Rainsong may be right that Signature may not be knowable or applicable to this case. Not only is it a confusing term, but it is typically used to tie serial killings together. It is a useful term, if reasonably understood, to try and discern between what was done in this crime for pathological reasons and what was done simply to get the job done. Even a serial killer's first murder has Signature elements. Subsequent murders help bring those elements into a clearer light. On the other hand, we are laymen, and I would hate to create a psuedoscience:) We see that happening enough.

On Evening2's contraction's in the note from the previous thread, I wouldn't mind opening a thread on word clues from the note. I would just like to add that even though I said that satisying a compulsion is Signature, the offender would have to satisfy a "need" in the crime by the act in order for it to be a Signature element.

As far as the offender being a demented creep versus a bright personable character, I think he lies somewhere in between. Because he attacked a child; the way he attacked the child; and because I believe the target was John Ramsey via his daughter, I see him as so inadequate as to be able to interact socially only in areas he is completely comfortable with.