I am not LE, nor an ET, but I have read a lot of crime related books and so forth. I know that IT folks, or any folks who troubleshoot things for a living, or design things are trained in logical thoughts. IF BC was PLANNING this, I think he would have been better prepared for disposal efforts, etc. I think that even if he gave it his best shot, he would have overlooked something, because he would not be likely to understand all of the evidence that can be gathered during a Postmortem, and would not understand how small pieces of evidence would not be completely eliminated from the house, or other location. Even if he was very careful, he could have missed dozens of things. Unless, as I have read here and some other places on the net, his narcissistic/superior side was telling him that he was a smart/educated person, and would be dealing with some hayseed cops who would take his story at face value, pat him on the head and start chasing shadows.
If the perp, whoever it was, wanted decomposition or a delay in finding the body, it seems to me that putting it in the water would be best. It would help destroy trace evidence, and might delay the discovery for a while. The water does not look deep, and the body would probably float, but it would have helped get rid of some of the trace. On top of that, it might seem more plausible that a stranger would dump in the water...
In the slide show on the news and observer page, it looks like the CCBI is giving the SUV a very careful look... I guess they do not suspect that the body was levitated to the discovery point.
I am not sure though, after the Durham case of Mike Peterson, there were some who disagreed with the guilty verdict in the case, and were making the argument that the wounds on the victim's head could be consistent with those made during an owl attack! Ok, I saw the autopsy report on that, and I can see how the wound patterns COULD have been caused by an attacking owl. Owls do sometimes attack people, but this happened inside her house, on a narrow staircase. Still, let us consider the possibility of an owl attack. Did we find any evidence that an owl had been in the house? (no), any feathers? (no) Did anyone see an owl? (no) OTOH, luminol did find evidence that a large amount of blood on the kitchen floor had been cleaned before the arrival of the PD and EMS.... so, let me see, the invisible owl attacked her inside her house, while her husband sat by the pool outside. The husband did not hear any screams, or see an owl, or hear any noise while his wife fell down the stairs. Then the owl cleaned up his feathers, cleaned up some of the blood, and slipped out of the house, leaving the husband to discover the body a short while later.... right? OK, now I know that owls are supposed to be wise, but this thing had to be darn near a genius! To kill the lady of the house and frame the husband at the same time! WOW!
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