Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 7, 2013 0:33:48 GMT -5
Long time site readers comments-Here are some thoughts on why I think John is the killer:
1) He had access to a home where he had "sole" access with an entrance to the back (garage in the back). He was living at the rental house next door to his parents. He had the means to keep someone for days/weeks.
2) Parents had troubled times during abductions - they eventually got divorced. This type of event often triggers instability with children.
3) Based on what John told Helen, his father was abusive and may have used objects anally on the two older boys to punish them.
4) John often saw his father hit his mother - very traumatic and offers more background of abuse in Hastings family.
5) John was a scout (?) and knew how to take care of himself, use knots and ropes, etc..
6) John liked art - very well could have been the artist of the drawing in Christopher Busch's bedroom.
7) John was a good baseball player and enjoyed hockey - much like Tim King. He may have been involved with the Birmingham Little League in some way.
8) John told Helen about the killler's motive- that he was angry at society and felt left behind. His former friends had girlfriends, gone to outstanding universities and ended up with decent jobs while he had no prospects, few girl relationships and menial jobs. John felt he was in the middle of an entitled society - where he had zero entitlement. This made him angry. That was his motive - not sex.
9) Was yanked out of a Catholic high school during the middle of his senior year. This is most unusual. Was it grades? Abuse at the school? Was it due to financial trouble in the school?
10) John knew the area very well and had lived there since a young age.
11) A boy fell off the water tower at the end of his street in the fall of 1966. The boy, Anthony Mitchell was the son of a very wealthy GM executive. John, his brother Tom and Tony were all at the top of the tower when Tony fell. Was he pushed? That is something which will never be proven but ...what are the odds this happened in his presence and on the same street of his home?
12) He seemed to know details about the death of Bobby Grinnan in 1963 which most wouldn't know. John caddied at Knollwood Country Club, near where Bobby was found.
13) I think John is a calculating person. There is a reason behind each of the pick-up and drop-offs sites He may have wanted to taunt the police and society.
14) Psychopaths can pass lie detector tests (eg. Green River Killer). However, John was worried enough to contact the person who performed his last lie detector test; to try and explain one of his answers. Why would an innocent person do this?
15) Why has John, more or less dropped out of society since the killings? You cannot find any current information regarding him anywhere on the internet. No pictures, etc. Xxxxx Xxxxx
1) He had access to a home where he had "sole" access with an entrance to the back (garage in the back). He was living at the rental house next door to his parents. He had the means to keep someone for days/weeks.
2) Parents had troubled times during abductions - they eventually got divorced. This type of event often triggers instability with children.
3) Based on what John told Helen, his father was abusive and may have used objects anally on the two older boys to punish them.
4) John often saw his father hit his mother - very traumatic and offers more background of abuse in Hastings family.
5) John was a scout (?) and knew how to take care of himself, use knots and ropes, etc..
6) John liked art - very well could have been the artist of the drawing in Christopher Busch's bedroom.
7) John was a good baseball player and enjoyed hockey - much like Tim King. He may have been involved with the Birmingham Little League in some way.
8) John told Helen about the killler's motive- that he was angry at society and felt left behind. His former friends had girlfriends, gone to outstanding universities and ended up with decent jobs while he had no prospects, few girl relationships and menial jobs. John felt he was in the middle of an entitled society - where he had zero entitlement. This made him angry. That was his motive - not sex.
9) Was yanked out of a Catholic high school during the middle of his senior year. This is most unusual. Was it grades? Abuse at the school? Was it due to financial trouble in the school?
10) John knew the area very well and had lived there since a young age.
11) A boy fell off the water tower at the end of his street in the fall of 1966. The boy, Anthony Mitchell was the son of a very wealthy GM executive. John, his brother Tom and Tony were all at the top of the tower when Tony fell. Was he pushed? That is something which will never be proven but ...what are the odds this happened in his presence and on the same street of his home?
12) He seemed to know details about the death of Bobby Grinnan in 1963 which most wouldn't know. John caddied at Knollwood Country Club, near where Bobby was found.
13) I think John is a calculating person. There is a reason behind each of the pick-up and drop-offs sites He may have wanted to taunt the police and society.
14) Psychopaths can pass lie detector tests (eg. Green River Killer). However, John was worried enough to contact the person who performed his last lie detector test; to try and explain one of his answers. Why would an innocent person do this?
15) Why has John, more or less dropped out of society since the killings? You cannot find any current information regarding him anywhere on the internet. No pictures, etc. Xxxxx Xxxxx
