Thank you Boodles for this wonderful post! My thoughts have been very similar to this. Although I am open to hearing different angles, I still feel strongly about my following working theory. It combines many thoughts from a lot of posters such as yourself, that made a lot of sense to me.
I believe strongly that JH was an Anger-Retaliatory Rapist, that he killed WH by himself and that his anger was from an accumulation of multiple stressors in his life. There was probably an argument with his wife that night, and JH was angry. The next morning, as a typical ARRapists does
(1), JH used a ruse (ride to max stop), isolated WH in the SUV, then he used the 5 minute ride as an opportunity to start an argument and then shift the projected anger onto WH. Although it might have been JH's wife that angered him, it was ultimately JH's lifestyle and actions that caused this stress and estranged marriage. It was JH that chose to end WH's life, as he projected his anger onto her. WH was the symbolic victim that he vented all of his anger on to.
(1) Page 156,
The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit
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The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit
Anger-Retaliatory Abusers are likely to have been abused themselves as a child.
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Violence is a process, as well as an act! This is how I have interpreted the facts into my Working Theory, IMO how the events might have went! All of my theory points to JH and his addictions as causing the problems.
Here is a brief outline of the process that might have created the violence!
1- JH's childhood (probably some sort of abuse, which we can not sleuth on this board other than peer bullying)
2- JH becomes addicted to Child *advertiser censored*, already desensitizing himself, and treating people and children as objects. Like a drug addict, it takes more and more to get his *advertiser censored* high. In turn, JH has to use more resources and more time to feed this *advertiser censored* addiction.
3- JH can not keep a stable job due to his addiction and possible other addictions (he goes from Burger King, to Fedex, to Subway to Canteen in a matter of two years) This puts financial strain on his life then onto the marriage.
4- JH gets married, and his addictions make him a loner, secretive, lying, he starts stealing and spending money on guns, ammo and electronics. His addictions might not have been challenged when he was single, but now he lives with someone whom he has to share his life with; included in the sharing, requires trust, intimacy, empathy, spiritual nurturing and shared financial responsibilities. To make this happen, he has to have will power, honesty, integrity and a strong work ethic. JH struggles with all of this.
5- JH's online *advertiser censored* addiction and gaming takes his free time away from his wife, or when he is with his wife, he is preoccupied with thinking about his next *advertiser censored* fix. The small expenditures becomes a big deal as they add up, and when the bills have to be paid, there is strain, because there is only one income. With financial stress being one of the leading causes of divorce in the United States, the odds stack up against them.
6- AH has went from being a wife, to being forced to becoming a mother to JH. She has to pay for everything because JH can not keep a stable job. She tries to get him to go to church and do service, because it reflects badly on a married couple not showing up together and she doesn't always want to go everywhere alone. JH attends the occasional JW meetings (irregular attendee) and service (sound dept. KH) and attempts to fill out an occasional job application.
7- JH goes through the EMT- 5 month program (most likely MHCC) and cost of almost 2,000 dollars in 2010 (year it shows on his license).
A year goes by and JH can not keep constant employment. In 2011 he has had his certification for a year and doesn't have an EMT job yet.
EJ is finishing up his EMT course at MHCC and still working for Fedex. AH puts pressure on JH to get a job. JH lies to AH and tells her he has a job. August 17, 2011 AH and JH have an argument about him lying and the fact he doesn't have a job (44 Page Doc). On August 18, 2011 JH is at Best Buy with a friend, and JH decides to steal his car while his friend is inside the store. JH most likely has a gun in his backpack and drives to a park in Washington that he used to go to as a kid. JH probably went to the English Pit Shooting Range (which happens to be a city park in Camas, Wa and 44 page doc mentions JH and his father like to shoot in Washington State). If JH didn't have a gun, he can rent one at the shooting range. JH shows his first documented case of lack of empathy toward a friend and AH, and his ability to commit a felony. This act also shows that when JH gets into an argument about jobs with his wife, he shifts his stress toward guns and shooting.
http://www.cityofvancouver.us/parks-recreation/parks_trails/parks/englishpit.asp
8- As AH attends her JW meetings on Sundays, she meets up with mutual friends(44 Page Doc) EJ and AJ, who are in a similar age group. EJ has held his job at Fedex for 2 years (local source) - AH is probably wondering to herself...Why couldn't JH keep a job at the same place?
AH probably continues to wonder why JH can not keep any job, and where all of the money and time is going. Sundays become a constant reminder that something is not right with JH. In turn, she has conversations with JH on Sunday night or the following Monday night after reminders that other people their age are employed and have time for their wives.
9- AH goes to church on June 24th, 2012 and meets up with her friends EJ and AJ, as she has every Sunday. She finds out that EJ has left his job after 2 years at Fedex to go to a new job with an Emergency Service Company(local source). She is, most likely, real excited for her friends. Then AH is probably wondering why JH, who has been licensed for 2 years has not got on with an Emergency Service Company. JH is again questioned on that night or on June 25th and it probably turns into an argument. On Tuesday, June 26th, 2012, per the 44 page Doc, JH goes to Keiths Sporting Good Store and purchases a compact S&W 9mm handgun. Possibly the gun used in the murder of WH. Again JH turns to guns after a fight about Jobs and Money with his wife. This time JH has purchased a New Gun!
Link to verify EMT certifications of EJ & JH
http://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EMSTraumaSystems/Pages/vertification.aspx
10 - In August 2012, JH loses his job at Subway Sandwich in Troutdale. He spends a month and a half unemployed. JH's father gets him a job at Canteen in October, 2012. AH and JH have been fighting over financial stress. JH misses a day on his first week of his job at Canteen. JH buys two 50 round bricks of S&B 9x19 9mm (possibly full metal jacket) to go shooting with his father. JH has been pressured to attend church more often. On October, 14th 2012 JH attends church with AH. JH is assigned sound department (paper evidence) with CH. Most likely they are assigned together because their last name starts with an"H". On Monday October 15th, 2012 JH motorcycle wont start, he has to use AH's car. That night AH and JH have a heated argument because they can not afford to fix the motorcycle with only 50 dollars in the bank and JH is most likely complaining about having to go to work so far away (most of his jobs have been local in the East County area).
11 - Tuesday October 16th, 2012. JH didn't sleep well and is still angry from the argument from the night before. His motorcycle won't start again. Not only is he going hear it from AH, but his dad works for Canteen and he will have to hear it from him as well. It was because of his dad that JH got his job and being late a second day might make 2 people angry at him. At this point JH is angry with the system and his wife. He starts walking up Palmquist, but turns around realizing the weather isn't the best, then approaches WH back at the apartments for a ride.
WH represented a person, that he was angry at. WH had a job to go to, a car that ran, a happy marriage, she was strong willed, went to church faithfully and had a strong family. WH was a symbol of AH. I believe this is why JH decided to project his anger onto WH. JH used his weapon as a way to release his anger as he had in the past; but this time he went a step further and did it to take control over someone. This time it was releasing his anger on another human being, that he symbolically felt was causing him the anger. The possibility of losing his wife, and job again put him into a fit of rage.
The act of rape or sodomy is an act of anger, not sex. Projecting his anger was about anger. JH probably felt someone had to pay!
12 - After JH killed WH, he most likely covered WH's face or laid her face down or away from him, due to the fact an Anger-Retaliatory Rapist can not look the victim in there eyes after the act. If WH photos were on the CH stolen AT&T phone, then that is whey he threw it on the Berm. JH probably took WH's phone as a souvenir. Realizing it had her photo on it (per the kids who found the phone, WH photo was on it) then he threw it down when he turned it back on, as not to look in her face. An Anger-Retaliatory Rapist most likely will not be able to look at the victims face, thus explaining the acts of getting rid of the phones and the possibility of turning the victims face away.
It seems that JH had a cycle in the past 6 months of having a fight about Jobs after Sundays and the reaction seemed to be on a following Tuesday with a result of buying or using weapons. October 16th wasn't about buying a weapon, this one was about using one to murder WH.
After JH parked WH's SUV at Walmart. He mentioned in the 44 Page Doc, that he walked to his old jobs. It seemed as if JH was on a search to visit the places from "The System" that caused this anger. He mentions Burger King and Fedex as two places he visited where he once worked. He went by MHCC, probably where he went to school at for his EMT training. I am not sure if he intended to use his weapon at those places, but he most likely had his weapons on him. It was ironic that a family friend EJ and AJ were the ones to find him. He probably felt a resentment toward EJ and didn't want to get in the car. EJ is a certified EMT and works as one, so I am sure EJ noticed something wasn't right with JH. EJ also approached WH's SUV when he found it, probably knowing that everything didn't look right inside.
ABUSE?- *advertiser censored* - CONSTANT JOB LOSS - MARRIAGE STRAINS - ARGUMENTS - JH ACTING OUT PROJECTED AGGRESSION
The 44 Page Doc is riddled with JH's problems with the job system and that he is angry!
Page 30 bad financial situation and only started working again after a period of time being unemployed. Page 32 JH says he and his wife are having "Hard Problems" right now and She feels he has abandoned her. Page 33 JH has had breakdowns before Tue and the stress overwhelms him. Page 34 JH motorcycle not working, did not want to ride in the rain (had been raining that week).
page 35 JH had issues with his job, he freaked out and left per AH
And after all of this, JH was only saddened about why WH made him do it, and why all of these employers made him lose his job. JH did not seem to realize, that it was his behaviors and choices, that were the cause of all of this destruction and sorrow. WH, CH, AH and their families are the true victims!
