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Math Used in Hunt for Md. Sniper
AP via Yahoo ^
| Mon Oct 7, 4:10 PM ET
| By JIM KRANE, AP Technology Writer
Posted on 10/07/2002 10:29:03 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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Like playing chess with a computer ?
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posted on
10/07/2002 10:29:03 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Logic and instinct...not really anything new...the old pin on a map routine. But unlike ordinary criminals, these guys are "tactical"...Run the dogs through the U of MD campus.
Sac
To: Sacajaweau
U of MD campus. I hpoe its not on his list, but after hearing a profiler tonight, I fear it will be.
Can you train a dog to retain a specific scent? They had the dogs out today ...
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posted on
10/07/2002 10:41:08 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
I'd assume this program looks for commonalities among the areas where the crimes have been. Like if they all were heavy with Swedish businesses, the killer's home is assumed to probably not be in a Polish neighborhood. Also I'd bet the areas are now staked out with police noting license plates and looking up the home addresses to crunch into this program to get an idea of the general locale of those who frequent these areas.
However for these killings I wouldn't rule anything out, including the scenes of the crimes being deliberately selected at random on a map, and researched individually, to throw off traffic profiling like this.
To: 11th_VA
I think the dogs could sniff out gun powder residue...but I'm only guessing.
I really don't know all the capabilities of these dogs but they sure are amazing.
Sac
To: Sacajaweau
Well I guess it beats actually going out and finding the guy.
To: HiTech RedNeck
I don't think the traffic profiling is THE MOST IMPORTANT part of this and I think the vehicle is in the next parking lot away and the sniper himself is on foot for the actual scenarios.
If they use walkie talkies, the one in the vehicle could be giving directions as to what is arriving at the scene and which way the guy should walkout to avoid witnesses. The guy in the vehicle has several choices. If he gets trapped, the sniper just keeps walking. The vehicle is for lookout more than transportaion.
It's really several minutes until people get their senses about them and their concentration is on the victim.....Again the sniper just keeps walking....He might get a glance but he is doing what most are doing...getting away from there.
Sac
To: Sacajaweau
In gunphobic suburban Washington, how does he get away with toting his rifle right out in the open without somebody noticing.
To: 11th_VA
Entirely too much information is being released regarding this situation and the tactics being employed, resulting in the idiot wo is doing it allowing to protect himself from getting caught.
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:10:45 PM PDT
by
RLK
To: RLK
Wonder if it is a 'right wing extremist' surfing Free Republic RIGHT NOW.
PING to the murderer.
To: Sacajaweau
Do you think the shooter is a student at U of MD?
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:13:38 PM PDT
by
motexva
To: RLK
PING to the murderer.
[Not you]
To: HiTech RedNeck
We got into this on another thread... the size of the weapon etc.. We just think full size rifle but that is not necessarily the case according to the info some of the gentlemen were submitting....so we're possibly talking backpack which I'm told would not be unusual for the area.
Sac
To: HiTech RedNeck
Wonder if it is a 'right wing extremist' surfing Free Republic RIGHT NOW.
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He doesn't need to come here.I saw the press conference on the news,The authorities blabbed too much, giving the kook opportinity to adjust and adapt.
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:17:07 PM PDT
by
RLK
To: motexva
I'm told it is in the vicinity and I'm looking at the irregular times and associated it with a "student" schedule rather than a "working" schedule.
Sac
To: Sacajaweau
More likely shooting from another parking lot, but not wandering around on foot in broad daylight with a rifle. jmo
To: RLK
Blabbing ain't all that bad sometimes...it might cause the guy to make a mistake. He "planned" to work around our response from the beginning.
Sac
To: RLK
Well he (or she) is going to have to "adjust and adapt" to half a million pairs of eyes watching for sniper kooks. I wouldn't necessarily mind such a tradeoff. Hopefully it will raise everybody's vigilance, wherever they are.
To: Sacajaweau
With the erratic times schedule, there is a good possiblity that the person isn't working/doesn't work at all.
To: Sacajaweau
How about an "unemployed but well financed by Saddam" schedule?
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