I just want to repeat, in case anyone missed it, because it has come up a few times and the thread was moving fast. This guy is ineligible for the death penalty but IS eligible for life in prison despite his age, per SCOTUS decisions.
Holy carp!
Wonderful news! I am stunned that he is 17!!!! WTF? Wonder if he is tied to any other cases....seems unlikely due to his age but so does Jessica's gruesome murder.
His poor mother.
Well, he's definitely tied to the Ketner lake abduction attempt. That tells me that he is much more sophisticated and frightening than some young killers who suddenly kill.
Hey everyone -
We were on ou Disney vacation. I just saw that there was an arrest. Could someone please fill me in quickly on any basic developments over the last week or two? I tried to catch up quickly but it appears I've missed threads and threads......TIA!
Not much info. in the last two weeks. A 17 year old was arrested for the murder of Jessica. He has not yet been charged yet. Apparently, he waived his right to silence and to an attorney and confessed.
In the last few weeks, LE has divulged little, except the following:
1. The Ketner lake attempted abduction of a woman was definitively linked to Jessica's murder.
2. A photo of a rustic looking cross was released and people asked if they had info about it, IIRC.
It seemed to many of us (hey Shefner!), due to the definitive link between the cases, that an arrest was imminent. We were right.
Several sleuthers felt he was young and a teenager. I didn't think so and I remember saying that I didn't see how he could be a teen.
Others here said that they felt he had studied crimes, the FBI, Law Enforcement or criminology. Lo and behold....it was so.
Really proud of the posters here. Such a good job!
I totally didn't predict that either. I thought such a crime would be committed by an older person, especially since it was linked to another attempted abduction. Good on those who called it!!!!!
It is very horrifying to me that this murderer (alleged) was studying forensics. Sounds like one, sick psychopath. Trying to hone his skills and only 17.
I believe all of you who have written that you sense evil from his photo, but I don't. I just see a kid. Maybe my over-reactive inner alarm is broken after too many false alarms. :dunno:
His booking photo scares me. It's the eyes. His high school photo, posted somewhere on the thread, doesn't. He's smiling in it and looks totally normal.
I saw that, too, so I went searching. Here was an explanation of the charges for the Colorado movie theater shooter. Looks like they do two-for-one specials in Colorado, one count for "causing harm" and one for "extreme indifference to human life."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162...th-murder-attempted-murder-from-colo-rampage/
"For each victim who died in the rampage, Holmes, 24, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one for allegedly intending to cause harm and another for allegedly acting with extreme indifference to human life, according to court documents."
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