[Conservative Texan Mom]

Interesting.

This is going to sound completely disgusting, but in the world of sexual deviants anything is possible. Strangulation is often a part of sexual gratification in these minds. I always found it curious that she was popped on the head at, or near, the moment of death. This was determined because there was very little swelling and bruising given the extent of her head injury. Was this guy getting off on the strangulation, and the popped her on the head at the point of climax? That's totally sick, but we're dealing with a sick individual. Those two injuries were just unusual. Why pop her at that moment? It kind of makes me want to puke just writing about it.

[txrangerette]

Possible.

Seems also possible he didn't set out to kill her, at least not admitting that to himself.

So when she died from asphyxiation he became angry and/or fearful.

Cound be he simply lashed out and she was the only other one there to bear the brunt of it.

Could be he wanted to disguise the fact that she died as he was in his twisted sick way "making love to her", so he wanted it to look like she died from a blow to the head, instead. In other words, not the victim of "love", but the victim of "violence".

Or as halls mentioned, perhaps he became so angry that she didn't "return his love" that he attacked her with the blunt instrument to act out his rage. Which just happened to coincide with near the time of death.

BTW...Anybody notice how he insisted on calling Patsy, "Patricia" in talking about contacting her. I know her name is Patricia but almost nobody in the public domain calls her that. I won't say nobody, but almost

Like he was determined to call her a name that others of the public didn't, to show he had an inside with her and her family, and as you say "their world".

[hoosiermama]

Maybe he hit her head on something when he was shaking her trying to get her to regain consciousness.