I've spent the last several days catching up on these threads. I can't remember the last time I posted to WS...Lyric and Elizabeth's case, maybe?
I know it probably doesn't accomplish anything, but for what it's worth, I just wanted to post my thoughts and impressions based on the evidence so far in Liberty and Abigail's case. All MOO, of course.
The photo of BG:
1) I absolutely do not think this is a homeless individual, as some have suggested. How would he ever get away without being detected? He'd be likely wearing the same clothes as in the pics, and would have been seen in them afterward...filthy, wet, possibly with blood on them. Or, he could have changed clothes...but then the clothes probably would have been found somewhere by now. Finally, he just doesn't seem disheveled enough to me to be homeless...clean-ish clothes, his facial hair does not seem unkempt or overgrown, nor does the hair on his head, etc.
2) His jeans look a great deal like the ones my husband buys for work...Wranglers, I think? We buy them from Wal-Mart. Probably a common jean for men in their 30's, 40's, and 50's who don't buy expensive clothes for work, or who don't have a lot of money, especially in smaller towns where Wal-Mart is one of the only places to shop. I see from a quick search that Wal-Mart has a store 22 minutes from Delphi, in Monticello.
3) At first I thought he had a goatee-thing going on. But on closer inspection, I'm wondering actually if that's not a mustache only? Kind of long on the sides?
4)I am very convinced that BG is at least 40 years old, and I'm leaning closer to 50. I'm not sure I can articulate exactly what it is about his body, posture, voice, etc. which leave me thinking he's in that age range. I think because my perception of the image, at least in part, subtly reminds me of a couple of men I know. And they are both in their 40's and 50's.
General stuff:
1) As others have expressed here, I am also convinced that BG knew the girls would be there. Whether he had pretended to be someone else and communicated with one of them online, or if he was stalking the SM of either one, etc. I 100% believe this was a crime he planned out all the way, down to the last detail. Unless he's the most skilled perp of this kind who ever existed, I just don't see how he could subdue two teenage girls so efficiently, finish the crimes, and get away...if he hadn't planned it out carefully. In the beginning, I wondered if it wasn't someone well known to one or both of them..but considering LE probably has heard interaction between BG and the girls from the recording on the cell phone...if it had been someone they knew, his name likely would have been used at some point.
2) I also wondered immediately if this case was connected to L & L's case. Only 6 hours away? So similar? So efficient? Sure doesn't seem like someone who has never done it before.
3) I'm on the fence about whether there was more than one perpetrator. But logic tells me it would be even MORE difficult for two or more criminals to be that efficient and avoid detection. Certainly not impossible, though.
I hope very much that there are VERY solid investigators working on this. These monsters get away far too often. I pray they catch whoever did this before they have the opportunity to do it again. My heart is absolutely broken for the girls' families and everyone who knew and loved them. What a horrible, horrible loss to have to endure. And I can't even think about what these poor babies must have gone through. My heart and mind just can't even go there. :'(
