If he is a high-IQ nerd, I would not be surprised. He is on the computer, he has imaginary world, he probably dreamed of killings and had his high off them. In this case, he can not be caught unless they release more information.
Release it, and find another nerd to catch him.
Well,
@Charlot123, I myself
totally believe ^^^, that the killer
is a "nerd", exceptionally well-read in the "art" of...
murdering, and that he does indeed spend a LOT of time online (and that he
did spend a lot of time online, prior to the murders). That he's been living in a "fantasy" world for a looong time, and that his parents/family/friends ALL know this about him (even if he's morphed into some kind of a "professional" life that doesn't involve any of the fantasy games).
@FromGermany is on to something here, IMO. Have no doubt that the FBI has sufficient nerdy types (brilliant; good at "connecting dots"), but... other LE? Not so sure (since the FBI gets agents from across the country, whereas local and state PDs tend to be local, or often regional).
But...is the FBI still "on" this case? {Shrug} What do
we know? Nada, pretty much. That's what! (And I can see "why" those working the case would rather *not* reveal things -- much as *we* would all find it intriguing, and even perhaps "helpful", in our own minds; once they were to reveal even one or two teeny, tiny pieces of info. --
e. g., things left at the CS, how the girls' lives were taken, perhaps any items taken by the killer as "souvenirs" [multiple killers have done this weird "memorializing" of their crime
], then... I think all kinds of freak types who crave public attention would instantly
jump into the media, and...that would be that! So much for trying to keep the integrity of the investigation.)
Of course, there are those who believe that this killer is some homeless guy, clueless about life... Well... (all JMOO of course) it would
seem that, based on the killer's
meticulous approach to certain aspects of the crime, he did his best to ensure that he
wouldn't be identified.
Now give me just a minute ("as Libby would say", so said her grandma Becky; love that!): IF (giant "if" here) the killer were from far, far away, and no where *near* Delphi, then...
why would he bother to conceal most of his face? If OTOH he *were* from Delphi/very nearby, then... why would he be
sure to conceal his face? (Especially since those from Delphi already knew that the MHB web cam/any trail cams were non-existent, non-functioning, or both.)
Noop! He definitely wasn't counting on Libby to pull out her phone to record him! (So like Libby to take a picture, since she loved photography...)
Nevertheless... his
voice! Although Libby did awesomely at getting that video clip of him, IMO the audio "electrons" are/were sufficiently "scrambled" (whether due to Libby's phone having fallen into water and gotten wet, the battery's having died, etc.) so that... "ordinary" citizens (like WS-ers) aren't truly able to discern what his "real" voice sounds like (*could* that, uh, "masking" of the killer's voice be a part of LE's MO to keep that part of the killer's identity secret? Have no idea). Still mulling over the thought of how
terrifying it may have been for the girls to see who they initially
thought was a random stranger, then (only too late) to realize
by his voice that they did, indeed, know
exactly who he was... (Yes, I'm "MOO-ing" over here, since this is entirely speculative.)
--
As for whether the killer was "random"? {Deep sigh} Having a hard time believing that he was *totally* unknown to the girls. Leaning toward there being some previous connection -- though who *knows* what that connection was? (Of course this theory is all contingent upon the killer's being from Delphi/nearby environs.) The girls themselves were connected (or so I think) to all kinds of people/places throughout town -- school, church, sports, music, and...no doubt they both had friends they mostly chatted with online (as do many middle and h.s. students these days).
--
How I
wish that the killer had just stuck to his fantasy life and games
online. That he had just
left it all at his computer keyboard. But no: He was so "into" his gaming, and fantastical world and imaginations (of darker, creepier things) that he *had* to try it out IRL for himself. Tend to think that this killer is *very* smart ("book smart"), with lots of "issues", and, as other posters have stated here, has been given a lifetime "pass" or "wild card" by his family, friends, and, perhaps, even by some of his former teachers. (All JMOO.)
Praying for that "one piece of evidence" to come forward for LE -- today would be a *great* day!
