A week ago, the search there had been suspended for the night, and LE, probably not alarmed themselves by tbe case, basically had said there was no cause for alarm in the hours previous.
12 hours later it turned into a double homicide investigation.
I live here in NE Indiana, and found out about fhe case on Thursday. I still maintain a regional, multi-state alert should have been issued.
This guy is long gone folks, and by that I mean he's no longer in the immediate area. He knew how to get in and out quickly. Could have done dry runs this winfer, as it's been mild for the most part. May have lived in the immediate area in the past.
Just trying to build a psych profile, here. Someone familiar with fishing. Has an interest in parks such as these, for a variety of reasons, but one of tbem centering around violent crime.
He knew he would raise little suspicion, with his disguise. He planned it in advance, as the clothing, while odd in some ways (for a variety of reasons) is suitable for the conditions. In warmer weather he could not have pulled this off. Foliage is non-existent, working in his favor, considering the premeditated crime he had planned, and fhat he may have used optics or jusf plain line-of-sight to see his target(s), across a large expanse.
I've hiked in urban, rural, and hilly/mountainous areas. One park where I'm from is in a densely populated city, but like this one is an old, abandoned railroad property. I swear I hiked that park, entering via a parking lot, down the main hard surface trail, many times over about a 3 year period, yet it wasn't until a November day that I noticed right off the trail on one side was a huge berm, and on the other side beyond the trees are the remains of old industrial buildings' foundations. We're talking mere feet, 30-50 feet on one side, and about 200 on the other. Features obscured by foliage, after decades of lack of use by the old owners.
Arthur Shawcross wasn't a hiker, either, in fact he was middle-aged and out-of-shape when he left one of his victims in the gorge below the area I described above. He knew the area, after having lived in the city for a short time, and had talked like any seemingly normal person would to those around him. People I know who met him had no suspicions about him, until he got picked up in (I think it was 1990). Co-workers and others had no idea the guy had murdered two young children in Watertown, NY, in 1972, and after being paroled ended up in Rochester.
This sick planned this well in advance. His urges, like other serial killers, get the best of him, but he's more methodical than a dummy like Shawcross. More similar to the guy in Buffalo I don't remember fhe name of, and other killers who target young women in public parks. This one knows the areas of several parks where he knows his female victims will be most vulnerable, but he can't strike every time he gets an urge. To him, it's a game. Even if someone alerted law enforcement to this , images like those we've seen would be all they could go on.
Ten guys at my local Rural King store could pass for this dude. He knows this, and can slip in and out of a scenario like this, especially considering the time of year.
