I disagree on two major points. Cox DID have the ability to carry out this crime as a sole act. There is no doubt in my mind he could have done that with his Ranger training. They are trained not to act on sheer brainpower but on their instincts. He could easily disarm and render defenseless these women with very little difficulty. This conflicts directly with the other crimes he was either convicted of or prisoned for. He has not shown this stealthy elite ranger status in any of his crimes to this point. Pretty hapless when it comes to abduction and very messy in killing. He left the Rangers in 1985 with his failed abduction attempt in California.
This has always been nagging at me since I first heard/read about Cox as a suspect. I'm not saying he couldn't pull it off. But I feel like, at least from what I read, he didn't really plan out his crimes. They just happened. He was sloppy. He left a trail.
Unfortunately, with the contaminated crime scene, we may never know if he left a trail here. And it is possible that there is a learning curve, as you said, pittsburghgirl. But I can't help but think that if Cox was the one who did this there is (or was) something in that house that pointed to him. Maybe the answering machine messages. Maybe a cigarette butt. Maybe a drop of blood on the broken globe.
One other thing, that I don't recall seeing on this community...Was there really a box of clippings and rings found in a house in Springfield? I would think if there was, a list of possible people involved or knowledgeable about the case could be compiled from rental agreements/homeowner records between 1992 and the time they were found.
This has always been nagging at me since I first heard/read about Cox as a suspect. I'm not saying he couldn't pull it off. But I feel like, at least from what I read, he didn't really plan out his crimes. They just happened. He was sloppy. He left a trail.
Unfortunately, with the contaminated crime scene, we may never know if he left a trail here. And it is possible that there is a learning curve, as you said, pittsburghgirl. But I can't help but think that if Cox was the one who did this there is (or was) something in that house that pointed to him. Maybe the answering machine messages. Maybe a cigarette butt. Maybe a drop of blood on the broken globe.
One other thing, that I don't recall seeing on this community...Was there really a box of clippings and rings found in a house in Springfield? I would think if there was, a list of possible people involved or knowledgeable about the case could be compiled from rental agreements/homeowner records between 1992 and the time they were found.