I think the only 'stumper' for the police is how to build up their evidence to arrest the man. When I saw that asst. chief press conf', I felt the vibe from him of GRIEF. They totally know who the man is - IMO he's right there 'hiding in plain sight' right now, but police know exactly who he is - they're sad they can't arrest him as yet, sad he's out loose. Think about it: If the police were scared for the community they'd be very assertive in cautioning everyone in that community & neighboring counties, etc. - gheesh I didn't even hear asst. chief say, 'oh, we suggest you lock your door....when it's bedtime'.
The way I feel is that this murderer thought it all through but his flub-up is his gait & those feet of his that turn out, one turns out more.
And IMO the guy's KINDA nervous likely about that police jacket of his, cuz' he's got a history along those lines - cop dress up for the adult Hallw. parties, I bet his FB likely has cop this-or-that on it - praise of STRONG HE MAN cops IMO. This murderer is in with the biker middle aged men & their babes crowd but as so many do he has issues about police officers & authority figures, & rules of conduct !
IMO this man knows he's sick sick sick, but obsessive tension (OCD'ish) of his anger of his 'impossible situation' with Missy pulled on him & he couldn't stand it anymore plus with his community being such a lovely safe place, poor Missy was very easy bait - remember this man PLANNED THIS OUT & for a LONG TIME prior to the actual murder !! He aimed for perfection & success & just never thought his out-turned feet & gait would cause all these VERY REAL problems for him now.
In this man's mind what happened was that he could not stand the inner turmoil & tension he was feeling, he 'just couldn't take it anymore' - something had to give to STOP THINGS FROM CONTINUING as they were. PLUS Missy rejected him for the most part IMO (what I mean is I bet Missy was plenty nice to this man in real life but did not go the path this man wanted AND it had been going on for a long time) - the guy 'snapped' in the sense that he got to a point where cuz' of his POLICE jacket & Missy at that church at 0400am many Sundays, he concocted his elaborate & 'perfect crime' of a plan to kill her.
Also, IMO I did NOT see the police chief's press conf/s at all (it would be nice if someone would post links with time-starts-stops): My understanding is that the police chief kinda said to the killer 'please talk to somebody' - IMO a piece of the police chief's plea was his upset knowing how one dimension of this nutZ plan was to cause Missy such terror just b4 she died & in her dying process.
At 1st this case had me fooled.
Oh - my jar dropped when I read the WSl post comparing this to T Sievers case. I recall the ishy Rev. Neulander whose 20'ish y ol son wound up being a 1st responder (fire dept.) called to his own parents' home to find his mom dead in a pool of blood - Neulander was a sneaky big schemer. I also remember omgoodness Dirk Greineder !! Remember Dirk G??? Meticulous with rubber gloves & he like Dennis Rader kept murder 'stuff' in his garage!! . This case is ishy, fetishistic IMO.
All: IMO, I am NOT a local, NO inside info !!!