"Number four has me thrown. I may be forgetting details from following a few cases, but I do not recall it ever being said she was fully clothed was it? I am not saying it is not true, I just did not know that was a fact or I forgot it."
Thanks for the reply. "...I believe the victim's body was fully clothed when found..." It's only a belief on my part, and I was looking for feedback on the speculation. To be more specific about this, here is the reason I formed this belief. When this tragedy first came to my attention, I was reading everything I could find about it, and I also came across the rather long, detailed statement by the police chief, which was out there on a video. When I watched that video, this was all still new to me, and so I simply listened and accepted his descriptions of the situation.
Thinking about this yesterday, I remembered the impression I had when he described the discovery of the body in a separate county and then the fairly rapid conclusion that the body was Miss Josephson's, the missing person from Colombia. This can be confirmed from a review of the video, but I've been too lazy to do that. So, going only on how I remember it, he said something which I will paraphrase. He indicated that the identification of the body had been in part based on the description of the victim's clothing ("...the orange top and dark pants she was wearing...") That's my recollection of his statement. I remember that he mentioned both the top and the bottom articles of clothing, and those were the images formed in my mind as I listened.
So, while thinking about all this yesterday, it hit me that the body was wearing both top and bottom, and this translated into "fully clothed." Those were not his words but rather what his words implied. Insomuch as there have been repeated questions about whether there is a sexual aspect to this crime, which we normally see in crimes of this nature, the fully clothed aspect carries some significance. It indicates that this was not a sexually motivated crime. That leaves either a serial killer desire simply to kill for the thrill of it, or there was an intention to obtain something of value (i.e., robbery). That of course recalls the motive in the previous kidnapping in which NR was involved.
I can't say this is a fact, but that was my clear understanding of what the police chief said. He was not speaking to affirm that particular fact, but that conclusion was reasonable from what he did say. I may be wrong on this, so I'm looking for feedback or for a different translation of what he implied.
Of course we are all speculating on how this evolved into such a brutal killing. Miss Josephson was probably not so submissive as other victims, and she may have threatened prosecution and jail for these thugs as she screamed and fought back. We are dealing with very low IQ individuals here, and their impulse was to silence the potential witness forever.
