There are some news stories of crimes that are almost unbelievable. I've always been fascinated by the human psyche and what goes wrong when people snap and commit crimes. My dh and I watch a fair amount of crime shows and when I think I've seen it all, I find there's a new twist in a crime that reaches a higher level of intrigue.
What are you watching in the news now that has captured your interest or in the past what crime developments have you followed in the interest of seeing the criminal captured and justice served? Was there some new technical angle that was extraordinary that allowed the crime to succeed?
The biggest national crime I'm following is the murder in broad daylight of the CEO of United Health Care. The person of interest/suspect has now been captured in Pennsylvania. The background of this man, Luigi Mangione, from Maryland, goes very deep into so many different areas socially, politically and the wealthy family he comes from. What exactly broke him to commit such a heinous crime of killing Brian Thompson of UHC? Is anyone else keeping up with this news?
It does make one wonder what causes a person to commit such heinous crimes. We have a case going on here is UK where a 17 year old stabbed and killed three young girls (ages around 8-10) and injured others. They were attending a Taylor Swift themed dance class and he just started stabbing away. Media photos of suspect seem to only be of him aged about 12 and shown as a choir boy.
https://news.sky.com/story/southport-stabbings-suspect-faces-separate-terror-charge-after-ricin-and-al-qaeda-manual-found-at-home-13243980
Initially any terror connections denied now slowly emerging.
Geffers
That is so tragic that a 17 year old for whatever reason stabbed and killed very innocent young girls. The fact that the killer looked like a regular person is what makes these stories profoundly compelling because this is where "profiling" doesn't work or assuming by the looks of someone that they couldn't possibly commit an evil crime. I've seen so many crime shows where people killed people, yet in their neighborhood the killers where well liked normal looking neighbors.
This week in Madison, Wisconsin, there was a mass shooting at a Christian school. The killer was a 15 year old girl, Natalie Rupnow. She killed two people and injured five more then killed herself. I did some reading on this girl and she was into satanic chat groups as well as websites that show real life killings. I had no idea there were websites that existed like that. Apparently, these satanic websites use the method of "accelerationism" in grooming people by encouraging horrible atrocities on behalf of satan. She was certainly radicalized and an easy target based on her home-life that was also very broken.
The alleged killer of the United Health Care CEO has now been extradited to New York this morning with charges of terrorism, first and second degree murder and a forged weapon. This murder has shown how imbalanced Americans are to be "okay" with that the CEO was killed, with some sending money to his defense and others want him to be set free. OMG, what has this world come too?
On New Year's Day, America started out with two tragedies. First, there was the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans where ISIS inspired Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a Texas resident and from the Army, decided to kill as many people as possible by "car" at 3am in the morning on New Years. Jabber also rented a Ford F-150 (electric) truck through the Turo app. He had an ISIS flag on the back of his truck. He lived in Houston, near a Mosque and some presume he was radicalized there.
Also, on New Years day, Matthew Livelsberger, a decorated Green Beret of the US Army, still active duty, rented a Tesla Cybertruck, through the Turo app and drove it to the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas and blew it up with a bomb with him inside. News is stating he did have a head injury, his wife left him two days before over infidelity and he was known for his special forces experience, patriotism, loved Trump and Musk. What's the motive? None of this makes sense.
Both men served at the same Army base at one time.
Knew about New Orleans, was aware of the bomb in Las Vegas, not aware the driver was a Trump/Musk supporter but knew of the Fort Bragg connection. The former I guess was radicalised, but Livelaberger is an odd scenario.
Yeah, the Livelsberger bomb deal is a bit perplexing to me too because he was such a supporter of Trump. His wife was not. The evidence is, he used a cybertruck. The stuff he used to make a bomb was too simple and he being a special forces guy was far more capable of an advanced bomb. Also, he picked the cybertruck, which did not cause the carnage that you would expect from a regular car/truck as the cybertruck was intact except for the roof. One of his last messages related to how sick America was and that he couldn't take the pain anymore thinking of the people he lost (friends in the military) and also the lives he took, as well. Obviously, a very complex reason to commit suicide, however, the outcome of damage was limited, with exception of several people were hurt. I dunno, just baffled at this.
Sad though it is there are reasons why people commit suicide but most do so in privacy (apart from suicide bombers), appreciate some jump in front of trains that doesn't physically hurt others but it can impact drivers psychologically. The Vegas bomb is a mystery, if the choice of truck and materials was to not cause or limit damage then there are other ways to end it all. Mind you, there is little logic with suicide, there was the tragic scenario around 2017 where a pilot for German Wings apparently crashed the plane intentionally.
Geffers
Right, there isn't logic to suicide and sometimes I wonder how long people really contemplate suicide or is it always a quick decision. I'm thinking of Robin Williams at the moment. If loved ones are paying attention, there seems to always be signs and they could intervene somehow. That's what baffles me about the cybertruck bomber. I read all three of his manifestos and I'm confused even more. I do understand the loss of military friends and the profound weight a special forces person would carry if they killed a lot of people. With that being said, I would think the Army, or any other military branch would be involved with these guys more to make sure on a psychological level they are dealing with life okay and even have counseling services after they leave the service. Now I'm thinking of Rambo.
A lot of veterans do admit now to PTSD ., much of the military, along with Police and Fire is still quite macho and many won't admit to worries. Recall a young police officer once dealt with two deaths over a weekend, one car accident, the other as a result of a fallen tree in high winds. His supervisor appeared unaware.