The Babysitter/Snow Killer

[sdreid]

I believe one theory is that he shot the one victim because she was on the verge of escaping.

I recently watched an old TV episode about this case and this was the theory they mentioned.

[sdreid]

I believe one theory is that he shot the one victim because she was on the verge of escaping.

[Harry D]

I find it strange that the second victim had her face blown off with a shotgun, whereas the other three were all strangled/suffocated to death. That's quite a radical shift in MO. In some twisted way the killer cared for his victims before he disposed of them. Strangulation makes sense, because it's an 'intimate' way of killing someone, it's up close and personal, or least it is compared to shooting someone in the face. What would possess him to suddenly change like that between murders?

[sdreid]

This killer was at that pedophile/hebephile boundary.

[sdreid]

Gacy did rape boys but he also seemed just as satisfied to rape young men so I don't think he was technically a pedophile; a male-ophile perhaps.

He didn't attack older males but that might have had more to do with them being smart enough not to put themselves in a vulnerable position.

[sdreid]

I see that Gacy is still mentioned on the suspect list in the Wiki article.

They pretty much eliminate him in the end though.

[sdreid]

I see that Gacy is still mentioned on the suspect list in the Wiki article.

[sdreid]

I fact that there was such a difference in the treatment of the male and female abductees is a dichotomy that I can't relate to any other serial case.

[sdreid]

Gacy did rape boys but he also seemed just as satisfied to rape young men so I don't think he was technically a pedophile; a male-ophile perhaps.

[Ausgirl]

Just random thoughts I have while pondering this case:

Maybe the wife (pr mother..) went out of town a few weeks, following Xmas every year? Like, she goes off to visit rellies interstate, and so otherwise severely repressed pedo hubby/son has a chance to vent his sick fantasies for a while.

Also, could be OCD? That's some excessive attention to cleaning. Maybe showing he cared for the kids while he had them was important to him, "I might be sick/a killer but I'm not a monster"..

Considering that only the boys were raped, and only with 'an object' the killer could be impotent. Or maybe just got his thrills from that kind of violation, and pleased himself later. Maybe he had all the desire there for little boys, but was too self-disgusted to actually rape them. Thinking too - taking and keeping and killing girls, too, might have been a way for him to try to convince himself he wasn't into little boys, really..

Dunno how Gacy was ever a suspect, completely different MO, victim base, etc.

If it should ever turn out that "Allen" (of the kooky letters) *was* the killer, I will bet you all a nice bottle of Aussie merlot that there was no "Frank". What got my attention with these letters is the whiny, guilty tone accompanied by a complete abnegation of responsibility, something I've seen in interviews with some pedos. I don't actually see this behaviour as necessarily 'taunting', perhaps it was a manifestation of guilt. I think "Frank" was probably a fantasy, in any case. Just has that ring to it.

I note with these letters too, "Allen" is careful to make it known that that "Frank" is kinda-sorta-but-not-really a pedo (though obviously, molestation happened).. kind of fits with my thoughts above.

Apologies for the brain dump.

[sdreid]

Since most crime scene fingerprints are less than perfect, I doubt that the 64 billion figure holds up in the field.

[sdreid]

The variation might be the number of points of comparison that a certain jurisdiction requires.

[sdreid]

As I recall, the chance of two people having the same fingerprint is around one in 86 billion.

The Wiki article says 64 billion so perhaps I remembered wrong or was misinformed.

[sdreid]

As I recall, the chance of two people having the same fingerprint is around one in 86 billion.

I don't know what system that is based on.

[sdreid]

As I recall, the chance of two people having the same fingerprint is around one in 86 billion.