Recent content by thref23

There's a first time for everything? I guess it's not clear that the phrase "sexual homicide" applies here, but I'm going to link this old FBI bulletin on the subject, because it gives a great, concise overview of the profiling basics that often apply in a case like this. In a nutshell...

Polygraphs are a pet peeve of mine as well, would love to see them outlawed in some capacity. They measure physical indicators of, I'm not sure if it's stress or anxiety or just emotion in general, but that is all they measure. They are particularly ineffective when investigating high profile...

High profile missing persons cases usually attract false sightings, interesting personalities, and people who want attention. In this case, there was actually at least one con man paying a woman to pose as Amy, in public, as part of an attempt to con her parents. Anything is possible, but...

I think this is it

If anyone wants a related rabbit hole to go down, I actually came across this thesis specifically regarding the subject of "first generation Canadian Punjabi Sikh parents’ beliefs about suicide and suicide-related behaviours." Independent of suicide, I understand cremation to have importance in...

It was reported that her mother only looked in the oven after other staff members reported "leakage" coming from the oven. I am not sure exactly what made her mother so anxious within an hour, but I'm sure there are details withheld that make everything make sense.

There is a bit more info here relative to what I have seen in the press: Youtube comments point suspicion towards here fiancee, which I don't really think is fair or necessarily logical, all things considered. I know he is the fiance, but I really don't see anything pointing to him. The bit...

I think a big takeaway here is simply that she had been trying to win back a long term partner (ex) who had moved away from her, and she was reunited with that person the day before she left for vacation. The symbolism of a message in a bottle - she mailed her partner a message in a bottle -...

And what about all of the people who came in and out of the house and never saw John inside of it, never saw or heard a fight, never saw anybody carrying John back outside? These people are capable of covering up a murder and keeping their mouth shut, but not capable of failing to notice a body...

John's phone stopped moving at 12:25 am, the is widely reported by various sources but here is one: https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/06/karen-read-trial-live-updates-testimony-resumes-on-thursday.html edit - I think its Apple Health data shows movement at 12:32 (or appears to if interpreted...

https://6abc.com/post/defense-rests-karen-read-trial-update-boston-police-officer-john-okeefe/14998660/

I imagine frozen ground could cause such an injury, if hit with the right force, at the right angle. But, I don't know. I know that a lot of newer vehicles turn on and off automatically when they to a stop, and I am really not sure how a key cycle is defined. I am inclined to assume that...

Why does he need to hit his head on the verge? My assumption would be that he was propelled in the air, and then hit his head on the cold hard ground (or something on top of it). We know that Karen slammed on her accelerator and that her vehicle accelerated to 24mph in reverse. But for all we...

At the very beginning of this investigation, there was no mystery to solve. Karen clearly acknowledged that she probably had hit him, she acknowledged that she had noticed that her tail light was broken, there was no argument about what had happened. Police immediately had a lot to work with...

In a word: evidence. In three words: evidence and plausibility.