Fire in upper NW?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't he be on the FBI top ten now? Maybe bump other local shit Brad Bishop who is likely long dead.

why? Lots of people are brutally murdered. You've all lost all sense of reality.

THANK YOU. This is a horrible tragedy, but let's be honest. Horrible crimes like this happen in rich and poor neighborhoods across America every week.

I doubt crimes like this are a common occurrence. I think it is a rare individual who can cause all the mayhem he did. His life must be absolutely devoid of any hope.

[Anonymous]

EVERY time I see RAGING violent behavior,
I wonder what kind of every childhood they had.




Either neglect or abuse. Neither is an "excuse."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the cops sharing more information about this scumbag and where they think he might be? Of course I get that they don't want to compromise their manhunt but I live in DC and am wondering do we need to take extra precautions - is there a chance he could be lurking in the area? He is clearly a sociopath and dangerous.

Like what, exactly? Locking your doors? Locking your windows?

I think people should maybe make a list of things that would help them feel safer. Not because this person is coming after them but because people are hyper aware right now that there are people all over ready to take advantage. If you live on the planet, personal safety should always be a priority. From not walking alone at night, always locking doors, never give out credit card info, never open the doors to strangers, etc. Maybe even things like not driving a fancy car or wearing expensive watches. Criminals notice these things.

Change the mind set from "It will never happen" to "You never know".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


EVERY time I see RAGING violent behavior,
I wonder what kind of every childhood they had.




Either neglect or abuse. Neither is an "excuse."

*EARLY childhood....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't he be on the FBI top ten now? Maybe bump other local shit Brad Bishop who is likely long dead.

why? Lots of people are brutally murdered. You've all lost all sense of reality.

THANK YOU. This is a horrible tragedy, but let's be honest. Horrible crimes like this happen in rich and poor neighborhoods across America every week.

I actually don't think 10-year old boys are tortured and murdered in their homes every week in the United States.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, so I made this point before, but to reiterate. There is random, as in they knocked on random doors in a wealthy neighborhood and managed to get into this one. But, the opposite of random is not "personal" as in fueled by "bad blood" or vendetta. Saying there is a connection because someone may have worked in the same business or even on a job at Mr. S's business or house and therefore might have known that Mr. S could get cash or knew the house is a lot different from saying that this was a revenge crime and the torture was "personal."

agree -- my guess is that there's a connection somewhere along the spectrum you describe -- possibly via suspect's mom's business -- possibly they were involved in build-out at martial arts studio?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The police said because there was no forced entry and also so that people would not shit their pants en masse realizing we are all a knock on the door away from an unspeakable crime.

This is true. Animals in the wild always are on alert and have a survival instinct. Humans too often rationalize everything to the point they just feel they are safe and immune and that they are on this planet for pleasure. I don't mean the victims in anyway brought this on themselves. There are bad people everywhere ready to take advantage of good people. Bad people lie, cheat, rob, rape, murder. Bad people are all over this planet. They may want to steel your car , your wallet, your bike, your credit card. They may want to look at porn of kids or hurt your child. They make hurt you because they are high on drugs or booze. They may break into your house in the middle of the day. Live your life but never think that you are not crossing paths will bad people on a daily basis.

My cousin is a Firefighter in New Haven and often has to go into the 'crack' neighborhoods. He said what's truly horrifying is the casual disregard for any human life. The strung-out will kill anyone. There is true evil and it freaks the hell out of me. He describes the look in some of these people as they try to reason. There is no reasoning with these types because they don't value anything. Zero remorse.

[Anonymous]

So--this guy and cohorts are in the run now? Terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: Has any link been made between this thug family from Jamaica, and the year that the S family spent living in the Caribbean? Just wondering.

Police have to be looking into this, right?

I live in NW DC. My DH was out of town earlier this week and at 4:00 in the morning, our alarm system went off. I grabbed my cell phone and barricaded myself in DC's room until the police came, about 3 minutes later. I was scared out of my mind. It turned out that I had not dead-bolted the patio door and the wind blew it open. The police were very nice about it, but also let me know in no uncertain terms that it is carelessness like this that gets people in trouble. DH was livid -- as well he should have been -- that I had been negligent about checking this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't he be on the FBI top ten now? Maybe bump other local shit Brad Bishop who is likely long dead.

why? Lots of people are brutally murdered. You've all lost all sense of reality.

THANK YOU. This is a horrible tragedy, but let's be honest. Horrible crimes like this happen in rich and poor neighborhoods across America every week.

I doubt crimes like this are a common occurrence. I think it is a rare individual who can cause all the mayhem he did. His life must be absolutely devoid of any hope.

I subscribe to the 'bad seed' theory. I truly believe some are born this way and there is zero hope for any form of rehabilitation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from the takeaway of telling family or assistants to call the cops if they get this call, I'm also taking away that people willing to take hostages are prepared to kill. It's like the don't get taken to the second location thing. Don't get tied up in the chair. Act like they are going to kill you and start fighting for your life from the beginning. These things seem to end in death, or violent rape (not that that happened here) often enough to risk fighting early on when you have your strength and they might not expect it.

In theory, this sounds like good advice, however, being the victim of a violent crime and speaking from the fear I experienced, when in that situation, staying alive is your goal. Since you don't know what the person is capable of, if they tell you *I won't cut your throat if you don't fight me*, you BELIEVE you have a chance at seeing daylight. The second location thing? I was taken away, forced to, blindfolded. In therapy, as I expressed my regret that I didn't fight back, the therapist listed many cases where the woman did fight back and had every bone broken in her face, where she was stabbed repeatedly, etc. Random crimes happen, and the best way to prevent one is to hyper vigilant, such as locking doors, setting alarms, looking under cars before getting in, being aware of who is around you, don't open doors before seeing who is on the other side - sounds easy enough, right? It's been 31 years since my violent crime, and I'm not as hyper vigilant as I should be. After what happened to this family, I'm upping the ante, because it brings back a flood of feelings I haven't experienced in a long time.

In my situation, by not fighting back saved my life. You can never predict how these situations will culminate. My heart aches for the family, the panic and terror they experienced is unlike any other emotion most people have ever experienced - it's indescribable. They didn't fight back because they were probably told they would live.

[Anonymous]

I fear this will actually get worse before it gets better. Now we have 1-3 desperate individuals one of whom has his face and name on national media on the run and with nothing to lose. I am confident it will all end in a week or two with either their arrests or deaths but fear more violence as they attempt to flee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't he be on the FBI top ten now? Maybe bump other local shit Brad Bishop who is likely long dead.

why? Lots of people are brutally murdered. You've all lost all sense of reality.

THANK YOU. This is a horrible tragedy, but let's be honest. Horrible crimes like this happen in rich and poor neighborhoods across America every week.

I doubt crimes like this are a common occurrence. I think it is a rare individual who can cause all the mayhem he did. His life must be absolutely devoid of any hope.

No, actually he could just be a psychopath. Feeling hopeless doesn't allow you to torture a little boy.

[Anonymous]

Has an APB been issued on this perp nationwide? An APB helped catch Jessie Matthews.

[Anonymous]

While the family lived in the Caribbean, wasn't the house under extensive renovation? Could suspect have worked on the house at that time?