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Post by clusium on Oct 6, 2022 14:35:16 GMT
That is a definite possibility. I knew somebody who was murdered, myself. Her killer has never been caught. Simone SandlerI had a cousin, once removed, who was murdered by her husband. Although the police knew him to be guilty, they could never marshal enough evidence to charge him formally; karma finally caught up with him some years later when he was killed in a motorcycle accident. My sister once dated a guy who was later charged and arrested for the murders of three women. I've read that the odds are quite high that, during your lifetime, you've known or had acquaintance with at least one person who has committed a murder and never been caught. The stats on the number of unsolved murders in the US annually are kind of disturbing. projectcoldcase.org/cold-case-homicide-stats/ I'm very sorry for your loss. 20 + years ago, a girl that lived about 4 miles south of where I had lived, went to apply for a job, that was referred to her by a neighbour, & then disappeared. Her remains were found in a ravine a few months later. Meanwhile, that neighbour moved to another jurisdiction. Naturally, since he was the one who gave this girl the job application, etc., the police wanted to speak with him, on where he got it, etc. So they tracked him down at his new address & knocked on his door in the early hours in the morning to speak with him. This guy told the newspapers that the police made things hell for him, by banging on his door in the early hours of the morning; that they woke up his wife, etc. And said that the police really were down on him. He said he did not know where he got the application from, etc. Eventually, the police had to let him go, as there were no concrete evidence to link him to this girl's death. Meanwhile, other women accused him of stalking, rape, attempted rape, etc. later on, in the years after this young girl's murder, & do you know what his most common MO was? Making bogus job offers to women. He is now in jail for rape, but, to date, there is no concrete evidence for killing this girl. At best circumstantial evidence only. Who Killed Sharmini?
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Oct 6, 2022 15:56:15 GMT
Sometimes it's a matter of semantics ... not all killers of more than two people are "serial killers" except by FBI definition. A person who kills five members of his family in a drug fueled incident or the guy who kills as he robs liquor stores is not the "serial killer" of Ted Bundy or Dahmer infamy. Some of the people on that list are known to have killed only one person and are suspected of killing more. Well said. It is far more complex than just numbers. Your first example would likely be a spree killer. Your second example might be a more complex profile; is he a serial killer that robs to create the opportunity to kill or is he basically a robber who kills when things don't go smoothly in the robbery. The intent matters in designating a profile, and analyzing all the behavior and evidence is how they narrow it down. It is interesting and creepy at the same time. I don't know if I could do that kind of job, I don't think I would be able to detach myself enough from the tragedy of a murder to think that analytically.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Oct 6, 2022 16:02:47 GMT
I had a cousin, once removed, who was murdered by her husband. Although the police knew him to be guilty, they could never marshal enough evidence to charge him formally; karma finally caught up with him some years later when he was killed in a motorcycle accident. My sister once dated a guy who was later charged and arrested for the murders of three women. I've read that the odds are quite high that, during your lifetime, you've known or had acquaintance with at least one person who has committed a murder and never been caught. The stats on the number of unsolved murders in the US annually are kind of disturbing. projectcoldcase.org/cold-case-homicide-stats/ I'm very sorry for your loss. 20 + years ago, a girl that lived about 4 miles south of where I had lived, went to apply for a job, that was referred to her by a neighbour, & then disappeared. Her remains were found in a ravine a few months later. Meanwhile, that neighbour moved to another jurisdiction. Naturally, since he was the one who gave this girl the job application, etc., the police wanted to speak with him, on where he got it, etc. So they tracked him down at his new address & knocked on his door in the early hours in the morning to speak with him. This guy told the newspapers that the police made things hell for him, by banging on his door in the early hours of the morning; that they woke up his wife, etc. And said that the police really were down on him. He said he did not know where he got the application from, etc. Eventually, the police had to let him go, as there were no concrete evidence to link him to this girl's death. Meanwhile, other women accused him of stalking, rape, attempted rape, etc. later on, in the years after this young girl's murder, & do you know what his most common MO was? Making bogus job offers to women. He is now in jail for rape, but, to date, there is no concrete evidence for killing this girl. At best circumstantial evidence only. Who Killed Sharmini? Yikes! It is so sad they can't nail him on the murder, because he sure fits the profile. But they have to have hard evidence. And back then, DNA technology wasn't what it is today. I hope they never let him out.
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Post by clusium on Oct 6, 2022 19:04:34 GMT
I'm very sorry for your loss. 20 + years ago, a girl that lived about 4 miles south of where I had lived, went to apply for a job, that was referred to her by a neighbour, & then disappeared. Her remains were found in a ravine a few months later. Meanwhile, that neighbour moved to another jurisdiction. Naturally, since he was the one who gave this girl the job application, etc., the police wanted to speak with him, on where he got it, etc. So they tracked him down at his new address & knocked on his door in the early hours in the morning to speak with him. This guy told the newspapers that the police made things hell for him, by banging on his door in the early hours of the morning; that they woke up his wife, etc. And said that the police really were down on him. He said he did not know where he got the application from, etc. Eventually, the police had to let him go, as there were no concrete evidence to link him to this girl's death. Meanwhile, other women accused him of stalking, rape, attempted rape, etc. later on, in the years after this young girl's murder, & do you know what his most common MO was? Making bogus job offers to women. He is now in jail for rape, but, to date, there is no concrete evidence for killing this girl. At best circumstantial evidence only. Who Killed Sharmini?Yikes! It is so sad they can't nail him on the murder, because he sure fits the profile. But they have to have hard evidence. And back then, DNA technology wasn't what it is today. I hope they never let him out. Me too.
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