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Barbara said:For the parents to suffer the body of JBR would have been naked, no cover, the sexual abuse would be more significant, more brutal, well you know... (I hate even writing this stuff).
Where is the thrill if the intruder cannot witness it? Where is the thrill if the intruder cannot hear or know about it? Let's not forget that at the time of this crime, the intruder also had no way of knowing what a national and international sensation this case would turn out to be, so therefore, he had no way of knowing what the parents would be going through.
I think its a question of finesse or something like that.
Consider a man who likes to slice a woman's nipples off. He gets pleasure from the act, but he is NOT going to slice BOTH of them off. He will slice ONE off because what he really enjoys is not her initial pain and horror but her perpetual ordeal. He will not witness her perpetual ordeal, but he will experience it! That is his real goal. So it is true that the intruder did not 'witness' their shock at finding the note. He did not 'witness' their horror and panic. He did not 'witness' their hours of agonizing worry. He did not 'witness' their actual discovery of the corpse. He did not 'witness' their belated realization of what the stiffness and odors meant. But do not think that he did not 'experience' all those things. He did. And he enjoyed it. And he continues to enjoy it! Very much.
As to 'national and international sensation'. I'm not too sure. Alot depends on its being a 'slow news day' and alot of other things, but I would imagine he had a pretty good idea he would be making headlines nationally.