VA VA - Scott Ratigan, 24, found murdered in apartment, Arlington, 17 Jan 2020

[Razz]

Truly! And the entire crime boggles my mind. How he made his way into the apartment complex somehow, presumably got lucky with Scott's door being unlocked, managed to murder him and clean up the crime scene, and escaped without a hitch. And somehow no one recognizing him from the video footage.

If Scott had been chatting with this person online, I'm sure LE would've been able to glean their identity, so who could it have been? :/ Still feel like it was someone known to him or perhaps known to one of his loved ones that was jealous of him for whatever reason...

I don't recall that Scott's door had been unlocked. There had been discussion about how the perp was able to gain entrance into the apartment. (Dressed to look like a messenger...possibly to gain entry). If the door was unlocked, that's a new wrinkle I was unaware of.

 

[moonglow123]

I don't recall that Scott's door had been unlocked. There had been discussion about how the perp was able to gain entrance into the apartment. (Dressed to look like a messenger...possibly to gain entry). If the door was unlocked, that's a new wrinkle I was unaware of.

Ah, nah, I put the “presumably” there because I’m not sure I just assumed honestly, based on the circumstances. His sister was going to the airport but planned to be back within a few hours, it doesn’t seem like there were signs of forced entry and no neighbors heard a commotion as far as we’re aware, I’m just guessing. May not be true.