Okay, but since you made the next two posts on this thread directly after my posts on the "W" on the cap, then how about sharing a comparison of the West Michigan cap you saw with the suspect's cap. Yes, it could be a Western Michigan University cap, but there are few challenges there. First most WSU hats are using more letters than a single W or they are using some reference to their mascot, the broncos, either by picture or by name. Often, they use brown and gold, this school's colors. It looks like they almost always use a W with a center as tall as the outside edges of the W, but I don't see that on this suspect's cap. It's hard to see though, so you might be correct. UWM is one college cap I considered as possible match myself, so maybe I was wrong to eliminate it.
My thoughts too. Takes either arrogance or confidence to attack two women imo
Yeah, that's good and common way to do it. I found the Japan photo you mention from TB's FB page by Google photos of Tokyo, since that is the first stop in Japan for most Americans, and I looked for bridges that matched the river in that photo. This confirmed it was Tokyo since the shots looked almost identical. Less clear was that my Google comparison photo was an aerial (so shot from a plane or helicopter). Since I doubt took that TB shot an almost identical portion of this from a flight into / out of Tokyo, my guess is that TB never went to Japan.
gotta admit, that's a new one. We've heard "my kid is innocent," "my kid is misunderstood," "my kid is being framed," and now, "my kid wasn't in the country."
He was in Japan. There's a few photos of him there on FB. A relative of his posted one of them.
There is no information about his education on his fb. His online presence is scarce, so I don't see signs that could explain his behavior or inclinations (e.g. misogyny). It doesn't look like he had a difficult upbringing. His family is probably in shock. He can be found in some family' photos and apparently he recently lived with his brother, so perhaps he's not a total loner, although neighbors found him odd. There is a leap from that to being a sexual predator and a murderer. I'm wondering about the embezzlement charges against him from 2016 that were dropped. That could indicate a lack of scruples.
Thanks for finding these. I'm guessing they are all from Tokyo area, like that one Tokyo cityscape shot that I did see on his FB page.
He declared to his gamer friend that he was into Asian women. It looks like he reached a castle lookout point in the woods about an hour before the attack, so perhaps he wasn't making it up.
Lemme guess, dude was into hentai and looking for sweet, submissive waifu. The victims were not interested in it, to put it mildly, so he got angry and threw them down the cliff...
nypost.com
From the same link (Google translation):The details are horrific.
From Link:
Schloss Neuschwanstein: Tourist aus den USA wegen Mordes angeklagt
Ein Tourist stieß zwei Urlauberinnen in die Schlucht bei Schloss Neuschwanstein, nur eine überlebte. Jetzt sind die Ermittlungen gegen den US-Amerikaner abgeschlossen. Ihm werden Mord und Vergewaltigung vorgeworfen.www.spiegel.de
(Translated by Google):
The investigation against the American has now been completed. He is accused of murder and rape...
The Kempten regional court must now examine the charges and decide whether the case will be heard publicly. There is no court date yet.
The article also says he's accused of possession of CSAM.
