conducted publicity campaign.
Well I just have to say that I know her and believe in her one hundred percent, one person wrote, saying, She did not commit this crime.
Another person wrote a very long and detailed post about just exactly why such a large number of Iderâs citizens were such doggedly steadfast believers in Karriâs innocence: The fact of the matter is, we the community, her loved ones, her family and her friends, stand beside [Karri] and this is a horrible nightmare to us all.
The writer said that many of the townspeople had grown up with Karri, taking part with her in beauty pageants, band, cheerleading, athletics, church activities, and attending school for thirteen years, and then graduating high school with her.
We went on her family vacations with her, and she went on our vacations with us, the post said. If the readers had children, then the writer said he or she assumed that those children had friends whom they played with, spent the night with, and went to school with. These children had become a part of their lives and their families.
The post explained: This is how so many people say we know and love Karri. No one spends 24/7 with her, but that doesnât stop so many of us from knowing her as well as you know your spouse or best friend. We WANT to believe Karri is innocent and that would be no different than if it were somebody you all know and love.
The writer continued, saying that if that made the town of Ider a bad place with uneducated, gullible people living there, at least it showed that they âloved their neighbor the way God wanted us to,â as the Bible instructed them: We are her sisters, her aunts, her cousins, her uncles, her husband, and most importantly, HER FRIENDS, and we love her and we will support her until this thing is over!
One person who was obviously a close friend of Karriâs, and was refusing to believe there was even a possibility of her guilt, wrote another very long post that attempted to cast doubt on the prosecutionâs case. The writer claimed that there had been many other people who had access to Billy Junior Shaw the day of his death, both before and after his body was discovered. Just because the media was the only source of information on the case, they wrote, that did not make Karri guilty. The defense obviously had a lot of information they were keeping to themselves in order to exonerate Karri, they said.
The post also ranted about the money that figured so largely as the motive for murder.
This is really making me furious, the writer asserted, then pointed out that it was hard to steal money or commit identity theft if youâre a âpartner in the companyâ and your name is placed upon âall the accounts as wellâ!
This lengthy defense of Karri was answered by an individual who made it clear that he or she did not share such certainty of Karriâs innocence.
If you know for a fact that she did not commit this crime, have you called the DAâs office and told them of the evidence you have? asked the writer, also asking the person if they had given any information about the alleged âother peopleâ that needed to be investigated. Do you have ANY information, other than knowing Ms. Willoughby?
The writer also asked why anyone who was said to be a partner in a successful business would need to file bankruptcy two times in the past eight years.
I respect you for wanting to support your friend, the post continued, but someone needs to start presenting evidence to help Ms. Willoughby or she is never going to be home with her children any more.
The writer pointed out that a grand jury had already found that there was enough evidence for a capital murder charge, and it was highly unlikely that a regular jury would see things differently.
Another one of Karriâs most vocal defenders wrote at length about how they and many other people in small towns often ran errands for their friends and