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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (711)	10/15/2002 2:26:54 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 2746

yes that van factor is staggering, because they KNOW the van has been the center of the hunt but they blithely go about their business with the astro van with ladder(and broken taillight). And like you say, they don't give a damn. "Maybe,duh, we better use a different vehicle ah you know everybody is looking for this one" "ah, details!who cares. Let's keep to the business; killing people. We will just obey all traffic laws so we don't get stopped" "Yeh, duh; that makes sense to me". And yet they haven't been stopped. Weird. Max

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (711)	10/15/2002 11:57:42 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2746

Jeffrey, re: If these guys were so meticulous that they carefully planned their attacks replete with a failsafe escape route, then why they heck would they still be using the same vehicle? Give me a break. The first thing I'd do if I really wanted to elude police for as long as possible would be to use a variety of stolen automobiles to evade easy detection. Then I'd ditch the car near where I'd park my own car. Ditching a stolen car would give the police a lot more evidence than they have today. This guy is obviously doing it right as they have noting but fragmented lead to go on. No one is even sure they are really picking the right car. I'll bet if you go to a Home Depot and look for a White Astro van, you'd see one right away.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (711)	10/15/2002 3:46:22 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2746

You'd have to think either these guys know they'll be caught really soon and don't care, or they truly don't think they'll be caught at all. I'm leaning toward the latter simply because if they truly thought they were close to being captured I'd think they'd start trying to raise the body count as high as possible as fast as possible. That raises an interesting question. On the first day's spree the killer(s) scored a number of hits. Ever since, they've taken one at a time. Why? Because the shooter realized that police would be on their toes, and multiple killings would be out of the question in future? What seems to be a change in plan suggests caution and preparation. Is he (or they) really a delivery guy? I doubt it. First of all, if there really are two of them, then that's more or less excluded. Delivery people don't work in pairs. And I think by now that the person's employer would have noticed something: a pattern of deliveries to be made near the sites of the shootings, or deliveries not made that were supposed to be made.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (711)	10/15/2002 3:56:41 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2746

Interesting interview with a Delta Force guy on CNN. He's evidently had access to at least some information that hasn't been made public. He says that the range has been from 50 to 100 yards in all cases. His theory is that there're two shooters, young men in their 20s. In the Home Depot case, he believes that they entered the shopping center as if they were about to park, and then slowed or stopped for a few seconds, took the shot, and then slowly drove out of the lot. That'd take considerable self-control. Not typical of young men, but you never know.