I think this evidence is key
Trying to delete the Quickbooks account is a further circumstantial point indicating CM knew Joey was not coming back.
Deleting QB could not hide the fraud from Joey. Only from investigators.
Indeed deleting QB if Joey was likely to come home any day would obviously land CM in a power of hot water.
Yep, and when caught once again ripping another business owner off the court would look at him as being an habitual felony offender since he already has two similiar felonies.
His repeated pattern would show the court he wasn't one who could be rehabilitated. He also knew if caught again other businesses may testify against him that he had done the exact thing to them, but they did not press charges.
He knew he had made a lot of enemies along the way by what he was infamously known for doing when he ripped off others he had dealings with.
Similiar to what has happened in the Bill Cosby case when many victims testified he had done the same thing but they never pressed charges. CM knew if he was exposed once again he would be in a high pile of deep doo this time.
Imo, I think it's very likely he had continued to rip many other businesses off between his last felony, and the felony he committed against Joey, but many won't press charges.
When I worked for a large bridge building company there were occasions where either employees or subcontractors were caught stealing or had embezzled funds.
The owner preferred to fire them on the spot, and tell them they would not give them a good recommendation if another employer called them.
They didn't want to draw negative attention to the public/media showing that someone had been caught committing theft/ or had embezzled funds.
They believed it may affect their reputation overall, and they had an outstanding excellent reputation, and still do to this day. So I think he did rip many others off. A zebra doesnt change its stripes.
It wouldn't go nearly as well for CM as some may think, and he knew it. No one knows how the justice system works any better than the criminals who are in it. Imo.
I think another telling fact that has been entered into evidence is his totally nonchalant attitude he had about his 'best friend' first went missing.
Everyone that corresponded with or saw Joey on a consistent basis couldn't understand why Joey wasn't returning all of their calls, and emails.
Who is the one who tries to put their mind at ease? None other than the accused himself.
What does CM do instead when he is asked about Joey's sudden out of character behavior?
Does the awe shucks... I'll go by at the END of the week to check on my very closest best friend. It was no big deal to CM.
Sure...that's what all very close best friends do when their best friend has suddenly vanished without a trace into thin air. NOT!
But if he indeed was the murderer of his very best friend this is exactly what he would say, and he would want to stall, and tell everyone he would check it out many days later.
Meanwhile, saying he would check on his best friend many days later it actually gave him more time to cover up his crime he has done on the 4th not only against his best friend, Joey, who I'm sure he talked to every single day before he took his life, but wiping out the entire family.
Once there were four in the Joey McStay family, and by the time CM left the McStay home on the 4th there were none just like he had planned.
Imo
) about people having an open mind about a case. I want to see more evidence before I make up my mind about what he is or isn't guilty of. Why would that make you nervous?