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According to a June 2000 article appearing in the Texas Monthly about the murders, there was an eyewitness who claimed to have seen the murderer ( s ) but reported contradictory information to police and detectives.

The killer ( s ) was reported to be white, or " dark " complexioned ; to be a " yellow man " wearing lampblack to conceal his skin color ; a man wearing a Mother Hubbard style dress ; a man wearing a slouch hat ; or a man wearing a hat and also a white rag that covered the lower portion of his face.

There were also reports that the killer worked with an accomplice, or was part of a " gang " of murderers.

The African-American community and some practitioners of voodoo believed the killer was a white man who had magic powers that enabled him to appear invisible, as no dogs outside or in fenced-yards adjacent to locations where murders occurred were heard to bark or raise any alarm.