orzabelle said:
Certainly the cops would care about motive - that sort of inquiry could help find him
conandrob240 said:
By " knew" the attacker, I think people mean it wasn't random. Like the attacker knew of the family and targeted them for a reason ( for example, husband bought drugs, had. Gambling debt, etc). I don't they literally mean " knew" as in personally knew who he was.
I think it was drug related because of the description of circumstances. Not because I am trying to rationalize anything. Violent rage like that against a stranger is a symptom of certain types of highs.
And the location of the crime would give me no pause at all unless this became more common in a particular area. This could happen at any time, anywhere. It is a pattern of crime, escalating crime, lack of police response, crime levels disproportionate to neighboring towns, and so on that would give me any kind of pause about a particular location.
us2inFL said:
This is sickening. It was a story on our SoFL news. It's odd that the child doesn't react at all.
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/06/video_millburn_home_invasion_brutality_stuns_neighbor_drives_manhunt_for_suspect.html
eliz said:
I'm not sure why people are assuming the victim knew the attacker and frankly, I think it's inappropriate.
eliz said:
I'm not sure why people are assuming the victim knew the attacker and frankly, I think it's inappropriate. The family released the video to the police so the public could help identify the attacker.
No one wants to think these things can be random but they are. When our neighbor was murdered the police assured us it wasn't random and people seemed comforted by that but it turned out it was completely random (see Bettina's comments).
Jackson_Fusion said:
conandrob240 said:
By " knew" the attacker, I think people mean it wasn't random. Like the attacker knew of the family and targeted them for a reason ( for example, husband bought drugs, had. Gambling debt, etc). I don't they literally mean " knew" as in personally knew who he was.
I think it was drug related because of the description of circumstances. Not because I am trying to rationalize anything. Violent rage like that against a stranger is a symptom of certain types of highs.
And the location of the crime would give me no pause at all unless this became more common in a particular area. This could happen at any time, anywhere. It is a pattern of crime, escalating crime, lack of police response, crime levels disproportionate to neighboring towns, and so on that would give me any kind of pause about a particular location.
Suggesting the guy showed up for a reason (drug gambling debt etc) compounds the trauma the family has already suffered. I can't imagine she'd feel good laying in a hospital hearing in essence that maybe her husband or her family's behavior is to blame.
That's not pinning it to you- I think you're just trying to make a distinction. But frankly, to those who are suggesting, based on absolutely no knowledge, that this was brought about by something the family may have been involved in, should be ashamed. Can you imagine hearing that sort of ***** from people living in your area after going through this? Unreal.
rudbekia said:
Jackson, yes I can imagine hearing that and no it wouldn't bother me at all. I would actually want to think that perhaps this was a "hit" gone bad and the perp went to the wrong address. Much better than the idea that it's random. If it had happened to me, I would absolutely be running every possible scenario through my mind hoping it wasn't random.
kmt: little chance that the kids will be reading this thread, you know, ever.
debby said:
I think he was amped on drugs - the speed and ferocity of the attack, and the pacing back and forth.
DottyParker said:
The reporter interviewed a neighbor who said that no one in the neighborhood ever locked their doors. That ship has sailed; the name of the street has been all over the news.
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