Yes, we can sit around and marvel at his rotten luck. Or we can do another fun mental exercise: we can imagine that Laci was actually killed by someone else.
I try to do that sometimes. Okay, when could it have occurred? 1. During the 10 minutes when it was possible that she was walking her dog.
I doubt that.
2. Some time between 10:08 (when her stalwart protector-husband left her side) and 4:45 (when said protector returned.)
Let's see. Laci, at home that day... not a single person she knew spoke to her or heard from her, though more than one tried to call her, on more than one phone. Oh! I know! It happened when Laci was NOT at home! It must've happened when she went out somewhere in her car!
Uh-oh. How could it have happened that way? How would her car have returned back to its exact same position in her driveway, all safe and sound?
Okay, so what we have left is that some OTHER PERSON(S) took Laci, but Laci must have been near or in her home, b/c her car never left home.
So that means some time during the BROAD DAYLIGHT, someone boldly walked up to Laci, who was on foot, dog-less, and near her home, and just took her. No screams, no screeching tires, no threatening yells, no blood from a struggle, no dropped personal property (such as purse, keys, or cellphone), no drag marks on the ground, no ransom calls, no mess in her house, no dead body left lying in a ditch, no USE OF HER CREDIT OR BANK CARDS, and NOT A SINGLE WITNESS TO EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF THIS BIG ABDUCTION, which must SURELY have been at least a little violent or loud--given that Laci, as Mr. Geragos was at pains to point out, was a "spitfire".
Even Dru Sjodin left a SHOE and a CELLPHONE.
Oh, and these evil persons are still out there. They had such success in that extremely dangerous Covena Ave. neighborhood, you'd think they'd have come back since Dec. 2002 and gotten some other women, too. Strangely, they haven't.
For those who believe the stranger came into the home to get her, please tell me why the stranger left diamond jewelry and a loaded purse behind. Don't tell me it was b/c the stranger was a sex criminal, not a money criminal: we all know that rapists take their victims' property, too. Especially cash, even small amounts--and she had that in her purse. Oh--and guns. The house contained several guns. NO WAY IN HELL is a violent criminal going to pass up stealing at least one of those guns. No way in hell. NOT gonna happen.
If any woman believes it happened that way, then I don't care if she thinks she lives in a safe neighborhood or not. Laci's neighborhood was considered safe enough for people to walk to the park. So any woman who actually thinks it happened that way had better not EVER venture out onto the sidewalk in front of her home, or stay home with any doors unlocked. Because you can just disappear into thin air if you do.
...and if it was one of the homeless people, I guess after they attacked and kidnapped her, they pushed her away in their grocery store cart with the plastic bags of crap!
The homeless people I've seen don't drive around in vans, at least if they're type of homeless that are living in parks.
And for those who firmly believe it was done by someone other than Scott, would one of you please tell me where the heck is the shirt Laci was wearing??
The pants lasted through a long time in the water, though they were apparently threadbare. Where's the shirt? How did it, and not the pants, get off her body?
Oh! I forgot! Sometimes rapists or similar sickos take off part of their victim's clothes, don't they?
Yeah, that's it. The sicko took off her shirt. Must've wanted to see her breasts--the scumbag!
But he left her bra on her. Hmmm. So he didn't get a very good view of them, did he?
Oh, and then he raped her. With her pants on. That's it.