Post by redding2 on Mar 15, 2018 1:49:43 GMT
Mar 15, 2018 1:41:20 GMT abh said:
Ok, but what about the witnessed psych-up; 'I'm going to kill them....I'm going to do it." And the sicko phone calls; "gonna kill you..gonna kill you?" (sounds like he may be masturbating)
We could read a bunch of other psychological processes as to what his intentions may have been, but given the result of what he did repeatedly in SoCal, the excessive bludgeoning overkill, he ejaculated on clothing at the bludgeoning scenes (after the murder?), it is apparent to me that he was fantasizing about killing people and obviously getting off on it.
I consider two things likely to have caused him to finally start the killing, and I don't know which was most important to him:
1. A great fear of being caught. Being linked to the EAR crimes would have been a pretty big clue. He didn't want these attacks to be tied by MO, and killing the victims actually helped hide his crimes for a long while. He wasn't even identified as a serial killer officially until 2001. I think he was aware of this fact based on the facts of the ONS crimes.
2. He was angrier. There are several potential factors in this, but I also think "life change" may have been one of them.
He clearly got off on what he was doing. You don't kill 10 people like this if you don't enjoy it on some level (12 with the Maggiores). But when I look at the evidence, I don't see a guy who is completely sold or sure of what he's going to do. He could have killed at the botched Goletta attack if he wanted. He even had the reason - his victims weren't complying at all. This is the same guy who cased down the Maggiores and shot them, according to law enforcement. Then with Offerman/Manning, the scene indicates that, at best, he had to goad the male into attacking him. Either that, or he once again, for the third straight time, lost control.
The desire, even the inkling of the idea are there. There's perhaps a rational reason in his mind. This guy didn't have empathy. But that doesn't mean he was unconstrained by everything. Killing (perhaps especially for pleasure, as opposed to out of necessity such as when he took shots at pursuers) was a line for him mentally. And he isn't really fully sure of how he wants to conduct his crimes procedurally until the third set of murders.
What interests me, and which I haven't seen much speculation on, is why a guy who finally lived out what seems to have been his ultimate fantasy suddenly slowed his attacks and then stopped. The EAR was incredibly prolific. There's the fear of getting caught. But this guy never fully lost control of himself when we compare him to others of his kind. He didn't become Bundy, for instance, and spiral out of control. Is there any comparable offender who started as a serial rapist who struck with that kind of frequency, escalated to killing at a slower rate, and then stopped entirely?
So, he both escalates and deescalates in another way at the same time. Perhaps I'm putting too much emphasis on it, but it seems significant to me. I'm not an expert. Don't pretend to be. But I haven't encountered much talk on that beyond the typical GF/wife/family angle. There's a level of caution and strange restraint that makes me think that this was definitely a guy with something to lose.
Side note on another long winded post - I don't buy that he was full of as many red herrings as are often attributed to him.