Okay now more than ever I have some logistical questions about Ocean Parkway because I'm not a local....
1 What's left of the dumping ground/memorial sites? Like daily since all of the heat from this case has died down can anybody just pull up to the side of the road and stop and it's just as deserted as it was back in the beginning when it made it such a prime dumping ground for the killer? I know someone said the crosses have been removed so what is marking the specific spot now? Would it be just that easy again for the killer to re-visit the same as he always did? If access is easy I think it's a given that the LISK is back to his old habits and he's the one leaving the dolls.
2. When/where was the Barbie doll placed and found? Was it at the memorial site? Further down the parkway? I ask because it was significant to me that the time out dolls were placed in 2012 right at the girls crosses. It was 2 years after the bodies were discovered. It seems to me that when his former perfect dumping ground got hot and he couldn't use it anymore as a dump site he started to place tokens of his odd affections there..like dolls (and possibly that gasket near Megan's doll. That's still strange to me too) If he had to pause doing any new kills he was itching for something so he placed the dolls to re-live it/spark attention. As much as it probably bothers him that he can't do any new kills right now, he seems to also crave attention. So I think the dolls help him drag out older kills. Plus we know he likes to watch his old kills because one of the only things made public from the calls he said to Melissa's sister "I'm going to watch your sisters body rot" This is very common for serial killers. It really reminds me of the documentary special Dave Reikhart did, the detective that caught Gary Ridgeway the Green River Killer...he said it was clear by the bodies that Ridgeway was re-visiting old kills and dump sites they just couldn't catch him. This was among the first questions he asked him in interrogation about re-living and re-visiting.
3. If the Barbie doll was found prior to 2012 or after the time out dolls in 2012 it might help fall into his pattern of what he is trying to communicate since the killings. Did he leave this doll with the bodies when he buried them? Or did he return to place it there as a symbol/message of sorts. I think he is trying to claim his kills by showing the barbie in a simliar way to how the bodies were dumped....as serial killers are known to take pride in their killings even after bodies are found.
2. Who discovered and what did they do with it? LE, family member, local? Still bugs me that irresponsible LE left the time out dolls in the rain. I hope they didn't botch the barbie doll too :tsktsk:
Thanks for sharing all of this info, Mainegirl. I know it's a big risk for you and appreciate you willing to discuss this new information.
I'm sure I will have more coherent thoughts on all of this new info once I have had time to really think it over. This case has been the same cold re-hashing of old facts for so long it's nice to finally have more to piece together than just the irrelevant drama of oak beach that is not going to lead to this case being solved. Pieces like this are.
1 What's left of the dumping ground/memorial sites? Like daily since all of the heat from this case has died down can anybody just pull up to the side of the road and stop and it's just as deserted as it was back in the beginning when it made it such a prime dumping ground for the killer? I know someone said the crosses have been removed so what is marking the specific spot now? Would it be just that easy again for the killer to re-visit the same as he always did? If access is easy I think it's a given that the LISK is back to his old habits and he's the one leaving the dolls.
2. When/where was the Barbie doll placed and found? Was it at the memorial site? Further down the parkway? I ask because it was significant to me that the time out dolls were placed in 2012 right at the girls crosses. It was 2 years after the bodies were discovered. It seems to me that when his former perfect dumping ground got hot and he couldn't use it anymore as a dump site he started to place tokens of his odd affections there..like dolls (and possibly that gasket near Megan's doll. That's still strange to me too) If he had to pause doing any new kills he was itching for something so he placed the dolls to re-live it/spark attention. As much as it probably bothers him that he can't do any new kills right now, he seems to also crave attention. So I think the dolls help him drag out older kills. Plus we know he likes to watch his old kills because one of the only things made public from the calls he said to Melissa's sister "I'm going to watch your sisters body rot" This is very common for serial killers. It really reminds me of the documentary special Dave Reikhart did, the detective that caught Gary Ridgeway the Green River Killer...he said it was clear by the bodies that Ridgeway was re-visiting old kills and dump sites they just couldn't catch him. This was among the first questions he asked him in interrogation about re-living and re-visiting.
3. If the Barbie doll was found prior to 2012 or after the time out dolls in 2012 it might help fall into his pattern of what he is trying to communicate since the killings. Did he leave this doll with the bodies when he buried them? Or did he return to place it there as a symbol/message of sorts. I think he is trying to claim his kills by showing the barbie in a simliar way to how the bodies were dumped....as serial killers are known to take pride in their killings even after bodies are found.
2. Who discovered and what did they do with it? LE, family member, local? Still bugs me that irresponsible LE left the time out dolls in the rain. I hope they didn't botch the barbie doll too :tsktsk:
Thanks for sharing all of this info, Mainegirl. I know it's a big risk for you and appreciate you willing to discuss this new information.
I'm sure I will have more coherent thoughts on all of this new info once I have had time to really think it over. This case has been the same cold re-hashing of old facts for so long it's nice to finally have more to piece together than just the irrelevant drama of oak beach that is not going to lead to this case being solved. Pieces like this are.