Re: FW: Serial Cat Killer

[sec@moscow.com]

Date forwarded: 	Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:47:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:           	"Mike Curley" <curley@CYPHER.TURBONET.COM>
To:             	sec@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
Date sent:      	Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:43:50 +0000
Subject:        	Re: FW: Serial Cat Killer
Priority:       	normal
Forwarded by:   	vision2020@moscow.com

> Stan
> I hate to have you say it.  Yes, maybe it is a young person.  But maybe it
> isn't.  The point is not that we dismiss them as suspects, but that we not
> target them without any sort of confirming information.  If it were during
> school would we say it is likely a university student?  But if it only
> happened on Saturdays would that make it more likely a younger person
> because they don't have school on Saturdays?  Unless there is some
> information about which I am unaware that more clearly suggests a young
> person, I am going to continue to suggest that the post hoc, ergo propter
> hoc "reasoning" on this issue is just as silly as my saying that since I
> started singing in the shower I have been able to keep rogue elephants out
> of the city limits of Moscow.
> 
> Mike Curley

well, I sure don't follow your logic, but if your the one keeping rogue 
elephants out of Moscow, please continue singing in the shower 
(grin), I agree that we can NOT exclude ANY group. but maybe I just 
have some more background with things like this, but based on 
unsubstanciated data (I do NOT expect the police to provide me with 
all facts and figures) there does appear to be a most disturbing 
pattern, and I think I recognize this pattern. and if I am correct, that 
pattern only applies to youth in most cases. (i'm trying to walk a fine 
line here.. I don't want to cause a "panic" or raise baseless fears.)

Stan