How would the kilers know that these guys had high GPA's and were often top athletes unless they actually KNEW them from the school and specifically targetted them?
I think so too, TheShadow. We have discussed bands, which I thought was a really good idea until I remembered some of these guys go missing after parties where there would be no band.
I'm going back to Shadowraith's idea about the "roving" professor. S/He has another name but I can't think of it right now.
Not all of these guys were in school, but many were. High GPA, athletic, friends.
The cop theory is a good one, except SOMEONE else would notice that. Oh, I just saw __________ walk off with an officer.
Apparently, no one sees what happens. Or if they do, it does not register in their brains as something to take note of. If you saw your friend walk off with a cop, you would register that. But.... if you saw your friend walk off with a girl, maybe not. So now I beg my own question... if you saw your friend walk off with the visiting female professor, would you register that? Probably. Oh wow! ________ is gonna score, check it out....
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This is someone sneaky and someone that raises no concern, doesn't look unusual, wouldn't make these young men take notice, and has a plan. It is not enough that they drug the young man, they must still get him out of the place or off the street without being noticed, or if someone did notice, it does not raise any red or green flags. Meaning, it appears so common place that if some one saw what was happening, they would take no notice.
This is just a bit of a story here.... when my son was in the first grade, he used to go to the library after school. It was close to my work and then I would pick him up there. Anyway, on the way home one evening, he started telling me about this old man that was hanging out in the library. Based on what my son was saying, I became concerned and called the library. No one in that library knew who I was talking about, and I went all the way up the ladder. According to my son, the man had been hanging out there with the kids for a couple of weeks and NOT ONE librarian knew who he was. I called the Sheriff. Long story short, the guy was a registered sex offender.
The point of the story is that this guy was very adept at NOT being noticed. I'm not sure how he managed that, because all the kids knew him, but NOT one adult did........ I think we are looking for someone or someones like this. Very adept at not bringing any attention to themselves.
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