Thanks for bringing forward that link, Sandstorm. When I posted excerpts from the book back in August, we weren't aware of McD's internet posts, nor had we heard Money's allegations. Considering what has been confirmed since then, i.e., the violent fantasies and lack of social relationships, along with the crime committed close to home and the delayed and haphazard disposal of a portion of the remains, it has become more evident that McD fits the profile of an asocial disorganized killer.
I think your post is spot on. The logistics were not as complex as it might appear to us. We now know that he had given a great deal of thought to the notion of murder and how to efficiently execute a homicide. Therefore, he left behind a minimal amount of evidence. The fact that the torso remained behind, so to speak, is a clue to his "disorganized" mindset and his reluctance to let go.
bessie, on my "guilty" side of the fence, I do tend toward the lust murder theory ... but, to me, in the schemata given in the book, SM would seem to possibly be sort of a "hybrid" between the two types (the asocial disorganized killer and the nonsocial organized).
Also, something I have thought at times: That he did, at the time of the murder, fit one or the other (or a hybrid version) of the two types, but still in a "developing stage" -- that he was still in the "working up to" acting on his fantasies stage -- perhaps entering L's apartment to snoop and no telling what else (but short of lying in wait to attack her) and she came home unexpectedly -- thus bringing about the "surprised-him-in-her-apartment" scenario that some others have speculated -- and yet, once it was under way, incorporating the elements of what until then had remained a fantasy. Just a possibility -- to me, that might explain why there seems some overlap between the "types" -- because he wasn't fully prepared to carry out the attack at that point (though very familiar in his mind/fantasy with the plan), he might have appeared more disorganized.
I do understand that the asocial disorganized type would more likely favor the attack on "home court", but I still have some thoughts that, possibly, if he is guilty, he might have taken her AWAY from there at the outset... not convinced that would be the case, but I do still consider it a possibility...
And Sandstorm: I understand what you are saying about the keeping and the disposal of the torso, and you may be exactly right. I do think, though, if SM is guilty and this was indeed a lust murder, it's
possible he may not have been "hanging on" to the torso at that point (though of course he MAY have been), simply because that feature doesn't appear in
all lust murders... so I am able to entertain the
possibility that he was in the process of disposing -- "bit by bit", according to the non-detection plan -- and that he may have planned to further reduce the remains, even (as suggested by MaconMom) already
had done so, and yes, possibly frozen the portions.
One thing I've often wondered in the past is whether the remains (complete torso or otherwise) may have in fact been in the bin on the first night, when campus security came... in a frozen or refrigerated state ... and just went undetected. I still think that is possible. tomkat posted the other day about an early rumor that the garbage truck worker reported something suspicious ... I had never heard that rumor, and it certainly may be only rumor ... I just always thought "the pickup was late that day", as we have heard. But that did get me wondering about this again -- whether the remains might have already been in the bin.
Since there apparently was some embarrassment for Macon LE about a decision not to respond further to the missing person report (past the campus police response) that night, I can well imagine that a "tip" from a garbage truck worker in the early hours would
not be something they'd want to publicize (not saying they would outright lie)... but
could be a reason they showed up bright and early in the morning. All of this just conjecture on my part, of course, and JMO.