Brianna Denison 19yo Reno NV #4

[panthera]

It's not too difficult to imagine what he is thinking. But, I sure wonder why they do it? What's the point?

I just hope whoever knows this guy turns him in SOON. Like others here have said - somebody knows who this is.

I think you and I are both lost trying to figure that out in general, but as for the perp if it was to not leave behind DNA, he failed! It's possible he's single and no one he works with would have an idea of his quirks; except for the baby shoe in his truck makes it seem like he at least was in a relationship with someone and has a child.

 

[panthera]

This guy is getting a lot more bold. Killing Brianna doesn't fit with the previous attacks, unless there are more that haven't been reported. It was bold of him to sexually assault/rape the previous victim in the police parking garage, but for him to actually kill his latest (we think) victim, to me says that he's getting a lot more confidence. I would be very cautious. I wouldn't be surprised if, if he has another victim, he speaks to her or persuades her that he's something he's not, like a police officer. This guy needs to be caught. He's not going to stop if he doesn't.

I'm worried too with it being a month since he abducted & killed Brianna, seeing that the previous attacks were a month apart. That would be totally scary if he was impersonating someone in a position of trust.

 

[happy2bn10ec]

Brianna's family has released a statement, here.

This family's ways (for lack of a better word) remind me of Sharon Rocha.

 

[teacherbonnie]

BEmily...I never heard it was in the police parking garage! Wow. This was the Dec. victim? He's way too confident.

 

[BrowneyedEmily]

BEmily...I never heard it was in the police parking garage! Wow. This was the Dec. victim? He's way too confident.

He is - it's terrifying that this man is still out there. The bad thing is he's getting more confident. The thing that reallllllly bothers me is that during one of his previous sexual assaults, he used a handgun, yet, he strangled Brianna. To me, that means it is definitely a lot more about power and what that does to him. Terrifying.

Panthera: the police parking garage attack was from October - I'm having trouble finding the article where I read that now, but I'll post it when I do.

 

[Bobbisangel]

One thing to consider with the theory that she knew him, is that she was in college in CA. So the theory would have to assume that 1) She knew him prior to going to college 2) She knew him in college 3) She met him while visiting that weekend.

If she knew her perp, my guess is that she met him that weekend.

I wonder if it could be something as simple as him seeing her that night when she was out with friends. He could have followed them around without being noticed in a crowd and then followed at a distance when she left. Waited somewhere by the place she was staying until he felt it was safe to go in and grab her. He could have been out looking for his next girl and spotted her deciding that she was the one he wanted.

 

[panthera]

He is - it's terrifying that this man is still out there. The bad thing is he's getting more confident. The thing that reallllllly bothers me is that during one of his previous sexual assaults, he used a handgun, yet, he strangled Brianna. To me, that means it is definitely a lot more about power and what that does to him. Terrifying.

Panthera: the police parking garage attack was from October - I'm having trouble finding the article where I read that now, but I'll post it when I do.

I didn't question that attack in October ~ it was another poster! But, I thought the ones that are tied back to this perp are the Nov. & Dec. assaults? The October one, not only is the gun different from Nov./Dec. but the suspect doesn't match the description of the Dec. assault. I'm not sure it's the same guy in October.

 

[panthera]

I wonder if it could be something as simple as him seeing her that night when she was out with friends. He could have followed them around without being noticed in a crowd and then followed at a distance when she left. Waited somewhere by the place she was staying until he felt it was safe to go in and grab her. He could have been out looking for his next girl and spotted her deciding that she was the one he wanted.

I think he was probably at the casino and followed her from there and waited outside until the right time. I totally agree as to how he scoped her out deciding she was "the one".

 

[BrowneyedEmily]

I didn't question that attack in October ~ it was another poster! But, I thought the ones that are tied back to this perp are the Nov. & Dec. assaults? The October one, not only is the gun different from Nov./Dec. but the suspect doesn't match the description of the Dec. assault. I'm not sure it's the same guy in October.

That could be - I'll read more on it. And sorry! I got the names wrong.


Bobbisangel: do you know how close the house of the December victim's attack was in relation to the house Brianna was in? A report I read said someone (I think they're assuming it's the suspect?) tried to break into that victims house the day before Brianna's disappearance. Maybe he was just looking for an opportunity?

 

[panthera]

That could be - I'll read more on it. And sorry! I got the names wrong.

No problem! :blowkiss:

 

[englishleigh]

This family's ways (for lack of a better word) remind me of Sharon Rocha.

Absolutely...nothing but class and caring. God bless them during this awful time and they will be in my prayers.

Justice for Bri!!

 

[panthera]

Key things mentioned at Denison briefing

The body found Friday in southeast Reno is that of kidnapped college student Brianna Denison, the Reno Police Department announced today at a press conference.


Among the details provided by police:

• Denison was strangled.
• It was a “sexually motivated crime.”
• Her body lay in a field near Sandhill Road and Double R Boulevard for more than one week.
• There is other evidence in the field.
• Since the body was found early Friday afternoon, authorities have received reports of past suspicious activity.

Police also again asked for the public’s help in finding Denison’s killer. Anyone with information can reach the Reno police hot line at 745-3521, detectives at 334-2115 or Secret Witness at 322-4900. Secret Witness is offering a $2,500 reward for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest and prosecution.

Denison, 19, was abducted Jan. 20 from a friend’s house near the University of Nevada, Reno.

A worker from a nearby industrial complex spotted the body just after noon in a brush-covered field in southeast Reno. The field is directly across from one office and mixed-use industrial mall and behind another. The remains were found about 100 feet from the curb of Sandhill Road. The site is about eight miles south of the house where Denison was last seen.

Office workers in the area said the field had been covered in snow earlier in the week and that the snow melted over the past few days.

The Reno Police Department continues to investigate the crime scene today.

Evidence suggests that Denison was kidnapped from a home by a man linked to two, possibly three other assaults in the area.

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NEWS18/80216013&oaso=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews


I'm finding the specific location interesting, and now maybe thinking the perp works in the area and left her there to keep track of when she was found?

 

[Ca-Sun]

I didn't question that attack in October ~ it was another poster! But, I thought the ones that are tied back to this perp are the Nov. & Dec. assaults? The October one, not only is the gun different from Nov./Dec. but the suspect doesn't match the description of the Dec. assault. I'm not sure it's the same guy in October.

Here is what I found on the November and December attacks:

About 5 p.m. Nov. 13, a 21-year-old UNR student was walking to her home and was in the parking lot of her apartment complex in the 400 block of College Drive when a man grabbed her and fondled her. He ran away after she kicked him and screamed.
• About 2 a.m., Dec. 16, a 22-year-old UNR student was walking to her apartment in the 1400 block of North Virginia Street when a man grabbed her from behind and rendered her unconscious. She woke up inside his pickup and was forced to commit a sexual act on him before he drove her home.

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...WS01/801280338

 

[Ca-Sun]

This article is about the October attack, but doesn't say it was in a police parking garage.

Police have more DNA, 4th attack victim in Reno

Associated Press - January 31, 2008 9:54 PM ET

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Some significant developments in Reno tonight in the investigation of the suspected kidnapping of Brianna Denison.

Policy say DNA evidence has now linked her case to two other attacks late last year on women in the same neighborhood near the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

In addition, they say they're investigating another 2007 case that could be related. That one involves the alleged rape of a woman who came forward for the first time yesterday to say she was assaulted at gunpoint in October in a parking garage just south of the Lawlor Events Center.

Police already had linked the December case to the suspected abduction of the 19-year-old Denison, who last was seen on January 20th. They now also have additional DNA evidence to tie those to a separate attack in November.

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp...2&nav=9qrxIVXi
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[panthera]

Here is what I found on the November and December attacks:

About 5 p.m. Nov. 13, a 21-year-old UNR student was walking to her home and was in the parking lot of her apartment complex in the 400 block of College Drive when a man grabbed her and fondled her. He ran away after she kicked him and screamed.
• About 2 a.m., Dec. 16, a 22-year-old UNR student was walking to her apartment in the 1400 block of North Virginia Street when a man grabbed her from behind and rendered her unconscious. She woke up inside his pickup and was forced to commit a sexual act on him before he drove her home.

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...WS01/801280338

If the DNA didn't match I wouldn't even think it was the same perpetrator. The first two were grabbed while they were walking and Brianna was abducted from inside the house presumably while she was asleep, sometime after 4:30am. The first victim fought him off and he ran away and he dropped the 2nd one off at her home. Brianna is killed and dumped in a field 8 miles away. :waitasec:

 

[Ca-Sun]

If the DNA didn't match I wouldn't even think it was the same perpetrator. The first two were grabbed while they were walking and Brianna was abducted from inside the house presumably while she was asleep, sometime after 4:30am. The first victim fought him off and he ran away and he dropped the 2nd one off at her home. Brianna is killed and dumped in a field 8 miles away. :waitasec:

What I found interesting is the 12/16 victim said "he grabbed her from behind and rendered her unconscious." The DNA did match. The attack in October is questionable.

 

[SuziQ]

Just to be clear, I don't think the October attack has ever been absolutely linked to the others. In fact most of the articles and sketches relating to the October attack are not online anymore. I have no idea what the reason behind that is. Reno PD and Breanna's sites have removed it. I'm not seeing it anyways.

 

[BrowneyedEmily]

Just to be clear, I don't think the October attack has ever been absolutely linked to the others. In fact most of the articles and sketches relating to the October attack are not online anymore. I have no idea what the reason behind that is. Reno PD and Breanna's sites have removed it. I'm not seeing it anyways.

It's probably because the victim didn't report it until after Brianna's disappearance. It could be seen as unreliable evidence.

 

[SuziQ]

What I found interesting is the 12/16 victim said "he grabbed her from behind and rendered her unconscious." The DNA did match. The attack in October is questionable.

Some of us were theorizing that it was anything from strangulation to Chloroform (sp).

 

[Ca-Sun]

Some of us were theorizing that it was anything from strangulation to Chloroform (sp).

Could be anything. I just found it interesting.