Oh man...there was a case I was watching on some Discovery ID channel. The perp had been staying in a friends apartment, ended up calling a prostitute from his phone and then murdering the prostitute at some other location. EVERYTHING pointed to his roommate, except for a beer can the LE knew the real perp had brought to the apartment from his own house. They had to track down the manufacturer of the beer can to get the odds of having the same beer there etc. Hard to explain, but it was amazing! The wrong person was very close to getting nailed for the crime.
Did the roommate refuse to speak with police and flee the jurisdiction?
Feeling really sad for Hannah's parents. They want their baby girl.
That hit me hard tonight too. It's a horrible thought, what they are going through. Their precious kid! Their lives are ruined. My heart truly aches for Hannah's family.
I think in cases like this, we tend to look at the perp as either a "violent, predatory creep" or a "generally harmless dope who got in over his head". In fact, I think the line between the two gets very blurry, and I think that's exactly where JM lies. I am now in my mid-twenties and married, but just a few years ago I was just like Hannah, and I encountered many a dude like JM. A few threads back, someone who knew people who worked at UVA hospital said that JM creepily asked them out for drinks and was overly friendly with women who worked there, and another poster stated that they didn't think there was anything creepy about this. When you're 18, 19, 20...a 32-year-old asking you out for drinks is SOOOO CREEPYYYY (snarky emphasis added). But really, think about it.
I had a guy about that age become fascinated with me while I was in college. Beefy military dude, who sold me a ticket to a sold-out concert -- I had connected with him online; turns out we shared a hometown. He texted me and stalked me online for months, and also went out of his way to travel "home" when I was also "home" for the weekend. I had similar situations with a handful of other guys, and guess what? All of these guys were widely regarded as "nice, goofy, sweet", you name it. But my interactions with them got deep enough for me to see that something was wrong; they didn't recognize boundaries that I was clearly setting. JM doesn't have to be either a relentless predator or a lovable dope; he might be somewhere in between, and a perfect storm of specific circumstances may have led to things going terribly wrong with HG. MOO.
Now, I just wish we could use what information we have to come up with ideas as to WHERE HG is...
I can never think of a murderer and rapist as a "generally harmless dope who got in over his head".
Sorry I should have been more clear. What I meant by "regular guy" is that he does not have the pathology of Ted Bundy.
But I agree that it is not normal to kill someone in any circumstance except self-defense.
Thanks friend! I get ya' now. Whew! I know you and you're a smart poster so I got thrown for a loop!
I don't understand why people think we wont hear about evidence until a trial, and that it is too early. I know many cases where we have heard about evidence, at least enough to make the public understand why an arrest was made. The most recent case I followed in which this happened was probably Jenise Wright. We were told they found bloody and muddy clothes in the perps closet. I don't think people are asking LE to lay out their whole case, just to give us a little more to go on.
Jenise Wright is a rare case. It is quite normal for LE to withhold most evidence. And in every case, people scream about that and believe it means there is no evidence or LE is not doing their job.
Will they have access to his DNA now that he's been arrested?
Yes!!!
Hey. Just saw this in one of the more recent posts. I wish I knew what Jesse Matthew's Facebook page was. If we could find photos of his, we might be able to find places he has been, which might help people figure out places to look for Hannah. I believe since he is a named suspect, finding such things are inline with WS etiquette.
further down, the article says this:
"Matthew, who had a taxi permit from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles from 2007 through 2010, also has several traffic infractions, records show."
So, Matthew had a taxi permit. I believe someone in thread #1 had questions of a taxi cab tie in. Not sure how to link to that, though.
Read more:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/0...u-va-student-hannah-graham.html#ixzz3EIkbRxss
It is a truly chilling thought that this guy was a taxi driver. Imagine how much access he had to inebriated women, traveling alone:
Metrorail. Circulator. Capital Bikeshare. Uber.
There are several ways to travel in the District. And on top of that, the city is one of the most
walkable in the country.
But during late-night hours, do women – who comprise almost
53 percent of the D.C. population, according to the most recent census, and
55 percent of GW’s student body – feel safe commuting via any of these methods?
To avoid danger, some might see a taxi – which doesn't leave you exposed in the same way waiting alone at a Metro stop does – as the safest option. But earlier this school year, students were notified through a campus-wide alert that a taxi driver
allegedly sexually assaulted a female student in his cab near Tompkins Hall, sending the message that an assault can happen anywhere.
I know that a substantial number of my female friends don’t always feel safe moving around campus, an unfortunate reality of living in a large city.
That’s why, for female students looking for a safe traveling alternative, the District should consider an all-female taxi service.
http://www.gwhatchet.com/2014/09/22...le-taxi-service-would-improve-student-safety/
Less than 3 percent of the city's about 115,000 licensed taxi, livery and limousine drivers are women, and that can be a problem for women who are reluctant to get into a cab alone with a male driver because of safety concerns or religious and social mores.
An app called SheTaxi would locate taxis with a woman behind the wheel in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island. The app was scheduled to launch Monday, but its creator, Stella Mateo, has delayed it until she gets more drivers. She estimates around 500 drivers are needed to make it viable.
Mateo said about 100 women have signed up as drivers so far. They will wear pink scarves, making it easy to identify them.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/app-helps-women-nyc-find-taxis-driven-women-25516497
LE is under no obligation to please the hungry news readers , they are putting a criminal case together and trying to find a missing young woman. They are being methodical and deliberate trying to cover ALL THE BASES. The facts will come out eventually at their own pace. For some people to assume that LE is railroading someone because the facts are not being made public is so narrow minded
Thank you. In so many cases we discuss on here, people express outrage that we are not given crucial evidence. We do not have a right to it. LE need to preserve their case. It would be ludicrous to jeopardize a case simply because some members of the public feel they are entitled to know what LE knows.
