Isn't this the same woman that told the 000 receptionist there were no cars around? Suddenly recalling all these other things in so much detail!! How can you tell someone has a beer belly when they drive past?? Did he get out of the car and parade around for her? This seems so far fetched - I have never read this statement before. Can you post the link where this is from please?
AAHHHHHHHHHHH!
"There wasn't anyone suspicious in the area? Any people?"
"No, no, not that I'm aware of."
So, THAT'S why she emphasised remembering the three cars "at a later point" (the twin cars were two days later on the way to the airport to pick up her sister; I forget when she recalled the old-timey beer belly driver). I mean, if it was just one recollection, okay, sure, maybe forgetting is reasonable, but two different car situations? And, she gives multiple details about why the twin set of cars were abnormal (the closesness they were parked, and the positions on Ellendale Crescent), and it was clear she was concerned about the beer-bellied guy. Sorry ... I just don't know how her memory blocks all of this, even in a heightened situation of her son being missing.
Also, 000 call was supposed to be from landline, but on the call, she sounds like she could be walking (perhaps pacing inside house) and intimates that she'll go look for the neighbour (perhaps after she hangs up?).
I'm so sorry I can't post a link, I'm doing this all from memory (relistening to both podcasts).
The record of FM's proven call to Spedding was (inexplicably, at the time) not found in his call log
I delete incoming/outgoing calls from my mobile to "manage" the list and make it easier to look up numbers I don't want to programme into my phone. It's not necessarily suss behaviour.
Incredible that FFC could have made the call to that poor man who is just waiting for a washing machine part, only to weave him into a web of deceit. Ugh. Makes me feel ill.
It's also fascinating that the 60 Minutes interview (as well as other outlets, including the podcasts) inadvertently pushed the FFC's narrative. The artist rendition of the two cars gave the FFC's narrative so much "weight." The detail of "Daddy Tiger," getting supplemented not only by that iconic photo, but also the audio of a young boy roaring (in addition to sounds of WT laughing). The media really did do her bidding both by pushing these visuals and sounds. "Gobsmacking," to borrow a phrase.