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The problem is...in Maryland everything along the freeways are hidden in trees and hills, (I was raised in Maryland KNOW the areas well)...the CLUSTER of shots north of DC the first two days are the "key" to this investigation...the perp(s) are leaving "calling cards" and in this case, the symbolic cemetery with a BIG OL' CROSS in it...and the inanimate target (a store) called Michaels...

I think the perp, is a white male, computer nerd and goes to his computer nightly, he is from an affluent family (would have to be to know the Montogermy area well it is one of the wealthiest counties in the USA)...my bet is...his parents have him enrolled in college therefore have NO clue it could be him (and the times of day he is shooting would "fit" with a college schedule). The male is entering the first stages of paranoid schizoprenia, and is possibly hearing voices...may even return to the Gates Of Heaven cemetery to shoot again or to eventually die, either as a suicide or have the police chase him there to be killed by them.

The computer is where he is planning his attacks...he is using Mapquest, beacause IF you do a search on Aspen Hill and zoom down ONE level the first 2 days of victims fit in the ONE printable square...IF you move the red star of Aspen Hill UP to the top of the "printable square", he is using the Mapquest printout and has pre-planned his shooting areas with the map as an aid.

He is using a scope, I am female and have recently for the first time in my life shot a .223 assault rifle, my first 4 shots I hit 3 clays at 1000 ft with a scope (fourth one jumped in the air tho).... I hit ~6 inch diameter clays the first rattle out of a box WITH a HIGH powered sighted scope...trust me a torso shot at that distance is a "PIECE OF CAKE!" .

MY bet is he has had "target practice" and may have "collected" empty casings and will be smart enough to "leave behind red herrings as evidence", IF this individual is as smart as I think he is...he is using gloves to load the ammo into the clips, NO fingerprints on spent casings...

I will bet he is "shy" and even nerdy looking, probably is lugging around the weapon in a back pack that has been field stripped...and he is using the quiet areas of a park with "cover" to assemble the gun...wait patiently for a victim...takes a shot, is using a suppressor to hide the muzzle flash...(maybe a home-made silencer too) then quickly breaks down the rifle and casually walks back to a vehicle with a non descript backpack or even a brief case...or picnic basket...whatever...

I would watch areas around college universities next...I believe he will spread the panic across college campuses next and there are quite a few universities all over the western shore of Maryland and around DC...I would venture a guess he will fire in the the "Largo" area or near "Landover".