Yesterday, we were all disgusted and enraged at what we found out in this diary:
Dead Bear at WCU with Obama signs around neck
Now there seems to be more information
In a new article at the Asheville Citizen-Times authorities have released a timeline and also some other details.
Beachem said the police chief told him the suspects found the bear dead on the side of the road before dumping it at the traffic circle at the main entrance to campus on Monday.
Apprently, those of us thinking that this bear was probably already dead when the pranksters got there were on to something. Not only that, but apparently Jackson County is having a problem with bear poachers leaving bear carcasses on the side of the road around the county
Also, this makes it seem also like a somewhat random occurrence and not a planned attack:
Investigators found writing on duct tape attached to once of the campaign poster requesting that no one steal it, making it appear the sign had been stolen before it was placed on the bear
Apprently, the campus police seem to think it was a student at the university and not one of the local people. FRom that article, it also mentions that the students were out camping and partying and that one of the students involved was black.
Tom Johnson, Western Carolina University chief of police, is reporting that as of 4:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Oct. 21) seven individuals – all of them students at WCU – had been identified as involved in the placement of the body of a dead bear that was found on the WCU campus at about 7:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20.
And thanks goodness for this :)
money would not be needed because authorities had made an arrest.
No details out yet with who the suspect is.