Oh gee. I was halfway through this post which should have been posted fifteen minutes ago. But almost at the end of it, someone came in magging away about reviews for a coffee machine we bought and hate and I couldn't post when I wanted to, or think straight afterwards. So if this sounds like gabble, please make allowances ...
Feel free to disagree, because I'm just floating this one before running up the street
Is there any evidence available to us that's convinced you beyond doubt that Jenny actually died there at the side of the house?
Officers at the scene claimed later that they'd seen no evidence at the side of the house to indicate the involvement of a second person. But how difficult would it be for a second person to tidy up the scene if they had time at their disposal? I could tidy up disturbed rocks, I'm sure, and no-one would know, later, that they'd been moved or tidied up. They're just rocks. They don't have a definite position. They're not glued down. As long as they were flattened and neat, who'd know they'd been moved and then brushed back in place?
Officers also claimed there was virtually no evidence on the wall or beneath it, apart from a drop of blood from the tip of the knife which had fallen on a stone beneath. So no blood-spray? According to Williams' autopsy, the knife went in approx. 6 cms from the mid-line, to the left? Sank in to a depth of approx. 7 cms? She must have come off the knife very swiftly then, surely? Must have fallen backwards almost instantly, for no blood to seep out and onto the ground? Must have fallen backwards from the knife almost instantly for their to be no blood at all on the wall?
How neat. No mess. Fell backwards. Blood etc. contained mainly to the board on which her body lay, sheet beneath her and around her head. Must have been fast as lightning, don't you think? The sheet beneath her -- I'll have to take another look at that later, but I seem to remember it was described as almost full-length beneath her, on the board. Almost as if it had been arranged that way. Maybe I'm wrong. But it seems odd to me if the sheet was close to full length beneath the body, because I've a feeling the body would collapse down onto the backside first, followed by the upper body hitting the ground and legs splaying out to the front or side, depending on how she fell or came to rest
The knife, upon impact, would be similar to a punch. At least that's what I've read. People have said they initially didn't even realize they'd been stabbed. They said they thought they'd been punched at the time it happened. And thrusting oneself on an embedded knife would have to be thrust with a fair amount of force, I'd think, to penetrate. It's not something you'd want to have to do twice or more or you might chicken out. So you'd have to thrust yourself determinedly, not half-heartedly
I'm thinking now of information about two cars striking each other and how the combination of their speeds exceeds that of either individual vehicle. The knife was stationary. The force would have to come from the individual's direction. The knife would go in, if sufficient force were applied by the individual. Then, when the knife struck a vital organ, the body of the individual would lose its own force, very likely -- and go into free-fall. Only one direction in which to fall, seeing the wall is immovable. But falling/collapsing bodies don't always or even often fall like trees, in a solid piece. The legs would buckle, I think, in reaction to pain, shock and injury and the brain losing control. So buckled legs would shorten the height of the body, for a start. Then it's likely the body would twist as it fell, because body parts would influence weight distribution and in turn, direction of the fall
Jenny was found neatly on her left side, according to the published drawing and to police photos taken at the scene to which we're not privy. Very neat. Almost as if she were sleeping. Arranged, almost?
The skull would have landed with a heck of a crack, surely? Did Williams mention abrasion or bruising, damage to the skull? I've fainted full-length onto a hard surface. Went down backwards like a log. Surprised I didn't kill myself. Head had a massive great lump. Jenny would not have been 100% dead when she landed -- well she wasn't, we know that because of the vomiting, etc. -- so blood would still have been pumping and there should -- surely -- have been measurable damage to her skull, shouldn't there?
But it's the sheet beneath her which continues to intrigue me. I'll have to really take a look at the coronial findings later to see if the sheet lay beneath her almost full length. Because if so, that's curious, odd. The sheet would billow around her as she fell, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it be found mainly beneath her upper body if that were the case, or blown right up behind her head -- blown up by the breeze caused by the body's rapid descent? What do others think?
And let's take a look at the height of that window and knife placement too. We know from the autopsy it struck Jenny 135 cms. from her heels? But where are the police reports about the height of the knife - anyone know? Did they measure?
I'm still wondering if she could have been stabbed elsewhere by someone else and her body staged on the board at the side of the house afterwards, then the knife with its drop of blood put in place in the frame. If so, premeditated murder
