Blood evidence: This is just a theory.
If there were numerous witnesses who saw RG and GG leave after approximately 10 to 15 minutes of walking on the beach then RG could not have stubbed her toe the way GG described in his statement so where did RG's blood come from. Regardless of whether we feel witnesses are sometimes not reliable, LE felt all these witnesses were consistent enough to be reliable and included their statements as evidence. And LE would know better than we do at this point and this was important evidence.
So now, if they left the beach and GG did not return until later how did the blood get onto the towel. No eyewitnesses saw where they went. No one reported seeing them in San Nicholas and the only area of seclusion is that eastern most section of coast with the cliffs. Now what if he drove up by the cliffs, they had a disagreement because it appears she was not too happy with the way things were going and she got out and left the car. He hit her, she fell onto those jagged coral rocks that make up that whole area and banged her head on the rocks. (Consistent with this is the fact he was scratched on the chin/neck area and he had scatches on his ankle.) She's now is bleeding and he wants her gone. He helps her up and off the cliffs she goes. He has her dress and shoes so that shows he intended to use the snorkel story because she would not be swimming fully dressed. At some point either RG or GG removed her dress and shoes. I don't think it was RG.
At this point he may have blood on his hands. He can't wipe it on the dress. He may be in an area where there is no beach visible for him to walk to and wash his hands. She's gone, he's still fully clothed but how does he get the blood off his hands to change into his bathing suit. Can't get into the car and drive because traces of blood would be in the car. The only piece of material for him to clean the blood off his hands would be the towel. It's the only thing he had that LE could not dispute how the blood got there. He could say she cut her toe and without a body how could anyone argue with his statement. There would be no proof.
If he lied about the cut on her toe GG would not want LE to find her body. It is only reasonable to believe then that he would construct his story to make LE believe RG went into the water in a totally different place than where her body could be found. They did not find her body because they weren't suppose to. This is just my opinion, only.
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