stock here: FINALLY! An assassination that didn’t directly involve set up by the FBI and CIA! Routh was from Kaaawa (yes three A’s in a row), a tiny town in a remote part of Oahu, I have done full solar systems in that town. He wrote a 291 page book about Ukraine, and it is still available on Amazon for $2.99 Kindle. I put a few excerpts at the far bottom. I posit that reading his whole book could provide an understanding of how misguided mind sets “work” or are at least created.
With all of his efforts, he failed to see the salient point: Ukraine and the Collective West, goaded and antagonized Russia into this Invasion, by stating that they would put nuclear weapons right on the border with Russia…just 5 minutes away from Moscow. His hatred of Russia was like his hatred of Donald Trump. Once set, like a pit bull latching on, there was no revisiting of the thought decision, even though would eventually give him life in prison.
A-Eye dove on this……
The details surrounding how Ryan Routh equipped himself are a mix of old professional ties and family resources. You’re right on the money about the “admin lady” and the SUV—investigators used these very links to trace his steps from North Carolina to Florida.
1. The Rifle: The “Roofing Connection”
Routh didn’t buy the gun from a shop; he leaned on people from his past in the Greensboro roofing industry.
- The “Admin Lady”: Tina Cooper was an administrative assistant who had worked for Routh at his own roofing company decades ago. Despite Routh firing her in the early 2000s, they remained in contact.
- The Transaction: Routh approached Cooper, claiming he needed a gun for his son’s protection. Cooper acted as the middleman, connecting Routh with Ronnie Oxendine, the owner of Oxendine & Sons Roofing.
- The Deal: In August 2024, they met at the Oxendine roofing headquarters. Routh paid $350 cash for the SKS-style rifle and gave Cooper a $100 “finder’s fee.” * The Cover-up: After Routh was arrested, Cooper reportedly texted Oxendine: “I do not know [sht] and u do not either… No proof.”* Both eventually took plea deals for their roles in the illegal sale.
2. The SUV: A Family Loan
The black Nissan Xterra that Routh was driving when he was pulled over on I-95 wasn’t registered to him.
- The Daughter: The vehicle was officially registered to his daughter, Sara Ellen Routh.
- The Setup: Routh had been using the car as a “mobile command center” for weeks. When the FBI searched it, they found a mattress inside, indicating he had been living in it to avoid hotel records. They also found a note addressed to his daughter and son (“Sarah” and “Oran”) with instructions on what to do if the car needed to be moved.
3. The Fake Plates: Why Take the Risk?
You’re absolutely right that fake plates are a magnet for Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), but Routh’s logic was focused on a different threat: The initial “BOLO” (Be On The Look Out).
- The Logic: Routh knew that if he were spotted at the golf course, police would immediately run his real plates and link the car to his family or his North Carolina address. By using a plate stolen from a 2012 Ford truck, he hoped to create a “mismatch” that would confuse officers during a quick visual check.
- The Reality Check: While he thought the fake plate would help him “blend in” during his month of reconnaissance, it actually backfired. Once a witness (Tommy Craig McGee) took a photo of his vehicle and plate at the scene, the fake plate was immediately flagged as “stolen” in the system.
- The Arrest: It was actually the real-time plate readers on I-95 that helped the Martin County Sheriff’s Office track the Xterra as it headed north, leading to the high-risk stop where he was finally apprehended.
Inside the SUV, the FBI also found plates from North Carolina and Ohio tucked under the driver’s seat—essentially a “portfolio” of tags he could swap out to stay off the radar.
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