u/Hutchess28

Hey everyone,
I’m looking for a good tree stand for my Ruby. I’m out in West, Texas, so I can definitely drive to a store if anyone knows a great place in the Central Texas area. I'm also totally fine ordering online if there's a specific site or builder you all highly recommend.
What kind of wood do your Greys seem to like best? I want to make sure the branches are the right thickness for her grip. (And a base that's easy to clean is a huge plus!)
Let me know where you got yours, and if you have pictures of your setups, I'd love to see them. Thanks!

(Note: I originally posted this with the real names, but it was taken down by the mods for including personal identifying information. I’ve re-uploaded it with all the names blurred out to respect the subreddit's rules! This sub also doesn't allow photo uploads, so I will be posting the links to the redacted newspaper clippings in the comments below.)
I’ve been digging deep into my family’s genealogy, and I’ve uncovered a dark mystery from 1955 that my family has whispered about for years. While pulling old newspaper records, I found articles that make me almost certain my great-grandmother murdered my great-grandfather, and completely got away with it.
Here is the story according to the local papers and the initial police investigation.
**The Setup:**
My great-grandfather was a 62-year-old farmer living in Florida. On the night of May 31, 1955, he and his wife were supposedly sitting in their living room listening to the radio around 9:00 p.m.
**The "Official" Story:**
According to my great-grandmother, she left the living room to go to another part of the house. A short time later, she heard a "loud noise" and returned to find her husband missing. She claimed she searched the house and eventually found him out on the screened-in back porch with a gunshot wound to the head, but still alive. Since they didn't have a telephone, she ran to a neighbor's house for help. By the time the neighbor arrived, my great-grandfather was dead.
The authorities initially ruled it a suicide (or possibly an accident). But when you look at the details the State Attorney released, the red flags are absolutely everywhere.
**The Red Flags:**
• **The Physics of the Shot:** The weapon was a .22 caliber bolt-action rifle. The bullet entered his head **behind his right ear** (being right-handed makes this even more awkward). The local State Attorney went on the record saying it "would have been difficult for \[him\] to shoot himself from this angle." How do you accidentally—or intentionally—shoot yourself behind the ear with a long bolt-action rifle?
• **The Location:** If they were in the living room listening to the radio, why did he take a bolt-action rifle out to the back porch to shoot himself the exact moment she left the room?
• **The Convenient "Illness":** This is the part that really convinces me. An inquest into the death was scheduled with a coroner's jury to investigate the fatal shooting. Right before the inquest—which she was the primary witness for—my great-grandmother conveniently "collapsed." She was admitted to the hospital and was completely unable to attend the inquest or even her own husband's funeral. The judge and State Attorney had to indefinitely postpone the probe. Her condition at the hospital was ironically listed as "good."
It seems like she bought herself time, avoided testifying under oath while the heat was on, and the authorities eventually just let it go.
I’m convinced she shot him from behind while he was on the porch, dropped the rifle near the body, and made up the radio story.
What do you guys think? Have you ever seen a case where someone managed to shoot themselves behind the ear with a rifle? I'd love to hear your theories on how she managed to pull this off and get the cops to drop the probe!
**(Check the comments for the links to the newspaper clippings!)**
As far as a link. This occurred in 1955 and there was discussion of it not being a suicide in newspapers. My posts have been taken down :( hopefully this works