Update: you were right in your surmise and I was wrong
in my first and later reply. “John Doe Duffel Bag” (am
not giving his name bc of the others who share it). is
a delusional nut-case, and it may well be that he targeted
his victims because of perceived ethnicity. (although
two at least religions are represented). He also was known,
albeit casually to his victims; another of his sales route
clients recognized him. He has several arrests in his past.
Despite that, he can be “personable.” I was really wondering
how the victims were taken off guard by the sort of person
I was incorrectly surmising to be the perpetrator.
Actually you were correct - it wasn’t a directed hit by a nation state - a crazy person who visited these people - and he folded in their ethnicity into the equation - but as you’ve stated - he was targeting them because they were easy to target - I would say location has to be a big factor in that as well...
I do wonder, however, where or who, taught him about these “perceived ethnic” factors...hoping or leading him to act the way he did...kinda like a “social bomb”...or maybe that’s just going to far into the analysis???