Cortney Clayton September 1988

[albion]

3. Cortney Clayton
September 1988

Cortney Clayton had begged her father to let her go to the store in Stamford, a small town in West Texas, to buy something to drink. She was only 7 years old, but the store was only about a block away. It was a walk she’d made many times before, and her father watched her as she quickly made her way to the store and walked inside to purchase a soda. Her older brother Ryan showed up several minutes later to walk her home, but she was nowhere to be found. Only the can of soda she’d recently purchased remained sitting on the back of the store manager’s vehicle. Her body was found six months later in a field about 50 miles south of Stamford.

[Mr Hood]

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I wonder what brand soda was brought from the grocery store.

[almagata]

So what kind of soda would you think would be important?

[Mr Hood]

Sept 1, 2016 15:57:57 GMT almagata said:

So what kind of soda would you think would be important?

It depends on who killed Cortney, maybe it doesn't play a part at all but I've noticed that certain things catch they eye of a killer. When you have a 7 year old it's all visual, unless that child has been sourced and targeted. Visual means does she fit with the preferred 'type' rather than just any child. It all depends on things that might not be in the public domain, parents background, heritage, school etc.

I believe some adult victims of killers have been sourced via Facebook, Craigslist etc and they have spoke to their killer where he's had chance to get some background on them, with small children it's usually visual, especially if the victim was at a certain place without any planning. The murderer of Cortney could have been waiting all morning or afternoon until he saw something took his eye.

[almagata]

Armchair posted this interview on Drifter's board a few months ago. Don Richards talks about some child cases. You don't hear detectives talk much about child victims, how they are selected and how the perpetrators view kids. It is in interesting interview.

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