I disagree in two ways.
First, while I can't say I enjoyed looking at the images, I am not sure I'd call them distasteful. I have no knowledge of what makes VH drawn to them. I would hazard a guess it is a symptom of her victimization. She could be repulsed by the images, and working to normalize them for herself to try to fit in. She could be processing her life, which is not a typical life.
I guess I do call her tee shirt choice distasteful, upon Rex's arrest. If she wears skeletons every day of her life, that was the day to turn the shirt inside out. But mostly, I don't think the problem is distaste.
The other way I disagree is that I certainly do think it is substantial.
The problem is how much the material contained references to the crime scene that we are learning more and more about. It means that in some way, VH knows something about the crimes. She is a witness.
Imagine if the truth turns out to be that her father accessed all of this images posing as his daughter. That seems unlikely, but it is possible, true? Then, she is a witness who can deny being behind the social media accounts. I think it is likely that VH has been on her own kind of investigation for years. She is a witness. Her interests in art that references crime scenes for crimes for which her father is accused makes that obvious.
In addition, just by living in that small house, it is very hard to imagine anybody not noticing anything at all...like, why does dad always scrub the bathroom when we are on vacation?
MOO
I often think about that too. Perhaps she was dealing with her trauma at home, school and in her general community.
I’m not making excuses but I could imagine living in a cramped house filled with clutter, less space and feeling like I no control over changing anything could be a huge source of distress for me and I imagine a teen or young adult. It sounds like their family stood out and didn’t socialize with their neighbors. Considering the state of their house they probably didn’t want to invite people over. I wonder how often she and her family members felt isolated or unable to genuinely build rapport with them?
In addiction, though the news is often saturated with violence I wonder if she felt more fearful upon learning that a serial killer was living not just on LI but preying on, abducting, harming and killing many young women from towns either near her or familiar to her? I remember the moments I felt scared myself when the news about the existence of LISK was finally made public. Did she feel fearful and angry as well for both his heinous acts but for committing them in a beach, a place that often brings joys and warm memories, very near to her? Were there other acts of violence or crime that worried her?
And what of her family and who did she and brother have to turn to besides each other to help cope or express themsleves when their beloved mother first became sick? And how much did she resent her father for the clutter, the state of the house and if true, making AE rely on food stamps to help feed herself and her family while RH owned land in SC, indulged in gun collection hobby and was partner in architecture firm?
Perhaps she did see something or perhaps heard something? For example, did he disparage of SW in front of her, dehumanize them and state they deserve their horrendous murders? Such comments could be damaging to anyone but especially a child or to a son or daughter who are hurt by such hateful comments from their father or mother? Did he speak about the LISK murders or murders in general in front of them further scarring or engaging them despite their dissent? How did he talk about death and taking of a life when he came back from a hunt of some of the animals on LI?
I think of one of the artists she followed and how she included in her page support and welcome fellow artists and followers from LGBTQ+ communities, pansexuals, those suffering with depression or identified as neurodivergent and were sick of talking about it and those in more puritanical communities and domineering families who were fed up and apathetic about getting rejected.
Perhaps like these artists and writers, art one of the way she could express herself freely and privately as she engaged in her emotional turmoil, unvoiced conflicts with her family and the any sense or fear or violence around her? I do not know her or medical history personally so this all conjecture and my own opinion but perhaps too some of the art forms she is drawn too, including the ones that could also be a sign that she was in need and she had engaged in stuff she was not ready for but stuck on her? Perhaps art therapy or more mental health support counseling or actively taking steps not to isolate herself but connect with others, including those whose family have had similar experiences to her could help?
LE in NYC and LI do seem to want to build a rapport with both victims and witnesses that are too afraid or traumatized to talk and AE and her family as well, so may be these type of services could help?
JMO as I have been thinking about this a lot since I read the news about the PC
