What a great photo to find, Dutchtreat
Just to clarify my "burglar" theory; it was all I could come up with to explain why the case containing the bones was left where it was, on the roadside.
Without that case being found and the remains nearby, neither Karlie or Khandalyce would ever have been identified. Indeed, nobody other than the killer(s) would even know they were dead.
What I could never understand or give credence to, from the beginning of this case, was the idea that the Wynarka suitcase was either deliberately or carelessly left on the roadside by someone who knew what was in it.
It seemed highly unlikely to me that even the dumbest criminal would leave bones and identifying evidence together in a public place after keeping them so well hidden for 7 years, and I don't think the other explanation of "a guilty conscience that wants to be exposed" really occurs in real life.
Disposing of the Wynarka suitcase in a way that nobody would ever connect the clothes, bones and murder would have been incredibly simple and involve nothing more than tipping out the contents in various locations up a dirt road somewhere.
For that reason, it was my opinion that whoever left the case on the roadside at Wynarka did not know what was in it. Hence my theory that it was an item from a shed theft, dumped when it was obvious it contained nothing valuable.
But there was another great theory posted here a while back, and my apologies for being unable to remember who posted it, that linked it to the roadworks.
I thought that was brilliant!
As I recall, the theory was that someone driving late at night with the suitcase (and knowing the contents) saw the flashing lights of roadworks ahead and thought it may be police. So they pulled over and dropped the case in the scrub.
As I say, I thought that was a very clever idea and one that could possibly also tie in with the idea of suitcase-man out searching for it to retrieve it.