I've got to admit that being an amateur sleuth and a Charlottesville resident, I've been very fixated on Hannah's disappearance as clearly many of you are as well. I've done frequent mini searches throughout the area on my own without turning up anything; but, curiously, I rode past the property last Friday where the remains were found although this is not that close to where I reside nor my usual "search route" in Southern Albemarle County. I suspected early on once LJ became a person of interest that he might have a significant learning disability. I say this as a retired career Special Educator who spent many years working in the prison system. I read a post a while back that an acquaintance of his had been in an LD class with him at Red Hill Elementary School. I suspect that his social skills are very primitive and that football and wrestling not only gave him a physical outlet but also a "role" by which he could view himself and others could view him without the messiness of normal adolescent interactions. It is not uncommon for those with social issues such as MR, autism, and severe LD to learn to interact with others by practicing scripted exchanges. I think that he may have chosen Liberty University because either he or others thought that given any challenges with social interactions, a strict set of rules would help him navigate the unwritten and sometimes cryptic social rules of college life. Another former acquaintance noted that Jesse's life peaked at 17 which I believe is very telling. One person said that in 15 years, he never saw an interaction between LJ and a female that was not awkward, also very telling. I believe that the "rape" at Liberty shattered not only his career aspirations, but has also served as an anniversary of sorts for the end of his life. Curiously, he is still listed on the roster of the Charlottesville Silverbacks
http://virginiasilverbacks.weebly.com/roster.html, a semi-pro football team. So in his mind, he may have held out hopes of "making it" in the big leagues or at least participating in an endeavor where he understood the rules of normal interaction. I'm not sure how he managed to avoid jail time as an habitual offender because he clearly met the criteria for that, but I don't see him as a skilled criminal or he would have minimally tried to change his appearance while on the run, such as removing his distinctive his dreadlocks or hiding in a location where there were an abundance of African-Americans with similar hair styles....