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From: Jasper
Date: 5/8/03
Time: 2:19:11 AM
Remote Name: 68.73.58.116
Jean,
Fuhrman is a different kettle of fish than your average egoistic, psycho killer.
The kind of guy you’re thinking of wants somebody to know how clever he is at getting away with murder. He leaves clues hoping that some brilliant detective will eventually catch on. When that doesn’t happen he finds a way to trip himself up so that anyone can see it.
Timothy McVey, for example, was smart enough to have gotten away with the Oklahoma City bombing. I don’t think he should have been executed (even if I believe in capital punishment – which I don’t) because he was nuts. He was smart enough to get into the Green Berets and he could pass the physical requirements but he wasn’t smart enough to fool the Army shrinks.
The psychological testing for everyday soldiers isn’t nearly as in-depth because there are more stringent controls on a soldier’s behavior in a regular line outfit. Occasionally a whacko will slip through like the motor pool sergeant in the 101st who murdered his fellow soldiers in Kuwait. Like that guy, they tend to be MUCH smarter than average but carry out their attacks so stupidly that they had to want to be caught.
Fuhrman doesn’t want to be caught. He as figured out a way to have his cake and eat it, too. He kills somebody, choosing his victims and his method of killing in such a way to generate a maximum amount of publicity. Then he “solves” the case and writes about it.
Fuhrman’s book told Chris Springer and me in no uncertain terms that he did it. Before his book came out all we had were possible scenarios with a LOT of gaps that had to be filled BY THE KILLER to prove that we were right. I think he gets a tremendous charge out of knowing that he has supplied the information needed to convict him of murder and that it will probably be in circulation forever.
Murder in Bentwood was practically a confession – but one designed in such a way that only a few people with very specialized backgrounds could see and few people would be prepared to see. He has been waving it around like the bloody shoes and getting rave review for being “one of the great detectives or our time.” –Jasper