Fascist_Flounder
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Maybe the ages of the victims would differ? A mother and a daughter?
Man cleared as suspect more than 10 years after wife, daughter murdered on hiking trail
From a similar article:
“Only hours later both women were dead, shot and killed on a popular trail in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State. A hiker recalled seeing them on the trail at 10 that morning; another came across their bodies around 2:30 p.m. and called police. Investigators say that robbery was apparently not a motive—Cooper’s 1997 Dodge Caravan was found where she parked it at the trailhead—and are looking into several scenarios. One is that the killer may have been a crystal meth addict (the nearby town of Granite Falls has had so many drug problems it’s been called Methville); another is that the murders may somehow be linked to the shooting of two Oregon hikers one year earlier. “
So there, too, was a very small amount of time between abduction and murders.
Regarding “signatures”. They maybe person-specific, some form of ritualistic behavior, but as any ritual, they may develop in the course of the crimes. Not present from the case of victim Nr 1.
This case is actually one of the ones that got me interested in cold cases/true crime. Growing up in Washington, I remember watching the news reports when that happened. I was a teenager then, so I kind of forgot about it after a while until I developed this interest.
I think it's reasonable to believe that there's a connection between these cases, but the major hangup I have are the differences in the settings. From what I've seen, Delphi has a fairly organized trail system within walking distance to town. The trails in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie are more secluded and very rugged. I haven't been there myself, but that's the impression I got from reading about the experiences of hikers who have gone up there. Apparently it takes quite the effort to even drive to the trailhead. That's one of the things that bothers me about Mary and Susanna's murders; the effort it would have taken to commit the crime.
At the same time, very little information has been released about both cases. Both cases have no known motives. Delphi has a suspect description, audio, and video. Mary and Susanna's case has a cause of death. Other than those, not much else is known.