Maryland Mall Shooting Profiled

COLUMBIA, Md. (Associated Press©) - The mall where a Maryland teenager gunned down two people before killing himself was set for a somber reopening Monday under increased security as police worked to figure out why the shooting took place and whether the gunman knew either victim.

Investigators found a journal belonging to Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, but they would only say that it "expressed general unhappiness." The contents, however, were enough for an officer looking into the disappearance of Aguilar on the day of the shooting to worry about the teen's safety.

Police said Aguilar took a taxi to the Mall in Columbia in suburban Baltimore on Saturday morning and entered the building near Zumiez, a shop that sells skateboarding gear. He went downstairs to a food court directly below the store, then returned less than an hour later, dumped the backpack in a dressing room and started shooting.

Shoppers fled in a panic or barricaded themselves behind closed doors. When police arrived, they found three people dead - two store employees and Aguilar.

The shooting baffled investigators and acquaintances of Aguilar, a quiet, skinny teenager who graduated from high school less than a year ago and had no previous run-ins with law enforcement.

Aguilar, who had concealed the shotgun in a bag, fired six to nine times. One victim, Brianna Benlolo, a 21-year-old single mother, lived half a mile away from Aguilar in the same College Park neighborhood, but police said they were still trying to determine what, if any, relationship they had.

The other employee, Tyler Johnson, did not know Aguilar and did not socialize

with Benlolo outside of work, a relative said.

Zumiez chief executive Rick Brooks said in a statement that when the mall reopens, there will be memory books to sign and visitors will be invited to float flowers in the mall's fountain in memory of Benlolo and Johnson.

"Counselors have met with the store team," he said Sunday. "The emotions are very raw and real - and as co-workers and friends, we are pulling together."

Aguilar was accepted last February to Montgomery College, a community college in the Washington suburbs, but school spokesman Marcus Rosano said he never registered or attended.

Tydryn Scott, 19, said she was Aguilar's lab partner in science class at James Hubert Blake High School and said he hung out with other skaters. She said she was stung by the news.

"It was really hurtful, like, wow - someone that I know, someone that I've been in the presence of more than short amounts of time. I've seen this guy in action before. Never upset, never sad, just quiet, just chill," Scott told The Associated Press. "If any other emotion, he was happy, laughing."

Aguilar graduated in 2013.

The Prince George's County Police Department said it received a missing persons report for Aguilar at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday, more than two hours after the mall shooting. Officers went to Aguilar's home to speak with his mother about 5 p.m. and saw Aguilar's journal. The portion the officer read made him concerned for Aguilar's safety, the department said.

Police began tracking Aguilar's phone and soon discovered it was at the mall.

Howard County Police Chief William McMahon said there has been speculation about a romantic relationship between the gunman and Benlolo, but investigators have not been able to establish that.

Aguilar purchased the 12-gauge shotgun legally last month at a store in neighboring Montgomery County.

At his home where he lived with his mother, officers also recovered more ammunition, computers and documents, police said. No one answered the door there Sunday. A half-mile away, a roommate who answered the door at Benlolo's home confirmed that she lived there but declined to comment further. Two police officers went into the home after he spoke briefly to a couple of reporters.

Residents described the neighborhood as a mix of owners and renters, including some University of Maryland students.

A man who answered the phone at Johnson's residence in Mount Airy, northwest of Baltimore, said the family had no comment. The victim's aunt told a local television station she did not believe her nephew knew Aguilar.

Sydney Petty, in a statement to WBAL-TV, said she did not believe her nephew had a relationship with Benlolo.

"Tyler didn't have anything beyond a working relationship with this girl, and he would have mentioned it if he did, and we're just as confused as anybody," Petty said.

Five other people were hurt in the attack, but only one was hit by gunfire - a woman who was hit in the foot upstairs near Zumeiz. All were released from hospitals hours later.

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Maintaining 100% Profiling Accuracy

Okay, now that we have confirmation, I must say that a few minutes after I heard the news reports of this tragic event, I knew that three people were found dead, including, apparently, the shooter.  I was immediately able to profile certain things about this criminal act:

1.)  The perpetrator obviously knew the victims.  I profiled that the police would learn that he had proceeded with obvious intentions of either finding a certain person, or killing a certain person.  

2.)  I predicted that he knew EXACTLY where this would probably occur.  

3.)  Although I didn't make this prediction, (mostly because it was rather obvious), because of the short amount of time between the first 911 call, and the release of the first police informational reports to the media, we have learned that Mr. Aguillar went DIRECTLY to a certain location, where he found what he was looking for.  We now know that, after going to the restaurant, he went directly to the Zoomies store, and killed two employees there.  

4.)  I profiled that he had either been rejected by someone who worked there, or he had been treated badly by the employees of that location, or that there was a love interest, or PERCEIVED love interest involved, and that Mr. Aguillar was obsessed by such fantasies, as to have come to the conclusion that he was being wronged by one or both of the victims.  (We now also know, although the police will not confirm, that he was either an employee there, or a former employee of Zoomies.  And, we know that due to statements made by relatives of Mr. Aguillar.

5.)  Although there has been no mention by the investigators, I also predict that it will eventually come out that the Aguillar was addicted to violent video games, and that he was a very detached individual, who had been bullied by others, in his history at schools attended during his public education.  I seriously doubt any involvement of any private schooling, will be found in his history.  I think the police, (if they are competent to document it), will show that he had MULTIPLE video games and gaming equipment in his room.  The logical extension of this theory is that he had developed an inability to discern the difference between reality and fantasy, and often found himself confusing the two.  This is a pattern, within these shooters, and I would find it easy to predict it will be found, in this case; but ONLY if the people in charge of the investigation know what to look for, as evidence of this condition.

6.)   Although the police have not yet confirmed the content of the "journal' they have in their possession, they have said that they were "extremely concerned for the (Aguillar)'s safety."  I think it's safe to conclude, if it is released to the media, that the content of the "journal" will confirm even more of my profile.

My record of understanding these tragedies is intact, although prevention of them is a task that seems insurmountable, I will percevere toward a solution.

I truly believe that I could assist the parents and relatives of Mr. Aguillar in understanding and dealing with the events surrounding this tragic event, and I will make the necessary efforts to make contact with them to do so.   

Parenting 101

The following is by John Rosemond, published in late 2009, in the Omaha World Herald.  He really nails this topic:

 Parents need to exit 1960s

I don't know about you, but I ready for the 1960s to be over and done with.  That destructive decade has ruled American parenting for 40 years and pretty well ruined it in the process. 

Before the '60s, parents sought child-rearing advice from their elders.  Since then, parents have sought advice from a professional class -- which is to say, people like me.

Courtesy of Dr. Joyce Brothers, we so-called experts were able convince the American parent of a truly absurd proposition: to wit, that a 35-year-old who possesses a graduate degree in child psychology, has been married for five years, and has one child, age 2, knows more about children and how to raise them properly than an 85-year-old woman who never finished either grade but who raised 10 kids into successful adulthoods.

I was driving down the 405 in Los Angeles to other day, getting really worked up about all this.  Instead of road rage, I was having an attack of psychobabble rafe.  I started thinking about the really dumb thins that the babblers began telling parents in the 1960s.

Take, for example, "children need to be able to freely express their feelings."  In 1969, when Willie and I parents, we believed that.  It took three years for us to snap out of it, but by then our first child ruled our family by freely and loudly expressing his feelings whenever we failed to obey him.

It took a while, but I finally realized that children should not be allowed to freely express anything.  The natural inclination of the child is anti-social, narcissistic.  Children believe that what they want, they deserve to have, and because they deserve it, the ends justify the means.

Tyrants believe the same thing.  Therefore, children are tyrants by nature.  Give a tyrant/child an inch, and the tyrant/child will demand a mile.

Parents show their love for their neighbors by forcing their children to subdue their "inner bullies" and show respect for the needs of others.  And yes, force is required.  You can't talk a child into giving up delusions of grandeur and omnipotence.

Once force has succeeded in creating a child who will give his parents his undivided attention, then and only then can his parents teach.  Force is the horse that pulls the cart of teaching.

And before the child-abuse zealots go nuts, allow me to clarify: I ain't talkin' 'bout spanking (although I am not completely eliminating the option, either).  The most effective parenting force is applied calmly, but with steely resolve.

Just as a child should learn that certain behavior is inappropriate to certain situations, a child should learn that the expression of certain feelings is inappropriate to certain situations.  Children should learn that it is wrong to get mad when one loses a game, laugh when someone trips or cry when one doesn't get one's way.  Just as a child's behavior must be disciplined, so must his feelings.

So must a child's thinking.  Children should learn that certain thoughts are correct and other thoughts are wrong.  After all, wrong thinking leads almost inevitably to wrong behavior.

On all three counts -- behavior, feelings, and thinking -- parents need to be unequivocal.  They need to make themselves clear on what they expect and what they will not tolerate.

Yes, American parents need to wake up from the 1960s, take the flowers out of their hair, roll up their shirtsleeves and get back to the work of raising good citizens, defined simply as people who would rather serve than be served, people with more other-esteem than self-esteem. 

Now, any of you who know me, or have followed this blog, you already know that this fine author is simply echoing my thoughts, and has a very similar view of life as we see it today, in this country.  Parenting is an artform, and it needs much more recognition than it has gotten over the past forty years.  For more from John Rosemond, visit his webswite at http://www.rosemond.com/ He has a lot of great stuff for your perusal.



My recent seminar on "Saving Our Children," held at the Omaha Westside Community Center had a wonderful effect, after I was consulted about an attendee's teenaged son, who is addicted to violent video games.  I had included information about the statistics of involvement of these kinds of addicts in the past ten years school and shopping mall shootings, (100% with no exceptions), and some alternative behavioral substitutions were suggested for the effects of withdrawal that are coming.  The father was an attendee, and was very concerned about this behavior, and the debilitating effects that it may cause to manifest in his son, . . .  that situation is being monitored, and we have high hopes of a successfull outcome. 

I also want to thank everyone who attended.  The turnout was great.  We have scheduled another seminar on "Empowering Women" scheduled for the same location on April 19, 2011 at 7:00 PM sharp.  It is another Tuesday evening, and if you're available, you will enjoy the presentation.  Once again, CEUs are  available to certain professions.  For pricing and reservations, please call 402-312-5924.       

God Bless,

Cindy Sorensen

Violent Video Addictions

If you've heard me speak, you know my position on the use of violent video games, and their effect on the youth of America.  Here is someone who supports my position, although he leaves himself plenty of room for error.  I think he and his wife has just noticed the tip of the iceberg!

 
Please make every attempt to attend my presentation on "Saving Our Children"  Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Omaha Westside Community Center, 3534 South 108th Street, Omaha Nebraska 68144.  The cost is $20 pre-registration ($25 if paid at the door).  Send you name, address, telephone and email, along with $20 to "Seminars" PO Box 540995, Omaha, NE 68154-8995

Women's Medical Society (CLOSED 'TIL FURTHER NOTICE)

If this doesn't set you off, NOTHING WILL!  This happens because our society has allowed it to happen -- nothing more!  Shame on us!


Once this man is convicted, we need to fix this ASAP!

"Saving Our Children"

"Saving Our Children"  -- a program for better parenting and understanding of Human Behavioral Psychology for Laymen

Th program by Cindy Sorensen, Licensed Private Investigator and Accredited Criminal Profiler, will contain a very concentrated form of what you may have seen on Monday's Today Show, (January 10, 2011)  Here's the clip:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

March 1st Conference/Seminar

We here at Evidence, Inc. are preparing for a Presentation/Seminar that will occur on

March 1st 2011, at the Westside Community Center, 3534 South 108th Street, Omaha, NE 68144 at 7:00 PM.

Please mark you calendar, and look for one of our fliers or brochures to obtain a preregistration form. Send it along with $20 to “Seminars” PO Box 540995, Omaha, NE 68154-8995. You will have a wonderful time, and learn a lot. (If you cannot find a brochure or flier, just send your name, address and telephone to the same location, and we'll call to confirm receipt)




Here's a general idea of what this affordable, two-hour program will cover:

“Saving Our Children”

A program of instruction for parents of all ages geared toward understanding the trials and tribulations of contemporary society, and why we, as parents, have the problems we see.



Learn how to deal with and avoid the issues of misbehavior, protect your children from the dangers that contemporary society offers them, and be able to keep them safe from predators.



This two hour presentation will be a primer for understanding the human mind from the formative years until adulthood, and how you can influence that development in your child, from the perspective of a good parent.





This program is two hours of intense training on the human mind from an easy to understand behavioral psychology point of view. The focus will be on Protecting one's children from the effects of a very broken system, and an environment where the superficial reigns supreme. Learn to deal with all the problems of parenthood through an understanding of how individual personalities are formed.



The direction of the course is to improve parental understanding of the acts overtly effecting the child, the behavioral issues, and understanding the effects of proper parental decisions.



That means that all the things you've been taught by your parents, your peers, or the psychologist recommended by your insurance company may not be in your child's best interest.



The presenter's point of view is from years of study into the human mind, from the aspect of a criminal profiler who specializes in family matters, child custody, and criminal behavior statistics.



This is an affordable presentation that takes you to the heart of the matters that will make a huge difference in your child's behavior, the way you understand those behavioral issues, and how you respond to them.


What will I learn? Attending this seminar, you can expect to come away with a much better understanding of how the human mind works. You will know the cause and long-term effect of various parental decisions from the cuteness of infancy, to the age called the “terrible two's” From toddlers to pre-school and beyond. You will know that our children are MADE, not born to be who they are – and we, as parents, are the controlling factor that allows for their proper development. You will get some tips and short-cuts to being able to deal with outside influences, like your own parental directives that may not be the best patterns to follow.

Another one to coddle?

Ohio girl found still alive, bound in basement; no info on 3 others . . .



A 13-year-old girl missing for days was found bound and gagged but alive in a basement Sunday, and authorities hoped a man charged with kidnapping her might lead them to her mother, brother and another woman who disappeared with her.

Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, was arrested at his Mount Vernon home, where Sarah Maynard was found, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said. He said the girl was hospitalized in good condition but would give no details and did not say if she had been sexually abused.

Barber did not say what led investigators to Hoffman's home, a two-story house with tan siding and a large television antenna on the roof that is about 10 miles from the home of Sarah's family. He said authorities hoped Hoffman would give them information leading to Sarah's mother, Tina Herrmann, her 10-year-old brother, Kody, and Herrman's 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang.

"We were hopeful of finding more than one of the missing people in the house," Barber said. "But the information we had was that Sarah would definitely be found in that house."

The four vanished Wednesday in a case that was all the more alarming because an unusual amount of blood was found at Hermann's home.

Authorities believe the girl had been "under the control" of Hoffman since Wednesday, when she and her brother last attended school, the sheriff said. He did not know if Hoffman was connected to either Herrmann or Sprang, but said he is not the ex-boyfriend of either woman.

"At this time, whether he's connected to the family or whether he connected himself to the family ... a lot of that remains to be seen as the investigation continues," Barber said.

Hoffman was charged with kidnapping, and Barber said more charges are expected. Neighbors has said they saw a body bag being taken from Hoffman's home about 40 miles north of Columbus, but the sheriff said that was "absolutely false."

"We have no one that we're aware of who is deceased," Barber said. "So we're still treating this as a missing persons case."

Authorities blocked off about a half block on either side of the house as they investigated early Sunday afternoon, keeping people from entering or leaving about a half dozen homes. But by late afternoon, the only sign of investigative activity was red and white evidence tape sealing the front door of the home closed.

Diane Davis, whose daughter lives next door to Hoffman, described him as a "crazy man." She said he at times sat in a tree behind the house and looked out at other people and that he often went to a nearby fishing hole with a backpack but no rod.

Herrmann was reported missing Wednesday when she did not show up for work at a local Dairy Queen. Barber has said blood indicating an injury had been found in her home, where Sprang's vehicle was in the driveway.

Herrmann's pickup truck had been found Thursday night near the Kenyon College campus, leading to a lockdown at the school.

Hoffman was being held in the county jail. A bond hearing was expected to be held Monday. Attempts to reach relatives of Hoffman and of Sarah were unsuccessful Sunday.
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Now, this story is just breaking, and the Associated Press has people in the area to report the progress of this investigation.  We have certain information that evade the epidemic of political correctness, and falls directly into our universal common sense, so we can make some fair and balanced conclusions:
 
1.) The perpetrator was not interested in this little, 13-year-old girl for help with his homework.  He wasn't interested in her to assist him in posting his latest church activities to his Facebook page, or in setting up an account with Twitter.
 
2.) although it hasn't been said, I'm willing to bet that he has an extensive history with local law enforcement and the criminal justice system, and that history will have several "second chances" that have been afforded him, in his escapades, so far.  If the local judges can be fooled into thinking that this kind of personality can be changed, or rehabilitated, I have a three-hour class for them!  If they then offer more "second chances" to similar criminals, there are procedures for their removal from the bench -- just ask the three most recent removals from the Iowa Supreme Court.
 
3.) In the event that the perpetrator is charged appropriately, there will STILL be efforts on the part of local prosecutors to plea-bargain the case into something less than what it should be, therefore the citizens of this jurisdication will be cheated from the very beginning, by being placed in harm's way by the very system that is supposed to protect them.
 
We cannot continue to treat these sexual predators as though we all live in some kind of "clinical world," where pseudo-experts come to court and testify that they can treat such malladies, with any level of success, whatsoever.  A pedophile is a pedophile, no matter what the courtroom definition may be; and none have ever been successfully treated.  Therefore, these creeps need to be handled as though they are among the most dangerous of psychological killers, and put them away for extended periods, (or even considering them for some kind of  humane capital punishment, in a majority of cases), and stop with the theorization that there could be something about them that they inherited or that it's part of their makeup since birth.  These monsters are created by their environmental concerns from early ages, but they are NOT born with these inflictions.  They know the differences between right and wrong, and they make the choices that lead them to their logical conclusions.  We, as society in general, cannot continue to allow them to prey on our perpetuity with impugnity, as our courts have unwittingly allowed.