UID Victim: "Cherries", Mamaroneck, Blk/Hisp, 605UFNY, found Mar 2007

[mst]

Can't help to think that the cherries were once a different tattoo.

 

[snooptroop88]

Guess: the "20" on the calendar is probably part of the year, so first part of 2007 on the calendar. Cherries' legs are described in almost the exact same terms as Karen Vergata. Polished nails, the legs drifted (in this case separately) to shore. I believe Valerie had a tattoo on her leg and so perhaps Cherries did as well. And the cherries tattoo itself is very similar to Peaches', and in both cases, the headless torso with missing hand/s ("HK" document, "remove head and hands" "package for transport")... the torso has been packed with other items into a container. For Peaches, it was the green Rubbermaid container; for Cherries, it is the suitcase, which was only manufactured by Walmart. So did the murderer leave his own suitcase? I very much doubt it (although it's possible). That may be the victim's suitcase.
Why'd the victim have a suitcase? Is she from out of town? The clothing label in the Spanish language and the "cinco" on the calendar would lead me to think originally, she came from abroad, or at the very least had family there. Did she arrange to stay overnight with the murderer, or did the murderer have access to her at an area (motel/hotel/apartment) where she had her things? I think she arranged to meet him somewhere and his name (probably an alias) or/and phone or address of meeting spot was on the calendar at one point. He either erased it or ripped it away separately and disposed of it. The "begin to live" is probably on the reverse side of the page, which when you'd lift that original page into the following month, the "begin to live" would now be on the top page for the (next mo/guessing) March of 2007 of the calendar. Here's an image of a February 2007 calendar:

See all that blank space on there above the 5th? She may have had a note jotted there. Or the appointment might have been later, say the week of the 11th or 19th, and he tore that portion away completely. But is the "cinco" the 5th of the month? The days on a calendar are usually marked in regular numerals (not words), and I don't think this is an unusual calendar. MOO, I think that's a little torn bit of a standard calendar that hangs on a wall, but it may be in Spanish or Spanish-themed. Looking at the date when they found the body 3/3, I'd think this meeting was actually February, and I'm again thinking of Karen Vergata, last seen Valentine's Day, although based on when they think the death of Cherries occurred, it would probably have been a week or two later in February. The "cinco" might actually be on the reverse side of the page, meaning it's on the top page for the following month.

And Cherries has got the bra actually still on, but the camisole is separate (to my knowledge) in the suitcase, and a shirt, too. I think she went somewhere planning to stay overnight, but it's pure speculation. He put everything of hers into the suitcase that wouldn't directly incriminate him and disposed of anything that would separately.

The March 3 date of recovery makes me wonder a bit. We know Heuermann was following along on his victims and LE's progress. I'm sure the date of the recovery of this victim's remains were in the media. Would he have known the date of 3/3? I ask because he used an email "sandbagger303," and I've wondered in the past about Judith Ramona Veloz, who went missing 3/3/93. He didn't start using that sandbagger" email address until many, many years later (long after 2007), I believe. Could this victim's remains have been disposed of by boat? Because Heuermann did have one, and I wonder if he didn't also rent boats from time to time. I read there were storms around this time that may have shifted the remains. Even had the remains been in some way weighted, I'm wondering if they might have come loose and drifted to shore.

 

[snooptroop88]

Another thing that I'm struck by with both Cherries and Peaches is these fruit tattoos. Tattoos back in each respective timeframe ('97, '07) didn't enjoy the explosive popularity they have today, although the popularity was there and growing back then. But I don't think people went and got tattoos as much just for pure whimsy back then. I can't help but wonder about how I think of slot machines when I look at these tattoos, the cherries and the peaches. So I checked to see where people in NYC/LI would have gone for slot gambling back in these timeframes. I wondered if maybe one or both of these girls might have held some job where slot machine gambling was relevant. The answer for NYC & LI'ders on where you'd go for slots would be nowhere. From what I read, it didn't exist except illegally in NYC or LI at the time (illegally with the mob). So if you wanted to play slots back around this '97 timeframe, I guess (based on what I'm seeing) you went to Connecticut. First I guess came Foxwoods in Ledyard and then Connecticut's second casino, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, opened in '96. These are a hefty 2-hour drive from Masspequa, but I still find it interesting in light of the fact that Connecticut is supposedly where Peaches got her tattoo. The situation with Cherries would be especially interesting in light of this gambling aspect (if it exists, and totally agreed, that's a mighty big "if") because the Empire City Casino in Yonkers (VERY near where Cherries was found) had just opened in October 2006. And people from Queens, LI and beyond flocked there. Heuermann definitely enjoys Atlantic City, so I'd say he enjoys at least some gambling. Maureen Brainard-Barnes once worked as a dealer at Foxwoods.

It's far-fetched, granted, but I can't help but wonder.

 

[digitective]

Another thing that I'm struck by with both Cherries and Peaches is these fruit tattoos. Tattoos back in each respective timeframe ('97, '07) didn't enjoy the explosive popularity they have today, although the popularity was there and growing back then. But I don't think people went and got tattoos as much just for pure whimsy back then. I can't help but wonder about how I think of slot machines when I look at these tattoos, the cherries and the peaches. So I checked to see where people in NYC/LI would have gone for slot gambling back in these timeframes. I wondered if maybe one or both of these girls might have held some job where slot machine gambling was relevant. The answer for NYC & LI'ders on where you'd go for slots would be nowhere. From what I read, it didn't exist except illegally in NYC or LI at the time (illegally with the mob). So if you wanted to play slots back around this '97 timeframe, I guess (based on what I'm seeing) you went to Connecticut. First I guess came Foxwoods in Ledyard and then Connecticut's second casino, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, opened in '96. These are a hefty 2-hour drive from Masspequa, but I still find it interesting in light of the fact that Connecticut is supposedly where Peaches got her tattoo. The situation with Cherries would be especially interesting in light of this gambling aspect (if it exists, and totally agreed, that's a mighty big "if") because the Empire City Casino in Yonkers (VERY near where Cherries was found) had just opened in October 2006. And people from Queens, LI and beyond flocked there. Heuermann definitely enjoys Atlantic City, so I'd say he enjoys at least some gambling. Maureen Brainard-Barnes once worked as a dealer at Foxwoods.

It's far-fetched, granted, but I can't help but wonder.

I think those tattoos could also be because they were possibly sex workers, since both of those fruits have sexual connotations...which also aligns with LISK's MO.

 

[Mr.Dandy]

Another thing that I'm struck by with both Cherries and Peaches is these fruit tattoos. Tattoos back in each respective timeframe ('97, '07) didn't enjoy the explosive popularity they have today, although the popularity was there and growing back then. But I don't think people went and got tattoos as much just for pure whimsy back then. I can't help but wonder about how I think of slot machines when I look at these tattoos, the cherries and the peaches. So I checked to see where people in NYC/LI would have gone for slot gambling back in these timeframes. I wondered if maybe one or both of these girls might have held some job where slot machine gambling was relevant. The answer for NYC & LI'ders on where you'd go for slots would be nowhere. From what I read, it didn't exist except illegally in NYC or LI at the time (illegally with the mob). So if you wanted to play slots back around this '97 timeframe, I guess (based on what I'm seeing) you went to Connecticut. First I guess came Foxwoods in Ledyard and then Connecticut's second casino, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, opened in '96. These are a hefty 2-hour drive from Masspequa, but I still find it interesting in light of the fact that Connecticut is supposedly where Peaches got her tattoo. The situation with Cherries would be especially interesting in light of this gambling aspect (if it exists, and totally agreed, that's a mighty big "if") because the Empire City Casino in Yonkers (VERY near where Cherries was found) had just opened in October 2006. And people from Queens, LI and beyond flocked there. Heuermann definitely enjoys Atlantic City, so I'd say he enjoys at least some gambling. Maureen Brainard-Barnes once worked as a dealer at Foxwoods.

It's far-fetched, granted, but I can't help but wonder.

Shannan Gilbert also had a cherries tattoo. I know she’s not really a part of the other cold cases but it’s a little food for thought. Also, given that Jessica’s arm is still missing, I wonder if she had another tattoo? Do you think the G4 had tattoos? If so, did Rex mutilate then? I’ve never read about any of their possible tattoos.

Slight edit here… Maureen had a tattoo of her daughter’s name.

 

[bricker]

Rex only mutilated/obscured tattoos on the victims that he dumped in Manorville (2000-2003). He began doing this after the police published a photo of Peaches' tattoo in Newsday (1997). Basically, he was worried that the police would use these tattoos to identify the victim.

Rex didn't need to mutilate any tattoos on the Gilgo Four because he dumped them whole in the same area where he had already dumped the earlier victims' identifying remains. Ocean Parkway was the "key" to his crimes. If they found that dump site, then tattoos, etc., were the least of his worries.

 

[Mr.Dandy]

Rex only mutilated/obscured tattoos on the victims that he dumped in Manorville (2000-2003). He began doing this after the police published a photo of Peaches' tattoo in Newsday (1997). Basically, he was worried that the police would use these tattoos to identify the victim.

Rex didn't need to mutilate any tattoos on the Gilgo Four because he dumped them whole in the same area where he had already dumped the earlier victims' identifying remains. Ocean Parkway was the "key" to his crimes. If they found that dump site, then tattoos, etc., were the least of his worries.

How can you know that for certain? They were skeletons?

 

[iamshadow21]

Rex only mutilated/obscured tattoos on the victims that he dumped in Manorville (2000-2003). He began doing this after the police published a photo of Peaches' tattoo in Newsday (1997). Basically, he was worried that the police would use these tattoos to identify the victim.

Rex didn't need to mutilate any tattoos on the Gilgo Four because he dumped them whole in the same area where he had already dumped the earlier victims' identifying remains. Ocean Parkway was the "key" to his crimes. If they found that dump site, then tattoos, etc., were the least of his worries.

We have no idea if he mutilated many of the GB4, as at least Maureen and Melissa would have most likely been skeletal.

MOO

 

[Mr.Dandy]

We have no idea if he mutilated many of the GB4, as at least Maureen and Melissa would have most likely been skeletal.

MOO

From what I have read, they were all skeletal… but in a way that the police questioned whether they were stripped of flesh or just the salty windy environment sped up decomposition. I think a lot of body detail is being withheld from the public for now. MOO

 

[bricker]

We have no idea if he mutilated many of the GB4, as at least Maureen and Melissa would have most likely been skeletal.

MOO

Dave Schaller helped to identify Amber via her tattoo. He didn't mention anything about mutilation. From Rex's perspective, it would make very little sense for him mutilate their tattoos. He was leaving behind whole bodies (fingerprints, dental records) in an area where he had also previously dumped other identifying remains.

 

[iamshadow21]

Dave Schaller helped to identify Amber via her tattoo. He didn't mention anything about mutilation. From Rex's perspective, it would make very little sense for him mutilate their tattoos. He was leaving behind whole bodies (fingerprints, dental records) in an area where he had also previously dumped other identifying remains.

Amber's body would not have been skeletal. She'd been there the least amount of time, just a couple of months. Megan, likewise, had only been there five months. Her decomposition would have been severe, but depending on how it had progressed, tattooing might be visible on intact sections.

Maureen had been there for three and a half years. Barring the extremely unlikely chance of some form of mummification, she wouldn't have had any soft tissues left. Melissa had been there a year and a half. She would likely have had very little soft tissue left at all. That's why I qualified both of them by name when making my comment.

And yeah, I think he absolutely felt confident leaving them whole in that area. Unlike the Manorville site, no one had ever found the parts he'd left along Gilgo and Jones and Cedar beaches.

MOO

 

[bricker]

I can't edit my previous comment. The dismemberment and mutilation process, etc., was largely due to the fashion in which he had to pick up his earlier victims. He was a regular john. A frequent flier. Some of the girls around the red light districts in Manhattan would have known him by whatever alias he used, his vehicle, and possibly even his house if he had picked them up before. There was always a chance that someone would identify him as the last client to pick up victim X or Y. To prevent this, he took various steps to hinder their identification. If the police don't have a victim's identity, then they can't speak to potential witnesses.

The Gilgo Four was different, as he had more control over how they communicated (burners) and where he picked them up. He didn't need to dismember them or mutilate tattoos. In his mind, there wasn't anything to tie him to them.

 

[iamshadow21]

I can't edit my previous comment. The dismemberment and mutilation process, etc., was largely due to the fashion in which he had to pick up his earlier victims. He was a regular john. A frequent flier. Some of the girls around the red light districts in Manhattan would have known him by whatever alias he used, his vehicle, and possibly even his house if he had picked them up before. There was always a chance that someone would identify him as the last client to pick up victim X or Y. To prevent this, he took various steps to hinder their identification. If the police don't have a victim's identity, then they can't speak to potential witnesses.

The Gilgo Four was different, as he had more control over how they communicated (burners) and where he picked them up. He didn't need to dismember them or mutilate tattoos.

I have a different view on this. After the early 2000s, everyone, because of CSI and Forensic Files, knew about the power of the developing power of DNA. Knew that they were able to get better and faster results from smaller or degraded samples for much cheaper, much faster, than ever before.

I think RH originally dismembered to hinder identification and for ease of transportation. He either damaged areas with tattoos, or if they were on the calf or forearms, just removed that limb a little higher to take off the image.

With the common knowledge of DNA, dismemberment and removing identifying marks, heads and hands was no longer enough. So he started depositing bodies whole, on the stretch of shoreline where the dismembered parts of his earlier victims were never found.

MOO

 

[bricker]

I have a different view on this. After the early 2000s, everyone, because of CSI and Forensic Files, knew about the power of the developing power of DNA. Knew that they were able to get better and faster results from smaller or degraded samples for much cheaper, much faster, than ever before.

I think RH originally dismembered to hinder identification and for ease of transportation. He either damaged areas with tattoos, or if they were on the calf or forearms, just removed that limb a little higher to take off the image.

With the common knowledge of DNA, dismemberment and removing identifying marks, heads and hands was no longer enough. So he started depositing bodies whole, on the stretch of shoreline where the dismembered parts of his earlier victims were never found.

MOO

The public was indeed becoming more aware about forensic science and DNA. To be honest, the change in MO was likely due to a number of factors. I highly doubt that he made such an important decision based on one singular thing. Like most humans facing a big change, he weighed everything up. But he did have to approach the earlier victims on the street, and he couldn't get around that part until the sex industry moved online.

 

[bricker]

And btw, another Long Island serial killer named Robert Shulman was actually caught in this fashion in 1996. Investigators uncovered the identity of one of his dismembered victims via her tattoo. Then, when they hit the streets, they learned that the victim, a sex worker named Kelly Sue Bunting, was last seen getting into a car with "Bob", a john who regularly visited Jamacia Avenue in Hollis, Queens. Some of the girls were then able to lead detectives back to "Bob's" house in Hicksville.

 

[iamshadow21]

The public was indeed becoming more aware about forensic science and DNA. To be honest, the change in MO was likely due to a number of factors. I highly doubt that he made such an important decision based on one singular thing. Like most humans facing a big change, he weighed everything up. But he did have to approach the earlier victims on the street, and he couldn't get around that part until the sex industry moved online.

Cherries was killed a few months before Maureen. If Cherries was indeed a RH victim, then she marks a point of transition between dismembered victims and intact victims, or a period where maybe he was doing both. If Asian Doe was his victim, which I strongly believe they are, then they date from earlier, and they were left intact.

MOO

 

[Mr.Dandy]

Dave Schaller helped to identify Amber via her tattoo. He didn't mention anything about mutilation. From Rex's perspective, it would make very little sense for him mutilate their tattoos. He was leaving behind whole bodies (fingerprints, dental records) in an area where he had also previously dumped other identifying remains.

I had the same thought…. Like he wasn’t trying to hide identities…. But given they weren’t found promptly, it still made me wonder. Guess they were able to identify parts of the skin.

 

[snooptroop88]

I had the same thought…. Like he wasn’t trying to hide identities…. But given they weren’t found promptly, it still made me wonder. Guess they were able to identify parts of the skin.

Exactly, agreed. If he felt secure enough in his "dump site" remaining undiscovered, I don't think he cared. And it might have remained undiscovered but for Shannan Gilbert, so he seems to have been quite shrewd in that he correctly predicted Gilgo/general area with Ocean Parkway was "secure." I don't think that was his only "dump site," though. I think he very well may have continued to dismember when the circumstances warranted it. He worked as a young man at those beaches along Ocean Parkway, he knew that area, and knew it well, probably like the back of his hand, so to speak. He didn't know everywhere he murdered so well, however, MOO. And he assessed and adapted.

Sandra Costilla was posed and left whole. Fingerprints were used to identify her. As clever as he is, I would imagine he knew already at that time LE might be able to identify her, but he didn't much care. And in the end, they could establish no link to him, and I don't think that's a coincidence, I think he already had assessed the situation and knew LE would find no link. I like the idea put forward that this dovetails with him understanding the risks involved as his methods of contacting his victims changed, the idea that he understood the dangers of leaving a digital trail. (JMO, but I feel he'd perhaps fear the digital dangers even more than potential sightings picking up someone in the street.) But I still return to the idea of him murdering Amber after someone actually saw him leaving with her; he left that belt with Maureen; and he was using victim phones to contact victims' family and friends. And if you believe Nikkie Brass, he had no problem trying to get her into his car to do heaven only knows what despite just having left a restaurant with her. He's comfortable taking risks, and he's clearly fueled by uncontrollable hate. So would he be able to hold that in check and "only" murder when he could use his "safe" Ocean Parkway "DS" he created? I strongly, strongly tend to doubt that. And jmo, he adapted in every case that deparated from that, and I think plenty of cases did.

Cherries was killed a few months before Maureen. If Cherries was indeed a RH victim, then she marks a point of transition between dismembered victims and intact victims, or a period where maybe he was doing both. If Asian Doe was his victim, which I strongly believe they are, then they date from earlier, and they were left intact.

MOO

Agreed. IMO, he "switches things up" and it was to his great advantage that he was able to do so. He knew Ocean Parkway because he'd worked those beaches as a young man. He didn't know literally everywhere. But there's no way I think he could restrain himself from murdering in circumstances that fell outside the narrow parameters of victims where Ocean Parkway would be a feasible "DS." We already know cases where he didn't, but we don't yet know all cases where he didn't, MOO. So he couldn't know "everywhere," but there's no way I think he could restrain himself from entertaining the thought of murdering anywhere he went, jmo.

So like others, I can't help but wonder if he might have gotten Cherries, too, and to me, it looks quite possible.

 

[Mr.Dandy]

Exactly, agreed. If he felt secure enough in his "dump site" remaining undiscovered, I don't think he cared. And it might have remained undiscovered but for Shannan Gilbert, so he seems to have been quite shrewd in that he correctly predicted Gilgo/general area with Ocean Parkway was "secure." I don't think that was his only "dump site," though. I think he very well may have continued to dismember when the circumstances warranted it. He worked as a young man at those beaches along Ocean Parkway, he knew that area, and knew it well, probably like the back of his hand, so to speak. He didn't know everywhere he murdered so well, however, MOO. And he assessed and adapted.

Sandra Costilla was posed and left whole. Fingerprints were used to identify her. As clever as he is, I would imagine he knew already at that time LE might be able to identify her, but he didn't much care. And in the end, they could establish no link to him, and I don't think that's a coincidence, I think he already had assessed the situation and knew LE would find no link. I like the idea put forward that this dovetails with him understanding the risks involved as his methods of contacting his victims changed, the idea that he understood the dangers of leaving a digital trail. (JMO, but I feel he'd perhaps fear the digital dangers even more than potential sightings picking up someone in the street.) But I still return to the idea of him murdering Amber after someone actually saw him leaving with her; he left that belt with Maureen; and he was using victim phones to contact victims' family and friends. And if you believe Nikkie Brass, he had no problem trying to get her into his car to do heaven only knows what despite just having left a restaurant with her. He's comfortable taking risks, and he's clearly fueled by uncontrollable hate. So would he be able to hold that in check and "only" murder when he could use his "safe" Ocean Parkway "DS" he created? I strongly, strongly tend to doubt that. And jmo, he adapted in every case that deparated from that, and I think plenty of cases did.

Agreed. IMO, he "switches things up" and it was to his great advantage that he was able to do so. He knew Ocean Parkway because he'd worked those beaches as a young man. He didn't know literally everywhere. But there's no way I think he could restrain himself from murdering in circumstances that fell outside the narrow parameters of victims where Ocean Parkway would be a feasible "DS." We already know cases where he didn't, but we don't yet know all cases where he didn't, MOO. So he couldn't know "everywhere," but there's no way I think he could restrain himself from entertaining the thought of murdering anywhere he went, jmo.

So like others, I can't help but wonder if he might have gotten Cherries, too, and to me, it looks quite possible.

I could buy that he adapted and changed things up. There is a huge piece of the puzzle that none of us may ever know and simply, only speculate on. How did he choose his victims? We know small, pretty, desperate… but that could be any sex worker, really. There was more to it. We know he killed Amber because she pissed him off. No way he went to her house as a John then decided to take her to his house and kill her…. Originally. It just happened that way. But what if he chose every victim for a similar reason that we just don’t know about? Or… she was just an anomaly and he normally chose for a different reason. Many serial killers have some sort of weird childhood trauma that drives them to do what they do. Many have mother issues. I think Rex’s mom moved out around the time he killed Sandra. And I think she moved out around the same time as his first wife. Maybe I’m wrong on this timeline but I think that’s similar to what I have read.
Why did he get a divorce? Why did mom leave? Was that the final straw? Or was he killing before and just became more dramatic?
I think there is a clear link to his dump sites. He knew oak beach because he worked there and isn’t manorville near his hunting lodge? I wonder why he chose North Sea for Sandra? What other areas did he frequent for at least some part of his life? I’m thinking just Long Island for now. If he is linked to crimes outside of there, I think it’s possible he could have killed anywhere he spent time. All this MOO of course..

 

[snooptroop88]

I could buy that he adapted and changed things up. There is a huge piece of the puzzle that none of us may ever know and simply, only speculate on. How did he choose his victims? We know small, pretty, desperate… but that could be any sex worker, really. There was more to it. We know he killed Amber because she pissed him off. No way he went to her house as a John then decided to take her to his house and kill her…. Originally. It just happened that way. But what if he chose every victim for a similar reason that we just don’t know about? Or… she was just an anomaly and he normally chose for a different reason. Many serial killers have some sort of weird childhood trauma that drives them to do what they do. Many have mother issues. I think Rex’s mom moved out around the time he killed Sandra. And I think she moved out around the same time as his first wife. Maybe I’m wrong on this timeline but I think that’s similar to what I have read.
Why did he get a divorce? Why did mom leave? Was that the final straw? Or was he killing before and just became more dramatic?
I think there is a clear link to his dump sites. He knew oak beach because he worked there and isn’t manorville near his hunting lodge? I wonder why he chose North Sea for Sandra? What other areas did he frequent for at least some part of his life? I’m thinking just Long Island for now. If he is linked to crimes outside of there, I think it’s possible he could have killed anywhere he spent time. All this MOO of course..

Agreed, I think he couldn't control himself with Amber, he's got inferiority complex (jmo) and they triggered him, and he literally couldn't restrain himself. Everyone had better respect Rex-- or else. I'm sure it wasn't the first time he couldn't restrain himself, and I bet he's made mistakes before and got lucky, but his luck has run out and I'm thinking they'll find more victims where he made similar mistakes because he was unable to control himself. & they'll now be able to link him, although perhaps not formally charge him.

Why these victims? What exactly makes him choose the victims? Very attractive, petite, "small is good," but was it logistics or preference? The fact that he needs to remind himself makes me think logistics. But why these victims particularly? I'm sure he had other sex workers who were very attractive and petite. Who did RH decide to un-alive and why?? I find it a maddening question, honestly. He's something of a kill machine, I mean he clearly enjoys killing people ("playtime"). It probably doesn't take much for him to show interest in the possibility. I'm guessing (big guess) he finds out as much as he can about any SW he goes to. Some give him more info than others. Those unfortunate enough to give him info where he feels there's a low likelihood of "traceability" are at risk. Those noting financial concerns vocally/pointedly with him are especially at risk imo. He may view this as a "diss" in his role as client, emphasizing in his mind his need to pay for these services. Those that challenge him in any way-- they are imo going to be victims. I remember in one of the documents I'd viewed, he had gotten a very familiar and friendly message from a SW and this SW was not targeted, I believe this was the SW where he said he'd contact her with "bed info." I really do think insulting RH could be fatal for anyone he's in contact with that gives off vibes where "traceability" would be low for him. Meaning if he gets an insult from someone where the risk level for him is low, that person might end up dead.

He was in a gun club that had matches out in Manorville, so that's probably the Manorville connection. Based on sources, he's got connections in New Jersey, Nevada, I've seen Minnesota at a couple sources. Maryland, Florida, Virginia. Massachusets, possibly Rhode Island. Vermont. Probably Pennsylvania. Hunting license in Alaska. If he drove to AK, he's been through parts of Canada. If he's driven to Vegas, he's done cross-country road trips and passed through multiple states, including I would think Colorado and New Mexico. He was in Iceland. Property in South Carolina. Since he's so into bear hunting, there's no doubt in my mind he was in the Montana/Dakotas region at some point. I don't even think this is an exhaustive list. Clearly he likes to travel and had the money to do it, my guess is in the course of his lifetime he may have been through every state in the continental US, but it's guess only. What's especially concerning is the youthful appearance of some of the victims. Colletti thought SG was a young kid. To me, pics of Melissa and Megan also look like young kids. Valerie Mack has an almost childlike vulnerability to her. But at the same time, the "small is good" is a sign this was more of a logistical choice imo. If it were pure preference, he wouldn't have to remind himself of it in his "notes."