I do not think the perp was wearing a helmet, or any paintball armor on hips and thighs (jmo)
I do think the backpack is North Face. I do think the shoes are Nike Flex Experience Rn 9. The gloves are definitely UA, though I don’t think they are the ones shown in your pic (I’ve looked at hundreds and hundreds of pics of UA gloves and still haven’t found the exact right ones - the closest might be a unisex - adult youth liner 2.0..), and I’m currently leaning toward the hoodie being a Burton w/o logo (which in itself is not common).
I had previously thought the hoodie was maybe an UA coldgear swackjacket, - but the hood seams on the swackjacket don’t seem to protrude as much as those on the burton (men’s model oak). But some swackjackets do have 2 seams - and in some of the older versions it appears they protrude.. Just hard to tell. With manufacturers tweaking apparel every year to try to keep things fresh, we may not have access to photos of 2016-2019 apparel. There was a lot of work done earlier in the thread to try to ID all items of clothing.
I think the perp was either a woman or an Asian male. If it was a woman, I think she may have intentionally purchased men’s shoes (about 2 sizes to big), a men’s hoodie, and either men’s or unisex UA gloves (anything but woman’s gloves) to add to her disguise. The pack could be a men’s or a woman’s size (because I don’t think there’s any way to differentiate).
Whoever the individual is, they have small hands, wide hips, and thin, un-athletic (or at least not very muscular) lower legs.
I think the gait could have been faked by a smart person who was intent on committing the murder and had planned and practiced some (with the oversized shoes). Everything we have seen so far suggests that the perp went to great lengths to conceal all clues about their identity to get past cctv cams outside and inside the building. To me, the fake gait would fit right in.
I have always thought the perp was known to SR - and therefore only wore the dark ninja - looking stuff (and walked pigeon toed) while in front of cctv cameras outside the building. I think once inside, the perp then removed some of those items to look normal before entering SE’s apartment.
I do think that bleach would have been necessary, as I don’t believe the perp would have been wearing the hood, the balaclava, and probably not even the UA gloves when invited into the apt. by SR and then while inside (moo). The perp would have wanted to look normal to SR. She/he might’ve put the gloves and hood and balaclava back on after the murder when cleaning up.
I really do think it was somebody SR knew, and perhaps somebody he knew well. I’m leaning toward a female. If I’m wrong and it’s a male, I think it’s likely an Asian male, somebody perhaps from work or from when SR was at Radford.
All jmo