Los Angeles, CA—Today
desperate measures in the form of an unprecedented $1 million reward was
offered for information leading to the capture of Christopher Dorner.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonia
Villaraigosa announced the reward details at a press conference this afternoon.
The money was pledged by various sources including the L.A. Dodgers baseball
team.
For now it looks like
Dorner ran into unexpected difficulties when his pick up truck became disabled
from a broken axle. The burned truck and
contents that reportedly included two M-4 platform rifles and some camping gear
were found in the Big Bear Mountains.
Severe weather conditions may have dashed all of Dorner’s hope for survival
and perhaps he found a remote place to take his own life.
Searching that remote area
considering the weather conditions can be challenging. Ground and air searchers equipped with modern
FLIR (thermal Infrared Imaging devices) could quickly spot the heat profile
image of a 270-pound man particularly during cold weather. However, FLIR devices can be defeated if the
person evading capture has adequate thermal coverage provided by special cold
weather gear. With Dorner’s training he
should know that.
On the other hand the
broken axle could be an elaborate effort to mislead the massive land and air posse
out looking for him. Somehow I don’t
think that’s the case. It would be very
difficult to purposely break an axel and arrange for a secondary means of
transportation away from that area.
I made a check for pilots and aircraft owners for Dorner and found there were none. This was after hearing he may have had pilot's training in the Navy.
I made a check for pilots and aircraft owners for Dorner and found there were none. This was after hearing he may have had pilot's training in the Navy.
If Dorner is still alive
he could do a huge favor for a friend and arrange it so he or she could provide
the information and cash in on the reward.
I still want to do a video
interview Dorner if that is in anyway possible. Dorner would not be the first
fugitive I interviewed for newsgathering purposes.
Dorner is an interesting
study along with the malignant issues that brought him to this point in
history. This story however begs for a
spectacular ending but for now it looks like it will end with a whimper.