Crime Library interviews skateboarder

Wed, Oct. 5, the grand jury will begin investigating Taylor's disappearance of Taylor Behl. One of the individuals testifying will be Kevin (last name withheld), one of two skateboarder acquaintances of Taylor Behl.

Tuesday evening I interviewed him about Taylor and the events before her disappearance – some of which is shocking, but may give some hope that she is still alive. I'll have that written up and published as a news story tomorrow morning on our full coverage page:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/taylor_behl/taylor_behl_jump_page.html

[BFD - v2.0]

"I'm going to do something highly illegal" (http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/ap/1005/0501_behl_bombshell.html)

A very interesting read.

Nice work Marilyn.

[guineaneck]

It's time for Taylor's friends to wrack their brains and try to figure this out (I'm going to do something highly illegal). Surely this is not the only person she told! Is Taylor the dramatic type? Maybe she was just going to get a tattoo before her 18th (legal) birthday... and called it highly illegal.

[nibblet]

Marilyn - great interview with Kevin.

I'm curious - did Kevin elaborate on the following from your article?

- "That same day, Kevin met Ben Fawley, Taylor's amateur photographer friend, for the first time. Fawley had learned about the skateboarding with Taylor and approached him at his place of work. He wanted to know if Kevin knew where Taylor was and where he could find Kevin's skateboarding friend who had been with him Saturday night."

How did Ben find out about Kevin and the skateboarding friend and what they all did on Saturday night? From Taylor? How did he know where Kevin worked? What he even looked like? They are meeting for the first time?!


-" ...but later, by herself sought out Kevin to tell him something she was excited about. "I'm going to do something highly illegal," she confided. "an early birthday present." "

I hope this isn't drugs. He describes her as a straight arrow but what else is illegal (purchasing alcohol, drugs, stealing, etc) or could this have been just her way of speaking?

-"... but she was running with a rough crowd." He also characterized her as "very trusting."

Did he make that statement because of things he has read about Ben in the news after she disappeared?

:confused:

[NancynNC]

Originally posted by MarilynB
Wed, Oct. 5, the grand jury will begin investigating Taylor's disappearance of Taylor Behl. One of the individuals testifying will be Kevin (last name withheld), one of two skateboarder acquaintances of Taylor Behl.

Tuesday evening I interviewed him about Taylor and the events before her disappearance – some of which is shocking, but may give some hope that she is still alive. I'll have that written up and published as a news story tomorrow morning on our full coverage page:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/taylor_behl/taylor_behl_jump_page.html

Wow, if you can believe this Kevin, this is shocking.
Maybe the illegal thing is where the punk with cocaine enters the picture. I have always thought he was the last person in her car.

The printed interview was all Kevin told me. Kevin's view of the "rough crowd" was based on his evaluation of Fawley when he met him that Thursday and things he subsequently saw on the Net and read about him in the news.

[TN_Profiler]

Very interesting interview MarilynB. Thanks.

If Taylor was planning on doing something highly illegal to mark her 18th birthday it does make one wonder the severity of how "illegal" it was going to be.

The possibilities are endless so I don't know what to make of it. It doesn't necessarily indicate something horrific and for someone who puportedly wasn't into hard drugs or drinking it does water down the comment somewhat. I would be more afraid of that type of statement if Ben made it.

Speaking of Ben, I wonder if her birthday idea came from hanging around him? Afterall, he is the guy who can't seem to put two consecutive months together without being arrested for trespassing, domestic violence, stealing, etc...

I am curious about Ben meeting up with Kevin asking about Taylor. Is that pre-emptive behavior (much like Scott Peterson "looking" for Lacy) or was it genuine?

[nibblet]

Originally posted by TN_Profiler
Very interesting interview MarilynB. Thanks.

.... I am curious about Ben meeting up with Kevin asking about Taylor. Is that pre-emptive behavior (much like Scott Peterson "looking" for Lacy) or was it genuine?

Great comparison TN_Profiler. What a loser.

[Researcher]

I totally agree with those who see a bad alibi. Criminal's note to self: "1) Be sure to show how the victim is the real culprit; 2) Be sure to point out how oh so very helpful I was really trying to be." Isn't that how it always goes?