I am desperately trying to catch up, have been since this 7 pm pacific time, but with trying to read every post and every MSM article posted, it's almost impossible. So, I apologize if any of this has already been answered or discussed.
I've been waiting to say this, because its a story of a friend of a friend knows people, but what I've heard numerous times is that her uterus was cut out. That says sexual to me.
Graphic: I can't find a delicate way to say/ask this, but as others have speculated wrt necrophelia, could AS have thought this would "eliminate" detection of dna presence? I'm just going off of speculation from others that necrophiliacs tend to gravitate towards the mortuary field, AS wanted to become a mortician, and this piece of unsubstantiated information. It makes sense to me, and could also be one source of DNA evidence LE found if LE has DNA evidence.
I agree - but I guess, it would depend on where he abducted her. If he was in the middle of a neighborhood or near any area where he could be spotted, I seriously doubt he would risk strangling her in the car. It takes about 4 minutes to strangle someone - & she would be fighting him.
This really makes me feel for the friend's dad. I can't even imagine how he feels about this whole case right now, much less the guilt for deciding not to make the drive to her house when she didn't show. I am NOT blaming him by any means, I just know that if I were in that position, I would be battling feelings of guilt much of the time. It's more a question(s) of "If I had taken that drive, would I have been able to catch her before or would I have been able to see her in a car, or would I have been able to see something that would have aided in finding the perp sooner?" My heart goes out to him; I can't imagine what he might be going through. As I commented on Whitney Heichel's case, so many lives hurt/destroyed by one person's actions. Sickening!
I am glad this guy is in custody. I am concerned though, especially since he is a minor and because of the gravity of the crime, that neither he nor his mother invoked the right to counsel before he apparently confessed. While it may be good in the sense that LE gets info quickly, I worry that it does open up more ground for whomever does take on this guy's defense to argue coercion, procedural failures, etc. MOO
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This worries me too. I have no clue how these cases work, but I would think at the most only the confession could be deemed not admissible? AS is 17, and thus a minor, and though he waived his rights, I am concerned that his confession could be thrown out. Age of consent is 18 (as far as I know), so I am wondering if a defense attorney would argue that the reading of his Miranda Rights and subsequent waiving of those rights would be cause to throw out his confession during the trial since he is a minor (even though he is being tried as an adult)? Can someone in the legal field help me out with this question??
were they perhaps working? it happened during a school day/morning/day of the week.
I bet he missed a class that day (again just a guess)
I haven't had a chance to really study the map yet but why was he out then? on his way to the CC he was reportedly attending for a class? (live news said Arapahoe CC)
The classes I attended while working on my undergrad (community college and then university) were either MW or TTh classes (occasional F and Sat). I scheduled my classes, as did many of my friends, to all be on the same schedule so I was only in school two days a week. AS could have done the same thing, and the day he abducted Jessica could have been a day he didn't have classes. All MOO.
Confesses to hog tying her then strangling her. Per Rita on NG.
This detail, if true, hurts so much. The time it took for him to do this, all the while little Jessica is probably fighting to get away, means she must have been terrified much longer than if immediate strangulation occurred. Gawd that hurts to type...all I can think about is how much my little nephew (5 yrs) hurts when he falls down and scrapes his knee and I just want to take that pain away from him.
toss out idea about the cross (not that it matters much), but given his fathers sentences, and I always felt that they were made in a prison - maybe his dad made them in prison and gave it to him or he wore it to feel close to him? Just an idea. It just looks home made and I agree it looks different than the one in the video but same concept (wooden).
I can't find any articles for some reason stating the strangulation, is it on the local MSM's?
Does anyone know if his father is currently in prison? I had a thought that might be way out there, but if his father is currently in prison, would it be a stretch to think that part of the crime may have been a way to be with his father? I mean physically...trying to find a way to be in the same prison as his father at the same time? I know, way out there, but reading AstroKitty's post made me question this possible aspect... just a thought and JMO.