I'll be tuning in.
I did not however watch CM's videos. Any new news that we didn't know before?
Actually, it was really interesting, Ontario, but I'm hugely intrigued by the behavioral aspect of this case, and that was what much of the discussion was about: from BM's upbringing/personality (per his friends) to what Suzanne was like (per her friends).
It's worth a watch.
One interesting thing that stood out to me was someone asked Chris if he thought BM (if guilty) would or could do this again (or had done it before, something like that). We got a little "Chris-planation" on something called the McDonald Triad that investigators use.
From Wiki:
The
Macdonald triad (also known as the
triad of sociopathy or the
homicidal triad) is a set of three factors, the presence of any two of which are considered to be predictive of, or associated with,
violent tendencies, particularly with relation to
serial offenses. The triad was first proposed by
psychiatrist J. M. Macdonald in "The Threat to Kill", a 1963 article in the
American Journal of Psychiatry.
[1] Small-scale studies conducted by psychiatrists Daniel Hellman and Nathan Blackman, and then FBI agents
John E. Douglas and
Robert K. Ressler along with Dr.
Ann Burgess, claimed substantial evidence for the association of these childhood patterns with later
predatory behavior.
[2] Although it remains an influential and widely taught hypothesis, subsequent research has generally not validated this line of thinking.
[3][4]
The triad links
cruelty to animals,
obsession with fire-setting, and persistent
bedwetting past a certain age, to violent behaviors, particularly homicidal behavior and sexually predatory behavior.
[5] However, other studies claim to have not found statistically significant links between the triad and violent offenders.
Further studies have suggested that these behaviors are actually more linked to childhood experience of parental neglect, brutality or abuse. Some argue
this in turn results in "homicidal proneness".
[6] The "triad" concept as a particular combination of behaviors linked to violence may not have any particular validity – it has been called an
urban legend.
[7]
After learning what we have thus far, about BM's upbringing, and extracurricular activities, I found this discussion fascinating. I'll just leave it at that.
