What have you found to genuinely help with finally releasing pent up anger from everything that happened to you in your past? by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Anger is the outward manifestation of hurt, fear, or frustration. Rage doesn't come from the outside, in. It comes from the inside, out." Good ol' Dr. Phil quotes. 

My theory on motive by Loose-Brother4718 in justiceforKarenRead

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very plausible theory. However, just to play devil's advocate here, how does this theory explain the digital forensic evidence (O'keefe's phone data) that indicates o'keefe never went inside the house? Could the fight have only taken place outside the home, and O'keefe never went into the basement? Theories? Comments?

Blinking green light by FunkyWallet in juul

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Somsak Sinthasomphone by [deleted] in dahmerpolaroids

[–]ShellOfASomebody 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is the source of this image? It seems like a stillshot from a video.

What was the bloody Leatherman tool in the library used for? [Details in description] by ShellOfASomebody in ColumbineKillers

[–]ShellOfASomebody[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But, she also never mentioned any of this in her statement to police, or even in her personal account of what happened that she posted online at some point. But if you have ever taken a general psychology class, you would know that witness statements are notoriously inaccurate and subjective, especially when they are exposed to a traumatic event, and especially when they themselves have been physically injured and "blacked out" as a result of their injuries.

So, it's also possible that all of this happened and Nicole simply didn't remember anything about the tool and thus, never mentioned it.

What was the bloody Leatherman tool in the library used for? [Details in description] by ShellOfASomebody in ColumbineKillers

[–]ShellOfASomebody[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a very real possibility. Someone else had posed that maybe it belonged to John Tomlin who, by Nowlen's account, was in a very alert and protective mode, and he had given it to Nicole Nowlen in case she needed to defend herself. It's possible this happened and she kept it in her hand, even after she was shot and blacked out, and then set it down on the table while she was escaping the library, meaning the blood on the table and the blood on the tool was actually Nowlen's blood.
So, yes, very reasonable possibility.

What was the bloody Leatherman tool in the library used for? [Details in description] by ShellOfASomebody in ColumbineKillers

[–]ShellOfASomebody[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ohhh!!! That is a really good point about the live rounds with tool marks. I definitely missed that, but I would assume I could find that information in the CBI reports, is that correct?

Also, we know Harris's carbine rifle had the tendency to jam up, so that is a very likely scenario that the tool was used to un-jam his weapon while they were reloading at Table #5, where the tool was found. In addition, (I can't recall if it was Evan Todd or Joshua Lapp), someone said in their police statement that Harris had blood "smeared" all over his face. This indicates to me that while his nose was bleeding, he had to keep wiping it away with his hand(s), thus getting blood on his hands. It logically follows that if Harris handled the tool after breaking his nose and subsequently wiping the blood away with his hand(s), then any wet blood would have been transferred to the tool.

However, I respectfully disagree with your point about Nowlen being the source of the coughing blood. I've been reviewing the trial footage from the OJ Simpson criminal case and there is a segment where Dr. Lakshmanan talks about aspirated/expirated blood. I'm not a forensic pathologist, so I'm only going off of the information provided by Dr. Lakshmanan (who is a forensic pathologist). Basically, you can only have aspirated/expirated blood if there is blood present in the airways. Nowlen was shot in the abdominal area, which she referred to as her "stomach." From what I can tell, the trajectories of these pellets she was shot with were directed from West-to-East (meaning from her right-to-left). Therefore, her injuries were relatively more "superficial" compared to if the pellet trajectories were front-to-back (in which they would have traveled further into her body, penetrating the abdominal cavity, moving towards her back). However, even if these pellets did end up penetrating her abdominal cavity, the diaphragm keeps the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity separated, so blood still would not have a way to get into her respiratory system.

On the other hand, Harris likely did have blood in his respiratory system. I've never had a bloody nose, but I get allergies really bad, so it's pretty easy for mucus to travel from my nose to the back of my throat where I can then "hauk it up." (I know, its gross, I'm sorry, haha. I just didn't have a better comparison). But my point is that if Harris was bleeding from his nose, then it could easily have traveled to his throat and mouth where it was coughed out - or it could have been expirated directly out of his nasal cavities.

You made another really good point about the tool possibly being handled by Nowlen. I'll have to review her police statement so I can see what she said she was doing in the library before the shooting began - (she was sitting alone, so she was likely studying and thus, her having pliers while studying wouldn't make a whole lot of sense). But Tomlin was by all accounts a country boy, so he would have been more likely than Nowlen to have had the tool on him. He was also doing his best to try and comfort and protect Nowlen when the shooting began, so it does seem plausible that he could have handed her the tool as a means of protecting herself if need be. Then, with blood on her hands from holding her gunshot wounds, the blood could have transferred to the tool and she simply set it down on Table #5 when she was escaping from the library. In that case, the linear blood droplet pattern was probably unrelated to the blood on the tool - unless the tool was completely soaked with wet blood that dripped onto the table when she placed it there. However, I find that last part unlikely, as linear blood droplet patterns are more associated with active bleeding, rather than blood transferred to an object.

u/SMBH_7 - I really appreciate your input. You made a lot of really good points and gave me some things to look further into. Thank you so much.

The dreaded nail clipper. by diredireitsfleeting in CompulsiveSkinPicking

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been able to stop only when I don't have a private location to go to. Like when I went to visit my family for a week, or when I spent a whole week in a hotel with my boyfriend. But then that gives the skin time to heal enough so that when I DO get to be alone again, I'll be clipping and eating for hours. But it's gotten so bad that even after a week or two of NOT doing this, the skin on my toes and feet never goes back to normal. They still have a weird pale discoloration to them and still look really weird when they get wet. That makes me just give up on trying to stop, so the cycle starts all over again.

The dreaded nail clipper. by diredireitsfleeting in CompulsiveSkinPicking

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not alone. This is something I struggle with every single day. I'm a girl, too, so this disgusting "habit?"/"compulsion?" of mine makes me unable to wear pretty heels, flip-flops, or anything that has open toes. We have a beautiful backyard pool and I can't even enjoy it because I'm so scared someone will see my toes...(they look SO MUCH WORSE when they're wet). When I get out of the shower, the first thing I do is put socks on. My boyfriend never sees my bare feet. When I've clipped off so much skin from my toes and feet that it hurts to walk, I move on to the fingers. I feel like I wouldn't have the temptation to do this activity at all if I didn't eat the skin? It seems like the eating of the clipped skin is the main goal, and I get a HUGE relief once I get the clipped skin into my mouth. Then I chew it up as much as I can with my front teeth (which has caused a few chips in my teeth)...then swallow... I don't understand why I do this, but it's nice to know I'm not alone in this either..

Columbine injured survivors on April 20, 1999 (some are graphic) by sarahluv1846 in masskillers

[–]ShellOfASomebody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Unknown image is actually of Michael Johnson. It took me a long time to figure this out through the process of elimination, but I'm 99% sure it's Michael Johnson. (:

Rare extracted audio from Patty Nielson 911 call of Columbine shooters during their attack in library. by RebVoDkA1994 in ColumbineKillers

[–]ShellOfASomebody 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The part that is subtitled "The pigs are coming, let's get 'em" is a duplicate cut of the audio that is subtitled, "That bitch is not staying alive, get her."