That is true, but those charges are not likely. They can charge him with all sorts of things but his lawyer will have the charges thrown out before it even gets to court, so that's what I mean.
Does anyone have any blueprints of the yacht? Or diagrams? I want to see where everyone was sleeping.
When it comes to the sleuthing and TOS I'm not sure what is allowed so I won't say more about DD but I'm really beginning to think it points to him.
It's never made any sense to me to suggest that NW herself would try to deal with the dingy when there was a paid employee on the boat. When NW fell in the water the other boat reported hearing music on the Splendour so that tells me Captain was awake. He never reports falling asleep in his testimony.
I would imagine that it would make the most sense for NW to ask him to fix the dingy and if she wanted to leave the yacht I also think she would have asked him to take her.
Also as to the threatening note. I do hope they still have it. Because DD worked for RW at the time and could have had access to that mailbox as well.
If anyone has a layout of where everyone was sleeping I'd appreciate it.
Ummmm, re: statute of limitations---alrighty then :innocent:
Until we hear what the prosecution has, it is impossible to predict the possible charges or what the defense could get thrown out (or not). I agree it is unlikely evidence is solid after all these years.
My point was to put to rest the repeated assertion that the S/L precludes criminal charges against RW (or anyone else). Not so.
Analyzing whether it makes sense that NW would ask DD to fix the dinghy or fix it herself assumes she wanted the dinghy fixed in the first place. In the same way way we have not heard reports of fighting noise, we have heard no reports of a banging dinghy. From what I have read and my experience sailing and towing a dinghy, this kind of banging is unlikely when the dinghy is properly secured with two ropes. That being said, I agree, if the dinghy were a noise issue, I very much doubt she would have dealt with it herself. Just doesn't add up with her fears of the water and three men on the boat. Remember the banging dinghy idea was conjecture on RW and CW's part apparently, after the death, as to why she ended up in the water. I think it's really odd to accept that proposition any more than the proposition that they were fighting. RW has now admitted that they were fighting himself.
Who really retired first, I have heard conflicting reports. CW or NW? You indicated in one post that it was NW. So were RW and CW both drinking still (after making up, apparently) or sleeping when she was bothered by the dinghy and went out to fix it? DD said CW retired first. Where was RW just prior to discovering her "missing?" Sleeping somewhere else in the boat?
IIRC, the master stateroom opened up onto the back (stern) deck. This is significant, I think. The other sleeping quarters maybe were on the bowside? Please, someone who knows the layout for sure, post!
Also, I think it's possible the nearby boat's inhabitants slept through the fighting and even the music until one of them (the boyfriend) was awakened by the cries for help, which were possibly nearer their boat, as she struggled and drifted.
If, as you suggest, DD had something to do with NW's death, why would he write a book (2 years ago) and bring attention to the case again? Would the book money be worth the scrutiny if he was guilty? This is illogical to me.
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