Hi All,
New to Bathurst, never heard of this case until I saw the panel on Bentinck street. Recently watched the 60 minutes and read the findings final. Also read some of yours ideas and saw some photos.
I have a few questions and not sure if anyone here can answer them or have seen the answers somewhere.
1) Vanessa Conlan managed to get out of the car on Hereford street, yet based on the testimonies gathered along the time, the car was next seen on Duramana Road, 34 (then Turondale), Eglinton- that's 10 min away from Kelso, driver would have taken Eleven Mile rd. Jess was heard and seen fighting for life while in Eglinton - my question would be how he managed to keep her subdued all that time and still drive from Kelso to Eglinton?
2)Also, Mr. Fitzpatrick I believe was his name said that the suspect got to get out of the car to get something from the back, yet the other person didn't came out, so was it because she was either dead already or her mouth might have been covered and she could have been tied, or fainted? I think that she was dead soon enough after this seeing.
3) As the car was in Eglinton and the next testimony of someone seeing the car was early hours of the morning when the car came out of View Street on Sydney rd, to me it means, that the driver spent the rest of the hours in the Kelso, Laffing Waters area and could have disposed of the body there and ran back towards Oberon to get rid of the rest of evidence. Was the Eglinton Duramana back to Kelso area checked?
4) Could Vanessa remember the suspects face features and have her description penciled down? Maybe with today's technology even attempt an ageing effect?
5) the blanket in the photo looks reddish but being an old photo could actually be the orange colour seen on the back of car? Also, is there any descriptions on what items were found apart from the female clothing, it seems to be more than just undies?
6) when the suspect stopped on Hereford street first time, didn't even think that this might go wrong? and I wonder if he really thought that Jess would just give herself to him. This is something that really bothered me, as he wasn't in the middle of nowhere, there were houses just up ahead, maybe he's never done this before? He just said, "come here", disregarding that there was someone next to him that might attack him or simply say no; we know he didn't care about Vanessa, he wanted Jess, but she was in the back and had all the opportunity to run, far better chances than Vanessa.
