The hacktivist group #Anonymous has also been on the case, and they found quite a few interesting items in the social media accounts of individuals connected to the deceased.
One of the most damning: First responders found Jessica Chambers on an isolated county road, her body engulfed in flames, around 8:30 pm on the evening of 6 December. Barely three hours later, Alsani posts that Jessica died after “they poured gasoline down her throat” and set her on fire. He claims a deputy sheriff who stopped by the store provided that detail, but there is no indication that police had released that detail in the early stages of the investigation.
Here’s another key question: how does a 19-year-old buy a gas station? I’m not familiar with very many banks that would grant a business loan to a teenager. Apparently, Alsani (or someone else) paid cash for the business, which generates between $500K and $1 million a year in revenue. In a tweet a couple of days ago, Anonmyous asked if Alsani paid his taxes, suggesting they’ve hacked into the store’s financial documents.
If there’s any good news in this, it’s that the feds are fully involved. Someone posted a photo on Twitter of 8 FBI agents at Alsani’s store yesterday, and reps from the ATF and federal marshal’s service are also involved. One group that is surprisingly absent (so far) is the DEA, despite indications of heavy drug activity at the store. Obviously, the FBI handles a lot of drug cases, but if reports about heroin at the gas station are true, you’d think the DEA would be a part of the investigation.
There are reports that Alsani’s Yemen ties have attracted the attention of the FBI (that and the fact that local authorities appeared totally incompetent at handling the investigation). Hackers claim Alsani has ties to radicals in Yemen, but I haven’t seen anything except some of the jihadi imagery on his social media account. It would be interesting to know if any of the FBI agents in Panola County are a part of the counter-terrorism division.
What? To send in the DOJ CRS to accuse any whites of racism and privilege in accusing the poor immigrant store owner?
I suspect ATF may have some questions about the AK SBR he is wielding in his Facebook pics.