Plea time! Only a FOOL would go to trial with this much evidence!
Don't forget that the evidence coming out looks good for him in one sense, that it is appearing more and more to be second degree not first degree.
I wondered this, too. Granted Annie only weighed 90 lbs., murdering and hiding Annie's body must've been physically taxing for RC. There's the actual act of murder, moving her body, then hoisting her either up over the wall, or through the wall.
Then, there's the aftermath of the adrenaline rush. No wonder he looked "distraught" during the fire alarm.
Not to taxing at all.
Scenario: They exchange words. She scratches at him and he punches her, or visa versa. he strangles her, or choke holds her, which is quick and not physically taxing for a atheltic man against a 90 lb woman.
he looks around for hiding place for the body, triggers an alarm, puts her in a laundry cart, moes her to the room with the panel, removes an access panel, puts her body in the large opening. stands on a chair lifts a drop ceiling panel and throws his lab coat and shirt up there.
I wonder if the laundry cart (the one with the blood spatter) could have been used to hide then move her body...if there was truly "spatter", sounds as tho it would have been in close proximity to the physical violence, as well as convenient for hiding Annie's body until he could move it.
If not spatter then perhaps it was transferred from him and/or her.
the simpliest explanation/scerio ought to be considered. an even light punch to the mouth will split a lip causing a fair amount of blood. If he strangled her or choked held her while her lip was bleeding there easily could be her blood on his shoe/boot.
Hmmm... not a bad idea JG (i.e., the use of his knees for traumatic asphyxiation). Especially considering that she seemed to put up quite a fight as evidenced by inflicting on him what some are reporting as deep scratches. Perhaps he needed to utilize his body weight because she wasn't succumbing easily at first. Poor thing.
On a separate note. Has anyone here wondered about the intelligence of RC? His girlfriend described him as "naive," (although that could be in defense of him). He used his own key card erratically--he didn't think to use hers--without having the presence of mind to know that key card swipes would/could be tracked. Or does this instead point to a spontaneous killing that escalated in the moment, and then him not thinking clearly after?
Again it appears as if people are misinforming themselves about "traumatic asphyxia" form early posts that were in ERROR. traumatic asphyxia on in male on female murder is almost always simple face to face strangulation with the hands and second most common a chock hold from behind with the forearm.
If you have udnergone military training in this you are going to choose choke hold when able because you are in a more defendable positon from behind and you have some control overl whether you just render the person unconcious or kill them .
But since he had scratches to his chest it was almost certainly a face to face strangulation. He is a foot taller. that means if he pins her to a wall with his arms locked out, her hands will not reach his face and be below his arms. if untrained, like 99% of people, she would naturally tear at his shirt and chest (the appropriate response on choke hold is to try and flip the person over your back which is hard for a small woman. the appropriate response on a two handed face to face pin to wall is, if close to equal strength, slam up and out at attackers elbows, but if weaker go for a testicle grab and crush.)
