09-26-2014, 09:28 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to judge...
The police department issued a statement saying, "After conducting interviews with Nolen's co-workers, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert several employees to the Muslim religion. Due to the manner of death and the initial statements of co-workers and other initial information, the Moore Police Department requested the assistance of the FBI in conducting a background investigation on Nolan."
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Maybe not linked to ISIS, but I'm thinking he was part of radical Islam (or thought he was)? Beheading someone is a making a major statement, there are very few killers who behead their victims. Since it seems that Nolen had no previous interactions with the women he attacked, he was making a statement about something.
Beheading a person takes more time than cutting their throat or stabbing them repeatedly. I looked for data on beheading as method of murder in the US, but couldn't find any stats. However, as a crime junkie I know that I can recall only a double handful of cases where the victim was beheaded. (Even OJ didn't quite behead Nicole and he was truly pissed at her.)
The police department issued a statement saying, "After conducting interviews with Nolen's co-workers, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert several employees to the Muslim religion. Due to the manner of death and the initial statements of co-workers and other initial information, the Moore Police Department requested the assistance of the FBI in conducting a background investigation on Nolan."
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Maybe not linked to ISIS, but I'm thinking he was part of radical Islam (or thought he was)? Beheading someone is a making a major statement, there are very few killers who behead their victims. Since it seems that Nolen had no previous interactions with the women he attacked, he was making a statement about something.
Beheading a person takes more time than cutting their throat or stabbing them repeatedly. I looked for data on beheading as method of murder in the US, but couldn't find any stats. However, as a crime junkie I know that I can recall only a double handful of cases where the victim was beheaded. (Even OJ didn't quite behead Nicole and he was truly pissed at her.)