Recent content by perdedorita

For those wondering about the PA connection - apparently he studied at Desales University, which is in Lehigh County (so like halfway between the Philly area and Scranton).

This is so absolutely appalling. I mean, I know we all recognize and feel that. It's just literally unbelievable to me. The semantics are interesting - to actually deemphasize and demote his daughter's murder to a "second place" of suffering. The murder is "unfortunate." A spot of bad luck...

About the unidentified DNA - I just watched the rerun of the 48 Hours episode about the Carol Kennedy murder. There was DNA under her fingernails that didn't belong to either of the suspects (ie Steven DeMocker, the husband or Jim Knapp, the nutty neighbor). DeMocker's attorneys hailed this as...

A little bit of a detour question here - but ultimately related to the thread topic of "Who Killed JBR"... Has anyone here read "My Sister, My Love" by Joyce Carol Oates? It's a fictional reimagining of the JBR case. While it is a work of fiction for sure, it was helpful to see someone...

I think we're right to be suspicious of the carriage (and the fact it was called a "carriage"). **IF** it's true this was the method of transport, it would have had to either be a true carriage or a stroller laid back into the carriage position in order to accommodate the size of a 3 year old. I...

Hi all, Just a couple thoughts on the "carriage" topic. I agree with MalloryPike that it may have to do with the age of the speaker who used the term. I feel like a Baby Boomer might use that old-fashioned term interchangeably with the word "stroller." I wonder though if it had to do with the...

Hi all, Long, LONGtime lurker, first time poster. Andreww (big fan btw!) - this is one of the million things I find baffling. What *would* the procedure have been if LE had moved forward with a BDI theory of the case? It's not as if LE can shrug and say, "Welp, the suspected killer is nine...