Post by goblue92 on Mar 11, 2018 3:47:35 GMT
Due to finishing I'll Be Gone in the Dark I have had a renewed interest in this case and love all of the new media that has been coming out about it. I have been working on a new theory recently and have not seen anything written about it on the board.
If GSK was a drug addict, he could have applied for and gotten disability for being a drug addict (https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/rsnotes/rsn2001-02.html). This would have given him the freedom and ability to stalk as many victims as he wanted, as the only requirements for keeping the disability payments at the time were to continue seeking treatment and to stay out of big trouble. Social Security stated that over 30,000 Californians were on disability for drug addiction at the time, with most being male and under 40.
This could mean that GSK was living in a treatment facility or sober living house during 1976-1979. There was a huge increase in sober living homes during the 70s, as governments started shutting down State run mental institutions and pushing a community based treatment focus for addicts/alcoholics (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248351/). Sober living houses are notoriously unregulated, as pretty much anyone can open up a house and rent out rooms as a sober living home. This would be very difficult to track down the GSK, because anyone living in a sober house basically is a boarder, with no real trace of their living arrangements and not showing up as an official renter or owner of the house. These houses also have a very transient population.
As far as I can tell, the first methadone clinic opened in Sacramento during 1975-1976, downtown. Methadone requires users to show up daily for their dose, and its users tend to stay on it for very long terms. Methadone boomed during the late 70s through the 90s, but has been mostly abandoned for other drug replacement therapies. Interesting side effects of methadone use(ones that prove my theory) are:
I have researched various drug treatment centers and mental health offices in the area of the geographic profiles, and there is a concentration during the late 70s in the Fair Oaks boulevard and Howe Avenue area and the Engle road area of Carmichael. It would be safe to assume that there would be numerous sober living homes in this area as well. It is very difficult to find anything further about these types of facilities, but I'm sure someone in the recovery community of Sacramento at the time would have a better idea.
I'm not saying that this is the strongest theory of GSK out there, but it is one of very many that would fit into the East Area Rapist segment of his crimes. I haven't been able to think of a logical extension to Southern California, besides that someone on disability would have the freedom to travel as far as needed and could relocate very easily with no job tying them down.
If GSK was a drug addict, he could have applied for and gotten disability for being a drug addict (https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/rsnotes/rsn2001-02.html). This would have given him the freedom and ability to stalk as many victims as he wanted, as the only requirements for keeping the disability payments at the time were to continue seeking treatment and to stay out of big trouble. Social Security stated that over 30,000 Californians were on disability for drug addiction at the time, with most being male and under 40.
This could mean that GSK was living in a treatment facility or sober living house during 1976-1979. There was a huge increase in sober living homes during the 70s, as governments started shutting down State run mental institutions and pushing a community based treatment focus for addicts/alcoholics (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248351/). Sober living houses are notoriously unregulated, as pretty much anyone can open up a house and rent out rooms as a sober living home. This would be very difficult to track down the GSK, because anyone living in a sober house basically is a boarder, with no real trace of their living arrangements and not showing up as an official renter or owner of the house. These houses also have a very transient population.
As far as I can tell, the first methadone clinic opened in Sacramento during 1975-1976, downtown. Methadone requires users to show up daily for their dose, and its users tend to stay on it for very long terms. Methadone boomed during the late 70s through the 90s, but has been mostly abandoned for other drug replacement therapies. Interesting side effects of methadone use(ones that prove my theory) are:
- Heat intolerance
- Respiratory issues like shallow breathing or trouble breathing
- Impotence or difficulty orgasming
I have researched various drug treatment centers and mental health offices in the area of the geographic profiles, and there is a concentration during the late 70s in the Fair Oaks boulevard and Howe Avenue area and the Engle road area of Carmichael. It would be safe to assume that there would be numerous sober living homes in this area as well. It is very difficult to find anything further about these types of facilities, but I'm sure someone in the recovery community of Sacramento at the time would have a better idea.
I'm not saying that this is the strongest theory of GSK out there, but it is one of very many that would fit into the East Area Rapist segment of his crimes. I haven't been able to think of a logical extension to Southern California, besides that someone on disability would have the freedom to travel as far as needed and could relocate very easily with no job tying them down.