A long ramble about clothes..
JusticeforScott, if you don't mind me asking. why are you 100 percent sure there is duct tape on the backpack (I assume you mean in the area of the logo)? , and why are you 100 percent sure that APD thinks the perp is male? (I bring this one up because it could be LE trickery). At 5-6', the perp could be either or - and it's easy to add some hip and back padding.. Plus, he may have been carrying numeras weapons and a full change - including a pack!). Just wondering
The reasons I ask about the backpack is: to me the backpacks visually appear to be very different in the 2 video stills. While both have a water bottle pocket on the left (containing a bottle with a white cap) , and both appear to be dark gray and black (perhaps there is gray camo on the one with the large back pocket?), the logos on the upper back look totally different (one is almost white and looks similar to an LL Bean logo, and one is more muted or gray and looks more like an Adidas logo).
Again, perhaps this is the location where you or others are seeing (or think you're seeing?) duct tape? It's hard for me to tell, (too few pixels!). But the backpack is maybe the most identifiable thing he is wearing, so resolving these issues is important to everyone.
Regardless of which back pack - if there were in fact two..- both appeared to be hiking or even tactical type packs, - and it is VERY VERY unusual to see any logo of the type and size of the ones shown on both pics on any hiking or tactical backpack - let alone the color being white or light blue/gray written across the upper back!. That is a very odd marking indeed. I have not been able to find anything like it online, going back several years [I did find one photo of an LL Bean pack that had a very very similar looking (and similar sized) white logo - but it was aligned vertically, and spelled from bottom to top, on the rear left side of the pack. Check it out and see what you think (may I could have been seen in differently?)
Lastly, why do you think the shoes could not be different pairs in the two separate still frame shots? One pair appears to be blue, while one pair appears to be black. Both pairs have the same basic 2018 Nike Free rn running shoe geneaal appearance to them (assuming the perp somehow duct taped the logos). But why does one shoe's sole appear to be white with a black triangle patch at the left corner of the sole heel, and the other shoe has a solid gray flat sole, with no triangle?
To me, this perp was well prepared. I think a lot of planning went into this. I think the clothes and packs and shoes were all purchased by the perp in the weeks leading up to the crime and then immediately tossed. These were not items he was wearing casually before the crime . My guess is the same for the under Armour gloves, the pants, and the jacket/hoody with the large brim (possibly a water resistant hoodie used in a sport where participants may also be wearing baseball caps, - like fly fishing, hunting, golfing or even running. And the mask: who was making and selling black and gray camouflaged masks back then - in mid Jan? No one. So my guess is it was purchased at a bird hunting / camo / hunting store like Dicks or REI
The gloves, I haven't found an exact match yet, and I've checked the last 5 years of Under Armour gloves. There are some that are very close, so it doesn't mean I'm not right on top of it, just couldn't know for sure. The one in the pics seem longer up TH wrist (no clinch at the wrist), almost like cool-gear liner gloves
And the coat is driving me crazy. So distinctive, yet almost impossible to find. Just too many brands.
As I said in my previous post, like many on this thread, I am shocked that LE waited so long to publish the stills and videos. It's probably too late now. I fee sure that someone would have remembered somebody who had ALL FOUR OR FIVE items: a pair 2018 black nike Free RN runners, a pair of under Armour gloves, a tactical back pack with large write writing across the back top, who had a camouflage mask. Now everybody's moved on. Really tragic.
This perp planned this meticulously. I'd be surprised to learn that he didn't bring a complete change of clothes (including second backpack) with him. Since there were so few clues at the crime scene, identifying the clothes he was wearing is extremely important. Any help or insight you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
All jmo
