Hi guys,
I've been meaning to make a profile for a while now, and this is the one that pushed me to do it. As I saw someone state in another unidentified thread, there's something so disturbing about pictures like these, as they're essentially little windows peering into instances of such horrible darkness.
I want to touch on a few things, so I apologize in advance for the length of my post (I initially wanted to respond/contribute regarding just one or two things, but in waiting for my profile to activate a whole bunch more has popped up!).
From that one article it seems he videoed his assaults. He should be charged with something, right? Did anyone look up charges?
I'm also under the impression that at least some of these images are taken from videos. That doesn't help much regarding any actual identifications, but I just thought it important to state/suggest, as it may indicate the nature of the evidence the authorities are dealing with. It's also pretty clear to me that some of the women are in noticeable duress: the woman propped up against the wall with a pained look on her face; the blonde/bleach-blonde laying on the floor (there are also at least two images of that woman available, if you search around a bit); the young woman with a hand on her face; etc.
Regarding the hand...
One of the women who looks like she has black and white duct tape wrapped around her neck ( last female photo, dark hair) also looks like her head is being propped up by someone's hand /finger/thumb. And it's a Caucasian thumb not a black one. Is anyone else seeing that?
I genuinely don't see a Caucasian thumb. The young woman in the picture appears to be a tanned Latina, or of similar ethnicity. And the hand in contrast with her face is noticeably darker - very much so, in my eyes.
It's also worth recognizing that the hand appears to be slightly in motion in the image, so it's not exactly clear. But despite what looks to be a darkened/dim room, the contrast of the hand against the young woman's face, to me, points to it being darker.
Did you read this?
"According to a police report, two men broke into his now ex-girlfriend's house, robbed, then sexually assaulted her in front of him."
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/windermere-police-release-photos-in-serial-rape-case
For what it's worth, one of the news sources I came across stated that Patterson's friends said he was never the same after the incident.
Don't know if it's the same guy, but a Google search shows a twitter account (appears to be involved in commercial real estate)... it goes back to 2009. 'Appears he did some occasional traveling... which makes me wonder if he met/drugged women outside the immediate area.
I'm glad someone else pointed this out, because this is something I also noticed, and it's been bothering me a bit in relation to the identification process.
I was able to find the alleged suspect's Google Plus account, along with a strange business blog of sorts. The former points to him traveling quite a bit (there are location check-ins which stretch even internationally), and the latter points to him possibly being involved in one of those weird pyramid scheme business ventures; stuff that's all about maximizing your profit and potential and whatnot.
This, to me, would suggest that he would have been active outside of the Florida area as well, which surprises me that LE would ask people to attempt to identify the women pictured as likely being from the Florida area only. They clearly know more than we do, so there may be a perfectly reasonable explanation for the specificity...but what's more, I get the impression from the pictures and stills that they were taken in more than one location, based mostly on the appearance of the beds/pillows.
I suppose, since they're apparently from a multi-year stretch, that it could just reflect the different sheets he used (and maybe he even moved in that time), but I get the nagging impression that some of them are from different locations (maybe some of them were even taken within the women's residences, particularly if they lived alone? If they survived the encounter, maybe waking up confused at home would be less likely to suggest one was sexually assaulted, compared to waking up in a man's home/bed?).
Also, regarding the pyramid scheme/business venture stuff:
A guy I went to high school with became deeply involved with one of those schemes/ventures, and I know a huge part of those circles is "networking" with others in the same scheme/venture, where they hold big meetings in hotels and other locations throughout the country. After finding online links which suggested he was likely involved with something along those lines, I've been thinking more and more that it's very possible he was meeting some of these women through those ventures - usually people are very eager to "network" and move up the supposed ladder, and I've noticed a kind of superficial fellowship tends to build between those involved, where they all become part of this "family of success." In that sort of environment, I can see women being far more likely to go to a hotel room or residence to have drinks, on the pretext of that fellowship/business/networking.
Hope all of this is OK to mention here - just some of my thoughts so far.