The Murders of Russell and Rebecca Porter
Sometimes even I am surprised at just what someone will kill, or pay someone to kill, for. This case had so many players it was hard to keep up with them all. While my research was not specific on how exactly investigators were led to all of those involved but it does not take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Russell “Rusty” and Rebecca “Becky” Porter were married just about a year when they disappeared on April 18, 2011 from their home near Willard Missouri. It is not clear who reported them missing but there was a search for the couple and a report filed. When investigators went to the Porter home they immediately suspected something was wrong. The door had been left open, cell phones were still in the home, their vehicle was still there and nothing indicated that they had intended to leave. Three months later two bodies were found in nearby Taney County Missouri but it was not immediately clear just who the bodies were. The bodies had been exposed to t...