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I hope you are right Antiquegirl and I hope that I am wrong.
So do I.
His behavior in College seems a little creepy to me. Although his behavior appeared to have relatively innocent motives at the time, he was indeed breaking and entering on a regular basis at that time. He apparently gave this up for 20 years only to suddenly begin a sadistic crime spree?
It does seem creepy, but only in retrospect - knowing what we know now about the nature of the crimes. College boy pranks are hardly unusual, some much worse than RW's. Even dormitory panty raids have been around since the end of WWII. Cruel fraternity hazing has been a problem for decades and unfortunately still happening. Drunkenness, debauchery, and practical jokes are common on campuses world over.
I agree that it's hard to believe RW was completely innocent for 20 years. But, according to reports, he didn't begin a sadistic crime spree until after years of non-violent break-ins before escalating to the more serious assaults and murder. As LE has stated, lingerie thefts are so common as to make them difficult to solve.
These fetish burglaries are pretty widespread. Its not that unique a behaviour.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...ams&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-a
He has all the characteristics of a Psychopath and nobody at DND caught onto this? They actually found these characteristics admirable enough to be worthy of promotion?
I have done a lot of research into psychopathy and one of the main characteristics of an
organized psychopath is his ability to mask those symptoms. Almost all are above average in intelligence, cunning, and superficially charming. They fool everyone around them. Many never go on to commit crimes. RW's organizational skills, ability to control others, ambition, etc. would have been more of a prerequisite to military success than cause for suspicion.
It's interesting to note that two incidents are counter-indicative of a psychopathic personality. A true psychopath would not have confessed, nor would he have attempted suicide. He also doesn't fit the typical profile in that he is not a loner, not socially inept, not an underachiever. Even for experts, psychopathy is difficult to diagnose.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-170157390/judicial-response-psychopathic-criminals.html
Is he honestly going to qualify for parole in 25 years? Would this not be an injustice considering we have a Dangerous Offenders program which for some reason fails to have been mentioned?
Too soon to tell. A DO designation comes after sentencing. But even if he becomes eligible for parole in 25 years that doesn't mean it will be granted.
Indeed, Why did he document the evidence in a manner of which any investigator can admire? Could it be to provide LE with what is essentially the crown jewel of their case and thus to be used as a high value bargaining chip?
Respectfully, that makes no sense to me. If he had not documented the evidence at all, or hidden it more carefully, he would not have needed a bargaining chip. The only logical answer is that he never expected to get caught.
Why is there no mention of any other evidence? Didn't he leave DNA all over one girls bedroom?
I'm not a lawyer, but my guess is that no further evidence was necessary. He confessed. He led LE to JL's remains. He is about to plead guilty. There has been no trial. It's possible that any matching DNA will be exposed next week, but what's the need? The Crown already has enough for a sure conviction. He will be getting the maximum sentence. What more would DNA evidence accomplish?
Why was he "cocky" at the time of his confession? Does this not indicate a man who feels he has "one-up" on investigators?
Is there a link to him being cocky
after his confession? I interpreted those reports as referring to his interrogation
before the evidence was presented to him. At the time, he thought he was putting the final nail into Larry J's coffin and had no idea he was under suspicion - thus, cocky. If there are any stories claiming he remained cocky after he confessed, I'd like to see them.
I have no-where near enough facts to know conclusively what the story is. The facts indicate to me that there is far more to the story than what MSM reports. For example it is common knowledge now that LE was onto RW upon recognizing his tire treads. So are we to believe that LE obtained a search warrant based on a set of tire-treads? Is there a problem with the judge that gave out the warrant? or MSM's reporting of the story? Or is there obviously more to this story that for some reason LE is not telling?
Wondergirl addressed and answered this question. ITA.
Like I said, I hope my hypothesis is wrong, but thank-you AntiqueGirl for furthering this discussion.
And thank you for your opinions and for giving me the forum to express mine.
JMO
