Post by hi224 on Apr 19, 2021 21:50:28 GMT
In May of 2017, a woman was walking on a pedestrian walkway over the Putney Bridge in London when an unknown male jogger running in the opposite direction pushed her forcefully into the path of an incoming bus. He continued jogging calmly without any pause or change in pace, while she fell backwards into the road. In a great demonstration of skill, the bus driver managed to avoid hitting her by swerving a split second before impact. The bus stopped, and people poured out to help her. Bizarrely and brazenly the jogger eventually proceeded to jog the opposite side of the bridge, where the victim confronted him. He ignored her.
CCTV footage of the attempted murder went viral, and photos of the man circulated on the internet. During the course of the year long investigation, several people were arrested for the crime. None were charged. Despite public interest in the case, the police closed it in 2018 after the leads dried up.
Two things about this case bother me: (1) What was this man's motive for this unprovoked attack? (2) Despite the widely circulated video and photographic evidence, how is it possible that no friends/family of this guy recognized him and decided to report him?
I read a fun conspiracy theory online that the man was an assassin who clearly targeted the woman and made it seem random. More likely in my opinion, the man was schizophrenic or otherwise mentally ill and felt compelled to push the women into traffic. An alternative theory put forth by a body language expertis that the man may have felt entitled to "his" side of the road and may have been annoyed that she had encroached it.
CCTV footage of the attempted murder went viral, and photos of the man circulated on the internet. During the course of the year long investigation, several people were arrested for the crime. None were charged. Despite public interest in the case, the police closed it in 2018 after the leads dried up.
Two things about this case bother me: (1) What was this man's motive for this unprovoked attack? (2) Despite the widely circulated video and photographic evidence, how is it possible that no friends/family of this guy recognized him and decided to report him?
I read a fun conspiracy theory online that the man was an assassin who clearly targeted the woman and made it seem random. More likely in my opinion, the man was schizophrenic or otherwise mentally ill and felt compelled to push the women into traffic. An alternative theory put forth by a body language expertis that the man may have felt entitled to "his" side of the road and may have been annoyed that she had encroached it.