OH MY GOSH...I just had a really great, long post finished and I stupidly clicked the "X" in the upper right hand corner instead of "Post reply" DUH!!! OK, I will condense my original version.
As I've said before, these murders happened VERY close to me. Right down the street, less than half a mile away. So this really hit home with me.
I'm so glad that Miller was finally arrested. In the past few days, his demeanor, actions, and statements to the media have been getting progressively more arrogant. He even stated to a reporter something along the lines of "The more days that pass without someone getting arrested means that they might not arrest anyone for this crime at all, right?" That's not an exact quote...but that was the general jist of it. He reminded me of Scott Peterson as of late, with the media camping out in front of his house and him milling about outside, going in and out.
Regarding the arson, this guy actually KILLED HIS OWN DOG in this fire. He was so intent on getting a fat insurance check that he figured it would just add to the "believability factor" if the fire killed his own dog, so he did just that. As an animal lover myself, that is VERY telling as to the type of person he is on the inside. I mean, at his core. If he was willing to kill his poor dog to get insurance money, well, then he is completely devoid of any compassion at all. Zero. The man has a heart of stone. Shrinks and psychologists often say that murderers start out killing innocent animals.
Regarding the transcripts from the Nancy Grace show...I think that LE took his shoes to see if he was at the victims home. Here's why:
1. Nobody saw the murderer leave the home. Nobody was seen running or driving away.
2. Clearly, one of the female victims was heard screaming. It was loud enough to wake people up--that and the sound of the shots being fired.
Directly behind the home is a patch of desert, and behind the desert is a newly constructed freeway off-ramp. I think that he parked his car in the desert, directly behind the house. He put something up against the block wall to hoist himself up over the wall. Once he was in their backyard, he put something up against the wall again so that in his getaway, he could quickly get over the fence to his car. Not sure how he gained entry, but I would bet that it was through the sliding glass arcadia door. They're pretty poorly constructed--exclusive gated community or not--they're fairly easy to get into if you know what you're doing. Heck, maybe it wasn't even locked--or, maybe he had a glass cutter and he just cut a hole big enough for his finger to reach through and unlock the lock. To expedite his escape, I believe he left this door wide open during the crimes. That's why the screams and shots were so easily heard by many. He shot them---and I think he shot Tammy Lovell last, just like the transcripts say, because he was angriest with her. Then he fled through the open arcadia door, hopped the back wall, into his waiting vehicle, and drove away. From where the house, desert and freeway entrance is situated, once he was in his car he could've easily been on the freeway within 20 seconds of getting in his car.
Just my opinion of course! I hope they arrest the sicko who helped him soon and that these poor people get the justice they deserve!!! And, from what it seems, it really looks like the Scottsdale PD really dropped the ball as far as giving them some sort of protection, since the family informed the Scottsdale PD that they were afraid of this man.
