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The way she kept touching him over and over to me was way too obvious. But I suppose it may work for some jurors.

No, I get it. I just think if that's the best his defense can come up with, this *should* be a slam dunk for the prosecution. I mean the victim was almost strangled to death (and was already unconscious when he fled) . . . Good luck convincing a jury that was consensual sex gone wrong.

LOL. Because most women walking home with groceries at 10pm are up for consensual sex in the woods with a stranger they just met on the sidewalk.

One of the best in Northern Virginia? Can you site that please? His entire career has been in Albemarle and Waynesboro to my knowledge. And if you watched the way the judge set him straight on the way things are done "up here" it would be quite obvious that he either doesn't know or doesn't...

After watching the hearing I feel like the dual counsel makes a lot more sense (although some of you here did a good job of summarizing). I just hope these defenders don't start stumbling over each other on purpose as a way to claim he didn't receive fair representation.

Wow. You learn something new every day . . . I had no idea!

Yes! I am not up on the legal reasons why a judge would require a public defender to serve as co-counsel, but I was always of the impression that a defendant could select his/her own counsel and public defenders were for people who don't have or can't afford counsel. Whether or not JLM can...

Yes, yes, and yes!!! But don't breastfeed your baby while seated on an airplane. That's indecent. Out culture has gotten so backwards and twisted. :(

I think, knowing what we know about him, it would be negligent for his attorney to NOT request a psychiatric evaluation. It doesn't necessarily mean his mental state will be a defense. And I personally think that anyone with the mental capacity to commit these crimes and successfully cover...

No we do not know. There was quite a bit of speculation about this (I believe it was in the what we know about JLM post). Myself and several other Fairfax locals who know the Jermantown Rd area quite well feel like he had to have a friend or acquaintance in that immediate area. It's not an...

Just skimmed it briefly as I have to get offline momentarily, but WOW based on some of the speculation I've read here, I think he could fall into more than one of those categories. I will go back and read it all when I have more time. Quick question though, is there a distinction between...

His parents say that now - but we also know at one point they relocated him to keep him out of trouble. No one wants to think of their child as a serial killer, but I think as we learn more about his childhood we will find that it may very well have been complex and emotional, but a far cry...

100% agree. And to bring this somewhat back on topic of psych issues, I think it's equally important for parents of boys to be educated themselves on normal and abnormal psychological behavior at early ages. I think we (as a society - not as WSers) excuse a lot of boy behavior by saying...

His behavior in front of the judge in Texas . . . He seemed so disconnected from reality. There were only two realities - either he was innocent and was being sent back to VA to be arrested for a very serious he didn't commit. Or he was guilty and inevitably knew his arrest would result in a...

I struggle with this. Because unfortunately there are children who come into this world with terminal birth defects. There are 2 year olds who die from cancer. If a baby can be born with a defective heart and a 2 year old can get leukemia, why can't the same be true for a defective brain...

I believe that was more of an act of self preservation than remorse. Had he been arrested for assault they would have gotten his DNA into the database and undoubtedly he knew he left DNA behind at the 2005 crime scene. It *could* have been remorse, but I bet it was more of an "Oh s---, if I...

Hannah wasn't uneducated on the risks of drinking and being out alone. One of her tweets in just the weeks before she disappeared was about helping a girl who was drunk and alone get home safely. Hannah was an 18 year old girl who made an unwise decision under the influence of alcohol. I...

100% agree with all of this. Makes me wonder how many of those untested rape kits would ID him . . . Because unless he had strong connections to the Fairfax area which would give him familiarity with that area, his MO is apparently to rape whenever and wherever the opportunity arises. Very...

Wow. When you consider these sketches come from what a traumatized victim is able to recall and articulate to an artist, the similarities are astounding. I don't know that I would be able to tell someone how to draw my husbands face without some minor inaccuracies - and I know his face almost...

Well if it's not Hannah, then they've lost 5 days of searching and have to start the search up again. Assuming it IS her, then it agree there wouldn't be a huge urgency for LE, but if it isn't her, I think there would be utmost urgency to get back out there and find whatever can be found to...