I believe that OW really thinks her brother is innocent of murder. I am uncertain about her belief that he is not guilty of anything but she gives the impression to me that unless she has a confession or some defining proof that can't be questioned she will never believe it, much like a mother who believes her children would never lie to her.
If she was pretending or lying I dont think she would have repeated the fell down a hole statement to the police.
In the initial statement by Olivia to the Media:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...ry-disappearance/story-e6freoof-1226338290711 'yesterday broke down as she spoke on behalf of her brother, and detailed the strain and grief that the family has had to bear since Allison's disappearance a week ago' -
'Ms Walton said in the days leading up to her disappearance, Allison was her usual self.'
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I spoke to her the night before she disappeared on Thursday night and she seemed fine," she said.
"I saw her last week and she seemed normal, delightful - her normal, easygoing, beautiful-natured, thoughtful, kind-hearted self.
"As far as I know there have been no, there is no, we don't know anything about Allison's whereabouts."
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Allison suffers from depression, my thoughts are simply consumed with where she might be. I'm not interested in the speculation and rumours."
..... what conflicting statements appeared to have been uttered by Olivia!
The inference seemed to be that Allison had taken off to somewhere.
GBC's Barrister has suggested that suicide was a possibility. At the Committal, Dr Hoskins also told the court he did not believe Mrs Baden-Clay had a fatal toxic level of an anti-depressant drug in her system, but he could not rule it out.
NOW yesterday .......Meanwhile, Baden-Clay's sister Olivia Walton today proclaimed her firm belief that he was innocent.
Outside the court,
she appealed for police to investigate every avenue.
(No talk of depression any more!)
So now what is the inference?
Following what she knows was discussed at the Committal, Olivia appears to have accepted the unlikelihood of suicide!!
Is this a step closer in the process of elimination by Olivia in establishing/revealing the strongest possibility of what happened to Allison!