I think it was me actually, (on here anyway) that said the back window of rusty old Fiat would have broken quite quickly, the back seat on old clips would have dislodged and found it's way out of the car likely through the big back window to be dragged on the current and found later that day, exactly where we would expect it to be found and in line with meticulously's relevant weather thesis. That logically, there was only one dumping event not two.
This detective didn't say the car was washed out and washed back in. He said it went over the wall (like a ramp) and straight into the sea, the waves in strong winds were lapping the wall on the promenade. The car floated some way out, tossed about a bit and then the sea receded to reveal the sand. People who were on the beach later that day, would not immediately have seen the two tone grey car in the water.
Pandit yes that was , you were adamant the car went in on the night JC disappeared and was driven from the clubhouse access roads. It seems your correct .
Quote from the article :
"(For the car) to have found its way into the ocean, we concluded that it must have been driven off or rolled off the wall straight into the water where it must have floated momentarily, before being taken out with the motion of the waves, before sinking to the floor of the ocean.
We were able to arrive at that conclusion because there was no sign of the vehicle at the beach when the regular swimmers arrived at daybreak to undertake their daily exercises.
That particular night, there were strong winds and rain to the extent that the waves were lapping the retaining the wall of the Cottesloe Surf Club.
It had to go into the water that night because the next day, the water had subsided, the tide had gone out leaving a wide gap of sand between the edge of the retaining wall and the surf.
It was really disappointing that some ws members commented that they were sick of the topic, wanted it to stop etc !
And then now you read the news report and its obvious that information was gleaned from the forum.
Previously unreleased information in the article, mentions rear door that couldn't be locked, burswood casino, champagne flutes, waves washing the beach clean & early morning swimmers.
Special thanks to Innerchild and Pandit and all the others who contributed, for putting a lot of time and effort into going over the details..
I hope it helped the cold case review to progress and JC's family, Hopefully they got some answers.