This is still the key question - as home invasions are hardly ever random events. When I was growing up we had an incredible incidence of home burglaries in our neighborhood - in nearly every case it was because of teenage children of the victims volunteering information about the family possessions and wealth to their frends - some of whom were the perpetrators, and others simply passed the details along to the local criminal element in return for drugs or cash...or simply in an attempt to fit in with the "cool" crowd.
So the big question is how did Komisarjevsky find out about and choose to target this family in particular?
Please don’t tell me you are even hinting that victims brought this on themselves!
“most” predators who RAPE AND MURDER catch sight of their innocent victims going about their daily business, follow them home, then watch the family routine - and plan.
ala, Ted Bundy, Shannon Groene family massacre, Polly Klaus kidnap murder and others
This is a truly hideous story. Prayers for this poor family.
Often times, it doesn’t take much of a contact to attract the attention of a criminal. We had a case in Florida where an elderly lady had paid her gardener in cash ($100) and he happened to mention it around two young thugs. The gardener had nothing to do with the crime. The thugs figured out which condo he had been working for, and broke in and killed the old lady, thinking they would find a lot of cash sitting around.
Of course, they didn’t. Most of these creeps are not very bright, but they’re vicious and they’re always looking for an “opportunity.”