Today, Paighton Houston's body was found in a shallow grave behind a house.
She has been missing for about a week. She was 29 years old and from Birmingham, Alabama, and there was a lot of press regarding her disappearance because she's white, female, and under 30.
A co-worker of Paighton's was with her at the bar where she was last seen. The co-worker claimed that she left with "two heavy set black men" and did so voluntarily. Of biggest interest is the fact that she texted this co-worker, "If I call answer, I don't know these people and I feel in trouble". That was the last that was heard from her.
The curious part of this whole thing is the fact that, despite confirmation of Paighton's murder and the discovery of the body, no surveillance video has been released of the "two heavyset black men", nor is there a better description of these men from anyone else at the bar.
Paighton's family has also complained on Facebook that the co-worker has "changed their story several times".
I'm calling this now:
This crime wasn't committed by two heavyset black men. The co-worker (not sure if male or female) probably did it, and then used Paighton's phone to text themselves in order to throw police off the trail.
The police aren't stating that the co-worker is a suspect, but I bet they are, unless the police are really asleep at the switch. If the co-worker is male, it's especially likely that he did it.
The police also don't seem particularly interested in searching for the two black men, as if they are doubting the story.
https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2...ing-probe.html
https://heavy.com/news/2019/12/paighton-houston/