Post by visalia75 on Mar 16, 2018 19:48:37 GMT
The meth angle is an interesting but not very useful direction for investigation. Not sure how one could locate the criminal just by knowing he used meth. Any petty drug records are likely long gone, and the number of people associated with drugs, in 1970s Sacramento, would be stupendously long, if one even had such a list.
In any case, here are the common symptoms for meth use
Increased physical activity. (Hard to say. We don't know how much he prowled and his attacks were not incessant. He was also young and vigorous)
Increased blood pressure and breathing rate. (Perhaps. He was reported to have had some breathing irregularities at a number of scenes)
Elevated body temperature. (Turned off furnaces, but also turned off ACs. Another explanation possible)
Dilated pupils. (Perhaps wide-eyed but I don't recall any reports of dilated pupils)
Heavy sweating. (None reported AFAIK)
Loss of appetite. (Ate at most crimes and mentioned needing to eat at many. How much he ate is a matter of debate)
Sleeplessness. (Unknown.)
Paranoia or irritability. (He was a violent rapist. Outside that context, not overly based on suspected interactions with neighbors, and his victims)
Fleeting euphoria. (Only after the attacks, perhaps)
Unpredictable behavior. (He was pretty predictable within the attacks and so predictable outside them Contra Costa was warned he was coming before he had appeared.)
Doing repetitive, meaningless tasks. (No, unless you count the actual attacks and prowlings)
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. (No)
Tremors. (None that I recall reading about)
Dry mouth, bad breath. (Bad breath, yes, but only a few times IIRC)
Headache. (None observed)
Uncontrollable jaw clenching. (Spoke with clenched jaws, but that could have another explanation)