Post by jackydee on Aug 30, 2017 17:30:22 GMT
About 85% of Ear attacks were in Sacramento rather than, say, Davis or Concord. During the height of the Ear scare, with all the extra patrols and public awareness he's still striking primarily in Sacramento with all the extra risk this entails. Sure, he could be living off the grid, but even if he's living off the grid he's still off the grid in and around Sacramento for a period of at least three to four years. Maybe we are just misunderstanding the language of Holes here. Instead of proving a POI lived in Sac perhaps he means a POI should be shown to possibly have lived in Sac. If a POI is shown to have been living in SoCal for any substantial period in 1977 then he's probably placed well down the priority list by LE.
EAR liked a challenge. He liked the attention from holding the area around the state capitol (Sacramento) hostage. There's a reason he chose that location and not a quieter place, smaller town, with less press. It doesn't, however, mean that he lived there.
I am a native Northern Californian, know the freeways that EAR used, and it would be quite easy for a predator to exit a major freeway and to hunt for victims in nice neighborhoods.
Ear took one huge break during the summer of 76(from memory). The other "summer breaks" were not really summer breaks, they were just downturn in activity.
I believe you are doing Paul Holes a disservice with his opinion. Firstly, he is allowed his beliefs on the case. Detectives need theories and beliefs. One of the things that makes a good detective one over a bad detective is how open they are to having their beliefs challenged or changed. Neither of us know how open Paul Holes is to having his thoughts on the case challenged professionally. In the interviews I have heard though he seemed open enough to be challenged on most aspects of the case.
Holes stating Ear lived and still lives in Sacramento? Again, from memory Holes only stated this was his belief. Certainly in regards to him never moving to SoCal Holes was not adamant on the issue. This suggests he is open to persuasion or alternative facts. Holes did state why he believes ear didnt move to SoCal. It's something I disagree with Holes on but he did give an explanation of why he believes this. He did not pull his theory out of thin air. From memory it was only a belief or assumption Hoiles had. At not point did he say it was a fact that ear didnt move from Sac.
Ear liked a challenge? Maybe, maybe not. He also liked to rape victims without being apprehended by police. Neither you or I know whether the "challenge" was his primary motive or his primary motive was the feeling of power at the moment of rape. Im guessing the actual rape and instilling of fear into his victims was his main goal. If his main goal was to instill fear into greater Sacramento all he had to do was send a provable letter to the media or LE. Yet he did no such thing. He could have dialled the media coverage to 11 if he so wished.