jellybeanz
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Perplexed about this case ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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I find it interesting that the general belief on this case discussion has turned from one of targeted (generally, not every poster!) in the year after Missy's murder to generally not targeted now. Imo.
It seems to be an opinion strongly held by a few posters on the thread. Again, in my opinion. Long time members who feel it was targeted seem to drop off this discussion as the years go on and the non-targeted group remains seemingly invested in debating their position and many of the targeted group don't remain to squabble about it. I find this fascinating. Why this case, of all case, is there a chasm about a detail regarding point of view for the direction of the investigation? Interesting thoughts to ponder.
Has LE's viewpoint on targeted versus non-targeted also changed? All signs (and it's not been many) we've seen from them seem to indicate that they have been investigating it as targeted. But surely tips of many kinds have come in over the years. I hope one day Missy and her family will get justice.
I agree with you - this is just too weird of a crime to be totally random. Lots of crimes are solved decades later and it's someone close to the victim, but they don't have evidence. IMO only, but my belief is the police have some idea of who it could be but not enough evidence to charge them.I think the reason people move on from the targeted idea is that in hindsight, by now, after almost 7 years, police would have investigated everyone closest to the victim. Therefore, it must have been a stranger and a non-targeted crime.
I think this was a targeted crime, either against the church or Missy Bevers specifically. I am not going to go into all the reasons I think this because I have already posted them, but this is either a targeted crime, in my opinion, or a very strange burglar. In my opinion, there is no urgency by the burglar in the church video to go directly to the church office to try to find the money. We have no idea, as far as I know, as to what the burglar was driving.
Whether targetting Missy or just doing their own thing, I think SP was getting their jollies swaggering around leisurely in their impressive uniform: feeling they could barge into any place they wanted to go, and break stuff, and check it all out openly. Not lurking or skulking.I don't understand why if it was a targeted murder, why Missy wasn't ambushed by the entrance. The perp would be able to get it done quickly and leave before others arrived.
If it was a targeted KNOWN killer, that would explain the disguise. We can't even decide if that's a man or woman. I would imagine that if someone in the local community murdered her, it would be easier to identify them if the disguise was poor. Hence the SWAT kit.
Again, if it was targeted, why do a tour of the building? As I said before Missy could be ambushed and murdered without her going through the building. Would most locals know the layout of the building?.
The tour by the murdered indicates to me its not a professional killer. This person is unable to simply lie in wait. Instead he/she wanders through the building nonchalantly peering into rooms and trying doors. He's in no hurry.
If it was a thief, I'd imagine he'd be faster. Yes, it's very early morning, but thieves tend not to take their time. In the video provided the perp hasn't a bag to carry stuff, nor do they start making a pile of stuff to take. Wouldn't a thief want to be able to run for it if disturbed? This person couldn't do a fast walk let alone run and for a thief, the outfit is over the top too.
I keep returning to the disguise. I think it's used because the perp would otherwise be very quickly identified. Meaning they're local, family/friend, a well known person in the area or someone with a criminal record.
Why this was done is the biggest question. Someone went to a lot of effort. Why?
I think LE focussed initially on the possibility of it being targetted because that's how good policework proceeds. First-degree murder is a more serious crime, it would have involved pre-planning by someone who knew Missy, they'd want to start by trying to detect any evidence of that.Has LE's viewpoint on targeted versus non-targeted also changed? All signs (and it's not been many) we've seen from them seem to indicate that they have been investigating it as targeted. But surely tips of many kinds have come in over the years. I hope one day Missy and her family will get justice.
I'm strongly on the targeted side. The killer wanted it to look like a burglary. Maybe someone who had been rejected by Missy or was jealous of her. It might even be some strange wacko who wanted to prove he could get away with murder. I don't watch many movies, but does this crime resemble anything you've ever seen in one, or read in a novel?
Whenever I think about Missy I consider, Cui Bono? Who gains from Missy's death? Victimology is key to this question. There's a lot about Missy's life that we don't know. But what we do know leans to a targeted attack. Imo.
Snipped for clarity.One thing I find interesting is that Missy was still alive when the paramedics got there, much less when the students got there. One would ask, why would SP kill this person and not stick around to finish the job? Even the most academic people knows to check for a pulse. But nobody saw SP leave so it just makes me interested why SP didn't finish it. Or was MB so bad off that her fate was already assured and SP just wanted to get out of there?
One thing I find interesting is that Missy was still alive when the paramedics got there, much less when the students got there. .
She was? I don't recall anything reported that MB was still alive when the paramedics got there, or even when the campers arrived. From what I have heard all along, no one really knows when she actually breathed her last, and it could have happened when loser perp shot her or shortly thereafter.
The time when ME declared her legally dead would have waited until he arrived and could make that determination, but that's not a declaration of when she died.