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I apologize for my last post. I started to reply to a post, then realized I had the wrong post but I guess I didn't exit out all the way before replying.
Anyway...I was trying to comment on the person that wondered if the Delphi and Evansdale killings are not related, could the Delphi killer have been following and/or copying the Evansdale killings.
This was my post:
I remember when the Delphi murders first occurred and people were looking to see if there may be a link to the Evansdale murders. There was a lot of great input on the Delphi thread (I hadn't been following the Evansdale thread at that point) from sleuthers who looked at similarities and differences.
The "date" issue always struck me as odd - 7-13-12 & 2-13-17. With there being similarities and differences - not to mention the distance between Evansdale and Delph - it makes me think you may be correct in thinking that the Delphi killer followed the Evansdale case and "copied" it to a degree. The Delphi killer may have picked the date to "send a message" or in some way honor or pay tribute to the Evansdale killer - just like some school shooters pick dates that have relevance to Columbine.
One of the other things that always nagged at me was that both towns have pig slaughterhouses in close proximity and it always made me wonder if the killer could be someone that worked in Evansdale and then transferred to Delphi or that may have traveled between to the two areas for business related to the slaughterhouses.
Is there a connection between the Evansdale, Iowa murder case and the Delphi, Indiana murder case? It is very hard to come to that conclusion. If we assume for a second that there could be a connection a few interesting thoughts present themselves for consideration.
1. There is almost a 4 1/2 year gap between the two crimes. The individual seems to have learned a least a little patience. I think this suggests an older person and a profession that teaches you patience.
2. Being an older individual, I think their connection to both areas would go beyond just a factory job. To move and travel 400 miles to work in another meat factory is a little odd to me. These jobs are not high end jobs.
3. That is a good point about how the killer may have learned from his previous crime, Evansdale, Iowa. One thing I have read about this Iowa case is how police insist that the crime was not committed by a transient, or someone just passing through. It has to be someone local to the area. At least in Evansdale, Iowa you can understand how someone may have had a car parked nearby.
In Delphi, Indiana case one of the most perplexing issues relates to the following question: Where did the killer park their vehicle? Police are currently seeking information about a car that may have been parked near some old building off a road near the trail. So because of the whole parking situation, it seems even more likely that the Delphi case has to be someone who is local to the area.
Just like I should probably not conclude that the two cases are connected without more information, I think it is wrong to conclude the killer in Delphi has to be someone local to the area. This man may have learned from Evansdale, Iowa that the more remote the area with even less parking would make it even more likely for police to conclude the killer is a local. This is in addition to moving farther away from his home base area, which based on this theory would be closer to Iowa.
And all of these loose conclusions are based on if the crimes were committed by a truck driver and if the two crimes are related. And there is no proof to suggest either of those theories is correct.