Starting over with a clean slate are we?<P>Fine. <P>I would like to start out this discussion of the garotte with one item that is of particular interest to me.<P>The actual cord itself...and the fact(?) that it is optimal, rather than merely being suited for its purpose.<P>Those fingers were ineffective...ofcourse. No six year old girl can overcome the strength of even a teen age male, much less a full grown man. We know that virtually ANY cord would have sufficed, but is it merely a coincidence that this particular cord, although readily available in any camping store, was in fact selected by the intruder?<P>A cord that would not slip laterally as it was pulled...and perhaps repeatedly pulled and released? A cord that fingers of any strength or desperation would not be effective?<P>Were her hands loosely bound just so that she would be able to clutch ineffecually at her throat, but not be able to flail at his face?<BR>Is not this guy truly diabolical?<BR>Should we respect his expertise?<BR>