orangecrush
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Do they know when the killer showed up, though? They know when the boyfriend left (around 8pm, I think?), and they know when the killer left (around 1am), but do they know when the killer actually showed up at her house?
Bear with me. I've thought about this WAY too much.
Say he showed up at her house with the intention to rob her, not knowing if she was alone or even home (remember, she had a garage not a carport, so if she was home her car would not have been visible). He somehow gets into her house - no forced entry is apparent, so he got in without having to damage anything. If it's a robbery motive, he probably would have been in a hurry to get in and get out, especially if he saw the alarm sign in her yard. If she surprised him by being there and his motive was sheerly to rob the place, it seems to me like he would have done anything to hightail it out of there before she had a chance to call the police. If she surprised him and he panicked, knowing that she could identify him, it seems like he went to extremes to kill her rather than knock her out or incapacitate her so he could escape. Overkill, if you will.
The crime scene technicians spent days at her house and its been reported that the scene was brutal. She fought for her life, which means to me that the person who killed her may have been in a rage. High emotion. Lots of damage was done. A few very personal things were taken (iPhone, credit cards, bracelet). The iPhone has not been used, to our knowledge. Her credit cards have not been used, to our knowledge. This seems like it was a crime with passion behind it.
In my mind, if Allison's murder was a robbery-gone-wrong, the killer would not have stuck around to find and splash the bleach-like substance over and around her body. In fact, since LE has stated they cannot find a DNA match to the killer, it means that he most likely has not done a crime in the past that would warrant him providing a DNA sample for the database. A first-time killer - especially one whose initial intent was not to murder - is rarely, if ever, as organized as this person seemed to be. They don't have the confidence or knowledge of a career criminal.
In my opinion, it seems as though he knew that a boyfriend/roommate/family member/friend would not be around to interrupt him in the act, catch him as he was leaving, or arrive soon enough after he left to call the police, which would have increased his chances of being caught. How he knew that is up for debate. But unless LE has stated they know approximately what time he arrived, which must have been sometime after 8pm, there's no way to know how long he was in her house. There's a five hour window there. Allison could have been alone for four hours and 45 minutes before she was killed. Or she could have been killed 15 minutes after her boyfriend left and the killer hung around, cleaning up and doing whatever. However, if he killed her on accident via the robbery scenario, I highly doubt he would have stuck around her house for any length of time.
To me, it seems like the motive was to murder her rather than rob her. And it seems likely he knew with certainty that he was not going to get caught by someone showing up while he was there. Again, it seems like if she'd surprised a robbery in progress and he'd already found and pocketed her iPhone, credit cards and bracelet, there would have been evidence of a crash and grab. The house would have been in disarray from him searching for things to steal, drawers would have been opened, etc. And maybe that was the case, I don't know. But the cops said she was targeted. They didn't say any of her other expensive items were taken, and her friends/family members mentioned Allison loved to shop (watches, TV, purse, wallet, and so on). LE didn't say the house was trashed or that it appeared to be a robbery-gone-wrong.
I think she was murdered by someone who knew her well and I think the person who did it knew he was in no danger of getting caught in the act or shortly thereafter. To me, it's more a question of if the murder was pre-meditated or done in the heat of the moment. And my lingering question is, does LE know who did it and they simply don't have enough evidence for a prosecutor to win in court? One reason I keep going back to that is because I haven't seen any of the Silent Witness billboards up in town yet, which is odd to me.
JUST MY OPINION, all of this, and I could be so far off base that the pitcher could walk off the mound and tag me himself.
) I think they were so used to her texts going through and her being alone, which they could have found out when Mom called, it made them anxious and worried. I don't blame them. I think he crushed her phone, stepped on it or whatever. Remember he had a lot of time in that home. Makes you wonder why he stayed so late or how he could have after he killed her. That's why I think it should have gone public right away. Someone could have said "oh yeah he was gone a long time last night". All that info IMO should have been let out. Look now we are over a year and nothing has been found out.
