Oops - apologies - Sophie the kitty did it again - ie jumped on keyboard and managed to send incomplete response
10 of Rods said: Just to change the subject, let's discuss your interesting POV a bit. SPECULATION AHEAD.
So, a man enters a home where, technically, only women reside. He does so in the dead of night, in the middle of the night, on a Saturday night, knowing that students are more vulnerable. Women are more vulnerable.
What *did* he plan to do? I've been reluctant to speculate, but over the months, you and others have really brought me around to considering the limited possibilities.
1. He intended to kill everyone he could. (This was my initial hypothesis, based on mass murderer data). It then becomes an issue of Why that particular house?
2. He intended to rape someone and not kill anyone.
3. He intended to hot prowl the house and not kill anyone.
4. He intended to kill (and rape? or substitute killing for rape?) just one person (a woman). I do not believe he was there to kill Ethan.
5. He intended to kill just one person but also, if an apparent lover was there, also that person ("intention" is broadly construed here - this is a man who entered illegally into the home of sleeping people, with a KA-Bar knife in hand; I believe he had practiced his moves; it's easy for me to think he had intent to murder).
6. He intended to kill or harm 2 people (there's enough in the existing MSM reporting to make that a possibility) and each of those people was with someone else that night.
(I realize that some here are waiting to hear definitively that the killer was male - I believe the killer was male). I"m not interested, myself, in speculation that this crime was committed by some random woman (who is not a housemate, but if others want to go there, it's still speculation).
Are there other possibilities I've overlooked? Male serial killer (who so far hasn't had his crimes linked up?)
It would be the first time in criminal history that some person (BK) had his DNA on an element in the crime scene (the death bed) and it turned out to be a random serial killer. I can't buy that. Said serial killer would have had to know BK and get his DNA on the use point of the sheath, somehow. Without leaving their own. Said serial killer still has to wield the knife and get out of the house rapidly. I believe DM saw someone. That person was male, about 5'10" - 6' tall, lean, prominent brows. Size X foot (known to LE - but must surely match the size range of BK, or else that would be exonerating at the get-go).
That's my speculation. And I think speculation is all we can do right now and I welcome it. I like understanding how others think about these matters.
I'm very hopeful that my kitty will allow me to complete my response to 10 of Rods' thought-provoking post above, without further sabotage...
All of the following is pure speculation - MOO. Firstly, why this particular house?
I think this house was targeted because he knew who at least some of the residents were.
IMO he became aware of Maddie and Xana whilst dining/getting takeaway at the Mad Greek restaurant, where they worked. Given his penchant for vegan food, which was available there, I think it's highly unlikely that their paths wouldn't have crossed on numerous occasions MOO.
I think his interest was really piqued, and as a patron he likely interacted with one or both with some small talk. He possibly followed one or both home. From then on, IMO he frequently surveilled the house from his car in the parking spot where he had a direct view of Maddie's room. (Just horrifying).
His night-time running was an ideal cover for being out and about.
IMO he was keeping tabs on the house enough to feel comfortable choosing that house, and given the parties which occurred there, the likelihood of him being legitimately (sort of - probably uninvited) is pretty high MOO. Various reports have noted that the number used for keypad entry was known by many people, if he wished to secretly enter by that means.
MOO forensic investigation of digital and SM records will show that there were many instances of BK keeping an eye on (not necessarily officially "following") the residents' posts. He may have had sufficient knowledge to access/hack into one or more computers at the house.
To answer your question 10 of RodsI regarding points 1-6, IMO they're all valid possibilities. My sense';;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;54.
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