I've been trying to follow these threads but find it difficult to read fast enough to ever fully get caught up so forgive me if any of this is repeat but I've had some extremely disturbing thoughts about this situation, just coming from being a twenty-something woman slowly realizing the prevalence of domestic and sexual abuse in our society --
1) I've had friends, acquaintances, coworkers, all much older than 15 fall victim to charming men. Essentially to be given attention was enough for them to make rash commitment decisions (which eventually led to abuse). These weren't first instances for these men, TC is no different. He knew which kind of girl was impressionable and preyed on someone vulnerable. I cannot begin to imagine a 15 year old even being capable of noticing red flags and much less going to someone about anything inappropriate.
2) Am I the only one who, in hindsight, realizes just how many men said/did very creepy things to them when they were younger? As a teenager, I didn't think twice about it, I was probably flattered, but in hindsight I can truly see how disturbing those instances were. I just bring that up to highlight why some girls will possibly now come forward with strange instances with him, they probably didn't think twice about them until this happened.
3) If it's true that he had $4,500 to work with, does anyone think he could have someone helping him? Any thoughts on this? The cult theory really interested me but I would think that would've taken some research on his part and would be found somewhere on his computer history...
4) Does anyone know if Elizabeth was religious at all? I believe I read an article stating she went to the same church as TC (please correct me if I'm wrong!). I'm just thinking spirituality could add another level of manipulation.
5) Has anyone discussed whether or not TC knows any other languages?
Again, forgive me if there's repeat commentary in this post.