alot of unanswered questions regarding the murder of cindy leggans.

soon the space on the BEN will no longer be available to post your comments and opinions about cindy leggans and brian cockrum. i personally would like to continue reading other peoples comments and their opinions about what is now drawn everyons attention because things just dont add up' so i hope people will come to this site and continue voicing their concerns.

I just want to know what other people know about Tom Leggans. Alot of people are saying that he has something to hide and that Cindy was just a coverup. I heard he was gay, is this true?

to benton: i have lived here in benton since i was little and to tell ya the truth i never heard of Tom Leggans. but in the same aspect i didnt know cindy either. i dont believe his lifestyle put her life in danger, i strongly believe it was her lifestyle. but hey i could be wrong. just my opinion. i just dont understand how people can say brian killed her with the facts that have been presented so far, and if there is other proof that 100% ties him to it than WHY keep it a secret. hum makes me wonder? what's ur thought???

I didnt know Tom Leggons and I have lived here all my life also. I dont believe his lifestyle put her in danger either. I did know both Cindy and Brian. I know that the last 3 or 4 years, Brian had spiraled down, from what he used to be. As for Cindy, I know that she was always in the bars, and yes, the lifestyle was not the best. But, hey to each his own. I agree with you, I dont know how they can say that he absolutley killed her. There are just too many questions left unanswered. My main thing is, why wouldnt he have went up to the square to see Cindy before he left for work, it was on his way.

I posted (or tried to post) a note on the Southern last night that hasn't shown up yet, wondering why federal agents were guarding Mr. Leggans for days after Brian died. What were they protecting him from, or perhaps the house, itself, might have been the suspected murder scene? I'm curious about every aspect of this case because not one piece of it makes sense when you start to disect it and read between the lines of the comments by law enforcement. There were too many speculations in what Mr. Dinn told at his press conference. I've never heard the words, "We know he did it", or "He confessed in his suicide notes". It's been all speculation, at least as far as what they're dishing out to the public. The people are not going to rest until they have more facts given them. Not many people really care that much about the personal lives of these people, only about whether or not Brian really did kill Cindy and, if not, who did and why? Not to mention, the 'where','when' and 'how'. This is the most rediculously handled case, at least concerning the public's right to know the facts, that I've heard about recently. They may want the people to just drop all the wondering and commenting, but you'd think that THEY would want to keep trying to find the truth. We don't even know THAT, for crying out loud. I believe our officials owe it to us to keep us updated about the facts they've uncovered, if nothing else just to shut us all up or give us some peace of mind about whether there is still some dangerous, unstable person running around who has gotten away with murder! I don't think Brian killed her because nothing has been said or proven to us that he did. I'm also wondering who helped him hide out, who fed him, who made sure he had pen and paper and a shotgun, who listened to him for those few days following Cindy's death, who consoled him, who tried to talk him out of killing himself or INTO it. Someone out there knows everything. I know his immediate family doesn't. That would leave maybe a 'best friend' or other relative. All I do know is that this case has had me sleeping very little since it happened, and I'm not even close to it. I wonder how that person who DOES know everything is sleeping.

I don't know why my last post says, "Chicago" on it, but I'm local, just so you know. ;o)

Now it's Toledo? What on earth?????? I give up after this one!

Just to let everyone know, some people are posting about this same subject under the topic: Man wanted in killing has shot himself to death.

I have wondered where her son was at the time she was up at the park planting. Was he left at home with Mr. Leggens. Did he have to drop the son off somewhere on his way to work. Why did he no stop and see her on his way to work. If I was a husband and my wife had been out all night and discovered that she was not home when I awoke I would have checked if she was still planting the flowers. He needs to make a public statement. Did they have an open marriage? Is he gay. Do they have any clue to where the murder took place and are they still looking for the murder weapon. How did Cockrum get his hands on a sawed off shotgun. Was he in his underwear when he shot himself. He left his shorts at the garage. Where did he go to get the gun and change of clothes. They said that a note was in his back pocket. Underwear dosen't have pockets. So he had to have gone somewhere and changed. Someone might have helped him. The Franklin County authorities have been to closed mouth on this one. Some of these questions need to be answered. No one really cares about lifestyles here. Just to many unanswered questions.

franklin resident---you are exactly right. there are alot of unanswered questions.alot of people think that the story should be for the family only-- i think that is a bunch of bull. i agree lifestyles are not the issue, but sadly it played a role in this saga. i think SOME people are eager to blame brian and i think they were suprised people are not buying it. i am not biasist because i didnt no either brian or cindy. im not a detective but i am human and if i can see things are not adding up than the cover-up isnt a good one.i say cover-up because the truth has only one side and this murder has many. hopefully somehow someday it it will all come out.

How come this site always gets the town wrong. I dosen't ask where you are from . Do they just add a town at random. Everytime I post I'm from a different town. Weird!

well same here it says im from duquoin im from benton.

I wondered the same thing about the town?? It's not right. Here are some questions I have:(this question is similar to "just thinking's post"-- Was Brian actually "alone" from 10:00pm on that Wednesday night that he vandalized the park until 11:00am that Sunday when they found him. Did he have his cell phone on him? Did he make any phone calls? What do all 3 suicide notes say!

I'm wondering what her cell phone log had on it. I would like to know if she called him or not at 2:00am. Also, what was the purpose of having her cell phone battery on him if he killed her?

one report stared that cindy made a phone call around 2am to HER HUBBY to say she was ok---but then her hubby stated he never knew she was gone till he woke up that morning----hummm isnt that something to consider?? and why would anyone take the time to remove a battery from a cell phone if they were going to murder someone or already had. i would just break the dang thing if the purpose was for noone to use it. but this is one of many many many things that dont add up.

This just hit me tonight. I knew there had been something that I'd forgotten. The night the vandalism took place on the square was NOT the night before Cindy was murdered, as Mr. Dinn has clearly stated. He said the police were notified around 10:30 on Wed., May 31 about the vandalism and Cindy's body was found the next day after she'd been up there all night the night before after being called about the damage there. Well...........I wonder if any of you remember seeing the Benton paper a day or two before that Wed. where they ran 2 large pictures on the front page of the vandalism, showing the destroyed flowers and broken tree limbs. They stated they thought it was the work of one person, and I remember thinking how odd that they thought that and it sounded like they might have known who did it, but they didn't say. So,that damage had already been done. I'd forgotten that in the subsequent days, but this would leave a full 24-48 hours in between the vandalism and her death. I believe we have our first lie, the first of many.

I too am curious to where her son was the night the park was vandalized. Was he home with Mr. Leggans. His age has never been mentioned. Would a mother of a young child leave the house so late and not inform her husband. When he woke he stated that he didn't know where she was. Probably gone to the nursery to by more flowers he said. Why didn't he go to the park on his way to work to make sure. After all he stated that she called him a 2 am and told him of the Brick incident. Seems like a husbsand would want to know if his wife was OK after a threating like that. Was she not concerned for the safety of her child. The person who threw the Brick could have gone to her home and done the same thing. I myself would have wondered that. I would have gone home immediatly after that. Seems like the rain didn't stop her from going home. Why wouldn' someone throwing a brick at you make you afraid. I think she knew who it was and finally left at 4:50am to find him to confront him which ultimatly caused his death. She probably knew he was hiding somewhere near her house. Thats why she didn't ask for an escort home by the police. Any comments on this theory?

I have been wondering the same thing. Where her son was that night. Was he at home or did she leave him with her husband?
The Brick thing would have scared me also. Didn't seem to bother her though! She waited the rain out and resumed planting flowers. I would have thought the Heck with the flowers and gone home to check on my child. The flowers could have waited until morning. This site never gets the town right. I think its to keep us guesing.

I there any way you might have saved thos papers that reported on the vandalism being a xouple of days eariler. Do you know of anyone who would have that edition with the pictures and shows the date?

Gay...not gay, murdered....not murdered, suicide...not suicide, conspiracy....not a conspiracy. Who cares???? The people of Benton really need to get a life...or a job.