![]() ![]() At that point he was highly aroused, and that high level of emotional arousal was guiding his behavior rather than rational thought." According to police, Lara was acting oddly after returning home Sunday night following the incident. "People who commit violent acts for the first time can become traumatized and show signs of remorse and guilt. "I wouldn't call it panic as much as arousal, but there are similarities," Colistro says. He explains that unless Lara is willing to talk openly, we may never fully understand his motives.ĭid panic overrule Lara's rational thoughts and cause him to flee and commit other serious crimes? "Human nature being what it is, the more one fantasizes about a situation, the closer they come to making those fantasies reality."Ĭolistro adds that people who commit serious crimes often don't have the same fully developed conscience that normal law-abiding people have. "Oftentimes what you see in situations like this is someone who has entertained fantasies over the years about doing these types of offenses," Colistro explains. He offered the Source Weekly some insight that may help explain what can go through the mind of someone who has just committed a serious crime for the first time, and how they might ultimately react.Ĭolistro says it's much easier to rationalize and understand the actions of repeat criminals than the alleged actions of Lara, who has no apparent criminal record. While pointing out that he has no detailed or specific inside knowledge of this case other than reading about it, he deals with similar situations in the Portland area. Frank Colistro of Portland agrees that this is a peculiar and tragic case. Why would a person who has allegedly committed a serious crime then dig a deeper hole by committing other serious crimes in an effort to run from it? Did Lara really think he could escape and not be held accountable, or did he succumb to sheer panic? Then, police say, he went on to shoot another man, kidnap a family of three in Yreka, and force them to drive him around at gunpoint before releasing them. The security guard allegedly killed Sawyer by striking her with a college security vehicle. Police say Lara was arrested after a high speed chase on I-5 near Corning, Calif., 36 hours after Sawyer's death. It's a tragic turn of events that leaves us asking why. ![]() Why would Lara-who is married to a Bend police officer, has studied criminology, and has no prior criminal record, according to Oregon State records-allegedly flee from a tragic scene and commit many other crimes? Questions linger as the investigation into last week's bizarre crime unfolds. People are drawn by its sunny climate, its hiking, skiing, fishing and cycling opportunities and by its microbreweries.As friends and family of 23-year old Kaylee Sawyer try to make sense of her death, allegedly by 31-year-old Central Oregon Community College security guard Edwin Lara, a forensic psychologist says many questions may never be fully answered. A former lumber town at the foot of the Cascade Range, Bend has seen its population more than quadruple over the past 25 years to 87,000. Many people in Bend, where Lara worked, are reeling. After a chase over 100 mph on the main freeway along the West Coast, the California Highway Patrol arrested Lara. ![]() Then one recent night, police say, he killed a young woman.Įdwin Lara then traveled to the state capital, kidnapped another woman and took her to California, where he shot a man and carjacked a vehicle with three people inside, police allege. He had everything going for him: a job and good career path in law enforcement in a scenic Oregon mountain town, the trust of his colleagues, a wife and a house. The murder of Kaylee Sawyer followed by a string of other crimes leading from Oregon through California allegedly committed by Central Oregon Community College safety officer Edwin Lara has this scenic mountain town deeply shaken. A picture of Kaylee Sawyer is displayed on a screen as Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel speaks during a press conference on at the Deschutes County Courthouse in Bend, Ore. ![]()
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