There have been some small details on Ashton's case the past two days, but the most important one is that LE believes they found the murder weapon - a handgun - among the potential evidence seized in Brown's house.
Also, some of the local LEOs are still in Michigan, going over the getaway car impounded.
I wanted to bump this because Ashton's visitation was tonight, from 5PM to 10PM and what was so neat was that the last hour, 9PM to 10PM, was a "sparkler vigil." Outside the funeral home, everyone got multitudes of sparklers to light and burn (safely) in Ashton's honor and remembrance, because they were her favorites.
They showed video of her friends with their sparklers *sparkling* on the 10PM news. I think it was a great idea for a young woman who was said to have such a sparkling personality.
Ft Bend Co. sheriff is holding a press conference now, because Matthew McCombs has arrived back in Houston and is in the Ft Bend Co jail.
McCombs was going to make a statement, but it wound up just being a statement to LE, not a wider audience. He did implicate himself and Sean Brown, both.
However, Sheriff Wright said the pistol that was found was actually found in McCombs' house (I thought they said it was Brown's, originally). It is an antique revolver-type, but which ammo is still available for. It was the murder weapon.
When asked "why," McCombs' short answer was "morbid curiosity." He said more, but Wright wanted to limit it to that, for now.
Ashton was killed Friday night before midnight, right in the field where these creeps buried her. They took the gun with them that night, planning to kill someone, according to McCombs' statement.
They had only $500 between them when the fled towards Canada. McCombs will be arraigned tomorrow. For whatever reason, this is not considered a capital case.