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Sniper
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“It has caused us to make an ad
justment,” Moose said of the disclo
sure. “My investigators made a clear
and compelling argument that that
information not be released.”
What the detectives’ adjustment
was and how much progress might
have been sparked by the Tarot card
was not clear.
The disclosure caused officials to
intensify the virtual information
blackout that has been in effect across
the past fearful week that the sniper
has been roaming a 50-mile stretch of
Washington and its suburbs.
With grim efficiency, the gunman
has stalked apparent strangers go
ing about their life’s routine, killing
six people and critically wounding
two others.
The Tarot card, one of 78 from a
deck of the sort that has been used
for centuries by fortune tellers,
added a further chilling touch to the
investigation with the stark message
of direct address to detectives.
The disclosure deepened the re
gion’s edginess, particularly here in
Montgomery County, a busy com
muter community area where the
sniper has focused most of his fire
and where many residents fear he
lives and is plotting his next assault.
The Tarot card consumed the in
terest of both residents and criminol
ogists through the day as a possible
means of eventually tracking the
gunman or at least better under
standing his personality. According
to Tarot lore, Death is the card that
suggests changes, renewal, destruc
tion —but not necessarily sudden or
radical destruction—and rebirth. To
Culture
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lems in coordinating the dinner re
ception and book promotion. After
experiencing financial difficulties,
the group and had to fund-raise, but
had trouble convincing others to
support their efforts. Juan added
that this was a major obstacle for
the organization, as KP would not
have been able to host the event
without support.
“It took a lot of pushing to make
(people) believe this was a notewor
thy event,” Juan said.
Planning for the event began in Au
gust with the help of an off-campus
group, the Eugene-Springfield Philip
pine American Association Inc.
Melissa Ghristoffels, the new
chairwoman for PAA, said their
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Mieka Hopps, a South Eugene High School senior, cooks Thai noodles at the
Bangkok Grill during the ASUO Street Faire.
Tarot fanciers, it foretells eliminating
the old and going on to the new.
“Leaving the card suggests he is
now comfortable with his elusive
ness and feels safe leaving some in
formation,” said professor James
Alan Fox, the Lipman family profes
sor of criminal justice at Northeast
ern University. “He didn’t give any
thing away about his identity, but it
intensifies his aura.”
On the other hand, Dorothy Ot
now Lewis, a professor of psychiatry
at New York University who has in
tensely studied a number of murder
ers, including the serial killer Ted
Bundy, said: ’’You wonder if this is a
cry for help. He needn’t have left it.
I’ve seen this before.”
Fox speculated that “the message
reflects his arrogance, his narcissism,
the notion that he is in control.”
Lewis said the sniper’s claim to be
God struck her as “clearly psychotic,
very out of touch with reality.”
“It is a common kind of fantasy to
be a very important, very powerful
person,” said Lewis. But she specu
lated the sniper had done so much
damage in such a short period that
he may be highly manic and “getting
more delusional and more revved
up” with each execution.
Moose and other investigators would
offer absolutely no theories or informa
tion on how they might be attempting
to track the particular Tarot card or the
characteristics of its message.
The card and spent cartridge shell
were found in a detailed search of
the sniper’s suspected perch in
shooting the 13-year-old student
from about 150 yards away under
cover in the woods bordering the
boy’s school in Bowie, Md.
Using a high-powered hunting or
military rifle with skilled marksman
ship, the sniper has chosen locales
offering fast escape routes via the
main roads and highways lacing
through the Washington commuter
belt. He has fired only once at each
victim in his assaults, hitting them
with high-intensity, .223-caliber bul
lets designed to fragment and cause
wide internal damage.
Even as Moose pleaded for media
forbearance, reporters and televi
sion crews raced to a half-dozen
scenes of police responding through
the day to initial reports of gunfire or
suspicious individuals. Several
scenes were carried live on cable
news stations, with local residents
and the nation able to watch armed
SWAT team police in searches even
tually pronounced fruitless.
One incident produced the arrest
Wednesday evening of a man at his
home in Kensington after gunshots
had been heard inside the house by
neighbors. The police said no one
was injured and they were question
ing the man, although the incident
was not similar to the sniper’s elu
sive, outdoor method of operation.
“Everyone’s at a heightened state
of anxiety,” Moose noted in promis
ing to offer explanations for each in
cident as they are investigated.
Once more, he placed his empha
sis on the search for a white cargo
truck that was reported seen speed
ing from a shooting scene last Thurs
day, when the sniper separately
killed four people in 12 hours. And
the chief repeated what has become
his mantra, that some bit of recalled
information from a member of the
public will undo the sniper.
“I am convinced it is information
from another person that could
weigh heavily in our closing of this
investigation,” Moose insisted.
partnership in coordinating this
event has been very successful.
“They’re all very good, smart
kids, and I admire them for wanting
to learn more about Philippine cul
ture,” Ghristoffels said. “Hopefully,
this event will strengthen our work
ing relationship since we do have
pretty much the same goal, which is
to promote cultural understanding.”
Juan said KP and PAA have tried
to promote this event statewide and
expect several Oregon public offi
cials to be in attendance tonight, in
cluding state Sen. Tony Corcoran,
D-Cottage Grove, Springfield May
or Sid Leken, Lane County Com
missioner Peter Sorenson and sev
eral city councilors from Eugene
and Springfield.
KP predicts the event will attract
a crowd of about 300 people. The
event begins today in the EMU Ball
room at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6
p.m. Student tickets can be pur
chased for $6 and community tick
ets for $9 at the EMU Ticket Office.
At the reception, Goseteng will
discuss the cultural significance of
the book and address political, so
cial and economic issues that affect
people of the Philippines. There will
also be a performance by Ifugao
Dance Troupe, a raffle drawing, a
book signing and a question-and-an
swer session with Goseteng.
Juan encouraged Filipino Ameri
cans and others to attend.
“It’s an eye-opener to what I have
lost as a Filipino American and to
what I should know as a Filipino,”
Juan said.
Contact the reporter
at jenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.