White Rabbit—so many of your questions in relationship to the unknown variables come from the logic of deductive reasoning; anyone that is in LE, or has family that works in LE, knows the value of this type of very rudimentary logic, as it can be (and usually is) applied to virtually every different scenario in life where there are questions without clearly defined answers…
Many items that you mention—questions related to Burke and others—can easily be verified or dismissed. But what if there was no attempt made to prove or disprove? That, by itself alone, defies logic in relationship to the basic procedure of an investigation.
Rather than jump down the rabbit hole of ‘why’, it’s reasonable to assume the obvious: if there is no investigation, there is no arrest(s). Deductive reasoning in this case leads directly back to the investigators, who do NOT want a complete investigation because an investigation will implicate them, or adversely affect their interests in a very damaging way somehow.
Hi Sleuth_Noob.. the implication you make regarding the investigators is logical, but not necessarily conclusive.
I'll start by saying that there are over 3,000 members of the SCPD covering an area of over 900 square miles and a population of approximately 1.5 million people.
I agree that there is corruption in the department, but don't agree that corruption involves the department in its entirety. I'm friends with a few SCPD officers, and have met quite a few others that I can say act professionally, and sometimes very generously, with the members of the general population.
With that said please allow me to tell you of a personal experience I had with SCPD, as far as their investigative services. I had hired a contractor to work in my house. After a couple of hours the contractor completed the work and went on his way. By chance I had to check my bank account online shortly after he had gone. I noticed that a charge was made on my debit card shortly after the contractor had left. I looked up the address where the charge was made and it happened to be at a convenience store 15 minutes away, and the time that the charge was made was the amount of time it would take to drive from my house to that convenience store.
I looked in my wallet and noticed that my debit card was missing, and immediately went to the convenience store. They had a security camera system with a large television monitor right above the front counter. After explaining to the people behind the counter what had happened I asked them if I could look at the receipt. They ended up showing it to me. The signature on the receipt was most definitely not my signature. Asking if they could show me the video footage at the time the charge was made they refused, and stated that only the police could ask them for the video footage.
The police were called and a patrol car showed up. The officer in the car listened to my story and said that he could not ask for the video footage, but he will forward the complaint to a detective.
It took the detective days to get back to me, and then when he finally did he asked me to meet with them at the store in a few days. I explained to him that it was important to move on this as soon as possible because the video would soon overwrite. He told me he couldn't meet with me any sooner. The day we met at the convenience store he asked the owner to view the footage, and not surprisingly the video was already overwritten. If they had acted promptly they would have had video footage of this contractor using a stolen debit card.
The contractor had stolen $127 from my bank account, and also cash and sentimental jewelry from my children's bedroom. The bank removed the charge from my card, but the cash and sentimental jewelry could not be replaced.
Why did the detectives delay the investigation? Were they apathetic? Was this too minor of a crime for them to be bothered with? Did they have something against me? Did they know the contractor and were trying to protect him? I cannot answer any of those questions conclusively.
It seems that many people are in agreement with the theory that James Burke was involved with the crimes in the Long Island Serial Killer case. I do not dismiss that theory at all. Though being that this is an active investigation the investigators must be extremely careful with any information they release, so as not to tip their hand nor release anything that only the killer would know.
James Burke is no longer police chief and Thomas Spota is no longer District Attorney. There is a new police chief and the FBI has been brought back into the case. Granted this case is in Suffolk County's jurisdiction but what reason would the FBI have to protect James Burke if they suspected him? I'm sure they could ascertain his alibi at the very least.
In this realm we only have public information for the most part, and we can organize that information and develop a theory based on it. Once we have a theory we have to use whatever evidence we have to prove it or disprove it.
I am still focused on Unsub as a white male, between the ages 30 to 49, with friends or relatives in law enforcement, history of drug abuse, history of psychological disorders (Rage, Sociopathy, Psychopathy), has an extreme hatred of women whom he considers to be less than virtuous, who lived in one of the following towns in September 2010: (Bellport, Center Moriches, Moriches, Point Lookout, Yaphank), and whose initials could be either HM or MH?
I'm hoping more information is released to narrow down the possibilities.
