| I received a nice email yesterday from a person saying they found it hard to believe DWM had acted alone in Karen's murder. There are several things I can tell you about this when it's been brought up before. For starters, DWM had a long history of criminal behavior and, to my knowledge, he always worked alone. So if he had an accomplice, or accomplices in the murder, it would have been the first time he'd done a crime with help. Further, I'm unaware of any actual friends DWM had at all during this time (when his life was consumed by buying crack cocaine by any means necessary). (I'm not aware of ANY friends he's EVER had, for that matter) The crime scene itself shows clearly that Karen battled for her life for an extended period of time, and probably even managed to get away from him at least once, even after the sexual torture. Simply put, it was a fight that lasted a long time...and Karen managed to survive a long time despite DWM having a knife and a fireplace poker as weapons. Seeing DWM now, you might think that a 6'4" DWM wouldn't have had any problem subduing 5' 6 1/2" Karen BY HIMSELF... but if I understood him in court correctly, his body weight at that time was 120 pounds. And the autopsy report says Karen weighed 142 pounds--minus her blood. He was cracked-out and half dead when he attacked her, and she was fit and full of life. So it's entirely believable to me that Karen could have withstood repeated attacks by DWM, but eventually succumbed to the massive number of stab wounds... more believable than the possibility of TWO assailants being there(with the ability to restrain her at will). Of course, this is only speculation on my part, but at least it's speculation based on evidence... And there was never any evidence I'm aware of that implicated anyone else in the crime. DWM would be the one to ask, and I think Valeska covered that rather nicely. He said there was no accomplice, because if there had been, DWM would have ratted him out in a minute. And be clear: we'll NEVER know some details of what happened in that house. Because even if DWM decided to start singing, the one thing established without controversy on both sides of SOA v DWM is that he's a liar. |
| Tonight I posted a description of five days, beginning March 12, 1999. It's my best attempt to show you what it's like to be a homicide survivor...for just five days. It's a format I expect to repeat many times on this site. |
| Thanks again for all the visitors to the site. It makes me happy that over 200 people have looked at Karen's pictures. I expect to post more... and to make a smaller picture page, too, for slow Internet connections... |
| I've noticed some of the DWM Fan Club politician wannabes wrap themselves in the flag and the victims of 911. For me, that September 11 didn't even make the top ten of my worst days of that year. Don't get me wrong. I was probably traumatized more than most, because I know exactly how it feels to be terrorized. It was familiar territory. It bothered me. A LOT. But when I heard the news, my first thought was... well, it looks like EVERYBODY is gonna' feel like I do now... Welcome to the world of victims... It's one thing to watch it on TV happening to someone else. It's an altogether different thing to have it happen to YOU!!! When it's YOU, you can't turn off the TV when you've had enough. |