Post by eastcoast2 on Sept 28, 2018 0:04:08 GMT
Sept 27, 2018 22:21:16 GMT @wonky said:
This thread seems like the right place to ask this question, which I have not seen addressed before (if it has I apologize). Why do you think JJD shoplifted the 2 items instead of just buying them ?
Here are my list of possible reasons:
1.) He just got a thrill out of stealing
2.) He intended to murder (even before he got caught shop lifting), and as we know he liked to bludgeon victims to death and that's what the hammer was for - he didn't want to leave a trail
3.) he had been stealing all along, and thought someone would figure out the smell was dog repellent (from previous rapes) , and he didn't want to leave a trail.
4.) He figured it was just easier to steal, and he would never get caught, and by stealing, he was also not leaving a trail, he didn't want anyone to be able to associate him with the purchase of a hammer or the dog repellant. Besides, he figured he could talk his way out of it.
5.) If he got caught he would just kill the person.
6.) He was really cheap.
I suspect the shoplifting was almost certainly in order to not leave a trail if he planned to use any stolen items in crimes.
It's hard to know what the hammer theft was for: monetary or for future bludgeoning. I'm guessing in my gut I feel that it is monetary driven especially since he hadn't bludgeoned anyone to that point that we know of and his rape crimes have no known instances of a hammer being used.
Really good hammers are expensive. Been through this a bunch on the Reddit thread and people can't seem to understand the monetary value of a good hammer. In today's dollars, a really good Hammer costs about $80 minimum. And it's an item thats easily slipped into your pants and just let the claw hang over your waistband.
I bet almost every ski mask he used was also shoplifted, as to not leave a trail.