Scherer, a tax consultant, does not own any firearms and has never committed a violent act. He mentally rehearsed a detailed plan to abduct his two children, Bob, Jr. and Lindsay, from the parochial school they attend in Great Neck, Long Island, going over the fine points out loud with local barman Tony Mendiola. The plan became clearer after the second beer, but somewhat fuzzy after the fourth, and all but disappeared from Michaels' consciousness after the seventh. On each occasion, Blossey was prepared to unleash a stream of profanities upon whatever stranger picked up her randomly dialed call.
Police have yet to discern a motive.
He pictured her entering her apartment while he loitered nearby, incorporeal and impotent, unable to mentally enter her home because he had never actually been inside it and thus could not clearly picture the interior.