Haven't posted here before now (so hello all!), but the HG case really got to me. I looked at her Twitter feed and just feel so awful for her family and for whatever she may have suffered through. She seemed like such a sweet, smart, genuinely caring young lady and it saddens me that it appears she has been taken from us way too soon.
That being said, my feeling is that perhaps the rape accusation in 2002 that resulted in him losing his scholarship and being kicked out of Liberty was the catalyst for all of this. Not the violence, because he may have been violent or had anger management issues before that. But - if he doesn't think he raped this young woman (maybe he was drunk and doesn't remember), then the situation led to him losing so much, I think that is the explanation right there for why he does this. He lives in a college town. I've been to C'ville many times. The UVA campus is truly its own little world, and for a "townie," especially one whose own educational career was cut short - in his mind, maybe because of this young woman's accusation - the whole September/October time would likely set him off. Kids moving back into dorms. Football season cranking up. I don't think the repeating dates are coincidence. I'd also be willing to bet the young lady who accused him of rape at Liberty may have been white and could even bear a resemblance to MH and/or HG.
JMO, of course!