I am mainly wondering why the circling and then going over to the area of the Mobil station. If the lights are on, why circle 1122 King Rd 3 times which could draw attention to your vehicle and then leave the area and go over to the area of the Mobil station then come back 35 minutes later? Also, according to Google Maps, it is a 5 minute drive between 1122 King Rd and the Mobil station, so he was doing something else for about 25-30 minutes, then came back to 1122 King Rd. What was he doing?
Strategically, I would think he would have chosen to drive over to 1122 King Rd and lie in wait of the lights going out - maybe on Walenta or in the parking lot of the apartments adjacent to the back yard of 1122 King Rd. It would have made more sense to know exactly when the lights went out, wait 30-45 minutes and then enter the house knowing everyone would likely be asleep by then. But instead, he circled 3 times and then left the area and then came back and went into the house not knowing how long the lights had been out, so he didn't know if it was likely people in the house were still awake or completely asleep. I'm just perplexed by this behavior and the decisions behind it from a defendant who had months to plan this crime.
And I'm also perplexed by what he did while he was over near the Mobil station. He allegedly went down a side street near the Mobil station, so was he thinking of attacking another residence instead? There seems to be a lot of low cost student housing on Hanson, for example and - this is probably just coincidental, but there is a white Nissan Sentra parked at the head of the cul de sac on Hanson.
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Anyway, I'm really just ruminating over what was going on that night.