Search results

I'm confused- did Ortiz only deliver to post offices or did he also deliver to homes and businesses? I don't think we know for sure but the combo of his hours and the third party contractor employer lead me to believe he only delivered to post offices and possibly businesses. Sent from my...

I agree - the planning, the lying in wait, the surprise attack were important. If he just wanted an easy victim, he could have found one in Worcester. Also cause of death hasn't been released but numerous sources have said her throat was crushed leading me to believe it was strangulation. Moo...

I actually think he killed her pretty quickly. A number of reports have said her throat was crushed so I'm assuming she was strangled, probably because she was fighting so much. I also don't think he spent much time burning her. My guess is she bit him and scratched him so he focused on...

A couple of newspapers have reported that "the name “Adrian Colon-Ortiz” was written on one of the mailboxes out front" of the multi-unit building where he lives. Maybe he moved here because of family connections...

I’m just catching up from yesterday - really great post from Searunner and thanks Rocky for the outline of the knowns vs unknowns. I agree with almost all your points except for how long he was with her. My guess is that she didn’t reach his vehicle until ~1:30 - and I think he...

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro I'm going to remain optimistic. The first time the police officer stopped by Ortiz's house he wasn't there but I recall that the officer spoke with his wife. Hopefully that interaction would have prompted the officer to return with an interpreter, if...

Yes, I think they were pretty sure of the vehicle make. this article says that the witness described the vehicle as a dark SUV that he thought was a Ford Escape. There may have been some room for error, but it sounds pretty certain. Maybe LE was afraid the killer would ditch the car if they...

Right - and even more than just having the "snapshot", LE had witness testimony describing his height, build, and hair cut (which admittedly could have changed but didn't). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

What about knowing that he was a Hispanic man driving a dark Ford Escape? Do you think LE could have gotten a list of Ford Escapes from the DMV and slowly just scoped them out? I have no idea how on-the-ground police work actually works but that tip about the vehicle was one of their best leads...

And Fed Ex Smartpost utilizes third party drivers - which is how fed Ex described their relationship with VMs killer. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You might be on to something. That's a Fed Ex Smartpost facility. From some quick research, they work with the US postal Service on residential deliveries. So, a driver would deliver packages from that warehouse to local post offices rather than doing direct home deliveries. The post office...

Definitely think they look similar enough to be worth looking into. And I'm fairly certain that the description of the Northborough attacker said "Hispanic male" which the sketch is not super clear on. Although, if I remember correctly the Northborough attacker had a car, not an SUV, and an...

I am 100% with you on this one. I'm really trying not to think about the "what ifs" but as a local, female, jogger this article drives me crazy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Rocky, I agree. His timing seems too perfect to be random. Also, as discussed at length many pages ago, it was a hot sunny day so mid-afternoon would not be an ideal time for folks to be out walking/running. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Nope - I found it. The Leominster Sentinel says he moved to Worcester in May 2016. It doesn't say where he lived before then but the quote is ""born in Puerto Rico and moved to Worcester in May 2016, his defense attorney said."...

I think I read that he just moved to Worcester in March or May of 2016. I'll have to find the quote. And I just posted that I do think he targeted her specifically. A witness saw his car there at 12:45, before VM even left her house. It obviously wasn't really broken down so I think he was just...

Does anyone else think he was waiting for her specifically? I live in the area and that road does have occasional joggers/walkers but he parked his car 1/2 mile from her house approximately 30 minutes before she started her walk - that doesn't seem random to me. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

And some additional information from the Worcester Telegram and Gazette makes it sound like the initial witness correctly identified his vehicle as a Ford Escape. http://www.telegram.com/news/20170418/passer-by-saw-apparently-disabled-suv-near-marcotte-slaying-scene Sent from my iPad using...

The New York Daily News is reporting that he actually worked for a third party contractor and not directly for Fed Ex. This could have made it easier for him to get the job and have decreased his interaction with other company employees...

This is a kind of crazy idea but your comment about the firearm made me think what if he had a firearm but knew that the ballistics were traceable? Would a volunteer fireman be issued a gun? If so, would the guns "fingerprint" be on record? Total long shot but someone identifying as an EMT or...