If you read the articles from the times union everyone said he was a good kid, with no prior anything to lead people to beleive he did this. Even a sociopath has a history of some sort of disturbances in their life..Divorce, abuse, neglect, isolation, learning dissabilties, substance abuse,gambling?..so many things.This is a 21 yearold kid commiting the perfect crime?? with no previous experience. Its all circumstancial and the police zeroed in on CP from the start. His life is ruined either way. He could possibly have done it, but I beleive highly unlikly. He was an easy Target.
Today we have children taking on too much Financial pressure and parents who have worked hard to provide everything for there kids. I'm in the same situation at the same school. 32,000 is alot to pay per year and a daunting loan for someone who already has a great job, much less a College freshman.. When our children go to private college we are penialized if we have savings and retirement..Then loans become inevidible. CP took out the loan himself , after losing his athletic scholarship and applied for other financing to go back to U of R without Dads permission and probably forged Dads name for co-sign. This is not a motive...This is life for the upper middleclass. I own a house have an IRA, bring home 62,000 a year and am expected to pay 27,800 each per year for college tuition for two kids to attend U of R. Thats around 320,000 for college degree...Ridiculous and frightening. I'm just saying half of US parents today are facing the same financial issues. Its so competitive out there that a degree from a good school is helpful in the job market. We had the same arguments and realizations that we will have to pay now or jeapordize being competitive in the job market. Lets face it, U of Ris a good School but its not Harvard, Yale or Princeton, but you could compete with people with degrees from those schools..with a U of R degree. Again this is not a motive, its family "normal" college tuition woes. THe kid had a car, a job if he needed it..just dosen't seem to have the problems that would make a bad relationship between his has and him. Maybe they were dissappointed in his performance but they still were supportave.
Now, if the gambling link turned up something, then I could see he was involved over his head in dangerous debt.That could be motive for murder, or at least some type of addiction problem. These SMART kids so close to Niagra Falls. I have one Math genius that is an excellent Poker Player and can't help but count Black Jack cards. (He knows the Math) He also knows this knowledge can get you into trouble, and stays away from this sort of behavior...
I think CP needs the benifit of the doubt, this is too brutal and bloody for him to have accomplished it and to not have any significant evidence. He only had an hour. If Joan told the police he did it, how come the actual Question that the detective asked hasn't been published. Why did he ask about Chris in the first place. Maybe the attacker told JP he was going after Chris next..who relly knows.
The Jeep siting seems to be the only evidence..How do we know the neighbor really saw it at that time. I'm very aware in my neighborhood and a bright yellow jeep that has been in the neighborhood for a year or so I doubt I coul be sure which day I saw it , many days it was probably there at that time and then again many days it was not, especially duning school breaks and I beleive this was during U of R fall break or right around.
Jusst my opinion...
