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I also think something is going to come out in the trial as regards his mental state, be it mental illness or some kind of developmental problem or perhaps brain injury. Nothing he did makes sense. Not the crime, not the way he tried to "cover up the crime", just how deeply senseless it all is. It's hard to really wrap one's "normal" brain around the whole situation.
I hope he doesn't plead not guilty because of insanity :what:
Does anyone know whether he had the psych evaluation yet?
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It may be that he knew she had been opening Starbucks in the past,
but wasn't aware she had changed her schedule in order to get more sleep in the am.
He may have known, if she had opened that morning, she would be there alone.
When someone else answered, he probably hung up. And then hoping she was still going
going in to work, but later, he waited by her apartment for her to leave.
If Whitney HAD opened that morning and HAD answered the phone at Starbucks at 6:08 am
on Oct 16, I wonder what his plan was!
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I think he waited before 6am that Whitney would come out to go to work, not knowing that her shift start had changed. When she didn't show up he called Starbucks, maybe even got the info from them when she was expected. So he waited until she came out.
Actually it's not that much travelled...except at that time of morning. Like most cities, the suburbs encroach more into the surrounding area. This is a really, heavily wooded, forested area, and small farms and ranches are dotted in those wooded plots. It's a twisty stretch (I use it sometimes when I go into Sandy because it's beautiful)...I believe the speed limit is 35 to 40, but reduces significantly because of curves. My question is this....why, if he killed her there, why didn't he dispose of her body there? There are certainly many places there that he could have done that, unseen. It's certainly not been the first time someone disposed of a body out there. Why did he spend the time and energy to go all the way up to Larch Mountain? Some of you don't know the area...it's quite a drive. Not that close to where he was. And the roads aren't straight. Why did he take her up to Larch Mountain?
This is exactly what I have been stuck on... why go back through Gresham, get gas, then head out to Larch? He could have just as easily gone through Sandy for gas and headed towards Mt. Hood or something, found a random logging road.... I suppose he knew he wanted to ditch the car somewhere, but he still could have came back from Sandy to ditch it so he could walk home (or rather, get a ride from friends hours later).
I believe he was confused and in a panic. He went back into the city after the killing, then thought it better to ditch the body somewhere else rather than leave it in the car, and headed up to L Mountain.
This sounds possible of a 2cd perp along with Holt. When Holt left the SUV @ WalMart, where did the video show him going? Did he hop into the White SUV nearby or did he just walk away out of the video range? Also, why did Holt need to carry 3 guns with him with enough ammo to harm alot of people? Was a revolver for another accomplice ?
And why several gas stops? Were two cars using Whitney's debit card? Does the gas station video show just Whitney's Black SUV getting gas or also another car ( the mystery white car)...
Also, the LE actually were trailing and observing Holt toss Whitney's personal things and other crime scene stuff in more than one dumpster. That's how they were able to find, collect evidence so fast... These facts are on the Gresham police report. Any explanations are welcomed.
It says in the affidavit that a tree was inbetween both cars and they could not see where he went after exiting Whitney's car, nor whether he entered the other van.
I believe it also says that they found video footage showing him tossing the things into the dumpster
after they had found the car. They did not trail and observe him
while he was dumping the things.
I was wondering, having shot her 4 times in such a small space - the car - he must have gotten at least a little blood on him. He didn't go home after ditching the car at 11:17am and the friends who saw him walking at 6pm and took him home did not report seeing any blood on his clothes. Did he go somewhere to change? Given his possible *advertiser censored* addiction, maybe he went to a prostitute and somehow got a T Shirt from her, or something.
That day in August last year when he was missing, he could have also been at a prostitute or strip club. From what I read about *advertiser censored* addiction, they can't think about much else, much like with any addiction. I doubt he was sitting in a park (as he said) for 12 hours!