Post by newbienew on Apr 28, 2015 4:19:09 GMT
I propose his disguise comes back to either fear or disbelief.
If you consider visalia and EARNS there are 10s and 10s of breakins maybe even a hundred. No one does that many and doesn't get caught.
People randomly wake up and look out their windows etc.
Fear
EAR was feared and tied to some criminal element. The people killed, those framed, possibly even those attacked may have been people that one "faction" wanted to harm. By looking at the goals of this faction rather than any personal connections it may be more possible to understand what is going on. Brett Glasby? Maybe he is on the wrong faction maybe he stole from the wrong people. Maybe the faction is a rival gang, maybe its an over gang like the Mexican Mafia is today trying to get their street tax. Maybe its elements inside the US givernment at some level. I don't know the answer. But like the zodiac the people dissapeared include several people that could have been on a "faction's" radar. If this is the case he probably had a "case manager" someone who wasn't the action guy but who provided the support probably picked the targets, did the recon etc. If the spotter always has a iron clad allibi its actually good for him to be noticed because then everyone "knows" who did it but no one can prove anything. Speaking of fear, its possible EAR fears the spotter, maybe he is the submissive, maybe he is punished if things go wrong maybe thats the missing component needed to get him excited on a regular basis? This fits with one of the "witnesses" to EAR being killed by a different serial killer, was she on the wrong faction? Was the other killer on EARs faction? EAR's identity is still a secret not because no one knows but because everyone fears.
Alternately
Disbelief
EAR was a YOUNG burgler. He started tresspassing and breaking in when he was 7-9. Young enough that when he was caught it was laughed off. By the time he is 14-16 he is good at it he is used to spending time on others property he has no fear. The Visalia years seem like someone experiencing power for the first time. The ability to enter homes at will and get away with it appeals to teens and younger in a way it doesn't to adults. The desire to get in to show you can do it without the real motive to enrich yourself or hurt others...this is a young man's motivation. Some of the things EAR is thought to have done involve being in a house with an adult male and sneeking into his bedroom and unloading his gun possibly hiding for more than an hour. Normal people can't stay calm in that kind of danger. But if it started as a game to a 7 year old and never really changed from a game... Or if every time he was caught he could cry and it would blow over... In that kind of mindset extream extream risks can be taken because a long track record of success has already shown what is possible. Many things in life are possible if you aren't worried and remain calm. My take is that EAR is likely one of the few people who can live on 3-4 hours sleep each night. This allows him to lead a normal social life work a 9-5 job, tuck the girlfriend or family into bed and get up at midnight and go out. Its not strange because he ALWAYS gets up becasue he ALWAYS can't sleep more than 3-4 hours a night. Its not that people don't know about him, its that even in front of their eyes they can't believe its him. Something about him strains belief and the times he is "caught" are ignored because no one can believe its him. "Wife be careful there was a breakin over on 4th street". "Thank you husband you be sure to warn reverand Smith I saw him walking his dog over that way and if he isn't careful he may be attacked". Its not that he is invisible, its that he is unbelievable.
Then there is something else to consider.
What if his thing was breaking in and raping people and murder wasn't fun for him. That would fit with unbelievable. Maybe Visalia ended because it stopped being fun. Maybe the first ONS kill that got out of hand would have ended it too. But did he learn to like it? Or did he find a faction? Did he find himself unable to stop doing what was no longer fun for completely different reasons? Did someone with a more pragmatic eye see him make a mistake? Did he find something to fear? Did a faction decide that he worked for them now? When he was done with the work did they decide he wasn't needed anymore?