I wonder if you're spot on in that it played out just like it did with Jared except for two things that were radically different:
1. Jacob didn't come back alive
2. The attacks seemingly (presumably) stopped after Jacob was abducted
To me, this points to an accidental death. Maybe Jacob tried to exit the car and was fatally injured? Maybe Danny clobbered him over the head to subdue him and accidentally killed him?
Or perhaps he indeed meant to kill him and the pure notoriety of the case and spot on resemblance of the initial suspect drawing (that Jared helped to compose) spooked him into being a semi law abiding citizen (until the whole child *advertiser censored* indulgence?)
Argh. Still so many questions....
Does it really matter if he killed Jacob by accident? No. He threatened all the other kids with death. Maybe Jacob pulled off his mask and saw his face so he decided to kill him. It doesn't matter. This held on to this terrible secret for years. How did he sleep at night? He tortured the family, the community, millions of people that thought about him all the time for 27 long painful years.
I wonder if you're spot on in that it played out just like it did with Jared except for two things that were radically different:
1. Jacob didn't come back alive
2. The attacks seemingly (presumably) stopped after Jacob was abducted
To me, this points to an accidental death. Maybe Jacob tried to exit the car and was fatally injured? Maybe Danny clobbered him over the head to subdue him and accidentally killed him?
Or perhaps he indeed meant to kill him and the pure notoriety of the case and spot on resemblance of the initial suspect drawing (that Jared helped to compose) spooked him into being a semi law abiding citizen (until the whole child *advertiser censored* indulgence?)
Argh. Still so many questions....
I have never heard a killer confess a murder without minimizing the murder. Never have I heard one that got away with it say they didn't kill more. It is very unlikely Jacob was the only victim of this sick sadistic excuse for a human being. Thank goodness they will be running his dna and checking out where he has traveled to search for all his victims. He knows he will spend the rest of his life in prison and so he gave them Jacob. This is the unearthing of a serial killer.
On the good side I never thought I would see this day. Jacob is found. His family has an answer. I was struck at how well the other children helped make the i.d. drawing of him.
Interesting projection.
Under "normal" circumstances, I'd agree w/you 100%, but something about this and this case just seems different. I guess (more) time will tell. Ugh.
Also, I'd think they would've run his DNA in any related cases the instant they took him into custody under child *advertiser censored* charges and the DNA turned up positive as Jared's attacker. Assuming they ran it through a database at that time, then they didn't find any other matches...or they're leaving the public in the dark....
I've just lost all faith and trust in Law Enforcement regarding this case I know they worked hard and the goal was always to find what happened, but there were so many missteps imho
Would it be useful to start a timeline of Heinrich now? Perhaps linking him to other cases? Just the fact that he's owned more cars than anyone I've ever heard of leads me to believe for each car...there may have been an abduction. He dumps the car, gets a new car. The 9 year old St. Joe boy who reported an attempted kidnapping a few months before Jacob gave a composite that was dead on for Heinrich..at the time in a light colored van.
This was YOUNG when he started. 26 when he abducted and murdered Jacob, 9 months before that we know he kidnapped and raped Jared. He was out of control..it didn't just start when he was 25. Any timeline would have to go back to when he was at minimum 16 years of age...capable of driving.
I am really curious as to what you think could have been done. They watched him for months and nothing.
If they kept watching him, that would be three officers at about $50,000 a year each. Do you think that would be possible? They did not have enough to bring him to trial.
I am really curious as to what you think could have been done. They watched him for months and nothing.
If they kept watching him, that would be three officers at about $50,000 a year each. Do you think that would be possible? They did not have enough to bring him to trial.