Marie A
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RA reminds me of Jessie Matthew in a way (killer of Morgan Harrington & Hannah Graham) - I’m assuming he manipulated people into thinking he was a “salt of the earth nice guy”
After all, RA comped the funeral photos and acted helpful to all the CVS customers.
They circled around Jessie Matthew early on in Hannah’s investigation and discounted him because he volunteered at a Christian school, had friends vouch for him and was a “great guy.”
Had the investigators zeroed in on the “taxi driver” in Morgan’s case, Hannah may have been saved.
DNA connected Morgan’s case to a previous rape and they had a victim or witness sketch.
Honestly, it was so great knowing this because I showed my daughter the sketch when she started college in VA - I warned her that if she ever saw anyone who looked like that to run.
I showed my daughter’s roommate the same.
I kept my eye out when I was in VA visiting and I was overjoyed that she didn’t choose UVA because this perp (at the time the unknown Jessie Matthew) was most recently loose in or near Charlottesville. Tragically, Hannah was killed while my daughter was at another school but luckily they had Jessie on video walking with Hannah and were able to catch him.
Those of us who follow these heinous crimes against women know where to make sure our daughters and granddaughters don’t go if there are perps on the loose who haven’t been apprehended.
I know this sounds crazy but it’s true.
I think that sadly the investigators in Delphi will be eating crow for dismissing RA and being manipulated by RA almost six years later….
It‘s a bit of a major embarrassment.
I personally don’t think they have tied RA to any other murders.
If they had, they owed it to the public to report that so that the public was aware of the danger (as we were aware of Jessie Matthew’s previous rape- although he had not been apprehended)
They couldn’t sit on DNA evidence tying Lyric & Elizabeth’s case to Libby & Abby’s case.
That would be unconscionable.
I am perplexed though about the investigators telling the neighbor to watch their girls while the RA search warrant was being served (if indeed that’s true)- makes me think they aren’t limiting him to one double homicide??
After all, RA comped the funeral photos and acted helpful to all the CVS customers.
They circled around Jessie Matthew early on in Hannah’s investigation and discounted him because he volunteered at a Christian school, had friends vouch for him and was a “great guy.”
Had the investigators zeroed in on the “taxi driver” in Morgan’s case, Hannah may have been saved.
DNA connected Morgan’s case to a previous rape and they had a victim or witness sketch.
Honestly, it was so great knowing this because I showed my daughter the sketch when she started college in VA - I warned her that if she ever saw anyone who looked like that to run.
I showed my daughter’s roommate the same.
I kept my eye out when I was in VA visiting and I was overjoyed that she didn’t choose UVA because this perp (at the time the unknown Jessie Matthew) was most recently loose in or near Charlottesville. Tragically, Hannah was killed while my daughter was at another school but luckily they had Jessie on video walking with Hannah and were able to catch him.
Those of us who follow these heinous crimes against women know where to make sure our daughters and granddaughters don’t go if there are perps on the loose who haven’t been apprehended.
I know this sounds crazy but it’s true.
I think that sadly the investigators in Delphi will be eating crow for dismissing RA and being manipulated by RA almost six years later….
It‘s a bit of a major embarrassment.
I personally don’t think they have tied RA to any other murders.
If they had, they owed it to the public to report that so that the public was aware of the danger (as we were aware of Jessie Matthew’s previous rape- although he had not been apprehended)
They couldn’t sit on DNA evidence tying Lyric & Elizabeth’s case to Libby & Abby’s case.
That would be unconscionable.
I am perplexed though about the investigators telling the neighbor to watch their girls while the RA search warrant was being served (if indeed that’s true)- makes me think they aren’t limiting him to one double homicide??