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Hi, This is my first post in forever, but I have taken a renewed interest in this series of cases. (And I want to acknowledge Bill Thomas for his dogged persistence.) I call my interest "renewed" because I grew up in York County, and I lived there when the first murders occurred. I left the...

Because eyewitness identifications are GROSSLY unreliable and always have been. When witnesses sit down with a sketch artist, sometimes they describe the artist himself. It is unconscionable the way personal identifications have been -- and continue to be -- admitted as evidence. I've never...

Well, what's "normal"? I would think they'd meticulously comb the property, inch by inch, looking for anything that might relate, and they'd probably find, collect and process some tiny items that will prove to be of no significance. The level of activity didn't seem unusual to me. In fact...

I don't entirely buy that. Apparently her body was lying exposed in a creek bed, and he dumped her in a hurry at night. That particular body was gonna be found before too long, and Jesse Matthew had to have known that. I have a feeling he's never going to cooperate.

I'm inclined to agree with this, but the bigger picture still bothers me ... From what we know about serial killers of this type (the type that approach complete strangers and gain their trust through trickery), they "hunt" repeatedly and carefully before they find the right conditions to...

I'm not here to split hairs, but I think precision is important in these cases. That particular crime occurred in Fairfax City, not Fairfax County. I wasn't clear on this for a while either, but once I figured out exactly where the crime occurred, I knew it was in the City of Fairfax, because...

Great point! I didn't have an iPhone until 2011. It's not very likely that he had an electronic nav system at his disposal in 2005. He knew that specific area. I posit that eventually we'll know how and why, and it will all come together.

Sorry, wrong timeframe for me.

Concerned Mama, I do not. But I suspect the path would be behind the Giant and actually well away from Jermantown Road, that is, leading to the townhouses and apartments from the back way. Have a look at Google Maps satellite images. Makes sense. I don't talk to my ex anymore, but she liked...

It's not hard at all to get there on a map, but there are a couple things to consider: 1. Traffic is nightmarish in all of Northern Virginia. I don't know where you live, but NoVa is nothing like Charlottesville or Richmond. No one drives around those suburbs for fun. It's work. (Although, yes...

That's right. It takes work to get from Dulles down Route 28 to Chantilly and then down Route 50 to Fairfax City. Far more difficult than it appears on a map. You almost certainly have to have a reason.

Two things just occurred to me (but probably most people already know my first point): 1. That's not even in Fairfax County -- it's in Fairfax City. Why has it taken so long for that to sink into my brain? 2. Look at Rock Garden Drive on a map. Back in 1999-2000, my then-long-time girlfriend...

Not really. That's nowhere near Dulles, not by NoVa standards, where a few miles make a big difference. And it doesn't address the comfort/familiarity model (which, although kinda speculative on my part, is strongly supported by statistics). I'm still inclined to believe he knew someone there...

QUESTION: Others have obviously followed this case more closely than I, so maybe I've missed this. Have we seen any information that would explain what Jesse Matthew was doing in Fairfax County in 2005? Job, friends, relatives, anything? Can we otherwise place him there? These kinds of cases...

Have you thought this through? There are a few troubling issues with your logic: 1. How could you "force" a suspect to talk? Waterboard him? Really? 2. I very seriously doubt that suspected murderers could be legally classified as "terrorists." Terrorism, by its very definition, entails a...