Most of his victims were black men and so suspicions were that his murders were racially motivated, but van Schoor denied that and declared the deaths of the burglars by saying that he had "just done his job".
Die meisten seiner Opfer waren schwarze Männer, so dass der Verdacht aufkam, seine Morde seien rassistisch motiviert gewesen, van Schoor bestritt dies jedoch und erklärte den Tod der Einbrecher mit den Worten, er habe „nur seinen Job“ gemacht.