The fact that these 2 events were found to have been linked in 2015 had gone completely over my head. Was the alleged unknown (at that time) POI smugly laughing to himself or waiting for the knock on the door
I wish we knew or it was likely that we may find out at least, but I doubt it.
After so much time passing, I doubt he was afraid of his shadow, but seeing you only needed to pick up a newspaper to see the amount of historical cases that were being solved with advances in technology, logic says he must have begun looking over his shoulder at least. Then again, the thoughts of an alleged rapist/murdered is probably anything but logical to the rest of us so perhaps smug arrogance prevailed until it slapped him in the face. Personally, I think he'd have been freaking the f out unless he'd completely disassociated himself mentally.
Nevertheless.. so many questions pertaining to the timing of the link particularly.
If it turns out that the accused is found guilty as charged, based on what we know of his situation at the time of the murders & the reasonable speculation that it may have been the breakdown of a previous relationship that was the catalyst for them, you cant help wonder what might have been had it not been made public at such time that he found himself in the same position again.
Was it just darn good luck that the link was made public at the ultimate time to deter repeat behaviour? Was he waiting for the knock at the door?
Or ...is the reality that history was in fact repeated? Could there be an entire new chapter, or chapters yet to be revealed, if at all? Was he smugly laughing for more reasons than we imagine now?
I shudder to think about it, yet, I cant ignore it but I know it cant be answered here and now & nor by us either.
So, another thing filed in the memory bank & continue on quietly searching while hoping for answers we may never get i guess.