For Lookout - An Inheritance Killer The Same Age As JB

[Caroline]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bartlett_Whitaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc0FTnEyas

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Who would have " bargained " with JB into doing a prison sentence ?

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Although a tidy sum of money back in the mid-80's,there was also the matter of inheritance tax that would have made quite a big hole in the overall amount and certainly not worth anyone killing for. If it had been in the mllions,then I wouldn't have been so quick in declaring JB's innocence.

The value of the farmhouse wasn't added to the existing sum because it had been rented,though even if it had have been, property values weren't as they are now,so it still wouldn't have reached the £million pound mark.

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An interesting study in America said that a man in possession of a gun would go out and kill a stranger whereas a woman in charge of a gun would kill her spouse and/or other intimate members of a family.60% of the time in fact.

[Adam]

Steve Benson wasn't the same age as Bamber. But it was a same year. There are a lot of other similarities, which I posted on Red yesterday.

The Menendez brothers were a similar age to Bamber. They finally admitted to their inheritance killing several years after their massacre & after spending a lot of the money.

I'm not sure how people don't believe the WHF massacre was an inheritance killing. Considering Bamber would have inherited well over a million pounds of todays money.

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 What people fail to understand are the comparisons in monetary values back then and now. To have been in Nevill's position then,he was classed as a wealthy farmer. That same amount in todays values is what millions of people have but aren't particularly classed as wealthy in the same way because half a million from being a youngster then would not have lasted you through life to date and half a million today with costs of everything certainly wouldn't see you into retirement.

What I'm saying is that £400,000 then, and the way you say that JB wanted to live,wouldn't have lasted long,so killing for millions rather than a few thousand,I'd have understood because long-term that would have sufficed him.

Some crummy looking properties today are in the region of £300,000 for a start.

JB didn't kill the family,he had no reason to do whatsoever.

How long do you think that money would have lasted him over the years ??

[David1819]

Steve Benson wasn't the same age as Bamber. But it was a same year. There are a lot of other similarities, which I posted on Red yesterday.

There is actually evidence that shows Benson was the killer. Steven Benson never protested his innocence once convicted.

There is actually evidence that shows Eric and Lyle Menendez were the killers.  Eric and Lyle Menendez admit to the killings.

Benson and Menendez have a much greater motive.

Benson Estate = 10 million
Menendez Estate = 14 million
Bamber Estate = 0.5 million

Bamber does not fit into the pattern you are trying to create.

[Jane]

Although a tidy sum of money back in the mid-80's,there was also the matter of inheritance tax that would have made quite a big hole in the overall amount and certainly not worth anyone killing for. If it had been in the mllions,then I wouldn't have been so quick in declaring JB's innocence.

The value of the farmhouse wasn't added to the existing sum because it had been rented,though even if it had have been, property values weren't as they are now,so it still wouldn't have reached the £million pound mark.

I doubt that Jeremy would have given a thought to trivialities like death duties. With that amount of money at his disposal, he could have removed himself to somewhere he couldn't have been touched.

[Jane]

What people fail to understand are the comparisons in monetary values back then and now. To have been in Nevill's position then,he was classed as a wealthy farmer. That same amount in todays values is what millions of people have but aren't particularly classed as wealthy in the same way because half a million from being a youngster then would not have lasted you through life to date and half a million today with costs of everything certainly wouldn't see you into retirement.

What I'm saying is that £400,000 then, and the way you say that JB wanted to live,wouldn't have lasted long,so killing for millions rather than a few thousand,I'd have understood because long-term that would have sufficed him.

Some crummy looking properties today are in the region of £300,000 for a start.

JB didn't kill the family,he had no reason to do whatsoever.

How long do you think that money would have lasted him over the years ??

 And there were the same comparisons to be made back then. I think you're looking at this from your own perspective. How was it possible for Jeremy to view it from 30 years in the future?!!!! All he knew was what he was worth THEN, compared to what he'd have been worth in earlier years. Believe me, no one has the same mind set of someone some 30 years their junior/senior.

[Adam]

There is actually evidence that shows Benson was the killer. Steven Benson never protested his innocence once convicted.

There is actually evidence that shows Eric and Lyle Menendez were the killers.  Eric and Lyle Menendez admit to the killings.

Benson and Menendez have a much greater motive.

Benson Estate = 10 million
Menendez Estate = 14 million
Bamber Estate = 0.5 million

Bamber does not fit into the pattern you are trying to create.

There is already a thread on here on Steve Benson. As there are a lot of similarities between him & Bamber. Which I re posted yesterday on the Red forum.

I haven't looked at the Menendez brothers yet. But didn't they also shoot their mother & father ?

Bamber was set to inherit 435k plus property, plus money from Mable Speakman. As the judge said, a lot more than published in the media.

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It wasn't JB who was in a hurry waiting for grannie to die !! The poor old girl died only months later.

[Jane]

It wasn't JB who was in a hurry waiting for grannie to die !! The poor old girl died only months later.

As he wasn't a beneficiary of her will, why would it bother him one way or the other?

[Adam]

I didn't start this thread.

There is already a thread on Steve Benson's & Bamber's similarities.

http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5656.msg249464.html#msg249464

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I doubt that Jeremy would have given a thought to trivialities like death duties. With that amount of money at his disposal, he could have removed himself to somewhere he couldn't have been touched.

He did think about death duties though as he'd started to sell articles from the farmhouse to meet costs such as the funerals,flowers,refreshments,etc which would all normally come from the estate.

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And there were the same comparisons to be made back then. I think you're looking at this from your own perspective. How was it possible for Jeremy to view it from 30 years in the future?!!!! All he knew was what he was worth THEN, compared to what he'd have been worth in earlier years. Believe me, no one has the same mind set of someone some 30 years their junior/senior.

He wouldn't have been worth anything if the rental review of WHF had not gone his way.