This is unusual for me. I'm all caught up and can't think of anything to say! Rather than just let people have a break, I decided to add some of my lists I use in case they might help spur someone else on to a theory of some kind.
First I have a list of people I think could be responsible (not names, just general types.)
1. RSO (obviously)
2. Young man/men who are sadistic and wanted to move on to the next step - from tormenting/killing animals and fighting weaker guys, assaulting girls, harassing people in general, etc. to actual murder.
3. Someone having a psychotic break (not likely, I think more evidence would have been left behind.)
4. Serial killer, experienced or beginning
5. Serial rapist who hasn't been caught before.
6. Someone with a personal grievance
7. Someone who was romantically interested in one of the girls (or a mother, sister, etc.) and was spurned.
8. Truck driver, for whatever reason
9. Drifter who tried to steal from them but lost control of the situation.
10. Just about anybody else
Next is a list of how he/they got control of the girls.
1. He used a gun or knife to threaten them.
2. He "ambushed" them as they exited the bridge.
3. He chased them and caught them or caught one and the other came back to help her.
4. He struck one putting her temporarily out of commission and grabbed the other, and got the other one up after the first one grabbed was restrained.
5. He had a partner who was hidden close by who helped.
6. He had a partner who played their 'savior' and grabbed them when they ran to him.
7. Any number of other ways.
Last one for now is how he got away unseen.
1. He had a car parked close by and cut through the wooded area to get to it.
2. He had a car parked at/by the cemetery and calmly drove away
3. He lives close by and walked home.
4. He works close by and he walked to work (second shift) when done.
5. He works close by and returned to work to get his car when done.
6. He stayed out of sight and joined the searchers when they started arriving.
7. He hid out in an out building on a near property until after dark.
8. He's smarter than I am and had another way.
Sorry if this is useless info, but it does help me to organize things in my mind if I write them down.
All MOO
I'd say pretty much anything is possible, at this point. This is what bothers me:
Initially, LE were skittish about attaching a serial killer scenario to this case. I grew up in a place where there were not just one, but two (the 2nd one was never brought to justice) serial killers (SK's) working a part of the city. The SK that was caught literally talked with undercover cops who were working the red light district during the period of time said SK was murdering women, there, and they (LE) didn't have a clue it was him. LE were reluctant to admit that a SK was working the neighborhood/city. This is not a criticism of LE on my end, per se, but often times what they say publicly can be very much political in nature, they just don't know (no fault of theirs) what evil it is they're dealing with, nor how to deal with it.
Hence, MOO is the perp in this case chose Delphi, IN, for his killing ground, he knew that he could slip in and out, relatively undetected. How did he or they know this? Simple Google searches would have revealed the park and the area around it, and they may have made a trip or three to the scene to recon it. Locals didn't even know it was there, until the murders happened, which is typical of old, abandoned RR and industrial properties. I've met folks in cities who had no idea there were beautiful parks located nearby, and they had lived there all of their lives (I'm a hiker). It's just human nature, sometimes.
Since joining WS, and since I've become more aware of how these creeps sometimes operate (because of the great work here by members, admins, etc.), my knowledge regarding captured SK's, and their MO's, has grown quite a bit. It's a lot more complex than people think, they are predators, off-the-charts predators in some cases. I think I remember the Israel Keyes case from several years ago, but living in Rochester, NY, mere hours' drive from where he had a property, in a part of desolate NY State I am familiar with, we never heard much about it. I may have gotten some bits from the national news? I don't remember, really, and it was only 5 years ago he was caught. Reading about that case can be frightening, but fascinating at the same time (more on that, below).
See my point? A creep like the one in question, in this case, is banking on people not paying attention. A small community like Delphi to prey on, and to slip in and out of, undetected. He's outsmarted the FBI, thus far.
Early on, I was struck by how so many members were convinced this was a "drifter", just some poor slob riding the rails or hitch hiking, or homeless, or whatever. I had to hold back on my incredulity, and I don't want to come across as bashing other members. The perp, or perps, is/are more sophisticated than we think. It's been 2.5 months since the murders, and many weeks since the last PC, and still nothing released to the public with regards to who may have committed these crimes.
MOO is the perp or perps may or may not have used social media (SM) to target some girls that day, but I do know that once they were within sight (either good eyesight, or with binoculars), the Monon High Bridge, he or they waited until the 'right' demographic of victim(s) crossed the bridge. That's the MO I'm going on. They also had to have known the local schools had the day off, the district was burning a snow day, and it just happened to be a mild day here in the North. They had to know that the creek is shallow in just that one spot. All details a SK would have known, beforehand.
Also what they were banking on, it's about a 7 minute walk to the bridge from (what was) the parking area. Takes about 4 minutes to walk across the bridge, with a fair amount of guts and determination, considering the height and the condition of it, which is poor. The walk from the SE end of the bridge to the
CS (600 feet, give or take), and other factors. In, out, done deal. It was over in a matter of minutes, which is the truly frightening aspect of this whole case, besides the actual murders, and I think that's part of what spooked LE from early on.
JMO
I hope and pray for justice, soon, for these two girls.
