Case has bothered me for years.
Suspect pops up in random areas, targets mainly female clerks who are alone, shoots them with a small caliber firearm, robs them then flees
He doesn't spend an inordinate amount of time at the scene , no sexual assault , all the victims are shot in the back of the head , after the murders he usually takes whatever money he can get then leaves
The sophistication level he demonstrates is very minimum
Theres some interesting traits in his behavior,
His choice of victim is telling.
Most of the victims were lone petite females (Brunettes) working in stores not far from a highway. Experts believe the male victim most likely caught him off guard , as he expected a woman to be in the store, in one case, there were 2 female victims that the suspect tied up then shot .
So we try to look at this aspect through the killers eyes ... Why would he target this SPECIFIC type of victim?
His behavior is indicative of a problem he has with women, as cold as his murders are, they also betray a good deal of cowardice , possibly a fear of women,
Remember victims espeially those of a serial criminal, often represent someone, or something , to the offender , it could be a general hatred toward women, but id feel there would be a larger disparity in the victims , not just petite brunettes working alone , If it were global hatred , youd see women being killed left and right as literally any female would do ....
But thrers a focus to his crimes and a specific prey item/ situation he looks for .
Outward hes pretty subdued, not the type to physically confront a male , or even a female. Someone could slap him in the face and hed probably do nothing , he may follow you home and destroy your property etc... but hes not going to fight , hes too much of a coward for that
he is so inept, when a male walks in to a store where he had just murdered 2 victims, the killer ordered the male to the back of the store, where he most certainly would've killed him, but when the customer refused, he allowed the male to leave.
He most likely obtains victim compliance, through ruse, IE promising not to harm them if they do what he says .
This is furthered, by the fact he shoots the victims in the back of the head as he doesn't even have to guts to look them in the face , this is also why you never turn your back on a gunman, no matter what they tell you , you look them right in the face.
Faceless victims are much easier to kill.
Next we have the glaring lack of sexual assault , which is also telling, and usually thats because they cant , theres often some type of sexual dysfunction found in these types , which can sometimes, be a motivator for killing itself .
The time of day he chooses to strike is interesting as well, all of his attacks were committed during late afternoon, to early evening , when there are a lot of people around, which seems to indicate he feels safer blending in with the general public, he wants to do what he wants to do and just fade into the crowd.
This is about the only risk he really takes
What little money he takes from the victims after , can most likely be attributed to trophy taking rather than robbery , but he doesn't dare take something that will get him caught , which also betrays his fears.
He may consider himself a sort of "assassin" of those women who spurned, or scorned him, this macho image exists only in his mind, outward, hes the complete opposite .
Killing the victims execution style furthers my feeling on this.
He will follow his crimes in the media however , he may even follow them here, that gives this him an identity a sense of being.
In this life of his which was disaster after disaster, after failed relationship after pathetic failed relationship, attaining a moniker , is about the only thing hes ever achieved, and is something hell wear like a badge, but privately.
Even the choice of firearm, a .22 caliber pistol, which in some cases, seemed to be a target pistol, in others, it was a sub machine gun replica , but always in .22 which is a common caliber used by contract killers , may indicate he identifies as some type of professional killer, but the odd style of weapon he uses, indicates he may feel some type of "relationship" if you will to the weapon itself.
Its like his "Billy Baroo" (for those of you who have seen the movie Caddy shack)
As evident by his mobility, he most likely works (worked) a job that allows, him access to the roadways , such as a truck driver, courier or something similar despite his mobility , these types however usually start close to home, so his first known murders, should be scrutinized .
The timeline in this case, is also interesting wherein the first 6 murders take place almost within a little over a month almost spree like, (hes suspected in 3 others I believe, one was only blocks from one of his known murders and it had a similar MO)
Thre would've been an initial triggering event that pushed past the fantasy point, his decision to murder these victims, whether or not it was recurring , or it was a single event (more likely), remains to be seen, but should be made public knowledge, in the event someone can put the pieces together and tip off police .
