Math Used in Hunt for Md. Sniper

AP via Yahoo ^ | Mon Oct 7, 4:10 PM ET | By JIM KRANE, AP Technology Writer

[Lord Marshal]

I believe it's possible to identify some of these factors you identified with the profile. Look at the timing. This guy's a morning person. On Thursday and Monday he was up with his rifle in the field and claimed his first victom by 7:41 am, and 8:09 am respectively. Look at shootings 2,3,4 and 5 in order. He probably came from the North West, hit the man on the mower at 7:41. He turned north killed the man at the gas station 30 minutes later, went a little further north to the post office, and though he was being real cleaver when he turned south, doubled back, and struck south of main through fair an hour and a half later. The shooting the furthers SOUTH took place at 2:30, perhaps increased travel time? Is there any construction or perhaps a traffic accident on that day?

And the boy at the middle school, further east, and later in the morning...

He's disicplined. Detail oriented. And will be tough to catch.

[Doctor Stochastic]

It's a updated version of the pin-on-the-map. One can automate things like drawing hours-of-travel isotimes (my newly coined word) taking into account terrain, highways, roads, etc.

[B4Ranch]

This bears repeating "He's disicplined. Detail oriented. And will be tough to catch.

[maxwell]

Why, what's being said about the UMD campus?

[Theophilus]

Sounds like hocus-pocus to me. They should try using acoustic sensors to quickly determine the shot locations and then zoom in with a recon satellite.

[Lord Marshal]

Yea. right. And what are the odd of a recon satalite being in it's very narrow window over the target???

[HiTech RedNeck]

He was fed up with his old neighborhood because of _ _ _ _ _ and is wanting revenge.

Not sure how a snipe-or-two-a-day in random areas could achieve "revenge" for anything except for a majorly twisted mind. Especially a kid in the doorway of a school.

[OldEagle]

I think his gimmick is the truck. Apparently the enclosed part is long enough for him to have a good prone shooting position and he is able to shoot through a partially-open door. It might even be a one-man operation.

[Thumper1960]

How about a cab driver?

[Theophilus]

Not sure, but I am sure that we have a lot more than one sat. Check this out:

[B4Ranch]

If he is of ME background and fed up with the US treatment of Muslims then he would find any white target satisfactory. Don't you think?

[HiTech RedNeck]

The USA is virtually rolling over for these guys. Getting in trouble with the law here -- when they do -- is a holiday compared with what it would be like back home.

[sit-rep]

An HBar type rifle, can break in two with the removal of one screw and a pin. This would create a size less than 20" long.

SR

[ChasingFletch]

They'll find this guy as quickly as they found Chandra's killer! How about that silly fool profiler named Fox, on O'Reilly last night? What a dweeb! Dweeb, "he's probably in his 20's or 30's." O'Reilly, "Why"? Dweeb, "Well, he could be in his 50's". What a guy!

[11th_VA]

was the sniper trying to hit someone inside by shooting through the glass??

He just missed a clerk inside the store. The round passed a rack with 'The Prayer of Jabez" on it ...