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September 17th, 2009
Seventeen years ago tonight, Tammy left
home never to return.
We pray that those who are protecting
her killer, those who are holding onto this
secret, develop a conscience and come
forward with the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth...
For a brief overview of the basic facts surrounding
this case, please see the post from Sept. 9, 2009.
HE JUST KNEW
On September 25, 1992, two days after
Tammy’s body was discovered, Yankton
County Sheriff Dave Hunhoff and Yankton
Detective Bill Miller escorted Eric Stukel to
the ravine where Tammy’s body was found.
This is the testimony Sheriff Hunhoff gave at
Stukel’s arraignment:
“Miller and I stood back and followed Eric,” Hunhoff
said. “He walked up to the area where the body was
found. No direction was given to him.
He walked very deliberately to the area in line with
where the body was found. He made a deliberate right
turn, staring over to the area where the body was
found. There were no (marker) flags to be seen.”
Stukel was asked why he stopped at that point.
“He said he could tell by the grass, but you couldn’t tell
from that point anybody had walked down there,”
Hunhoff said. “His response was he just knew.”
Hunhoff said, “Stukel walked to the area as exact as if I
walked there myself.” *
How did Stukel know the exact spot where
the body was found? The ravine traveled two
hundred meters along County 121, yet Stukel
was able to walk up to place directly
overlooking the spot where Tammy’s body
was dumped, and his explanation for being
able to do this: “he just knew.”
There was no way he could have known,
unless he had direct knowledge of the
location of the body, as the physical evidence
would later indicate.
Some have said he might have gotten this
information from pictures or reports in the
newspaper.
Those pictures do not reveal the location of
the body, nor do any of the reports.
On this same day Eric Stukel would take a
polygraph test administered by Fred DeVane.
When asked if he killed Tammy, Eric
answered, no – deception was detected.
Though some might argue that polygraphs
are imperfect, that sometimes they hit and
sometimes they miss, this doesn’t change the
fact that Stukel failed the polygraph. The
odds of the success of a polygraph are far
greater than its failure.
In the end, too much stacks up against
Stukel: the failed polygraph, the writings
wherein he fantasizes about killing Tammy,
the bizarre behavior, the confession at the
Fryin' Pan, the fibers in his trunk and on
Tammy's body, the fluids in the vehicle, the
fluids on the body, the defense wounds, the
impossible time-line, the impossible alibi...
just knowing where Tammy's body was
dumped...just knowing.
m.c. merrill
Tomorrow: an analysis of alternate theories,
lingering rumors and outright lies.
* SOURCE: Rothanzl, Lorna. “New Clues
Revealed: Sufficient Evidence Binds Stukel Over
To District Court.” Yankton Press and Dakotan.
Oct. 31st, 1995.
Seventeen years ago tonight, Tammy left
home never to return.
We pray that those who are protecting
her killer, those who are holding onto this
secret, develop a conscience and come
forward with the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth...
For a brief overview of the basic facts surrounding
this case, please see the post from Sept. 9, 2009.
HE JUST KNEW
On September 25, 1992, two days after
Tammy’s body was discovered, Yankton
County Sheriff Dave Hunhoff and Yankton
Detective Bill Miller escorted Eric Stukel to
the ravine where Tammy’s body was found.
This is the testimony Sheriff Hunhoff gave at
Stukel’s arraignment:
“Miller and I stood back and followed Eric,” Hunhoff
said. “He walked up to the area where the body was
found. No direction was given to him.
He walked very deliberately to the area in line with
where the body was found. He made a deliberate right
turn, staring over to the area where the body was
found. There were no (marker) flags to be seen.”
Stukel was asked why he stopped at that point.
“He said he could tell by the grass, but you couldn’t tell
from that point anybody had walked down there,”
Hunhoff said. “His response was he just knew.”
Hunhoff said, “Stukel walked to the area as exact as if I
walked there myself.” *
How did Stukel know the exact spot where
the body was found? The ravine traveled two
hundred meters along County 121, yet Stukel
was able to walk up to place directly
overlooking the spot where Tammy’s body
was dumped, and his explanation for being
able to do this: “he just knew.”
There was no way he could have known,
unless he had direct knowledge of the
location of the body, as the physical evidence
would later indicate.
Some have said he might have gotten this
information from pictures or reports in the
newspaper.
Those pictures do not reveal the location of
the body, nor do any of the reports.
On this same day Eric Stukel would take a
polygraph test administered by Fred DeVane.
When asked if he killed Tammy, Eric
answered, no – deception was detected.
Though some might argue that polygraphs
are imperfect, that sometimes they hit and
sometimes they miss, this doesn’t change the
fact that Stukel failed the polygraph. The
odds of the success of a polygraph are far
greater than its failure.
In the end, too much stacks up against
Stukel: the failed polygraph, the writings
wherein he fantasizes about killing Tammy,
the bizarre behavior, the confession at the
Fryin' Pan, the fibers in his trunk and on
Tammy's body, the fluids in the vehicle, the
fluids on the body, the defense wounds, the
impossible time-line, the impossible alibi...
just knowing where Tammy's body was
dumped...just knowing.
m.c. merrill
Tomorrow: an analysis of alternate theories,
lingering rumors and outright lies.
* SOURCE: Rothanzl, Lorna. “New Clues
Revealed: Sufficient Evidence Binds Stukel Over
To District Court.” Yankton Press and Dakotan.
Oct. 31st, 1995.
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