I think being able to see actual video footage of his interviews may clarify if he actually felt any remorse. His body language, the way he describes disposing of his daughters. But then it could just be an act.
I am very interested in watching his demeanor.
You know it's quite bizarre. I thought initially (and wrongly predicted a quick confession as a result), that he might have been feeling slight guilt when he spelled and said his daughters' names. He had a hard swallow.
Was that slight guilt? Can sociopaths or psychopaths feel any measure of guilt or empathy or love at times?
I actually think they might be able to in a very limited or muted manner. For that reason, some serial killers refuse to ever admit killing particular victims even though they admit to many others. And those are victims whose faces they often cover.
Sometimes monster predators will keep certain victims alive and can't bring themselves to kill them. Like Shawn Hornbeck's predator. And Shasta Groene's.
I note that Christian Longo described in interviews to the ex NY times writer how he got so upset seeing his child hurting herself. Or being ill. (I can't recall which). Yet he was able to strangle one child and drop two into freezing water with weights on their legs, while alive.
It's confusing. It's contradictory.
I think it's never that black and white. There are vestiges of something human but it's not quite right. Not quite normal.
I think the reason CW could fool so many for so long is he wasn't a predator and didn't have anger management issues. He had a hard time being in intimate relationships that were real- like true friendships. Deep romantic relationships. He may have lasted with SW because she didn't question his identity too deeply. She was a strong enough personality for both of them. She didn't demand that he be a totally reciprocal partner. Maybe she was satisfied with being able to run the show and delegate where many others might resent never having their partner make decisions or take responsibility. But for a shadow person like CW this might have worked for awhile.
Regardless, I don't think he had on-going urges to hurt or kill anyone so no one felt that hair-raising feeling when he stared at them. Because he wasn't predatory.
He became dangerous when he became obsessed with someone new and with being able to escape his fake life.
Will he show any emotion? Will it be fake as the investigator stated "He tried to squeeze out a tear."?
This man suffocated his kids and dumped them and yet he was able to serenely watch videos of them alive and playing, right after. That takes a level of detachment and apathy and disconnection that doesn't seem human to me, unless the person is completely psychotic and slapping feces on themselves. And there are zero signs of psychosis in this guy.
So does he have any vestiges of humanity?
I don't know if we will be able to figure it out but every time we watch these interrogations or interviews of these monsters, our minds file it away and warn us when the next one pops up.
Memories and data banks of info that, when combined with basic common sense, allow most to filter through the noise of gossip and personal dislike and attraction and bias and bizarre red herrings, in order to be able to instantly recognize the next monster who pops up on tv expressing "concern" about his missing family or "despair" about loved ones who somehow suddenly turned up dead.
