"ON LOOKING AT A FEW THINGS":
Not my chosen area when I studied Psychology, so have to put that out there.
Without crime scene photos, autopsies, and victim history etc etc etc trying to get a sense of the killer is difficult. Nothing is 100% either, but it can be on to it as one case I read about "Geographical Profiling" brought 2000 suspects down to 2 and then from there to just the one that was needed. The rapist/killer. "Duffy" I think was the name of the man, but do not quote me on that.
"WHAT I DO KNOW NOW":
CESNIK & MALECKI: Both allegedly disappeared from shopping places at night time, their cars were used then parked elsewhere, both were in their 20s, and both were Caucasian.
CESNIK: Was found beaten, choked, and bashed in the head laying sprawled out and face up. (May have been moved). Hands bound. Possibly sexually assaulted although this has never been confirmed. Skirt pulled up to her neck to expose her nakedness. She was out on a routine fortnightly trip to the bank and to buy an engagement gift for her sister. She also bought some dinner rolls. Found not far from her apartment in a dumping area: Lansdowne.
Not sure what was taken except maybe an "engagement gift" and her "crucifix". As for missing clothing nothing has been mentioned. No evidence except one cigarette butt and the mud and twig in her car. No fingerprints.
MALECKI: Was found in Forts Mead face down in a water area with hands tied and had been choked and stabbed in the throat. Some believe she was fully clothed although I have not read this anywhere. She was sexually assaulted. She was out shopping and meeting her boyfriend from the military.
Not sure if anything went missing in her case, but some killers like to take trophies and souvenirs and especially serial killers. Only one fingerprint was found in her car - no other evidence unless this has not been disclosed.
IS THE KILLER ONE AND THE SAME?
Both went missing at night time, so the killer either worked during the day or was unemployed.
MO's are different yet because of how they died it does tend to make me think someone between his/her late teens to mid-late 20s. With Malecki though I really wonder if her killer had killed before because of certain details. (Limited details though so other factors could change it).
MOTIVE: For me the motive seems sexual for both.
"My Thoughts: Cesnik's Killer".
1) I put him in his 20's.
2) Day job if killing at night or even unemployed.
3) Hatred of women and likely from a dysfunctional family.
4) Mother/Father issues. May have had no father in the scene actually.
5) Issues with authority figures which would also mean the law.
6) Likely in trouble with the law - so known.
7) Familiar with the area - so likely a local.
8) Violent rage and easy to trigger.
No real change with the above really although I did do a crash course last night on 'Forensic Psychology". Maybe with just the age for Cesnik's killer I would put it at being late teens to mid-late 20s. However, I still feel "20s".
Lily/Letter/Cross/MAN/Clover/Moon/Snake
So, possibly 1) older than Cesnik or one with more life experience, 2) lived at a distance or came from a different place before living in Baltimore, 3) maybe someone that had a knack for writing, religious or the world on his shoulders type, 4) an opportunist or gambler, known or recognized, creative, emotional and 5) someone not really trustworthy or honest only this would not have been hidden. 6) A trouble maker.
As for features: Possibly slender build, agile, metro or feminine looks and hair on the long side. Fair to medium skin tone.
Cesnik was 26 years old.
1) Maybe not older unless immature, but as for life experience this could be true as she lead a very sheltered life until living in her apartment so was relatively unworldly.
2) Forensic Psychology: The killer could be what is classed as a "Commuter killer" which means the killer travels to kill, but has a good knowledge of the area. May live in near by suburbs/towns and/or work close by or frequents the killing zone for whatever reasons other than victims.
3), 4) and 5) Cannot be confirmed as no one has been arrested etc.
6) Likely a trouble maker.
Features: Cannot be confirmed although I would think Caucasian and a few suspects in THE KEEPERS would fit this ONLY I need concrete proof and hard facts before saying GUILTY!
In addition, as there is little evidence in Malecki's murder, someone that may have read up on how the police worked on crime so through resources like "True Detective" magazines or whatever was around in the late 60s and early 70s. This killer to me comes across as more of an "organized killer".
As for Cesnik, with a messed up car and a cigarette butt left at the scene plus the killer not caring how the body was left makes me think a "disorganized killer". And to park the car outside her apartment either makes him extremely clever or someone that had limited experience in how to conduct a murder and dispose of vital evidence etc.
Based on what I have read up on or seen in chat and so forth I feel the murders of Cesnik and Malecki are not connected. However, if it is true that Cesnik was moved to where she was found and positioned that way then.....
Right now.....I feel they are two separate murders.
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Fish/Woman/RIDER/Mountain/Cross
"Fish" to me can mean "independent" because it can be about someone that is a "free spirit" and her/his "own person" plus when it comes to business an "Entrapeneur" or "Free lancer".
So, it makes me wonder if these murders were independent of one another and done by different "women killers". Not female killers, but men that kill women. So as not to be unfair - it could be a female killer only as Cisnek was raped (maybe Malecki) I have to go with male(s). These murders could have both been a "business arrangement" as well, so in that way both could be connected, but it doesn't necessarily mean by the same killer.
There are certain details, facts, info, updates that are being held back that would likely clear this up one way or the other. As these cases are still "open" it makes sense that this is the situation. However, it is not giving away anything to say that they are "connected" or "not".
Lastly, the connection might not be through "religion" or the "church" as some believe, especially with "Mountain + Cross" together - therefore it might not be a "business arrangement" at all, but just two murders done independently of each other.
Food for thought......
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