Can we revive discussion?
I have huge interest in this case, since my last case (EARONS) was solved.
Someone here asked years ago "Why the attempted preservation of the bodies?"
I think it points to something Ted Bundy hinted at as to why some killers return to dump sites.
First, hunters keep trophies.
You don't want your trophies to rot and become unusable.
An examiner at the time mentioned he thought the Lady of the Lake was treated and stored for some period of time.
The second victim (killed before Andrassy and dumped with Andrassy) was also an attempt at treatment for storage.
I've also compared and noted the same dump sites were used rotationally and revisited.
Why the treatment and storage?
Keeping the bodies for some PURPOSE.
Viewed and enjoyed again and again, and....possibly necrophillia.
Same with rotational, revisited dump sites.
Keep revisiting, viewing, and using the trophies as long as possible.
(Bundy had Taylor Mountain, remember?)
Emasculation....similar purpose.
Body becomes a genderless play toy.
Not a man, not necessarily a woman...but CLOSE ENOUGH.
The removed and discarded heads....the body loses identity. Again, a genderless anonymous plaything.
In lieu of a female victim the killer may have picked effeminate males, or bisexual or homosexual males.....not a woman, but CLOSE ENOUGH.
There is also a specific build the killer is picking.
Around 5' 10" give or take and not over 160 lbs.
Slender, effeminate men.
The located heads of the young men (Andrassy, Tattooed man) show young, slim, effeminate faces. The two faces are similar.
The face of John Doe 2 may be bloated by decomp....its hard to tell for sure.
Maybe his PERSONALITY fit the killers type, if his looks didn't.
Andrassy was hinted at bisexuality and prostitution....so was the identified Youngstown boxcar man.
Both were alcoholics and working poor or drifters.
The type of men who wouldn't be against trading sexual favors for a drink, spare change, or a meal.
I think that's how all of the victims were lured...the promise of alcohol (and morphine in the case of one later female victim).
After Andrassy the killer decided he didn't really NEED to emasculate the men.
He had an average of 2 days to choose, lure, kill, use, and dump each victim.
Time tables show after his preservation experiments didn't work (Lady of the Lake and John Doe 2) he only kept a body on hand around 2 days.
This is probably the point at which the smell also became hard to explain.
He also chose dark nights (crescent moon with low visibility) for most of his dump nights.
He also preferred mostly overcast days/nights (data from meteorological records).
I have more thoughts if discussion resumes.
