Poking a Dung Pile

  Today would be Greg Kniffin's 56th birthday.  Tomorrow'd be Mary's 60th.  Flowers of the field... **** Here's something to consider.  All of the following statements could be true: The "other guy" may have said all of the dumb-ass things he's reported to have said. The police may have rushed their investigation and they may not have done due diligence by eliminating other suspects. Jim Chaffee may not have given Thomas adequate representation. AND Ralph Thomas murdered Mary and Greg. And, yeah, I realize there's a lot of "But-what-abouts" that can raised in objection.  "But what about Vivian Cercy's testimony?"  Vivian Cercy claimed to have seen Mary near Rainbow Village with Greg and the "other guy" around the time Mary was riding around Berkeley in a van with others, including Ralph Thomas.  And there's the "But what about all the conflicting claims Weston Sudduth made during the interviews with Payne Lin

Over the past few weeks, I've been following the reporting on the recent murders of the four college students in Moscow, Idaho.  For those who don't know about this tragedy I'll give a brief summary of what happened.  In the early morning hours of November 13,  four students at the University of Idaho--Ethan Chapin (20), Kaylee Goncalves (21), Xana Kernodle (20), and Madison Mogen (21)--were stabbed to death in an off-campus rental house.  After just a month, this horrific crime remains under investigation by local and state law enforcement, and the FBI. Some of the reporting has included input from former law enforcement officials, including profilers (e.g. Mary Ellen O'Toole), giving their opinions about the case.  Much of this has been along the lines of careful criminal profiling.  Early on, some spent time talking about the murder weapon--perhaps a large knife--and they talked about the offender possibly having a knife fixation.  This got me to thinking about what