Posted on 10/09/2002 12:43:13 PM PDT by dead
Then a short while ago, the first suspect they interviewed, the one they were most suspecious of, went nuts in his home and began to bust it up. His wife or mother, the female in the household called for help and they have picked him up now and are taking another look at him. Did all that fall through already?
No way did a native English speaker come up with that stilted phraseology. (To borrow a page from the anthrax letter investingation)
Probably one of these.
I expect they might think tarot cards and claiming to be God would surely throw anyone off their trail, and breaking their own 'ethical code' is part of their MO.
Also, the phrase 'Dear policeman' sounds not childish, but coming from the pen of someone unfamiliar, or at least only partially fluent, with English.
I think the perp is Arab al-queda-islamonazi sleeper, testing the waters. Other sleepers are watching, waiting their turn.
I expect the worst from these bastards.
I think you're right.
Better lock the doors and stay inside for ever.
Maybe this was...
Maybe he really is...
MAYBE
I would submit that if these murderers actually are Moslem, that they have a sense of humor, albeit a loathesome one.
Maybe the perp didn't mean "dear" to sound polite. The singular is strange though.
Sense of humor would rule out Moslems. I don't see the humor in the card ---to me the "dear policeman" sounds condescending, I've heard dear used in ways that were only meant to sound that way.
When an accurate history of these strange days is finally written there will be a long laundry list of these peculiar pattern 'gun crimes' which will be revealed to be the work of treasonous enemies of the Bill of Rights.
"Veddy Interesting! How about a Jamaican, Bahamian, etc.?"
Was it "Dear Policeman" or "Dear Policemen"? I've seen it cited both ways. And the latter is even less syntactically "American" -- and more syntactically "British".
The tarot card doesn't lead me anywhere. It's a contrived device; therefore, not a self-revelation nor of any value as a "pointer".
But the syntax of the message may contain a clue. The salutation is just not what an ordinary American would be likely to write -- either with aforethought or without thinking.
I wonder if the writing was script or printing. And, if printing, caps & lower case or all caps...
Shermy, while you reasonably volunteer Jamaican or Bahamian, there is also a description of "Hispanic (or Middle East) appearance". Where would British language and education prevail in a Hispanic or Arab country? Belize? Jordan? Egypt?
BTW WTOP radio announced two shootings in Virginia, Manassas and Fairfax. Apparently someone at a gas station at a Sonoco Station in Prince William. Also a man in Fairfax on Lee Highway. No connections known.
As for the house shooter, they're waiting for a search warrant.
Not "hearing from him for awhile" is the determining factor, IMO. If the card is a "plant" (by LE), or something dropped by some fun-loving student while LE was getting their act together on Monday, I would expect it to enrage the killer into striking again. (Someone stole my thunder!)
If the perp fades away, the odds rise that it was intentionally left by him/her -- for whatever reason.
I believe you get it. I suspect that the school shooting was done by a copycat. Many rifles fire .223 and similar shells, and in the poor condition many of these are in after penetrating a target, it's difficult, if not impossible to connect them to the same weapon.
The shootings the first day were probably a coordinated act of terror by the same individuals. The school shooting was likely some lone nutcase copycat murderer. All those involved in the killings need to be killed first, tried later.
Our borders are wide open. Immigration is in full swing ahead. This scenerio would not surprise me at all.
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