Recent content by Jason_Pharae

The coincidence of Sam S. living so close and also disappearing is tantalizing, but it's easy to make too much of it, IMO. As everyone notices, there's practically no trace information about him, either before or after his disappearance. From following Jason's story, I've gathered (through...

The problem with this type of scenario, though (and as we know, all the scenarios have some problem, so I'm not trying to shut down this one hypothesis) is that such an MO or profile of a predator is—only slightly exaggerating here—completely unheard-of in the history of modern...

I appreciate your push-back—you make a sound case for it not being an absurd theory (though I'm still only begrudgingly acknowledging that). I'd just want to make the point that, even if this scenario is feasible, it shouldn't be giving people that "case-closed," resolution-at-last kind of...

I appreciate your push-back—you make a sound case for it not being an absurd theory (though I'm still only begrudgingly acknowledging that). I'd just want to make the point that, even if this scenario is feasible, it shouldn't be giving people that "case-closed," resolution-at-last kind of...

Yeah but I've heard so many stories about people getting put on the list for things like public urination or sexting—though now that I think about it, maybe I shouldn't trust those stories. Seriously, though, they often seem a little too eager to put people on the sex offender registry.

This is hard to understand--are you sure they didn't say the behavior could not be explained by the antibiotic? Why would they say it could be explained by antibiotics, the symptoms are conspicuous, and them immediately say the symptoms indicate schizophrenic psychosis? Those are two totally...

Very interesting work--thank you! I think stabs in the dark are pretty much welcomed in this context, within reason, I guess. One thing. I couldn't figure out where you derived the claim that this guy (LL's friend) is a gun dealer. Is it just that he's been arrested for some gun-related crime...

Thank you! I respect this comment so much. In fact, I was wanting to hear your own take on the substance of the issue, but I guess that is a little off-topic!

Yeah—it's just that Gacy's MO, from my understanding, wasn't anything like 'spontaneous snatch-and-grab'. He used engaged in some manner of grooming behavior, came up with incentives and enticements to get the boys into his house (and I'm pretty sure he scheduled appointments with them...

The point isn't to propose that he actually was sexually assaulted; it's a point about motive. A sexually-motivated assault can be relatively spontaneous, so at least on that hypothesis you don't run into problems about planning or pre-meditation. Notice how, when you subtract the...

See, to me this is exactly where theories like this unravel. Remember, Jason had a very clear, specific purpose in walking to the high school at that moment, and looking at it from his perspective, his agenda didn't leave any margin for error. He was due to meet the co-worker at the school at...

See, to me this is exactly where theories like this unravel. Remember, Jason had a very clear, specific purpose in walking to the high school at that moment, and looking at it from his perspective, his agenda didn't leave any margin for error. He was due to meet the co-worker at the school at...

Honestly this is as likely as anything else anybody's come up with!

I concede that some sort of double-crossed-by-someone-he-felt-comfortable-with theory poses the fewest—but just by a hair—conundrums. But I just can't get any hypothetical narrative or scenario to play out in my imagination, once you get Jason into this person's car (because I think this theory...

I tend to think starting at the very top in Jason's case means trying to answer not the "who" question (i.e., was a work colleague, another acquaintance, or a stranger responsible) but the "how" question. I mean, regardless of who had a hand in his disappearance, I'd like to know, first of all...