I suppose one could argue that this is not really a "stalker" complaint, but an air of uncertainty still surrounds Jim and this case.
That's why rumors are so vicious. Even if the smoke is manufactured people will still smell fire. A woman he had a relationship with 16 months prior speculates Jim might have been responsible for several hang-up calls and somehow suddenly he's rumored by the media to be a stalker. Say what? You also have to wonder what kind of person files a police report over "several" hang-up calls. I can see if there was heavy-breathing, threats made, etc. but just hang ups? Give me a break. I get hang-up calls all the time.
Would this have been unusual? Given the note by Suzanne requesting contact if Jim had any problems, and the fact that both had either been reviewing the thesis or about to work on it, it doesn't seem a far fetched proposition. A probable occurrence?
The note requested contact by e-mail. Yes, a professor contacting a student by phone (out of the blue) on a Friday night to invite them over to talk over a paper would have been highly unusual and you would expect Suzanne would have been suspicious and told someone.
Peter also states that Suzanne is carring some 8 1/2 by 11 "papers". This I suspect would most likely be part of the thesis, a revision or addition, that she is bringing to the meeting with Jim.
Suzanne had just dropped off her thesis late that afternoon. She then ran a pizza party she had organized. When could she possibly have found time to research and write a revision to a paper that had not yet been reviewed?
I've always thought the white piece of paper was a flyer for a party and that perhaps Suzanne was on her way to one to see if any friends might be there. In reviewing the Vanity Fair article I note this line: "Most of Jovin's friends were partying that night: several were at the movies." Hmmmm...
What has always occurred to me is that perhaps Suzanne was the type of person who like to "walk and talk" things over. To some, under stress, a long walk and discussion is a kind of therapy. But 1.8 miles?
We're talking round-trip, at 9:30pm at night, after a long day of finishing her thesis and throwing a party, in a neighborhood she likely was unfamiliar, after telling someone how tired she was. Yes, scenarios where Suzanne walked to where she was found are quite possible but not very probable, IMO.
Being unconscious would slow the heart and respiration rate, which might help explain the lack of a great deal of blood.Also, with the final cut to the neck being underneath her, much of the blood might have been hidden by her body.
Blows to the head are still very bloody. Someone in a frenzy would be splashing blood everywhere. What about bloody footprints, places where the killer might have wiped off a bloody knife or hand, etc.? Blood spatter analysis can be very revealing, see: law.depaul.edu.
- Jeff |
