▁psych ological ▁tra uma ▁in ▁his ▁youth , ▁related ▁to ▁his ▁mother ▁or ▁perhaps ▁some ▁sentiment al ▁companion , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁cruel ty ▁he ▁showed ▁against ▁the ▁women . ▁ ▁The ▁then ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁O I J ▁said ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁slight est ▁evidence , ▁except ▁mod us ▁oper and i ▁and ▁the ▁weapon ' s ▁cal iber , ▁and ▁that ▁these ▁were ▁just ▁circumst ant ial ▁evidence , ▁never ▁binding ▁to ▁a ▁specific ▁weapon . ▁ ▁The ▁police ▁managed ▁to ▁handle ▁up ▁to ▁six ▁different ▁suspect s . ▁ ▁Author ities ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁the ▁O I J ▁issued ▁a ▁press ▁release ▁( the ▁first ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁mur ders ), ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁outline ▁who ▁El ▁Ps í cop ata ▁was . ▁ ▁In ▁said ▁statement , ▁a ▁tele phone ▁line ▁and ▁a ▁postal ▁address ▁were ▁offered ▁to ▁give ▁confident ial ▁reports , ▁although ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁greater ▁results . ▁A ▁change ▁of ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁investigation ▁was ▁also ▁tried , ▁because ▁before ▁that ▁date , ▁it ▁was ▁thought ▁that ▁El ▁Ps í cop ata ▁was ▁a ▁murder er ▁of ▁a ▁moral istic ▁type , ▁but ▁then ▁tried ▁to ▁orient ▁his ▁profile ▁towards ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁l ust ful ▁k iller ▁who ▁killed ▁to ▁consum mate ▁his ▁sexual ▁fant as ies , ▁although ▁the ▁reason ▁for ▁this ▁turn ▁in ▁the ▁investigation ▁was ▁never ▁clar ified .