I would love to know what your actual theory, or your #1 theory at least, is right now. Who did it, how, why.
I’m stumped, I just feel like nothing fits.
I'm stumped too.
I only came onto this thread when I heard the FM was now being looked at.
I don't have a lot of knowledge about the case but I was surprised FM was a POI because I thought she'd been cleared years ago, she was highly regarded, she pushed and pushed for the case not to go cold and it sounded like there were plenty of other potential suspects.
But my opinion, and JMO, is that the FM is likely to be involved. I base this only on what LE have done and said in the past 5 days, which has been extraordinary.
LE have not said they are reviewing all evidence again as a formality. They've very clearly pointed the finger at the FM, which I just cannot see them doing without some solid evidence.
If LE had flimsy evidence and wanted to see what FM did under pressure, then they didn't have to be so blatant towards her. They could have been vague "everyones a suspect and everyones being looked at" whilst still inviting the media along and announcing what they were doing. FM (or any other POI) would have still felt the pressure!
IMO I lean towards FM because:
LE have pointed the finger at her
LE say that there is a new credible witness who they never knew about
FM and FF have been charged with the alleged assault of a child (not WT but believed to be his sibling)
FM and FF have had their FC removed from them
LE have been openly critical of their own previous investigations. IMO they sound angry with the previous investigators, as though they've completely stuffed it up, missed vital things. LE quoted as saying "messy case"
The final day of the inquest is when the coroner asks for the timestamp on the photo to be looked at again, and then this all happens. Seems like an awful coincidence to me.
BUT, and this is what has me stumped, is if LE is right then how FM has managed to pull this off is extraordinary IMO.
IF she is later found to have been involved then IMO she would have to be some sort of narcissistic psychopath to not only commit the crime but to then go on to fool so many for so long. She's incredibly convincing. She would have to be highly intelligent too. So psychopathy combined with intelligence, dumb luck and perhaps a poor investigation in the early days?
On the other hand if FM is not involved, then what the heck is LE doing? I can't believe any LE would be that incompetent and risk litigation etc.
So yeah, stumped and baffled by it.