hi all. I was recently on holiday in the US and met a senior US crime investigator (forget what his title actually is) and I spent some time with him talking about Sonia's case. I tried my best to give details with as little interpretation or opinion as possible and asked him for his thoughts. I don't think there was anything overly promising in his answer -- no "eureka" case-solving ideas for which I was hoping. I'm not going to post all of what he said but one thing that kind of stood out to me -- not sure if anyone here or on UC, where I have also posted this message, has mentioned this before -- is that when vehicles are commandeered by perps, there are almost always (he said) finger prints left on the rear-view mirror. Almost always. If, on the other hand, the mirror is wiped clean, THAT gives another kind of very clear profile of the killer: able to think clearly and ahead (and may or may not indicate pre-med for the crime; for example, wearing gloves will not fully remove other prints, and so is not the same as wiping). Did LE get prints from Sonia's mirror? Was it wiped clean or are there patches where print is removed from gloves? Sonia was not a tall woman and this perp, we might imagine, was probably keen to keep an eye on traffic behind him. Wouldn't it would be safe to assume that mirror was adjusted? What does LE know or have re: the evidence specifically there?
btw: the expert I spoke with did not see this perp as a "risk-taker" in terms of "reckless" or intoxicated behaviour -- but, in fairness, that may be because that is my own opinion, and I may have unconsciously, despite my best intention, described the details in a "leading" way to produce a similar response.
