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From reddit: Brian Thompson was a drunk driver, insider trader, fraudster, and separated from his wife for years
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this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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Remember that according to the FBI more than half of murderers know their victims personally, and about a quarter are family relations.
I think the police really need to drop this whole "assassination" false flag and investigate the more probable angles. Could be that he was closeted and killed by a jilted lover, or the husband of the secretary he was banging, or a hitman hired by the estranged wife. No sense in harassing every man with a green jacket over this.
It looked too amateurish to be a hit, although I suppose it could have been a budget hitman.
Most 'budget' hitmen would have been caught by now. The average hitman is a local schlub who has no idea what they're doing and can't even afford to leave the city or neighborhood that they live in. The police speculate that the guy was from out of town and probably left the city ASAP. While we really have no idea what his story is, he probably is a slightly above average hitman if he managed to kill someone as important as Brian Thimpson and still evaded capture after almost a week.
While murderers have been caught months or even years after the fact, those murders aren't as brazen or open as this one was.
True, not being caught yet is impressive, whether it be luck or skill.
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