Fire in upper NW?

[Anonymous]

Of course, a sword is a sharp instrument. Mr. Savapoulos could have invited a martial arts acquaintance/acquaintances over for a duel? The acquaintance/acquaintances had this planned the entire time.

[Anonymous]

When you lie down with dogs....

[Anonymous]

If police let public know weapon a sword , perp would know to go into deeper hiding...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Three of the four victims had blunt force or sharp object injuries, according to autopsy findings. The police incident report, released on Friday, said all of the victims were suffering from "various traumatic injuries." "

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/05/15/suspicious-fire-dc-4-dead/27387809/

What does 'blunt force or sharp object injuries' mean? I assumed that meant knife wounds. If all of the victims had 'various traumatic injuries', but only three of the four had 'blunt force or sharp object injuries', then what kind of injuries did the fourth victim have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course, a sword is a sharp instrument. Mr. Savapoulos could have invited a martial arts acquaintance/acquaintances over for a duel? The acquaintance/acquaintances had this planned the entire time.

I bet your little sarcastic self didn't read the martial arts blog where the deceased challenges a guy named Ron to duel on the mat. I did. And the jist of it is this:

Mr. Lovret has repeatedly been asked to step forward to allow others
(such as the Aiki News) to verify his claims of becoming the headmaster
of not only one, but two previously unheard martial traditions. This kind
of request is not at all unusual and done frequently in Japan. If Mr.
Lovret has truly been honest about his claims then he shouldn't have any
problems with backing them up with physical evidence. Even though Mr.
Lovret did respond to the Aiki News' request, he only supplied a copy of
the hiden mokuroku he received from the Kodokai (so he did receive the
request). For those of you that don't know, the hiden mokuroku is also
the lowest classical rank in Daito-ryu given after a mere 28 training
sessions. It does not give the authority to teach Daito-ryu either. You
can double check this by doing a search of the archives of Iaido-L.

Lovret is the guy Savvas followed and he didn't take kindly to the fact above being made public. Now it was in 1999. Maybe he got over it. Maybe not. But you know look like an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course, a sword is a sharp instrument. Mr. Savapoulos could have invited a martial arts acquaintance/acquaintances over for a duel? The acquaintance/acquaintances had this planned the entire time.

Here's more:

>
>> You can visit us anytime if you want to test what Mr. Lovret teaches.
>
> Sir. I do believe duelling is illegal in the United States.
>
> It is such a shame not to mention a dishonor to your school and your
> teacher that you have to go around challenging other people to a fight
> just because you do not agree with what they have to say. Why do you
> have to resort to threats of physical violence just because you cannot
> deal with opinions that run contrary to your's in peaceful manner? It
> comes as more of a shock as this is such a basic teaching of the
> martial arts that is taught to every white belt as soon as they enter a
> school.

[Anonymous]

This thread has jumped the shark ...

[Anonymous]

Agreed. But maybe whoever did this first came to know of the family through some martial arts connection? Or the ironworks. Or driving around the neighborhood. Who knows. This is a tragic story - especially if the boy had trauma wounds and the fire started in his room.

[Anonymous]

I knew Amy and her husband and they were both extremely kind, thoughtful, normal (very wealthy) well adjusted people. Also, good parents and charitable. There was nothing remotely fishy or sketchy about them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew Amy and her husband and they were both extremely kind, thoughtful, normal (very wealthy) well adjusted people. Also, good parents and charitable. There was nothing remotely fishy or sketchy about them.

This is tragic and I hope the police catch whoever is responsible immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has jumped the shark ...

Because it's crazy to suggest a wealthy art collector and Japanese martial artist instructor for three types of martial arts, one of which included swords and knives, had Japanese swords and knives?

Crazy.

Not suggesting a duel ( like they blog about) but that those could have been weapons. It's hard I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew Amy and her husband and they were both extremely kind, thoughtful, normal (very wealthy) well adjusted people. Also, good parents and charitable. There was nothing remotely fishy or sketchy about them.

I'm so sorry you've lost a friend and her family in this terrible tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in 1999, Mr. Savapoulos was arguing with someone named Ron Beaubien...Google search and you will find conversations over some martial arts crap. Kind of loony and odd conversation. Perhaps this was retaliation since Mr. Savapoulos was about to open his own martial arts school?

Be careful with the googling. I clicked on one of the normal-looking results to a search on his name (with middle initial) and got a pop up chat message from an unclad woman. I could not get rid of it and didn't want to click again so I had to give the phone to my husband for help. This has never happened to me before. Are spammers trying to capitalize on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

They don't....nor could the bastards who did this have used a gun, because they are illegal in DC as well....and that would be criminal.....

Its a personal choice, but I wish this family had had the choice under DC law to have weapons in their home. They would have had a chance.

I do suspect that the Porsche in Maryland, crossing state lines, makes this federal enough, there will be a death penalty charge somewhere in this if/when they catch this/these people.

Why doesn't DC have home rule? This is why.

As a

The homeowners or criminals could have guns. Even if a handgun was difficult to obtain in DC, they are sold in every other state. Maryland is just a short drive from Woodley Park.

Driving a stolen car across state lines is not a federal capital offense. Kidnapping and hostage taking resulting in death is a federal capital crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would they know money missing from house...don't think so...that is not the reason...next....

An empty safe, perhaps. Merely speculating.

Exactly. If true, calls maid's story into question.

Why would it?