Catching -up:
I prepared two additional "brilliant" posts a few days ago; but, a lightning zap, and they were gone. {One disadvantage of not using NSCP!} Reality is that I won't be able to reconstruct them -- with all the superb reasoning and logic they contained.
So, I better just move ineptly on .....
{Jeff -- You have been "spared" -- One of them was responding to your posts -- pointing-out all of your false accusations, inaccuracies, etc. {{Much of it was "proving" that your " random 'n ride" theory just won't work.}} If they are significant to anything, I feel quite certain I will have another opportunity to do so. <g> }
Before presenting my "Jim did it, " there are a few things I don't think have been mentioned {please forgive me if otherwise}:
1. In summation re: According to Jim: On 12/4 {night of the murder} he arrived at his apt. at 8:20PM - 8:30PM; parked on the street, went up the stair to his apt., did not communicate with the outside world, learned about a neighborhood murder from watching the 11:00 PM News, and, the next contact he had with any person was at 9:00 AM on 12/05.
What is missing? IMO, This:
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... A. Any witnesses' statements that they saw his car parked in the
....... same spot at various times on the night of 12/4;
... B. Any witnesses' statements that they were outside
....... near Jim's apt. and never saw anyone arrive/depart.
... C. Any witnesses' statements that they live/were visiting within
....... earshot of Jim's apt., and never heard anything.
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2. IMO, the woman who saw SJ after SJ saw Peter Stein was incorrect in her estimate of what time it was, and that it was closer to 9:20PM-9:25PM [rather than, "around/close to 9:30PM"]. The reason for this is Jeff's add'l. info of where the woman saw her, and that if Suzanne basically stayed in one area very long, several other students who knew her would have seen her; and,
3. Based on the map Jeff provided, his previously telling us that it is a 10 min. walk from the Old Campus to the Rink, and my talking with several people who walk at a relaxed pace (& knowing myself being a brisk 4.3 mile walker 3 x weekly}, it should be agreed that Suzanne could have easily walked from where she was last seen to the crime scene in a maximum of 15 -20 mins. Jim's apt. was closer, and would have taken a max. of 15 mins.
Jim VdeV did it {With TY to Jim Barrett for one part of his scenario}:
Theory: Suzanne was on her way to meet someone she knew. She was walking the entire time. She planned on meeting the person at his residence. She arrived at her destination.
Scenario: The man she was meeting was Jim Van de Veld, per an arrangement they made: that afternoon or, preferably, by telephone between 8:40 PM and 9:00 PM., to review his comments on her most recent draft of her Senior Thesis. She grabbed the blank paper as a last-minute thought when she was leaving her apt.
She didn't tell anyone where she was going because of: when it was arranged; the concern of an appearance of impropriety; and/or because she was embarrassed due to having told several people that she was angry with him.
Suzanne arrived and he greeted her; they entered his kitchen area to get something to drink.
1) He made verbal and physical advances toward her, expressing - for the first time - his desire for her. She laughed at him, clearly rejecting him, and turned her back to him to leave. OR
2) An argument ensued over his neglect as her advisor. She berated him, and told Jim that she was going to see the dean on Monday and file an official complaint as her Senior Thesis Advisor, and, now, additionally report what he just proposed (sex). Jim started to worry. What if he lost his contract? What if he got fired? What if his career was ruined permanently? Jim's "world" was spinning. She could see it in his eyes and turned to leave.
He "snapped," grabbed a knife, slashed at her throat from behind, thus silencing her, and repeatedly stabbed her, on the back of her neck. His adrenaline dissipating, Suzanne finally broke away and ran out of his apt. He was too cautious - and horrified at what happened -- to follow her.
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She walked and staggered as far as she could, then collapsed where she was found. {Appx. 3-4 minutes from Jim's apt.} Tragically, she expired as she was on the grass, a minute or two before the police and ambulance arrived. The blood that was taken from the grass the following day by the NHPD was a mixture of slight bleeding from her as she lay there, and blood from the front of her clothing.
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Jim, still horrified at what happened, finally calmed-down. He immediately cleaned up his kitchen and the knife; he noticed it had broken at the tip, which was no where to be found . Because all of attack actions, except for the one slash, were non-artery/vein stabs, with a kitchen knife, rather than a gunshot or similar, most of the bleeding was internal, and almost all of external blood ran down her body and clothes. He convinced himself that he would be OK, and was sickened -- and relieved -- when he saw on the ll:00 PM News that she expired. When Jim met Ms. Ramirez to jog at 9:00 AM, he purposely asked her if she heard about the murder [with the identity of the victim still appearing unknown], and, intentionally to appear innocent, advised her to "be careful."
Jim was genuinely infatuated with Suzanne and extremely sad about her loss. His grief, as expressed at the Yale gathering -- and the flowers in his class -- was real and truly felt.
Jim did it.
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The End.
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I have one other ... {Just to make Jeff happy :)} :
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Theory: Suzanne Jovin was on her way to meet someone she knew. at his/her residence; she received a call at 8:50-8:55 and made the plan. She was walking the entire time. She never arrived at her destination.
Scenario A: As she walked, she was diverted by someone she didn't know, coming-out of nowhere on foot {"nowhere," as in an alley, doorway, etc}, grabbed from behind, a non-fatal "surface" slash across her throat to show what would happen to her if she resisted, demanded money &/or drugs, stabbed repeatedly from behind, broke away/released, attacker did not follow for fear of being seen; she walked/staggered as far as she could, then collapsed where she was found.
Scenario B: Same as above; however, the argument and scream heard at approximately 9:45 PM from "one long block south" of the crime scene included SJ as a participant.
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Please: As to "Jim did it" ===> Add to it, shoot holes in it, .......
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Need to leave ...
Regards,
Carol |
