By  Steve Huff

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Police have been very close to the vest on details of their investigation, which leaves the public, especially on the message boards and in blogs, to speculate over some of the unusual details of the case:

Nona was found nude, but she had not been sexually assaulted.  Kevin Jones, Friend Ryan Whiteside, and apparently Janice Jones discovered Nona's body. She'd been brutally battered about the upper body and stabbed, which made Janice Jones comment that Nona was the victim of an "accident" seem strange in retrospect. 

There was another odd thing. The same day someone using Kevin Jones's name posted to Miss Arkansas Pageant message board was reportedly the date of Nona's funeral. Perhaps the poster wasn't Kevin Jones at all since it seemed like a strange thing to do around the time his girlfriend of 5 years was buried.

Chelsea Huckaby, a week after Nona's murder, didn't seem to suspect Kevin Jones she was a prolific enough blogger that some discussion of any suspicions she had would surely have made it into her weblog. She wrote instead of wanting to just be with "Jim and Kevin."

Police have said that they don't believe that Nona's murder was a random act, which causes people to speculate that it could have been someone she knew. The messages left under the names Kevin Jones and Duane Dipert on the beauty pageant message board have further fueled the rumor mill.

Whoever it really is that posts on the Miss Arkansas message board as Duane Dipert has increased the speculation. This individual left this message shortly after the "sociopath" post:

"Anybody who reads the papers and reads between the lines knows who the murderer is. Carol (Nona's mom) and I, as well as the cops, know who he is, too, after hearing the evidence. The part of "sociopath" you need to read is the part about showing no remorse....as well as other characteristics Read between the lines!"

Television drama teaches the viewer that crime investigation can seem neatly wrapped up in an hour. Nothing is further from the truth. Many murder investigations take decades to come to a resolution. Sometimes there will people of interest who seem utterly convincing to the public reading newspapers or watching TV then DNA will be tested or some new breakthrough in forensic science will render all suspicion moot.

Some who are privy to details about the investigation into Nona Dirksmeyer's murder believe there will be an arrest very soon but to many of them, the days, weeks and months since Nona's murder have already stretched beyond what their need for answers, their need for justice, can stand.

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