Here is a link to the unsolved double murders in California.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8433
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two soon-to-be-married Christian camp counselors reported missing earlier this week were shot to death in their sleeping bags on a remote beach, authorities said.
The bodies of Lindsay Cutshall, 23, and Jason Allen, 26, were discovered Wednesday when deputies rescuing a stranded hiker spotted the crime scene from their helicopter.
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Thanks for this link. Reading that article reminded me of an article in the L.A. Times in 2007 in which Peter H. King, Times reporter par excellence, wondered if there could be a connection between these murders and those of another unmarried couple camping on a beach in -- I think -- Vancouver, Canada, in 1972. The focus of his article was about a young draft-dodger from New Jersey -- Joseph Burgess, I believe -- who had basically dropped out of society after moving to Canada, but whose i.d. papers were found near the scene of the 1972 murders. He has, apparently, never been located and has never contacted his family. He is suspected of moving around the mountains in the West. He was very "religious" and didn't approve of unmarried couples sharing camping accommodations, which is thought to be a motive in the 1972 slayings and caused people to wonder if the more recent murders could have provided a similar motivation.
Another idea I had when I first read Mr. King's article: Shortly before then, two women -- a mother and her grown daughter on a day hike in the mountains near Seattle -- were found murdered and I believe that case has also never been solved. Is it too far-fetched to wonder if this suspect in the 1972 murders -- thought/known to roam the mountains in the West -- might have come upon the women, thought they were lesbians and therefore decided to kill them because he also disapproved of their presumed lifestyle?
To be sure, this idea is JMO and, although I had considered contacting Mr. King about the Seattle murders, I simply never got around to it. However, I think I will do so now.
I wonder if there is any connection between the '72 suspect, the Seattle murders, the EAR/ONS attacks -- and even the Ventura murders.
Thanks for reading! I appreciate your ideas and suggestions.
-Track
P.S. You can Google "Peter King, L.A. Times, camp counselors murders" to access his article. I believe those murders happened in the 2003-2004 time frame.