Randy Kessler

Usually a demotion in stature and rejection.

So the fact that he was potentially had a lawsuit against him made him feel humiliated.

Well, think about kill kits when serial killers assemble the kit in preparation for finding victims.

The enjoyment he would have gotten is complete and utter power over her.

looking at the fear in her eyes, blotting her off the face of the earth so he doesn't have to think about her anymore, potentially killing her husband in front of her while she's still alive.

So he shows her who's really the boss in this situation.

And I think more importantly, a reversal of power.

He imagines she has power over him because she's moved on, but he's going to try to assert power over her, reverse power over her.

dynamic.

In my field, we call it triumphing over the love object.

He's triumphing over her every time he engraves that bullet.

Well, I see it as congratulatory, self-congratulatory.

So he's been obsessing all these years about getting rid of her.

We call it catathymic homicide.

That's when there's a compulsion to kill.

And it creates a horrible tension internally.

And when the criminal finally works up the courage to do it, they're quite relieved afterwards.

They're very satisfied with themselves.

As I said earlier, he triumphed over here.

He got his way.