Shlock Homes
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Ray was also found with a tacklebox, if I'm not mistaken. He wouldn't have needed that if he was trying to get items lost in the chase. Fish hooks would also be useless. He'd have better luck using something that was sticky, like duct tape, at the end of any kind of string.BTW I suspect the tweezers, scissors and screw driver mentioned were used in attempts by RC to remove his green pen from the chase. But why not just wash off any blood on them rather than putting them in a drain pipe??? I also thought it was interesting that LE's evidence gathering included apparently-recent Walmart receipts for fishing gear. It makes me suspect that, since the tweezers, scissors and screw driver didn't prove to be useful, fish hooks were purchased for the specific purpose of removing the pen (or maybe even some other evidence we haven't yet heard about), if they were purchased right after Annie disappeared.
The items that were shoved down the drain pipe might not have been used in the murder. And maybe they were. It didn't see mention of blood anywhere. I would assume those items would be ones you would use in an autoclave to sterilize them for use in a lab setting? The screw driver could have been part of the murder weapon (used with the missing laces), or it could have just been used to pry open the access panel to the chase.
If Annie was still alive after the initial blow, then the killer may have been sadistic and killed her using the lace and screwdriver to turn it, causing the traumatic asphyxiation described in the autopsy, not just strangulation, which is usually just bare-handed.Maybe I'm wrong but unlike Shlock, I just don't suspect the screw driver was used to facilitate strangulation. For lack of a better word, it would seem like overkill since Annie was so small compared to RC. He's a strong, athletic guy, after all. Would he really need a screwdriver for this purpose?
As I've mentioned on other threads, I'm very curious to know if any forensic searches of computers to which RC had access have/will reveal any uncommon interest in Annie. The fact that he'd emailed her recently doesn't necessarily seem damning per se if they were only correspondences to set up a meeting or to discuss rodent care. But if he was pestering her or unfairly singling her out it's a different matter and may of course indicate an obsession. I guess we're just going to have to wait and see what comes out in the trial, if there is one.
I think if Ray had been bugging Annie, we'd know by now, because Annie's friends or co-researchers would have said something. I doubt Annie would have kept that a huge secret. Usually when people vent, they talk about who's bugging them. But we haven't heard of anything. As far as we know, Annie and Ray were no different than a customer at a wal-mart cashing out with the same cashier every now and then. Maybe they had some interaction, but nothing beyond work-related. Just like many people, who may talk about stuff at work, even about their personal lives (to a degree), but after work, there isn't any socialization.