Good job, HS
Did you see this link on Twitter regarding what Josh claims he did with the rental car?
Here.
It's about as believable as his camping story.
MO.
Thanks. Interesting interview I had not seen that one before. With 1:20 left in the interview, I think what he said is interesting, regarding how he has made every effort to contact authorities and that he has sent in leads via email. He then stops himself (probably realizing this lie could get exposed) and says "generally through my dad." Why I find it interesting is it is just further confirmation of the profiles I have put together. According to former FBI profiler Rober Ressler (considered the best in the business)
disorganized offenders (which JP profiles as) do not follow the case in the news or try to inject themselves into the investigation, but
organized offenders do. I have Steven Powell profiled as an organized offender, so it makes sense that he is the one who actually sends in emails.
By the way, Ressler says disorganized offenders do not hide the body, but organized ones do.
I just got the book off the shelf. This is from his book
Whoever Fights Monsters:
p.130
"The major attribute of the organized offender is his planning of the crime. Organized crimes are premeditated, not spur of the moment. The planning derives from the offender's fantasies, which, as I've shown in earlier chapters, have usually been growing in strength for years before he erupts into overt antisocial behavior."
p.131
"Therefore, the major attribute of the organized killer is planning, which in this sense of the word means that the killer's logic is displayed in every aspect of the crime that is capable of being planned. The disorganized offender's actions are usually devoid of normal logic (note from me - such as going camping at midnight in the freezing weather with your kids, etc.); until he is caught and tells us his version of the crimes, chances are that no one can follow the twisted reasoning he uses to pick his victims or to commit his crimes."
Here is partly why I think Steven Powell is involved:
p. 134
"The disorganized killer may pick up a steak knife in the victim's home, plunge it into her chest, and leave it sticking there. Such a disorganized mind does not care about fingerprints or other evidence. If police find a body rather readily, that is a clue that the crime has been done by a disorganized offender. Organized ones transport the bodies from the place that the victims were killed, and then hide the bodies, sometimes quite well."
Steven Powell's locked closet was full of such:
p.135
"The organized offender often takes personal items belonging to his victims as trophies... These trophies are taken for incorporation in the offender's post-crime fantasies and as acknowledgement of his accomplishments. Just as the hunter looks at the head of the bear mounted on the wall and takes satisfaction in having killed it, so the organized murderer looks at a necklace hanging in his closet and keeps alive the excitement of his crime. Many take photographs of their crimes for the same purpose."
p.136
"The disorganized offender doesn't take trophies; rather, in his confused mental state, he may remove a body part, a lock of hair, an article of clothing, and take it with him as a souvenir whose value can not be discerned."
"In stages three (disposal of body) and four (post-crime behavior), the organized offender takes steps to hide the bodies of his victims, or otherwise attempts to conceal their identity, and then keeps track of the investigation. He does so in order to elongate the time period in which his fantasy seems to be in control of events."
There are more quotes from the book I could add - if this is interesting I'll post more.
raying: that Susan is found SOON !
