Thanks for following up. I agree that Amanda's house was picked out for a reason (looked like no one was home, etc), so the crime wasn't random, if we define "random" as there being no reason for picking it other than a mental "coin toss." Personally, I don't think they spent much time casing the neighborhood that morning. Choosing those houses was an impulsive decision made quickly for a reason (ease of entry, etc). But it was random in that it wasn't personal toward Amanda or Davey IMO. We have to be careful how we define random.
Of course, there is always the possibility that they saw Davey leave and figured there might be a wife left behind who could be raped and killed (since that's what one of them was all about). So that wouldn't be random (for no reason), but it would be impersonal. JMO
possibility that they saw Davey leave and figured there might be a wife left behind who could be raped and killed
None of the guys wanted to rape women except LT. These guys wanted money! Or goods they could easily dump for cash. Except LT.
Not having the mind of a crook, I have no idea how the residents in Amanda's neighborhood was the area decided to commit crimes. It certainly was not a wealthy neighborhood or even upper middle class. Even I know the most dollars an ATM will dole out at one time is a few hundred dollars.
They arrive at a home without anyone home in a stolen car from the woman Taylor had recently and brutally raped. At this 2nd home, they take oranges, a pink sweater a bedsheet, electronics and TVs. I still want to know if the booze was already there or if they brought it with them. Conventionally enough for them, they leave before the owner arrives. Yet they stay in her driveway in a stolen car while LT goes to Blackburns. Was this when the dark SUV was seen on CCTV?
They want more money. But this was not a ritzy neighborhood. LT must have wanted to rape again, too. They hit the Blackburn's house by walking right in the front door. Gordon goes back to the car to tell that LT hit the lady with his gun and knocked a tooth out. They talk about leaving LT there only LT suddenly appears at the stolen car, still parked two doors down, and tosses Amanda's atm card. LT returns to Amanda while the others go to the ATM.
Amanda must have been already incapacitated during LT's walk two doors down or she would have run, hidden behind a locked door, contacted 911 or done something to help save her life. The hard punch with the gun across her face hurt like crazy but probably did not render her unconscious. The gunshot in the arm would knock her to her knees, in the least. Ditto for the gunshot wound to the back. Amanda was a fighter who probably fought the fear and allowed an adrenaline rush to urge her forward to protect her family, Evie and Weston. However, those three wounds could have created enough pain to incapacitate her from being able to move so when LT returned, she was nearly dead, so her just shot her in the head and watched her bleed.
What could have happened in his brief life to make him so angry, mean, and possess a cruel heart?
When he gets to prison he'll find out they don't think kindly of murdering a woman who's with child. I hope his a@@ never recovers from whatever torture the other prisoners give him. That would be a bit of hell on earth that he so deserves. :jail: I'm not a vindictive person but Amanda Blackburn was a Saint in life and this lowlife guy was not worth walking the same sidewalk with her.
Bless Baby Weston to the Highest.
Just kidding. I think this crime is a combination of random, opportunistic dumb impulse with a little bit of planning on the fly.
