[Dark Skies]

"I'd like to make one thing perfectly clear: The motive for these murders was robbery. This was a crime based on greed, the desperate need of money," DeFazio said.

Freddie and Jan, I am only an amateur detective. But why would a robber inflict such violence on all members of the family. Aren't robbers more like businessmen in regression (i.e. the goal is the money...let's get in, get the money, and get out quickly).

Beating the whole family so that they are unrecognizable...isn't that a special artform. That must take at least an hour extra.

Please, tell me where I am wrong!

[appalachian_dweller]

DS,

You are NOT wrong. This was no robbery. The sheer violence of the murders indicates extreme hatred. Simple robbers would not have taken the time to torture and kill the entire family.

This was the work of muslims who were mad because this family was converting muslims to Christianity. I don't care what anyone says. The facts in this case speak volumes.

Anyone who denies this is nothing but a liar or a muzzie apologist/enabler.

[Fred Nerks]

We can't tell you nuthink! We are just little old ladies and bloggers with bad teeth, some of us are bald, we sit here all day in our jammies, drinking coffee, making bigoted statements because we are illiterate, xenophobic bigots who get their information from rednecks, from conspiracy theories, everything we think and write is based upon our unreasonable hatred of the poor immigrant refugees because they are different, they eat different food and dress funny. We wanna country that don't let no steenkin immigrants in here. Why would you ask us if we think you might be wrong?
Do I have to put sarc. after this, or not?

[jan in Colorado]

>>>But why would a robber inflict such violence on all members of the family.<<<

I wish I could give you an answer to that DS. This case doesn't make sense. When the facts come out, it still won't make sense. How do you make sense of the slaughter of a family in cold blood?

"But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived" 2 Timothy 3:13

The only answer I can come up with is evil!

[swordfish71]

Actually you are right on the mark, a "simple"robbery would have been a lot neater-likely with no dead bodies

A druggie would be VERY quick and VERY dirty, with the pistol or other firearm muffled by a pillow, or less likely, a silencer. Druggie stuff is NOT thought out, but driven by the need to Get the moeny, eliminate any witnesses, and get the hell outta dodge. It strikes one as more than passing strange that the so-called suspects waited 3 days to use the ATM card--and then made no attempt whatsoever to hide their features Some places, namely the WaWa chain of convenience stores---rarely have cameras trained on the ATM machines. Druggies know that much--hide their features, and these did not do so.

THIS, OTOH, was PERSONAL. A point was being made for those willing to see and listen to heed. As of now, that lesson is not being heeded by many in the Jersey City prosecutors office.