I think what a lot of people seem to be beyond reasonable doubt with is believing Lynn’s story itself.
If two people (who neither want Carol killed) were wrestling over a gun, that was loaded and cocked, having the barrel randomnly pointing in the direction of Carol is an extremely small probability in the first place. Then Russell's own finger pulling the trigger with a 4kg force, and the projectile ricocheting and killing Carol.
It's these and more points such as the guy rope being in the way.
That Russell had no problem loading a magazine on a gun he's never seen before and is by the evidence against guns.
If you believe all this sounds like a concocted lie, then what other scenario could there be apart from Lynn intentionally killing her? Can you think of another scenario?
The prosecution are relying on the jury to see this logical inference, I'd imagine. We'll see in their closing argument.
Regarding the burnt grass and cleaning the blood, can't this also work if he acted with murderous intent?
We don't see much here because we don't have as many guns but people manage to kill themselves or a friend by accident in America with guns in all sorts of ways, it could definitely go off with 2 people wrestling over it. I wonder how light or heavy Lynns trigger pull was.
He said he hadn't been drinking, I wonder if they could establish a pattern from friends/family about if he would normally drink heavily if he was out camping alone.
Sure, but Carol could have just tripped over the guy rope while walking to the car and asked Russell to move it, or it just didn't get in their way while wrestling, or perhaps it's what caused RH to trip and fall. We just don't know and the police haven't been very convincing.
I don't think It's a lie, but 'there was a guy rope' =/= 'it would have got in the way' is all.
TBH accidental death makes a lot more sense to me than Lynn murdering them. If he's a cold calculating monster, why make such a messy scene? People go missing in the outback all the time and are never found. He's clearly intelligent he would know leaving car etc there, burnt campground would turn into a big mystery. All the arguing about how he cleaned the crime scene forensically and planned disposing of the bodies etc doesn't fit at all with the way they died.
Sure, it could, but people keep saying they think Lynn murdered him in their sleep or in their tent and that piece of evidence does suggest Carol may have been outside, where Lynn said and would fit with the fight and the missing wing mirror.
Unfortunately he simply brings more to the table in terms of explanations than the prosecution which is basically 'this guy killed these 2 and he definitely did it on purpose'. I also note there hasn't been any introduction of electronic evidence from his house like weird google search histories or fetishes which they surely would introduce if it made him seem like a deviant.
I dunno. At the start I definitely believed it was murder, but stranger accidents do happen and people do do the wrong thing and try and cover it up to protect themselves.
The thing that doesn't fit for me is Russell escalating the situation to involve firearms by taking hold of one.
