The perpetrator was not a criminal mastermind but rather a haphazard and unintelligent individual who avoided detection primarily through luck and the limitations of past investigative technology.

“Dennis Rder was not an intelligent man. He was not smart. He was not smart. I I don't care what anybody says. He got lucky >> multiple times, but he was not an intelligent man.”

He suggests that the killer's motivations and the reason for his extended period of inactivity likely stem from events related to his children.

“I would venture to say off the off the rip. It's probably something to do with the kids one way or another. But we will see.”