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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (581)	3/9/2000 12:30:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) of 1397

You also need to think "car". How do you kill someone in a car? There were no defensive wounds and apparently all head wounds were to the rear, not to the face. This implies Suzanne had her back to the killer. Either the killer was the driver or a passenger. If the driver, Suzanne would most likely be sitting next to him in the front seat. We'd have to assume if this was a crime of passion there was a heated argument. Where is the knife? In the glove compartment, under the seat, in his pocket? Either way, it would take time to access. It's hard to imagine Suzanne wouldn't have noticed this and been in a defensive position. The only other alternative is the car was stopped and she was in the process of trying to get out. The killer would probably have lunged at her. The steering wheel would have severely restricted his movement. Most likely he'd have struck her in the back or the shoulder... at least with one of the blows. She'd have been in a frenzy to get out. The blows would not all be clean. You'd think she would have instinctively covered her head, curled in a ball, or tried to fight back. Somehow all the blows landed to her head. Very unlikely, IMO, for such a scenario. So if the wounds don't fit those we'd expect of a driver, now we're talking they must have come from a passenger. This pretty much rules out a crime of passion. If a passenger did it, either Suzanne was in the front seat or the rear seat. If in the front, it would probably mean the killer was in the back seat leaning over with a knife near her. The head rest might have been in the way but I think he could have gotten off 17 blows to the head. The only possible gotcha here is that after a few blows she might have slumped forward meaning if the killer were in a frenzy he would have also struck her in the back. If in the rear seat, she probably was being restrained face down, probably on the floor. The killer might very well have had his weight on her. She'd pretty much have been immobile. Given the angle of someone putting pressure on her back it would mean the head would be a likely and easy target. As the victim can't fall down and you can't see their expression it doesn't strike me as odd that a killer would stab for 20 seconds before checking to see the damage. At that point a throat slash could be added just to make sure. This scenario does make sense to me. - Jeff

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