For the record, I don't believe that the evidence suggests that RZ went over the balcony railing in either the area or manner in which law enforcement has suggested.I am not sure what photos you have been looking at but your diagram is totally wrong. There is no visible left barefoot print as you suggest on the balcony anywhere - there's only a slight indication of what law enforcement claims is a left heel mark, but I am not convinced and neither is anyone else that I know of.
The purpose of my post was twofold.
To show the size of the balcony floor by showing the measurement of the tiles and also to show that the grout space should be considered as it is a quarter of an inch wide.
The second aspect of the post was to illustrate that IF RZ hopped from the spot where there are heel impressions to the point where there are toe impressions from her right foot, then that distance would be approximately 11 inches, rather than 16 or 17 inches as has been indicated in many posts relating to the case.
Also, there is no further evidence on the balcony of Rebecca's left footprints, so the diagram that you have is misleading. Also, the notion that both of Rebecca's feet are facing directly towards the balcony railing is also wrong. The position of her right footprints just does not support this at all.
There is no evidence of RZ's left foot near the balcony railing, of course, ITA. The purpose was to show the size of a foot with approximately the same dimensions as Rebecca's on the balcony floor.
In terms of the orientation of the right foot near the balcony railing, it's up for debate in terms of where it points; pointing straight ahead is a completely valid possibility. The size is accurate if RZ was a shoe size 7 and the spacing is accurate with respect to the maximum spacing (2 inches) between her ankles as per the autopsy report:
"The ankles are bound by rope similar to that on the neck and the wrists. Similar to the wrists, the rope is arranged in a roughly figure eight pattern and the ankles can be separated a maximum of 2 inches at the narrowest point."
The left foot was meant to illustrate where it would hypothetically be and to help establish that the midline of Rebecca's body was significantly to the right of the so called area of disturbance on the railing as outlined by law enforcement in their PowerPoint presentation, and where they expect us to believe she went over.
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