Well considered thoughts, thank you msvick66. The thing that stands out most about the LISK case, is the appearance of information being withheld or covered up, then this sense one gets of an intense need to bury the story, locally, over time. There may be an inherit culture that surrounds some instances of wealth to bury any controversy that would make them look bad, thus perhaps pressure on local journalism to not dwell on it and belittle those who do. The murderer/s of these women would have been aware of this cultural tendency in the area and played it well as they continued to kill endlessly, it seems.
I imagine the "The Killing Season", besides not being great for property values, makes for uncomfortable dinner conversation around the bespoke tables in the New York metro area that would not last long. Most print papers thrive on real estate listing, to a large extent. It would take a few sneers in the right places for the silencing effect to pervade. People who like to be seen putting their money where their mouths have been, for appearances? Just imagine how talk of butchered hookers dotting their landscape doesn't go over well at a charity ball empowering women? Distancing is most of what you can expect from the establishment press in the New York metro area would be my guess, not compassion, let alone the interest that would threaten their sense of themselves as magnanimous arbiters or morality. It must not touch them, the savage murders of these women, dotting their beaches. The flesh trade in this area is huge and not at all secret, after all.
There always an inherit culture to cover up and obfuscate if illicit cash flow is involved, obviously. Don't want to give the world a bad impression, after all, or bring down property values. Most of all though, the impression of doing good for the world and women in particular, this little segment of society thrives on, don't want to be seen as touched by anything tawdry. The serial killers in Long Island knew exactly what they could get away with and all have for a long long time, now. This kind of reaction is a shameful blight on their legacy, the civic minded wealthy folks in Long Island and Manhattan who turn away from it. It hits them deep and oh so uncomfortably in their pockets, pews, and parties. The fear they share on their bandwagon is not about becoming a victim of a serial killer. They don't want their country kitchen style burlap decorated apple carts tipped. Can't botox this one away folks. It's time to pay attention, as the attention may make things worse, with more aspiring serial killers who may tick to just how easy it is to get away with murdering women on the margins of Long Island. My observations, alone.
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