Yeah but the weapon in question was a pistol, not a rifle. I don't care how much of a marksman someone is-a pistol is a highly inaccurate weapon unless you are at close range. Which meant the killer had go get in close amongst them. Which leads one to believe that one or more of the victims knew him. Or that the killer appeared unthreatening.

What really interests me about this case is not what was said in the article, but what was unsaid. For example, what do we know of the Swiss banker that the husband was going to be dealing with at the end of the trip? How much might have he known about their personal lives? Might the brother have known about the wife's previous marriage and arranged for it to look like an honor killing? Might the brother have spoken to the banker and made a deal? That pistol used in the murders was only issued to the Swiss, German, and Finnish army until the late 1940s. Might it have been passed down to grandfather to son to grandson?

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Posted on 9/30/15 at 11:20 am to Corch Urban Myers

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Yeah but the weapon in question was a pistol, not a rifle. I don't care how much of a marksman someone is-a pistol is a highly inaccurate weapon unless you are at close range. Which meant the killer had go get in close amongst them. Which leads one to believe that one or more of the victims knew him. Or that the killer appeared unthreatening.

Agreed, and I guess that goes back to the unclear picture the article gives about the specifics of the gunmen's maneuvers, proximity, etc. I'd have to read it again, but I remember them explaining it like he just kind of came out of the woods, and did it really quick.

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what do we know of the Swiss banker that the husband was going to be dealing with at the end of the trip? How much might have he known about their personal lives? Might the brother have known about the wife's previous marriage and arranged for it to look like an honor killing? Might the brother have spoken to the banker and made a deal? That pistol used in the murders was only issued to the Swiss, German, and Finnish army until the late 1940s. Might it have been passed down to grandfather to son to grandson?

All very interesting questions that may never get answered.

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