wimp. Do they embrace Davey in the belief he is responsible for Amanda's murder, and in the anticipation there will be no earthly consequence for him, yet have decided, after a family meeting or two, that they will continue to love and support him, anyway? I wonder, is the Phil-osophy 1 Peter 4:8 - 'above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins'. I have wondered that, and thought, well, up to a point, and in lesser sins, but to seek to cover such a sin with 'love' would have to be a cop-out, and an excuse, rather than simply love.

I don't know but I keep hoping there is an ongoing investigation into Davey, and that what we are seeing is a family, hands-tied, horribly compromised, yet saintly in its endurance.

I haven't listened to Phil's sermons for a while - I think to see what he is saying and how they are doing.









Bobcat said...

Bobcat - have you made a blog post about possible leakage relating to Amanda's neck injuries yet? If so, will you post a link to it, please, or if not, would you?

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I have not yet. I will try to put it up after the weekend. It doesn't reference "neck" so much as "hanging".

If Amanda were hanging from, or tied to, the banister spindles - partially hidden behind her gigantic Christmas tree - she could have been facing the tv and dining room area.



What happened on Monday, November 9, 2015?

Bobcat said...

HJ,

What is an absent Christmas tree?

Hey Jude said...

Bobcat - thanks in anticipation of whenever you are able to do that.

I meant the tree was not there in Amber's earlier accounts, and has not been present in any of Davey's.

Hey Jude said...

I have just listened to Phil's latest message - he was sounding like Davey in places, made my heart sink. He also was preaching about Daniel, as is Davey of late. He was very into disturbing and recurring dreams - I might think he was particularly bothered by a current recurring dream were it not for the context. The church is expecting some teachers from Texas whose teachings are apparently suspect to some of the congregation - sounds like a Charismatic ministry, gifts of the Spirit, speaking in tongues - he was trying to reassure them that it was all going to be okay, they weren't going to change their church's teaching. Gift drive on for Officers families - they've been supporting Officers with gifts for the past couple of years to show their appreciation. I don't know, didn't catch if he said whose initiative that was.

Anonymous said...

From Davey's blog, 6 months after Amanda (3 months pregnant) was murdered, ie around the time the baby would have been born.
Davey is at Levi Lusko's house.

"Instead of celebrating new life brought into my family, I decidedly rejoice over all the new lives that have been brought into the family of God as a result of Amanda's death"

Sure Amanda was killed but...

Trudy and anonymous said...

"Evie would have been born 4 days ago. It's 7:42am and I'm sure I would be finishing up my morning coffee, readying myself to wake Weston up while Amanda tends to Evie. I'd bring Weston his milk and take him into the bedroom to see his mommy and his new baby sister."

I find it so interesting that 6 months after her murder Davey is imagining what 7:42am looks like with the family.

Look where he puts himself. Not with Amanda and the new baby. Not with Weston.

He is having a coffee by himself.

Trudy said...

From Davey's blog 10 months after Amanda was murdered.

. "I don’t know for sure everything that happened in those last 45 minutes of Amanda’s life, "

45 minutes.

That's a specific amount of time for Amanda's "last" minutes, considering davey sat in the driveway for at least 50 of her
last minutes and she died in hospital. What is he basing the 45 minutes on?

6:10. - when he left
7:30 when he returned
= 1 hour 20 mins.
and sat in the driveway for an additional 50 minutes. If crazy Davey is telling the truth then murder took place between 6:10 and 7:30.

So where does 45 minutes come from? Why did he say it?

Is he taking it from the time he left until the time surveillance picked up LT on Sunnyfield?

Crazy Davey only worked out for 45 alibi minutes that day.

Hey Jude said...

Davey's like the McCanns, Trudy, in the way in which he adjusts or adds new bits of information to the story. My take: Davey was told there was only a maximum forty-five minute window of opportunity for the home invasion/murder, from activity recorded on CCTV, while the number of injuries inflicted upon Amanda appeared to have occurred over a much longer period. That was on his mind. Another conundrum. He can always contradict that, or anything any of us write, if it's very wrong.

Poor Amanda - when you look at the lovely photos and videos, and think she is all gone, so horribly, with such cruelty, and for what? And that Weston has to grow up without her, and later learn what happened to her, and have always to live with that.

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In the most recent article Peter posted - a man who hired two men to kill his girlfriend, and who had always been a suspect, was found guilty of first-degree murder, ten years after the murder. In that case, the victim had been strangled, and her throat had been slit. The motive was a $700,000 insurance policy he had recently taken out on her. I looked for more on the story - four years after the murder, the victim's parents, under the 'slayer's law' sued him for the insurance payout, even though he had not been arrested - he settled out of court for most of the payout, which was seen as an admission of guilt. Story is here:

http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-stephen-cooke-murder-for-hire-case.html





Bingo said...

There is something very odd with Amanda's family buddying up to Davey when he is obviously not a bit sad over their daughter's death. Not only is he not sad but in front of Phil's congregation he said that Amanda had to die so Phil's church could get some life back in their dry bones. He regurgitates an old blog posts saying Amanda would have def said yes to her beating and assassination in her own home with her toddler present all for Jesus. He changed his appearance, bought a mansion, scrapped Amanda out of the narrative almost completely and travels and plays golf for a living. Now Phil is traveling to Israel with CD. I will never get it.

Hey Jude said...

Bingo - that's what is so strange, because the expected response from Amanda's parents would be that his reaction to Amanda's murder has always been off, wrong, inappropriate, disrespecting, minimising. I would be so upset by that, so suspicious of him, if I were them. I can't get that they might not be ongoingly, even increasingly, upset and suspicious, so I think it has to be an act - yet it might not be. They don't have to be that warm, that embracing of him, only enough to maintain contact with Weston, yet they are that warm - holidays, anniversaries, soon jointly leading a trip to Israel..

Trudy said...

Maybe the Byars's are keeping their friends close and their enemies closer, or maybe they are cherishing a viper in their bosoms. They are in a horrible position. There was a case recently where police asked the parents of a murdered woman to do interviews and be photographed with the suspected murderer - their son in law. There are photos of them holding hands and with their arms around each other. Later they said that touching him made their skin crawl.

Can someone, please, point me towards the sermon or blog post which contains the balcony scene? I'm going through Davey's old blogs and I'm getting bogged down. TIA.

flightfulbird said...

Trudy -

http://daveyblackburn.com/posts/how-do-you-deal-with-the-way-amanda-died-part-3

Trudy said...

Thank you Flightful.

...I tried to suppress that nagging question. I concluded not to dwell on the last 45 minutes of Amanda’s life and instead focus on all the memories we had and the legacy she was leaving behind.

Another reference to her last 45 minutes. It's as if he doesn't include the time he sat in the driveway as part of her last minutes. Is he implying that her "last 45 minutes" was only the time that LT was with her? I guess so. 6:10 - 7:25 am were her last minutes? Her last minutes stopped when Davey came home and sat in the driveway for 50 minutes?

Bobcat said...

HJ,

"Bobcat - have you made a blog post about possible leakage relating to Amanda's neck injuries yet? If so, will you post a link to it, please, or if not, would you?"


How do you think it might be relevant? Whose statements would you like to see? Anyone in particular?

Hey Jude said...

I don't know, Bobcat, relevant to what the accused should know about, relevant to 'face down' - always 'face down', relevant to why, and who and where and when, or anything - I'd like to see whatever you have got, but if it's too much to sift through them all, I'd choose Davey's statements.

Anonymous said...

Regarding "face down" comments.

http://case-discussions.blogspot.com/2017/10/face-down-not-always.html

Although Amanda was still breathing, I consider Davey's use of "lying" and "laying" to be anthropomorphic language.

https://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2016/03/anthropomorphic-language-in-analysis.html

Trudy said...

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Bobcat said...

Interesting review of comments from May 2016

HISG:

"She would have grabbed Weston and gone in bathroom or bedroom and locked the door."
"when Davey shot her execution style"
"I have seen someone get punched in the mouth knocking out all 4 top teeth (not a pretty sight)."

Anonymous said...

What is HISG?

And how do I give that iTunes "Nothing is Wasted" garbage a big fat zero?

Anonymous said...

Davey arrested yet?

Hey Jude said...

Thanks. Bobcat - 'surrounded' by blood seems a strange choice, too. Don't know if laying' and 'lying' would count there - strictly speaking Amanda was not an inanimate 'object', she was still alive, though it's doubtful she 'lay' down on the floor herself - she would have fallen, at least if she was shot (in the back of the head) whilst charging AT Larry Taylor.

Amanda was face down in a pool of blood, and surrounded by blood, with blood smeared all around. He certainly wants everyone to know there was lots of blood, and she was face-down in a pool of blood, but how often has he said he wants justice for Amanda, and for that person/persons to never be free to murder again? He had 'no idea' anyone had been in his house, or that there were gunshots. It might be convenient that Amanda was 'face down in a pool of blood' - preventing him from seeing and reporting that her teeth had also been knocked out, and that she had neck injuries - he would have seen all that if he had attempted to help her, which he did not. Early on, he told his story about the sight of blood making him pass out, which I think, if he ever has to testify on how he found Amanda, he will try to use as an excuse for not helping her, and for delaying calling 911 - gore-loving Davey, who revels in violent movies, passed out, but he had thought they were 'just' going to lose the baby, and Amanda would be 'fine' if they could get her to the hospital, and he called 911 as soon as he could. His lies are absurd.


Hey Jude said...

Well, not that he has actually told that one quite, or yet, but I do think he was laying the groundwork for it, so people would and will think poor widower pastor Davey - he passes out at the sight of blood - Amanda was face down in a pool of blood, surrounded by blood, and blood was smeared all around. No wonder he couldn't call 911 straight away.

Anonymous said...

Amber being investigated?

Anonymous said...


Anonymous Bobcat said...
Amanda was battered, but none of the thugs have been charged with battery. Only Larry has been charged with confinement.

October 13, 2017 at 12:12 PM





......and Davey hasn't been charge, either---with anything.

As you genius sleuths often point out, that doesn't mean much. Cops are incompetent, arrest the wrong people, never get to the bottom of anything, and in this case, according to you, never will, so your theories will always be right in your own minds, because, hey, the cops just missed it. But Davey did the deed, and 30 years from now, you'll still be talking about "would she still have said yes." Blah, blah, blah.

Trying to read some of this stuff is logistically difficult, because you three absolutely love to compose dry, boring, repetitive, LOOOOOONG, novellas, using few paragraphs, vomiting your words over and over and over and over. Now, I read here less all the time, because it's like a soap opera. Check in once a week....,haven't missed a thing. Same ideas, same theories, same WORDS.

Twice for me this week. Scaling back again. I know that makes your day. Hahaha

Keep trying.

Bobcat said...

As Perry circles "I will be with him in trouble" in Psalm 91, is he thinking of Larry Taylor being framed for a deed Davey did? Unlikely.


Like clockwork... "Don't give up!!!"

flightfulbird said...

Yeah, IF nobody else that was in the house that morning did anything to Amanda (inflicted any of her injuries), then one or more of the thugs would have to have battered her. So why no charges?

And the homeowner said he had no idea anyone had been in his house - so did HE batter her? Because only Davey, Weston and Mel were in the house that morning according to Davey's idea.

Anon at 6:52, you could stop the purging (hearing and reading the same words over and over and over) if you would explain those two statements of Davey's that I know you can repeat word for word. Especially the one about Davey having no idea anyone had been in his house, uh, things didn't look right, but um. That is impossible for anyone to believe, yet he keeps saying it.

Or, you could avoid this page altogether if it causes such angst and difficulty (logistically or otherwise). Maybe the (more than) three of us are hitting on something sensitive to bring you out to post again.



flightfulbird said...

"Actually" in statement analysis - comparing two thoughts ?

From the Affidavit of Probable Cause page 14

"At 9:01 A.M., Detective Pete Perkins responded to Methodist Hospital to investigate the nature of Amanda Blackburn's injuries. He learned Amanda Blackburn was actually shot in the head and was unlikely to survive her injuries.:"


Actually shot in the head. . . as opposed to injured and unconscious which is what the APC says were Davey's words in his call to 911 at 8:22am.

Does the inclusion of the word "actually" indicate that Detective Perkins was expecting to find different injuries, less critical injuries ? Was he comparing what he expected to find (from what Davey said in the call) to what he actually found when he arrived at Methodist ?

Why nor just say "he learned Amanda Blackburn was shot in the head" - or - "had been shot in the head". Why include "actually"?

Detective Perkins went to Methodist Hospital to scope out Amanda Blackburn's injuries. Was he expecting to find a bump on the head that needed a few stitches - and found out she had ACTUALLY been shot in the head ?

Davey has said he "had no idea there were bullets" and that he found out in the hospital that Amanda had been shot - but even if he didn't know she had been shot, the severe head trauma from a gunshot would be described differently than just "injured and unconscious".

Tangled web of lies - I bet Davey never thought people would be taking screenshots and making blogs comparing his statements from multiple appearances in churches to what he has said in his blog and on his media blitz. The internet doesn't forget - it's all captured and documented and laid out - you would think Davey would start using it to see what he has said before so he can at least keep his story consistent the next ten times he tells it.

Trudy said...


"Does the inclusion of the word "actually" indicate that Detective Perkins was expecting to find different injuries, less critical injuries ? Was he comparing what he expected to find (from what Davey said in the call) to what he actually found when he arrived at Methodist ?"

Yes.

"Actually" is used to compare things. In this case the detective is comparing what he was initially told about Amanda's injuries to the fact that she had been shot three times. It is an indication that the detective is surprised, if not incredulous, that such a disparity could exist.
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Talking about being incredulous, wtf is this all about? Crooked cops and people being framed? What the..?

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flightfulbird said...


Trudy wrote
. . . the detective is comparing what he was initially told about Amanda's injuries to the fact that she had been shot three times. It is an indication that the detective is surprised, if not incredulous, that such a disparity could exist.

And I believe that is just one of the reasons IMPD wanted to emphasize to the public that Davey was cleared 100%, no, 150% (! ! ) so fast. They have been onto him from the very beginning. IF Davey had reported a h-home invasion to 911 - or even the possibility of one - along with Amanda being "injured and unconscious on the living room floor of their home", the Affidavit of Probable Cause would have said he did.


As to those who say if LE suspects Davey then why hasn't he been arrested yet - please have patience dear souls. The case of Stephen Cooke ordering a hit on his girlfriend to get a $700,000 life insurance payout proves that sometimes it does take years- in this case, more than ten years. Police suspected him all along but it took years on end to prove a link between him and the hitman beyond a shadow of a doubt.

This quote from this linked Statement Analysis writeup -
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/10/indiscretion-stephen-michael-cooke-jr.html

The story of Heidi Bernadzikowski, a 24-year old insurance company receptionist who was found murdered in her living room. Her boyfriend, whom police suspected all along, was finally brought to justice over a decade later. Stephen Michael Cooke, Jr., is currently serving time in prison for her death. The hit men that he hired, Alexander C. Bennett and Grant A. Lewis, were also convicted.

"This guy" flat-out said he didn't kill his girlfriend - which was true - he didn't kill her himself - he orchestrated everything and HAD her killed.

Davey will not say he had nothing to do with Amanda's murder - he will not say he had no foreknowledge of it (but then why did he need Levi Lusko's video to help prepare his heart leading up to it) - he could put an end to the questions and the speculation and scenarios - but he will not.

More from the writeup -

Sadly, she had no way of knowing that he man that she planned to marry would be the same man who would orchestrate her killing — and all for money.

The police tried desperately to find something that would connect Stephen Cooke, Jr., to the case. But the investigation eventually went cold, until 2012, when DNA connected Alexander Charles Bennett to the case. At the time, the public didn’t know that Bennett was connected to Stephen Cooke.


But once they made the connection, they moved in. Ten-plus years later.

There are screenshots of connections on Facebook between Davey and "some guys" that are being explored. Davey unfriended Treeezy on Facebook after the connection was pointed out - Treezy is a gym rat and friend of Alonzo Bull and I think of one or more of the thugs. Why did Davey unfriend Treezy on Facebook, suddenly, after the connection was pointed out between these individuals?

flightfulbird said...

Thanks to poster upthread (Trudy?) for first pointing out the Stephen Cooke, Jr story - I had not heard of it until I saw the link on this thread.

Hey Jude said...

Flightful - I looked up the case because Peter has recently re-posted an analysis on Stephen Cooke's denial - here:

http://statement-analysis.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/reviewing-denials-stephen-michael-cook.html

Very interesting - I don't recall reading it the first time round, but probably did.

Anon should not be so cocky in believing the investigation into Davey is closed.

Hey Jude said...

Flightful said:

'Does the inclusion of the word "actually" indicate that Detective Perkins was expecting to find different injuries, less critical injuries ? Was he comparing what he expected to find (from what Davey said in the call) to what he actually found when he arrived at Methodist ?'

I think yes - though probably he had already been told via first responders that the call didn't match the injuries - that's why he went there.

Hard to believe the 911 call in itself isn't enough to incriminate Davey. Is true that he is trying to prevent it being released? Why would he, if it were not incriminating? I thought he said 'we have nothing to hide'.



Anonymous said...

Uh....whether or not it's released is irrelevant. LE has already heard it. YOU don't need to. Get the difference?

And guess what.....it did nothing to incriminate Davey.

You "investigators" are really lousy at your craft.

Bobcat said...

"I'd like to see whatever you have got, but if it's too much to sift through them all, I'd choose Davey's statements."

The Timeline blog has been updated multiple times. If you review every link, your who, what, why, where will be there. If any links take you to a sermon instead of a transcript, let me know and I will update.

https://case-discussions.blogspot.com/2016/09/timeline-of-events-surrounding.html

I'll put up a "hanging" blog by tomorrow.

Hey Jude said...

Yes, we need to hear it, Anon.

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Someone on DataLounge posted this old tweet of Kenneth's, and said the comments are interesting.
What is even more interesting, is that Kenneth has not deleted that tweet, despite the critical comments, one of which includes a link to Peter's SA blog.

https://mobile.twitter.com/kennethwagner/status/669354204750872577

Hey Jude said...

Is it true that Davey only checked Amanda's pulse?

Hey Jude said...

Of course it incriminated him - he didn't report a crime scene. What did he think Amanda was doing almost naked on the floor surrounded by blood, credit cards and duct tape? 'Just' having a miscarriage? Why was he 'taking mental snapshots' of things which were out of place, so that he could tell investigators later, if he hadn't even realised it was a crime scene?

Hey Jude said...

Thanks, Bobcat - I shall embark upon that challenging venture forthwith.

Trudy said...

I'm going to play devil's advocate for a mo about two things.

1. Crazy Davey took "mental snapshots" SO he was able to tell Detective Perkins certain things. I submit that the word "so", in Davey's internal dictionary, in this case, means "therefore". The word "so" is ambivalent. He didn't take mental snapshots of the scene in order to tell the police what he had seen, he took mental snapshots of the scene, therefore he could tell the police what he had seen.


2.The Swisher Sweet package. It is entirely possible that Detective Perkins told Davey that police had found a Swishers Sweets package on the kitchen countertop and asked Davey if it should have been there. Davey said "no", and Detective Perkins wrote "Davey Blackburn indicated that the Swisher Sweets should not have been in the house" in the APC.

It is a (not altogether ethical) practice of LE to ask yes/no questions and produce a statement that appears to have been given, in its entirety, by the witness.

Eg. Q. Did you argue about money with X
A. No.
Statement. The witness indicated he had not argued about money with X.
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The Stephen Michael Cook case is a great example of LE knowing, but being unable to prove, for many years, that a husband orchestrated the death of his wife.







Trudy said...

At one point the morning I returned to the house, I walked up the stairs that led to Weston’s room on the second floor. Our living room had an open balcony just outside the nursery that overlooked the living room. The resulting vaulted ceilings in the living room drastically opened-up the floorpan, and from the balcony I had an areal view of the whole scene. Almost as if I were having an out of body experience, my mind began imagining what everything looked like the morning I found her, me crouched by her side, a lamp turned over near her feet and shattered over the ground, the ladder she had propped against the wall for decoration now laying beside her body. I remembered how that morning Weston’s door was still shut. I remembered sitting downstairs on the floor of our living room pleading with Amanda to stay with me as she struggled for every breath. I remembered I could hear Weston's soft coos from his room upstairs. I remembered looking up at the balcony just above me.

Now, I stood there on that balcony just outside of Weston’s bedroom and amidst all the traumatic memories that flooded my mind, I felt the Lord whisper to my heart, “I was standing here the whole time, Davey. And she knew it . . . She saw me.”

In that moment I imagined, somewhat involuntarily, her kneeling on the floor and looking up to see her Savior standing in the spot where I now stood, clothed in radiance and splendor, arms open to receive her homecoming. As tears began to well up in my eyes, my thoughts almost immediately redirected to Stephen in the Bible, the first Christian martyr.

Trudy said...

There is so much in that statement. I keep coming back to it. I wish Peter would analyse it.

Sussman said...

"By anticipating the obvious inconsistencies, the guests artfully avoided a later challenge of inconsistency. "Why did you say you did this when you said that you did that" was rendered moot by a carefully rehearsed presentation that said "I did this at 8:00 o'clock before I did that at 9:00 o'clock."


Keep training.

Anonymous said...

LE either has no evidence that incriminates Davey, or they wrapped up their investigation of him months and months ago. If they had anything on him, especially as clear cut as you delusionals believe, he would not be a free man right now.

You really don't know how this works.

BTW, Peter has analyzed this case but came up with only "guilty knowledge" on Davey's part. That's a safe conclusion....could go either way. Since that conclusion...no analysis. If it were as obvious as you three desire, it's my opinion Peter would be right there with you.

Bingo said...

From Peter early analysis of Crazy Davey
https://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/belief-articulation-and-action-part-one.html

"*Is he involved in orchestrating the murder of Amanda Blackburn for his own success?

or

*Is he so sociopathic and narcissistic that he is incapable of human empathy and sees her death only in terms of how he can manipulate media and audiences for his own success?"

I believe he is all of the above. I have never seen the likes of such a man. IMO he seeps evil.

Anonymous said...

Don't come here a lot so sorry if this has already been addressed, but what does SA have to say about Davey's statement at 16:23 that "the greatest thing anyone can do to you is kill you".

Also, he talks about a "spiritual steroid shot". Is there a consensus that he is probably on steroids? He does go to the gym a lot but he bulked up pretty quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGavQLkTbIQ&feature=youtu.be

Bingo said...

Anon! Oh my gosh, that sociopath did say that! I have never seen this video. And oh my gosh, what the heck is he wearing? He looks ridiculous. He actually says the greatest thing anyone can do to you is kill you.

Anonymous said...



CORRECTION

In Peter's Davey analysis conclusion, despite all the incriminating (supposedly) language, Peter cannot conclude guilty knowledge.

http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/conclusions-in-amanda-blackburn-murder.html?m=0

So, all the months of guilty Davey analysis by you sleuths is not in sync with peter's analysis.

Hey Jude said...

Anon - you might like to keep up:

http://statement-analysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-murder-of-amanda-blackburn-analysis.html

Anonymous said...

Everything within his public statements agrees with guilty knowledge of what happened to his wife. That he 'corrected' his statements, later on, due to the shock from the public, only shows his awareness of his settings.

1. When a pregnant woman is murdered, statistics point to the male (husband).
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-murder-of-amanda-blackburn-analysis.html

2. The husband is obsessed with success.
3. The husband said his wife and pregnancy hindered his success.
4. The husband was, in a single day, free of both.
5. The husband showed no concern for the brutal criminals on the loose.
6. The husband showed only concern for his business success.
7. The husband's statements show deception and guilt.

As one 30 year veteran of homicide investigations said,

"No one is this lucky."

Anonymous said...

Above from Peter's SA

Hey Jude said...

'The greatest thing anyone can do to you is kill you.' - Davey Blackburn

He could do a headcount vote on that next Sunday, then see how many people turn up the following Sunday.

That's not my idea of 'good news', Davey. Of all the things he could think, say and preach. Who is 'anyone' - is that 'you' too? Isn't that like telling the kids the greatest thing they can do is to kill someone.

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So Phil stated clearly in the last of his sermons I heard, that God doesn't speak to people in the shower - basically.

Wheels coming off?






Statement Analysis Blog said...

I will weigh in here. I have given this a lot of thought.

Davey Blackburn was deceptive during his statements regarding his wife's death. I struggle, even today, to know the exact nature of this.

1. Same Sex Attraction
2. Prior knowledge that his house would be hit by criminals.
3. Illicit motive (exploitation)

The language shows deception, but due to the very poor questioning, I don't have certainty.

Behavioral experts say that the pattern is statistically likely. The coincidence is strong.

I would not be surprised if police one day connect him, or as he gets older and degenerates, he admits it.

So is it SSA or guilty knowledge? Is it SSA and illicit motive?

I cannot say, conclusively that Blackburn lied about the murder, itself. It is possible that it is all three, but I do not have certainty.

Other investigators feel strongly that he knew his house would be hit. They argue: he telegraphed it, he stayed out of the house, etc.

My articles show my confusion. I hope this helps.

I can answer any questions you all have here.

Peter

Anonymous said...

Peter,

Thank you for weighing in. You often say something to the effect that we should come up with theories and see if the language supports them, and that more is revealed over time.

I wholly admit to devoting an "obessive" amount of time to tracking comments of those close to Amanda, in hopes that WHEN more is revealed, I will be listening. Would you please review some comments regarding Amanda's final day that Davey made last September in a Sermon titled "What Happens When You Die"? Here is a link to the transcript:

http://case-discussions.blogspot.com/2016/09/942016-what-happens-when-you-die-week-5.html

Regarding the timing:

9/4/2016 Davey preached the sermon where he talks about Amanda's final day - Monday, November 9, 2015.
9/7/2016 You posted your blog with the conclusion that Davey has guilty knowledge of the crime - without taking into account his statements from 9/4/2016.

When anonymous points out that you only concluded guilty knowledge, they aren't allowing for analysis of additional public comments that have made by Davey and Amanda's family - and there has been quite a few!

What if the crime of the hired thugs on Sunnyfield Court was only an endpiece to Amanda's suffering, which may have started a day earlier? Davey has not been questioned publicly about the morning and day of Monday, November 9. However, he has volunteered that he "rushed" into the bathroom and kissed Amanda "goodbye".

Also, Amanda's sister Amber has published two (apparently heavily contaminated) facebook "blogs" regarding her and Amanda's activities on Monday, November 9. When piecing together a timeline of Amber's statements and Davey's statements, they agree at one time - that Amanda and Davey were home with Weston on Monday morning - the same morning Davey blogged that he didn't "see" Amanda on the bed or in the bathroom before finding her "bowing" in surrender beside the bed.

When Davey tells of Amanda gut-laughing at dumb finds on Instagram Monday night, it reminds me of Hailey Dunn's mother talking about her watching TV.

Hey Jude said...

I wish we had your restraint, Peter - it becomes a matter of conscience. I know with training, would, or will, come appropriate restraint, I am intending soon to enrol for the SA home study course - I first need to transfer some funds, hoping there is no waiting period on that - I hope you will find I can benefit from your course. As in, I hope I'm not too arrogant and unteachablle....


Bobcat said...

HJ,

Reflecting, once again, on your profile image - it reminds me of someone else who gets a kick out of animals in human attire.

You mentioned hope three times.
Coincidentally, someone else mentioned hope three times in a facebook post this morning.

#hope

Hey Jude said...

I find the idea amusing, Bobcat, but so much not the reality - it's undignified for animals to be dressed in clothes. Well, dogcoats are okay, if the weather is bad. Sometimes I put a little neckerchief on my dogs - Christmas, Royal events.

Lol, I do get a kick out of the idea - sometimes I paint pictures of cats who are wearing shirts and ties.

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I live in hope of all sorts of things, mainly just now, of not having outlived my spine - I still have mountains to climb.

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Who mentioned hope here times?



flightfulbird said...

Perry Noble did. . . he who has THE BEST IS YET TO COME as a banner in black and white at the very top of his Facebook page. . .

https://www.facebook.com/nobleperry/photos/a.539266166161879.1073741826.163968103691689/1507187469369739/?type=3&theater

I think the best is right now for Davey Blackburn - and if I never hear "nothing is wasted" or "the best is yet to come" again in my life, it will be too soon.


Partial transcript of Davey's appearance where he is parading around in one of his stupid tunic shirts talking about the best thing anyone can do is to kill you. . . start at 16:07

...because the BIble says "greater is He that lives in me, than he that lives in the world". The Bible makes it clear that when we have the power of the Holy Spirit inside of us because you've given your life to Jesus, that no weapon formed against you can prosper, because the greatest thing that anybody could do to you, the greatest thing that anybody can do to you is kill you, but AWESOME !

I get to be with Jesus for all of eternity. I get to b-, I get to live in joy, and peace, and fulfillment, where every wrong is righted, where everything wrong is undone, where every tear is wiped away, where all of my shame is gone, all of my pain is gone, all of my guilt is gone ... if THAT's the worst thing you can do to me ? (pauses) praise God.


AWESOME ! ! So Davey gets to be with Jesus. Every wrong is righted, everything wrong is undone. All of his shame is gone, all of his pain is gone, all of his guilt is gone.

It's like a get out of jail free card to heaven for him. Does he want to be killed and avoid the current ongoing speculation and possible consequences here on earth, if

Davey has said before that whatever happened to Amanda was undone at the very second she stepped across the threshold of heaven and saw her Savior (not exact words) - whatever helps him sleep at night. Nothing was undone to Amanda. Come on. She was safe from further harm and far better off than she was - but everything that happened to her - really happened to her. Nothing was undone.

Interesting that when he talks of what is so AWESOME to him about heaven, he does not mention getting to see Amanda Grace and Evie Grace again. So many times I've heard people talk about sort of a silver lining in getting to see their loved ones who are in heaven again when they die.

But Davey thinks of heaven and yet focuses NOT on seeing his girls again - but on wrongs (his wrongs?) righted and being undone - and being free of his shame and guilt. It's all about him. As usual.

What are his wrongs? Why does he claim for himself "shame" and "guilt"? I'm sitting here thinking this afternoon that I've done things of which I'm ashamed - but if I was talking about looking forward to heaven, I'd be talking about seeing Tim's brother and his dad again - and my parents' black cat if cats are there. Not being cleared of my shame and guilt - and wrongs being righted and undone. I have no reason to be looking forward to a clean slate or whatever - does Davey?

He's talking about this personally, not just as an illustration in an appearance. And the context is weird too, if you listen a bit before and a bit after these remarks (that's all I could stand) - this part about heaven slips in almost as forced, not fluid and natural for a planned appearance on stage - it makes no sense to include this at that point in his message.

Sure, Amanda and Evie will be in heaven too. . . they are there now having the time of their lives and would never choose to return to earth - and Davey doesn't even care enough about them to mention them.

Hey Jude said...

Oh, poor Perry is playing the 'poor me' card and likening himself to Job. - Perry's hurt, but he's choosing hope over hurt.

Anonymous said...

Video of the detective that spoke right after Davey did at the Momentum Youth Conference. Wonder of Davey stayed to listen to his presentation, especially after the detective reiterated that there are no statute of limitations for murder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PO_MV9hEBg

Hey Jude said...

A thing is, if Davey's going to heaven, he doesn't need someone to kill him in order to get there - he can just die of old age and be patient. Why would being killed be awesome, when dying naturally, and still going to heaven would be more awesome?

Anonymous said...

HJ, sounds like Davey was giving Amanda an early AWESOME Christmas present - rape and murder.

Hey Jude said...

I liked that video of the detective, Anon - interesting he was scheduled to speak following Davey's talk - just have to convince myself that wasn't a conspiracy now. ;-)

Anonymous said...

The detective is speaking at a church about 10 minutes from my house in a week. I'm thinking of attending and asking him afterwards about Davey Blackburn.

Hey Jude said...

That would be out of order, Anon, and not only because they're on the same speaking circuit... though you probably wouldn't be the first. :)

Hey Jude said...

It was very interesting how that was arranged - I like the idea that Davey can't ever quite rest.
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'There were bullets' . Yes, there was Amanda, too - and her baby.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

"...because the Bible says "greater is He that lives in me, than he that lives in the world".- Davey directly quotes this; the verse uses the pronoun "me". But look what happens in his next sentence.

"...The Bible makes it clear that when we have the power of the Holy Spirit inside of us because you've given your life to Jesus,..."- Davey hides in a crowd. He cannot stand and say that he has the power of the Holy Spirit inside of him or that he, personally, has given his life to Jesus. He consciously avoids it.

"...that no weapon formed against you can prosper, because the greatest thing that anybody could do to you, the greatest thing that anybody can do to you is kill you, but AWESOME !- Three things here: Davey again neatly avoids saying he has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, his repetition of "the greatest thing anybody can do to you" makes it sensitive to him personally, and he distances himself from his "profound" proclamation about dying for Jesus. He doesn't believe what he is saying.

"I get to be with Jesus for all of eternity. I get to b-, I get to live in joy, and peace, and fulfillment, where every wrong is righted, where everything wrong is undone, where every tear is wiped away, where all of my shame is gone, all of my pain is gone, all of my guilt is gone ... if THAT's the worst thing you can do to me ? (pauses) praise God."

What's interesting about this talk/sermon is that Davey introduces someone killing someone via "a weapon" coupled with "formed" against you. Hmmm- weapon formed against someone and someone being killed, together in Davey's mind. While the actual verse states "No weapon formed against you shall prosper...", Davey verbally links it to someone killing you as like your FastPass to Heaven (I think he's been to DisneyWorld one too many times). It's a total oxymoron- no weapon formed against you will prosper, but praise God you're dying because someone's killing you. A weapon formed against a person suggests a conspiracy, a plot. Dave states the weapon is formed "against you" and "someone killing you", but he takes possession of the FastPass with "I get to...". I'm guessing by all the benefits he lists that he: doesn't have joy, doesn't have peace, is still unfulfilled, recalls every wrong and and wants them righted (with a vengeance). He takes personal possession of shame (1st), pain (2nd), and guilt (3rd). So, he's more ashamed or fearful of being exposed than he feels guilty. Wonder what he's ashamed of and what causes him pain-because it certainly wasn't leaving the door unlocked with a pregnant wife and defenseless toddler in a neighborhood with a recent crime spree. He certainly didn't experience the searing, life-altering pain that comes with losing a beloved wife and best friend, a beloved and highly anticipated baby girl, or his son's world and security wrapped in his loving, highly committed and attentive mother. Conversely, Amanda experienced a ton of pain for an extended period of time. She was also shamed by someone and killed by someone.

The timing for this is interesting too as it's just 3 weeks short of November 10th, when Amanda was "killed"/murdered. Two years ago this time, Davey had launched the Strings Series ("What Controls You?"- about cutting strings https://vimeo.com/141788588). Davye's language suggests that there is something worse than someone killing him- I think it's someone exposing him as failure as a mega-church pastor and exposing him for who and what he is really is.

Anonymous said...

Davey and Amanda's family went on another beach vacation together last week. Davey posted tons of pics on an instastory. There are many matching clothes pictures in beautiful beach settings as usual. This time the color theme was grays and pinks. They sure do go on lots of vacates. Man, preaching must be quite lucrative.

Anonymous said...

Resonate has rearranged some of the sermon videos in the Strings and All In series. I wonder why?

Anonymous said...

Fools:

"He certainly didn't experience the searing, life-altering pain that comes with losing a beloved wife and best friend, a beloved and highly anticipated baby girl, or his son's world and security wrapped in his loving, highly committed and attentive mother. Conversely, Amanda experienced a ton of pain for an extended period of time."


If Larry only had 45 minutes with Amanda, and hasn't been charged with battery, how can you assert that she experienced (not suffered?) a ton of pain for an EXTENDED period of time?

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Bobcat- I noticed Resonate's done a little "editing" (a.k.a. deleting) too, when I went back to see what Davey was preaching about around this time in 2016. I had bookmarked a lot of the 2015 series' videos on Vimeo.


Love Song Week 4: How To Win A Fight https://vimeo.com/142081892
Love Song Week 5: Bringing Sexy Back https://vimeo.com/142824629

The other series are there too:

Love Song Weeks 1-3
All In Weeks 1-6
#FORINDY Weeks 1-4
Angels and Demons Weeks 1-5
Selfie Weeks 1-7
Scandal Weeks 1-4

Then, there's this very early Davey Blackburn video preaching at FUSE (NewSpring Youth), where everything he's saying is in direct contradiction to Davey Blackburn's personal life, his life mottos/personal philosophy/mantra, his lifestyle, and struggling career (known as Resonate Church): Propaganda Week 4 https://vimeo.com/21451264

flightfulbird said...

Love Song Week 6 is still there - that would be a red flag (to me at least) if that one was deleted. Weeks 1-5 show up at the link and then if you swipe right it shows Week 6.

https://resonateindy.com/sermons/love-song

Foolsfeedonfolly said...


Re: Bobcat @ 2:41 PM October 22, 2017

You said "If Larry only had 45 minutes with Amanda, and hasn't been charged with battery, how can you assert that she experienced (not suffered?) a ton of pain for an EXTENDED period of time?"
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I'm not quite sure what you meant by your post. What I do know is that the Affadavit of Probable Cause describing the crime scene details a struggle (broken lamp, displaced ladder, items where they would not normally be, a victim wearing only a shirt and that pulled up as if to remove it over her shot-at-close-range-to-the-back-of-the-head injured head, initial sexual assault assertions, bullets embedded in the victim's upper arm, teeth knocked out, split lip, facial abrasions, through and through shot to the upper posterior back,etc.). Jono's very honest verbalization, attempting to process Amanda's physical condition when he saw her at the Hospital, evidences that she took quite a beating. Clearly, Amanda suffered extensively during the struggle, as well as following the post-"execution shot" to the back of the head.

Davey Blackburn floated the "45 minute window" and stated that Larry Taylor pulled the trigger on Amanda. As I find Davey Blackburn to be deceptive and manipulative in his teachings, his language (verbal and written), and how he funds his lifestyle, I"m not inclined to believe his "45 minute window".

Although Davey's lack of detail about the night before Amanda's murder versus what he did chooses to acknowledge are unexpected, I haven't seen/heard anything discernible or solid regarding him abusing Amanda the night before. Given the still-vagueness of the timeline (per LE) and the limited pre-trial information released to the public, I'm reserving judgement on the timeline for Amanda's injuries.

The home invasion and subsequent battery resulting in murder pieces, along with the casting, seem to be executed too logically, orderly, and perfectly to be random...especially when taken together with Davey's post-murder behavior. Not only did he never miss a beat, he didn't even stumble when the song changed. Mother-figure substitutes were already in place (as well as childcare), the financials were in order, and the public funeral/memorial arrangements and burial arrangements all came together seemingly effortlessly within days. Then there were the interviews and appearances.

flightfulbird said...

Instagram of Davey and the Byars family posing for a (carefully crafted, color coordinated) picture during the beach vacation with the caption "I'm thankful this family will always be family to me and Weston". . .

https://www.instagram.com/p/BajCAPUldYJ/?hl=en&taken-by=daveyblackburn

Hey Jude said...

Your timeline is excellent, Bobcat - I got about half way through reading it last evening, though I'm sure I have looked at it before - it's a good resource to revisit. I find viewing Davey's words and actions in that concise form makes it very difficult to believe he only has guilty knowledge - I think, if so, it's such guilty knowledge...how was he not polygraphed?

The handwriting in Amamda's last journal entry does seem looser and larger, yet it is still very similar, to Amanda's - I don't know what to think of that. Elsewhere Amanda writes 'heart' - in that entry she uses the heart symbol - IDK, you'd need a lot of sample to see if she randomly used that in her journal. I expect Amanda's idea of fostering, once the second baby was older, was not greatly shared by Davey - it shows they were worlds apart, IMO - that she even believed that might be an idea to him.

Hey Jude said...

I do still believe that Amanda was not likely to have been in the frame of mind to make that jolly journal entry after the weekend's events and the Worship as a Weapon sermon. I wonder if she was coerced into making it, made it out of fear of Davey grabbing her journal - or if Davey wrote it himself. He has a similar forked 'F' in places in his notes, which Amanda mostly does not use, more usually her do is one crossed stroke, but I saw at least one instance of her f' forking back on itself, like Davey's. Couples' hamdwriting does sometimes take on some similar characteristics though.

Hey Jude said...

Flightful - that's a lovely family photo. If they are forward thinking, they maybe take some without Davey, too, just in case.

Here, Davey, would you take a shot?

Good Weston has such a loving extended family and plenty of cousins.

What is Davey on about, when you've been through the fire? - it was Amanda who went through the fire, allegedly while he was at the gym. Davey is a perpetual usurper.

It is astonishing, looking at the timeline quotes, how many times it was included that he was at the gym, and that he 'came back from the gym' took priority over the bad news about Amanda.

flightfulbird said...

Yeah, and "behold I am doing a new thing !" - what's that all about. Is Davey preparing us for a new girlfriend (or boyfriend?)

It is a nice photo - you'd never know anything happened to Amanda. Not that they shouldn't move on with the grace of God's help (as we keep hearing), but just seeing this when I look at it - they look like a rich happy family with the world by the tail.

About taking pictures without Davey just in case - I remember the story - I am not sure if it is true or just a joke - of a family who was going to have a painting done of the entire extended family together - they posed for it in a lovely garden setting and put one son-in-law on the end in case things didn't work out into the future - and when the inevitable (suspected) breakup happened, they turned (painted) him into a bush !


And as far as the gym goes- the gym is the critical, must be included factor in the whole narrative. He was 1000000% cleared because IMPD said he was seen on camera at the gym. He had the Resonate Facebook page statement announcing Amanda's death updated when the first statement did NOT include the factoid that he was at the gym. Grabbed my gym clothes, grabbed my gym bag, came home from the gym, walked in from the gym to find. . . .

It was/is his alibi. It's so obvious. The gym is always, always included. I think there is a reason, other than that he just wants to be identified as a gym rat who trains consistently and takes care of himself, to include it to the extent that he has and continues to do.

I would wager heavily that the 911 call will include a gym mention. Probably right at the beginning of it.

Hey Jude said...

Hi, there, I'm Davey Blackburn, lead pastor at Resonate Church - you probably remember we gave you some #forIndy donuts a few weeks back as a token of our appreciation. Next year we'll be doing much greater things, but the reason I am calling is that I just got back from the gym about an hour ago, and I have just walked in to find my father-in-law's daughter laying on the floor in my house. She's not talking, so I think she might have passed out - I was wondering if you could possibly see your way to sending someone around sometime later today, just in case - that would be great...thank you so much. I'll leave the front door open - I'm just going upstairs to take a quick shower....

flightfulbird said...

I do also think Davey would have included in the 911 call that he was the (lead) pastor of Resonate Church.

Because who would suspect that apastor would have anything to do with getting his wife Amanda into the condition she was in that morning?

This narcissistic ass even put it in her obituary - that "Davey is the pastor of Resonate Church of Indianapolis". What the hell? I cannot remember reading another obituary ever - where the occupation of the husband or wife of the decedent was included.

The obituary also talked about honoring the life of Amanda by attending her celebration service on Sunday. Never forget that Davey did not speak at all and that Perry Noble spent so much time talking about Davey and how beautiful of a guy he is -he said virtually nothing without Amanda except for mentioning her name in passing, connected with Davey.

Trudy said...

Davey invited everyone to wear jeans to Amanda's funeral. A few months later, he says he dressed up to meet with some decorator about remodelling his house. Part of his "sermon" included his need for gravitas and to be a grown up on that occasion, (interior decoration is a much more serious business than your pregnant wife's funeral) and that he couldn't possibly wear jeans with holes in them. He also included a mild criticism to the congregation that he knows "you guys pay more for 'em".
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The 45 minutes. When, in Davey's mind were Amanda's last 45 minutes? If was from the time LT allegedly entered the home until the time LT left, why? How did her suffering automatically disappear the second LT left?

It's weird. She may have been conscious, in fear and pain for a further period of time. She could have lapsed into unconsciousness a mere minute or seconds before Davey "walked in from the gym". (He rarely includes the 50 minutes he sat in the driveway yapping to KW while Amanda was lying on the floor). The 45 minute time frame bothers me. What is it based on?

flightfulbird said...

The last 45 minutes of Amanda's life were the 45 minutes before she was disconnected from life support, to put a fine point on it, yes?

And Davey only started talking about that whole "last 45 minutes" once we on the message boards started talking about how HE was never talking about it. It was only then that he wrote in his blog and started talking about how he could drive himself crazy thinking of what had happened to her while he was at the gym.

Whatever happened to Amanda (that was undone the minute she stepped into heaven and saw her Savior's arms welcoming her in and ready to receive her) may well have started happening on Monday the 9th. Given Amber's statements and Amanda's invisibility from Davey's words, something happened on Monday.

I think Davey wants us to think that the 45 minutes is the timeframe between when he left for the gym at 6:00am as documented in the Affidavit of Probable Cause - and when Natasha Jones Tank said she "heard two gunshots and what sounded like a woman scream" at 6:40-6:45am. Two gunshots - not three. . .

I have thought ever since I read those words (from the "earwitness" Natasha Jones Tank who was in her bed, apparently not asleep? that morning) - that she was maybe instructed to testify to that exact timeframe. To support Davey's alibi ? Did she have the presence of mind to hear the gunshots and what sounded like a woman scream, have the presence of mind to decide to NOT call 911, but have the presence of mind to look at the clock for the EXACT timeframe and then remember it to tell detectives later? That has always bothered me especially since she only heard two gunshots and not three.

Davey wants us to ignore the fact that Amanda was still alive (also described by him as "still breathing") for the whole time he lingered on his driveway talking to Kenneth Wagner. He was cruising out there in his car for almost an hour - sitting in his wet gym clothes in cold weather waiting for Alison Becker to arrive home. His phone call with Kenneth Wagner was supposed to be from 7am to 8am on Tuesdays - why did he linger on the phone after 8am, that morning?

And he talks about not knowing what happened and it would drive him crazy to think about it - he KNOWS what happened after he walked inside and called 911 as soon as he could - at 8:22am, five minutes after Alison Becker came home, noticed the burglary in her residence and called 911 to report it.

To describe any timeframe outside of Methodist Hospital as the last 45 minutes of Amanda's life is misleading - because the true last 45 minutes was in Methodist Hospital - and Davey can't use the time HE was with her inside the house waiting for paramedics as driving himself crazy thinking about what might have happened during the last 45 minutes of her life because he knew what was happening to her at that time.

Again, he wants us to think that Amanda's life ended while he was at the gym. I believe that was what was supposed to have happened - because of his words "still breathing", among other things. His carefully plotted, incredibly orchestrated plan did NOT include Amanda being alive when he walked in from the gym. And the 911 call is going to have so much stammering on it because of having to concoct a story on the fly - instead of calling to report a dead wife, he had to to alter his plan.

Trudy said...

Hi everyone. Great comments Thank you. I'm LMAO about the the son-in-law being turned into a bush.

I wonder how many other times CD extended his weekly (hour long) conversation with KW, for an extra 20 minutes. It is so obvious that he was waiting for Allison B to get home.

Fools at 4:03 pm said that this was too logical, too orderly and perfect to be random. I concur. Amanda's murdered was planned by an A type personality, master bullshitter, super narcopath - Davey Blackburn.

He will be caught in the web of his own design. The best laid plans of mice and men....

Trudy said...

"...and it would drive him crazy to think about it". That would be one of the shortest drives in the history of automobiles. Toot toot.

It would drive him crazy to think about it, so he doesn't. Problem solved. The Clint Dupin interview made it clear that Davy can't allow himself to think, never mind speak, about certain things, and for good measure, Davey asserts that God himself, had the grace to wrap him up in His arms so that poor Davey was protected from the knowledge that Amanda, was shot in the head.

As Davey was (allegedly) the first responder to a severely injured Amanda, I find it reprehensible that he says God protected him from knowing she had been beaten and shot.

Bingo said...

The fact that CD said that God protected him from knowing what happened to Amanda is the most selfish statement I have ever heard. Sure, Amanda was brutally beaten beyond recognition and riddled with bullets, but God protected me and gave me all this destiny, so it is all good.

Too bad Davey can't be painted out of any pics. He puts himself right in the middle while flexing his biceps as much as possible, squooshing everyone else almost out of the picture.

Bobcat said...

http://fox59.com/2017/10/10/impd-hosts-event-to-help-public-understand-how-homicide-cases-are-investigated/

"IMPD investigators say the murder of a pastor’s wife, Amanda Blackburn, nearly two years ago is a perfect example of how homicides can be solved with the public’s help.

That is the often overlooked key to bringing killers to justice.

Last month, a 13-year-old boy was gunned down outside a restaurant in Castleton and this past weekend a trio of teens was wounded in a drive-by shooting on 38th Street.

The IMPD says in both cases justice has been obstructed by some parents’ refusal to let their kids say what they saw."


Is Amber refusing to allow Audrey to be interviewed?

Who else?

Bobcat said...

^^^^^ DISREGARD!!!

i MISUNDERSTOOD "BOTH" IN CONTEXT.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Peter- In your recent comment on Davey Blackburn's statements, you said...

"I will weigh in here. I have given this a lot of thought.

Davey Blackburn was deceptive during his statements regarding his wife's death. I struggle, even today, to know the exact nature of this.

1. Same Sex Attraction
2. Prior knowledge that his house would be hit by criminals.
3. Illicit motive (exploitation)

The language shows deception, but due to the very poor questioning, I don't have certainty.

Behavioral experts say that the pattern is statistically likely. The coincidence is strong. "
___________________________________
What did you mean by illicit motive (exploitation)? Exploitation of who or what? Amanda? The public? Resonate attendees and "Owners"?

What pattern are you referring to as being statistically likely? Can you expound on that? What coincidence is strong? I'm sorry to be dense here, but I'm not understanding. Thank you!

mom2many said...

Bingo said...
"The fact that CD said that God protected him from knowing what happened to Amanda is the most selfish statement I have ever heard."

It is also a strong admission that he should have known by natural means that she was assaulted and shot. He could only be ignorant through supernatural means.

Anonymous said...

Oh please about the Indy police wrapping up the Blackburn case. That was very poor police work in my opinion. They didn't even polygraph Davey and let him off the hook within hours before they even caught anyone. IMO, there were obvious reasons to suspect DB of being involved from day one.

Statement Analysis Blog said...

Exploitation:

knowing/intending premeditating to exploit her death in media. He could barely contain his excitement of the free publicity and the numbers; even online.

Regardless of where this ends, I believe this aspect of capitalizing on her death, is part of it.

flightfulbird said...

From this post by Peter on November 17, 2015 - bolded mine

http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/statement-analysis-transcript-davey.html


Interviewer: We know the police in, have released surveillance photos, some surveillance videos overnight, what else have been telling you about who might have done this and why?

The question is about motive and identifying the killer.
Although worded incorrectly, it is a good question. We avoid compound questions as they allow the subject to pick and choose what to answer and what not to.

The questions, therefore are:

Who did this?
Why did he do this?

Keep this in mind as the subject responds:

CD: Um, ya know, the ah investigators um, haven’t given me ah, a, ton of details that um, they’ve given me the details that they’ve released to, to the public as well, an, an so we, we’ve been really tryin’ to do over the past week is um, is, is, kinda figure out , we, ya know, how to grieve the loss an, an how to, how to move forward from here an how to work thru all of this , it’s devastating to the family an , and um, ya know the fu, funeral this past Sunday was just an amazing celebration of, of her life an, we just um, we were so grateful for, for friends and family comin’ to show support, and the nation um, there were over 6500 people tuned in across the world um, and, and, what was so great about Amanda is she was so selfless, that she didn’t want here life to be put on display ever, but she wanted Jesus to be put on display. We feel like that’s what happened at the celebration service, that Jesus was lifted up and people’s lives have been changed because of that.

Later in the post above-linked post by Peter -

Here, while speaking of the motive and identity of the murderer, he changes language to give the number of his successful advertising campaign technique of of "celebration" and "laughing" to a conclusion:

"6500"

He goes further, however, to include not only the number of people who attended, but those who accessed the web site.

This is in response to Who killed your wife? and Why did he kill her?


His answer is to measure the success of the slick, up beat and positive spin on the murder of Amanda.

This is his priority found in his language.

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This is flightfulbird now -

Davey has been capitalizing on Amanda's death from the beginning. He actually texted Nothing is Wasted during her f-funeral. And he has Nothing Is Wasted plastered on the gravestone - and his house is titled with those initials - and he has said in so many appearances "don't let this be wasted". The positive spin including how great it is in heaven for Amanda makes me angry. Sure, Amanda was killed but look how many people she has impacted through her death. It was way too soon to talk like that.

It is disparagement to Amanda to say that she impacted so many more people by dying than she E V E R would have been able to impact had she lived.

Wow 6500 people on the internet saw (suffered through) Amanda's "celebration of life service" which really wasn't about her or her life at all, except for her family talking about her on a video. "That girl", as Robin referred to Amanda, deserved so much better - in life and after her death.

What can you tell us about who might've done this and why?
Davey couldn't say that whoever did it should've done it better and cleaner so he wouldn't have had to walk in and find Amanda still breathing and have to call 911.

Anonymous said...

Here's the full (double-checked) transcription of ^that^ interview.

Davey also says "I'm sorry."

http://case-discussions.blogspot.com/2017/03/11172015-good-morning-america-interview.html

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Peter- Thank you for clarifying that. I thought I was missing something somewhere. Now, I get it.

Flightful- Thank you for the reminder of Peter's post. I'm not sure if I initially missed that post or what, but it was important and very relevant to my questions too.

Re-reading Peter's old post above, I'm dumbfounded anew at Davey's mindset, avarice, and ambition. If you won't "waste" the murder of your wife to line your pockets, enhance your financial portfolio, pad your resume, and promote your business worldwide, then what could your child possibly mean to you (or your parents, your in-laws, your brother, etc.)? I found it a little creepy, his incessant use of "waste", given that his wife was "wasted" by someone (or a number of people if this is a coordinated "hit").

Bingo said...

Davey could hardly contain his glee and his face was plastered all over the tv. He went into studios to attend interviews instead of having a family spokesperson do it for him. I remember being shocked that he actually went on GMA the day after he buried his wife and unborn baby. I expected to see a unshaven, red eyed, disheveled man. Instead, no red eyes, perfectly shaven, hair meticulously gelled into place and smiling man. He almost seemed to be talking about someone he barely knew. He then went on Inside Edition, handing his honeymoon videos over and tons of pics of HE and Amanda. He wanted as many pictures of himself out there as possible. Later he said how hard it was to have cameras pushed in his face. LAUGHABLE! He prettied himself up and got himself to the studios, or setting to be filmed. He spoke numbers and advertised his flailing "business". Yes, exploitation and narcissism at "mach 6, hair on fire" level for sure.

Anonymous said...

Megs has declared today "Davey Blackburn Day". You guys can go flood him with praise!

Anonymous said...

Davey Blackburn day? It's been Davey Blackburn day every day since Amanda was murdered.

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Anonymous said...

Davey's cousin (is she the one helping with Weston?) taking a selfie with Pence:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/22/vice-president-pence-lands-indianapolis-ready-talk-tax-reform-anderson/689607001/

Anonymous said...

Anon @ 10:00PM, ow do you know that is Davey's cousin?

Anonymous said...

Google and public facebook photos/comments.

Bobcat said...

Anon @ 2:37,

Some time ago, I also studied ancestry.com as well for clues to Davey's background within the Blackburn family tree. As Davey said, "we" have nothing to hide.

I still am curious if Davey has an estranged or hidden sister somewhere, and if so, what's the back story there. Anything to do with the big high school lie?

So, to elaborate on my previous answer, it was not only google and facebook, but ancestry.com as well that led me to the knowledge that the woman taking a selfie with Vice President Pence is Davey's cousin. And it was Hey Jude that shared here that Davey had spoken of a cousin helping him with Weston while her husband was on duty overseas.

Trudy said...

Could the Byars's file a wrongful death suit against Blackburn, given that Amanda's murder was caused, in part, by Blackburn's negligence and failure to lock the front door? I say negligence because it has been established that he was aware of crime in the neighbourhood and was part of a neighbourhood watch group which advocates basic safety precautions. In addition, Blackburn has made it clear that the reason they were living in Indianapolis was to help people far from God (the unforgiveable, hopeless, etc. etc.) Common sense would dictate that those types of people are often dangerous and unpredictable. Davey Blackburn, having knowledge of all those things, was grossly negligent in failing to lock the door while his pregnant wife and infant son were asleep in their beds.

Trudy said...

I have seen people charge with wrongful death for failing to lock a pool gate. Is this so different? He failed in his duty of care.

Anonymous said...

I work for an attorney. They could definitely file a wrongful death civil suit and would be able to depose Davey under oath. They won't because Davey is sharing his windfall with them and at this point, everyone involved seems to enjoy their new-found lifestyle. It would only take one relative of Amanda's, though, to file a lawsuit. They would also have to file it by Nov. 11, 2017, as there is a two year statute of limitations for wrongful death in Indiana.

Anonymous said...

Jalen Watson plea agreement today:
Robbery resulting in serious bodily injury to someone other than a defendant.
2 charges - Burglary of a dwelling.

sirensong said...

Wow, Davey and the neighborhood watch group missed the burglary going on practically right next door to Davey that lasted a long time. IMO, Davey should have heard and seen the goings on at the first house. Cars pulling up, TV's being loaded. Someone hearing gun shots, strangers roaming the street. But someone saw CD leave for the gym at 6:10 and knew he was late?

Joe Hepp said...

Davey is too handsome to be a liar.

Anonymous said...

Davey to Jono: "She took quite a beating."

IMPD homicide detective: "She was not beaten."

Anonymous said...

An IMPD said this? When and to who? Oh my!

Bobcat said...

Responses to news story about Jalen's plea deal by a friend of one of Davey's cousins:

Wendelyn 'Rowe' Teall: I know this family very well. This is completely heartbreaking and makes me so angry.
Wendelyn 'Rowe' Teall He wasn't the one who "shot" her. ( ) Hoping to see justice in the other ones.

https://www.facebook.com/tim.smith.961/posts/1875822409097922?comment_id=1875906105756219&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D

Anonymous said...

Brenda @9:06. What are you on about? We already have connected Davey Blackburn to the murder of his wife. You haven't been paying attention.

Anonymous said...

daveyblackburnI want to give you a copy of this book!! So we’re giving TWO copies away! All you have to do to enter is to sign up for #thenothingiswastedpodcast email updates before Friday at 12!

The book is "Kill the Spider - Getting rid of what's really holding you back"

I guess Amanda was a spider. Talk about hiding in plain sight.

Anonymous said...

Indiana Burglary Laws Overview

http://statelaws.findlaw.com/indiana-law/indiana-burglary-laws-.html

Does anyone know what level burglary JW is charged with? It must be level 4 at least. TIA.

Anonymous said...

daveyblackburn@jillharrisdibos I'm about to release a blog post about the book's release date. Stay tuned!

Has he got another publisher or will he blog about how God told him the 2025 date book release is part of His divine plan? Stay tuned!

Hey Jude said...

Davey said a while back, in one of his podcasts, I think, that the book will be published next spring. I think the 2025 date was a stop-gap to indicate the date had been rescheduled but was not then set.

Bingo said...

This came from Amber's FB page. Hmmm. Interesting, so did Jalen Watson tell everyone exactly how it went down. Did he explain how they all ended up randomly on Sunnyfield Ct at the exact time that Davey was at the gym?

https://www.facebook.com/amber.b.wilkinson

"Sitting in a courtroom. Staring into the face of a man who was one of the last people to stare into the face of my sister while she was alive on this earth. We all sat quietly, trying to choke back the emotions that began to creep in as we listened to the series of events that took place on that dreadful November Day. Hearing facts and details that we had never heard before only made things more painful. My dad reached over and squeezed my hand tightly in his. I took as deep of a breath as I could, and begged God to be close to us. In the minutes to follow, Jesus reminded me of the words of the song that has been on repeat in my heart and mind this entire week. And in that courtroom, I drew such strength from its truth.No GUILT in life
No FEAR in death
This is the POWER of Christ in me
From life’s first cry
To final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No POWER OF HELL
No SCHEME OF MAN
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘Till He returns
Or calls me home
HERE IN THE POWER OF CHRIST I’LL STAND
There could not be any more comforting words as we sat and listened to the “scheme of man” and the actions that led to Amanda’s death. I sat there, tears streaming down my face, thanking Jesus that in those final moments of her life - no matter the fear or fight - Amanda stood in the POWER of Christ. And until He returns or calls me home, here in the POWER OF CHRIST I’ll stand.
For allllllll of you who have called and texted and been there for our family over the last few days, we can never say thank you enough. We are always blown away by the incredible body of Christ and the people that God uses to bring such comfort in our time of need. So thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️"

I really want to know if Davey had not one thing to do with this, why they went that far away to a cul de sac and decided to beat, torture and kill Amanda. It will never add up to me.

Bobcat said...

"dreadful November Day"

not 'dreadful November morning' or 'dreadful November day', but "Day".

Daytime, Monday, November 9, 2015?

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Also, Amber begins by dropping her pronouns. She does not commit herself to "Staring in the face of a man who was one of the last people to stare into the face of my sister while she was alive on this earth."

However, her wordy caption is attached to a photo which includes 'a man' whose name is Davey.

Bingo said...

I am so curious! How did the family get to go hear what Jalen had to say? Will it be covered in the news? Who did he implicate? Obviously, Jalen made it sound like it was all them unless he was lying. This case just keeps getting weirder. Amber makes it sound like Jalen told them the awful things Larry did to her? Does it not sound like that to you?

Anonymous said...

said...
Brenda @9:06. What are you on about? We already have connected Davey Blackburn to the murder of his wife. You haven't been paying attention.

October 29, 2017 at 10:19 PM




Haha

No

You haven't. You only wish you had.

Anonymous said...

Will Jalen tell the truth? Who knows? I think there has been a lot of cover up in this case from the beginning. However, I hope he can explain to the family why they targeted the cul de sac of Sunnyfield. Why did they steal a car and drive directly to Sunnyfield and only hit the two houses? Can he tell us where the large boxer was while the thugs stayed in the house all of that time. Why choose to hang out in the house when most robbers get right in and right on and steal the easiest, quickest things. A check card? Really? I think that was the payment they received for doing the crime. I think Davey may get away with this but I will always be convinced he was connected to the direct, hired hit of his beautiful wife. He is not sorry and is living the high life he always wanted to live.

Anonymous said...

Davey Blackburn connected to the Treezy bone, the Treezy bone connected to the Alonzo bone, Alonzo bone connected to the Gordon bone the Gordon bone connected to the Taylor bone, now hear the word of the Lord.

Hey Jude said...

I read on DataLounge that the transcripts could be requested from the court by a journalist - I wonder what the chances are of that happening, and if there is any journalist interested enough to ask for them. The retired judge hasn't posted in a while. Would be interesting to know if Davey attended.

Hey Jude said...

Bobcat - thanks for the 'hanging' references blog - there are a lot of allusions. I was especially struck by the number of times 'hang' or 'hanging' was used where I would more expect to have seen 'hold' - but it may be that is their preferred term.

Bingo said...

Hey Jude, I would be interested in knowing if transcripts of what Jalen said could be obtained also. If the 911 call hasn't been released, I wonder though. I think there was some cover up early on, maybe some protection of Davey from IMPD. Why would they not at least hold off releasing the house? Why wouldn't they take the husband of a murdered pregnant woman in for a polygraph or at least taped interview? I mean it seems unheard of to take Davey off the suspect list just because he popped into the gym for a 30 minute workout especially not having someone in custody. The media also twisted the story saying that Amanda was killed at the end of a long crime spree. The thugs basically broke into an apartment in the same complex they were staying and stole car keys, drove twenty minutes across town, all the way to the back of a neighborhood, stole from an empty house (occupant worked nights), waited for Davey to drive away, walked into an unlocked door and killed a young mom over a few hundred bucks and a laptop. It just doesn't add up.

On the retired judge, I bet someone told him to shush or else. Just my opinion.

Anonymous said...

said...
Bobcat - thanks for the 'hanging' references blog - there are a lot of allusions. I was especially struck by the number of times 'hang' or 'hanging' was used where I would more expect to have seen 'hold' - but it may be that is their preferred term.

October 31, 2017 at 10:43 PM





OMG! You said struck.

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