Post by brokenbiscuit on May 20, 2018 21:40:22 GMT
May 16, 2018 4:05:09 GMT @karatelauren said:
The Offerman/Manning murders are the creepiest because of the pre-stalking behavior in the area. I was listening to the Criminology podcast about the O/M murders and they brought up the possibility that Dr. Manning was stalked before her murder by the GSK. They mentioned that her home in Santa Maria showed signs that entryways were pried open which fits with the MO of the GSK. Does anyone know if Dr. Manning was stalked in Santa Maria? The GSK could have followed her to Offerman's condo and just waited for the right opportunity to spring.
Let's say that the stalking/peeping aspect was very important to JJD. As time went on, and his own relationships crumbled, his fantasy relationships with these beautiful, unavailable women obsessed him. In his mind, these women were his, already. He has extensive fantasies about them, works himself up into a jealous rage when he sees them with other men. Once he's into it, that far, with a particular woman, he ramps up the fantasy to its completion (rape and murder).
He has to be in the area for a while for this pattern to be produced. If JJD did follow Dr. Manning from Santa Maria to Goleta, I'd want to give him a form of transportation beyond a bicycle.
I think the waiting and planning the attack is a big part of his fantasy. Your idea also explains why this one condo incident (as opposed to single family homes) takes place. He started out in Santa Maria and found himself in Goleta, by following Dr. Manning. While stalking Manning and waiting for the right time, he gets to know Goleta much better and continues there.
OR maybe JJD sees her in Goleta, either while going out or leaving Offerman’s condo at an earlier date, and follows her home from there. I agree that I think she was the target here, but I guess I just feel like JJD was Goleta-based at that time, for whatever reason, which also explains how he targets and murders Cheri and Greg two years later. Do we know if any of Dr. Manning’s neighbors in Santa Maria received any prowler type behavior at their homes? This could give some indication as to whether he began his stalking here vs Goleta. Either way, I agree that something more than a bicycle was needed for transportation in this case.