I absolutely and wholeheartedly believe that this young man is indeed mentally impaired to some extent. We have raised a whole generation of somewhat mentally impaired loners and gamers. We are on the cusp of raising a second generation that way.
I believe the thrill of “breaking and entering” was a great adrenaline boost for him and a low risk thrill.
This area doesn’t even have an active police force.
It’s rural county but not city and the sheriff (member of the sheriff’s office) of Ellis county would have to be contacted/ located to catch anyone breaking and entering.
SWAT creep may even have attended a service or knew someone who attended services at this church. More likely he just targeted a random building that he wanted to explore. He felt no threat of being discovered on camera and even less threat of being discovered in person. He was going to explore as pleased in roll play mode. Breaking a few windows fit his SWAT persona as does peeking into a random classroom- as caught on video.
It’s like the 7 year old who recently (2 years ago) entered a mobile home and shot a sleeping man in the head, it is entirely inexplicable - yet it mimics something they have seen and had an aspiration to do or experience. Violent, graphic TV, movies or violent video games are the BANE of US society at the moment.
Every young impulsive school shooter is emulating them from Columbine to Sandy Hook to Uvalde. For a young man who isn’t hell bent on shooting up a school it’s easy for me to imagine that breaking, entering, roll playing as SWAT is its own thrill to some.
So yes, emphatically it was much more thrilling than sitting in a chair eating Chio Chips- which he undoubtedly did a lot of before his ambling waddle.
It was the thrill of getting away with “breaking, entering, exploring” as a SWAT officer in roll play.
No hitman is going to roll play like a waddling amateur middle of the night gamer.
Rural Texas offers much easier and far less complicated opportunities for a “hit”
if that was the desire here.
I do not believe it was - on many levels.
If you tell me exactly who and why someone would target Missy I’ll be very open to your speculation FromGermany1.
I don’t believe for a moment that anyone in Missy’s family or extended family had anything at all to do with this. I think this has shattered her husband and children and friends. I think the pain of not knowing who or why is still eating them up. 8 years and no answers.
All IMHO
Sadly, these young people are going to be a burden on the society.
- many don't work - you will see frequent attempts, trying and leaving. They don't understand that work is not "enjoyment" but the mean to pay the bills.
- they live with their parents because they can't afford independence
- not that the jobs are not hiring, in fact, everyone is. Many, too many, will pay for education and 100% support the person's wish to grow through the ranks. But true, without any or with unfinished degree it is hard to make a career. Working and studying it is a long way and such people are used to instant gratification. We all work better if rewarded sooner (e.g. weekly payments as compared to bi-weekly or monthly). But instant gratification makes the wait for even a weekly payment a problem.
- here is where computer games might be blamed. Without them, there was at least a certain degree of mental imagination being developed. With the games, I think underdeveloped mental imagination + being out of touch with real life = alexithymia, where people may, indeed, feel alive when they are faced with someone's extreme emotions, such as fear or pain.
So in this case, my personal profile of a poi would be a man (less likely, a woman), 28-40, rather local, far from stupid (but possibly doing poorly at school due to total lack of motivation), one possible unfinished attempt to graduate from a local community college, history of a few short-lived employments. Currently unemployed or working at a job where tips are involved (e.g., occasional food delivery).
Probably, lives with a parent, and likely, the parent guesses what might have happened but rationalizes own silence by 1) kid being unable to survive in jail and 2) personal dislike of Missy (the parent judges only by what's published about her).
I don't think the person is a churchgoer at all (maybe it used to be a minimal requirement from a parent to continue living under the parent's roof, which has long been dropped - but from old times, the perp may know the place).