If the terms are interchangable, does the taking of an item (inanimate object or body part) not still give indication towards the offender type?
The act was said to be perverted. If the act refers to the taking of personal effects, when is this considered perverted? Imo there are only so many items one could take that others would consider perverted (undergarments come to mind). Otherwise my mind starts wondering if by souvenir LE mean something else entirely.
Sadly, until there is a break in this case and an eventual trial, we will never learn what it was that the perp took from AG. Hopefully, as police have stated, they are still actively keeping their eye on certain individuals, and pursuing answers in this case. Isn't the taking of a souvenir more of a serial killer type of activity/trademark? It is coming up to 5 years since AG was murdered, wouldn't there have been another, one or more, similar type of cases if that were true in this case? If, like police have thrown out there, the perp performed the sexual component to throw the investigation off kilter, the taking of the souvenir could also have been done with the same goal - that being to make it appear that it was more of a sexually motivated serial type of killing, as opposed to a one-off done in rage. From what I have read, it seems the 'sexual component' is also the 'souvenir component'.
Weird things in this case.
-Police took DNA samples from AG's dogs. (Why?)
-The dogs were in their pens, instead of protecting AG.
-She was found in her garage with her coat on. (She visited with callers outside of her home, including PK)
-Nothing seems to have been stolen from the home, therefore it appears that theft was not the motive, which one might suspect would BE a motive if it was a random killing by an aimless wanderer breaking in to the home of some elderly woman who lived alone in a rural area, hoping to steal some loot.
-Police determined there was no evidence of a sexually motivated crime even though it initially appeared as such, and is now suspected to have been staged by the killer to look like that. (Killer is therefore intelligent?)
-The original lead detective focused on a homeless man who was then freed due to lack of evidence, the case then taken over by another seasoned detective who ended up committing suicide.
-The dear friend who happened upon AG's horrific murder scene while purportedly delivering cake to her as a late Christmas gift, then takes said cake home and eats it with his wife. (Who would feel like eating after finding your friend that way?)
-The same dear friend, who is a 'devout Christian', has difficulty hypothesizing whether AG would go to heaven or hell.
-Police have stated that although there has been cooperation, cooperation is not the same as telling the truth. (Is this to suggest they suspect the POI (or his loved one(s)) is lying? They have said they don't want to have tunnel vision. They have said it is a high bar to gather enough evidence to lay charges. In reading between the lines, it sounds to me like police have their suspect, but don't yet have enough concrete evidence to lay charges.)
I am wondering if someone known to her came to visit sometime between December 27th, when she last had contact with anyone, and December 30th, when her body was discovered. Perhaps a surprise visit, she quickly penned her dogs, threw on her coat and visited in the garage, away from the weather where she perhaps could also have a cigarette, not feeling like allowing said visitor into her home (it was perhaps more disheveled than usual if she had been feeling under the weather for a few days). A conversation took place.. it was Christmas time, the time of giving.. perhaps a topic was broached, perhaps the caller wondered if he/she could negotiate a loan for a business start-up, or the purchase of a home? Perhaps he/she asked if he/she was included in her will, showing gratitude for a number of years of helpfulness and friendship? Anger erupted when it wasn't the anticipated response? Intelligence took over and the scene and circumstances were made to look like a perverse sexual assault performed by perhaps a serial killer. Killer goes home, washes up, and waits for the news. Nothing happens. A gift is made, creating an excuse to visit AG's residence to deliver said gift. The scene is the same. It gets called in.
