Sunday, October 20, 2002

More sniper news

So, has he slipped up? Reports are trickling in that a shell casing was found in a white truck at Dulles Airport (perhaps rented by the shooter). So the question is... how is he pulling off these attacks? Is it a team of two (or more) killers? Some of the killings seem meticulous, while others seem more impluse driven.

Looking at the pattern so far... there was the initial frenzy of 4-5 shootings within 16-18 hrs, then a lull before a long series of single-killings (no more frenzies). So after blowing off the initial steam, the killer is either working himself back up to the kill point every few days, or he and his partner are egging each other on until one or the other goes and kills again. Maybe this is some sort of sick, bonding, competition. (If so, there will be records kept of the "score".)

Yahoo! News - New Shooting Has Similarities to Sniper Spree To this point, the manhunt has been a 17-day frenzy punctuated by meticulous single-shot attacks and a dearth of promising clues. Earlier last week, detectives were crestfallen at having to charge one of their few promising witnesses with being a fabulist who misled them with a tale about having seen the sniper.

Hmm, new word "Fabulist" - A composer of fables. A teller of tales; a liar. (from Dictionary.com). - Okay, maybe I did know that one, it's just not in common use anymore.

posted by Wuphon's at 12:32 PM