Hi all,
I finally can't resist posting and adding my thoughts on a few things.
Why he returned to house - while I doubt we'll ever know my suspicion is he forgot (or thought he forgot) something that could tie him to the crime. The reason being he took huge risks going back so the reason had to justify that.
- The risk of being seen at the house that time was very high because it was commuting time on a weekday.
- It appears he was speeding significantly on his return trip to the Liknes home based on the video evidence which was also a big risk. there are discrepancies in the times reported via twitter so it's hard to estimate just how fast he was going but when just considering the travel between Rocky Mountain Equip and Veggie Buddha it looks like he managed to make a 23 minute (based on google) drive in anywhere from 9-16 minutes. Based on the travel distance the 9 minute is clearly a twitter typo but the 16 minute is feasible if he was going a good deal over the posted speed limits.
- The other risk he took was missing his appointment.
On the subject of the appointment, I'm totally of the same thinking as someone else who mentioned he went to keep up appearances. He had no excuse to skip it so missing it could have raised red flags for either his parents or the Dr. He also may have hoped it was a bit of an alibi (though clearly it didn't work out that way).
On to the aerial photo, I was totally shocked they didn't discover the images sooner. There was so much media coverage of the search around Airdrie during the month of July I'm blown away nobody at that photography company thought to offer the photos to police then. Crazy!
I also downloaded the open source GIS photo available and believe that is in fact "The Photo" but the bodies have been digital concealed. The reasons I say this is because the photo is dated as July 1 on the website, the grassy area in question looks a little off, the resolution is better than what was described being taken on July 2 and the kicker, if you take a look in Airdrie you can see people gathering for what had to be a Canada Day parade (which for you non-Canadians is on July 1). Another thing to note the website listed the file as last being updated April 20, 2015 so clearly it was pulled and covered immediately after they found out.
Also some of you have questioned the travel time between the Liknes residence and his dr appointment, more than likely he just got stuck in traffic. While traffic would have been significantly lighter than a typical weekday because it was a Monday, July, and the day before a stat holiday he was still travelling during our peak traffic period and traffic would have still been heavy through Calgary's beltline at that time (for you non-locals the beltline is a higher density area south of downtown with lots of condos/apartments and small office buildings).
Last thing, the diapers. I did some googling and discovered diapers are used by funeral homes to deal with leakage, so I don't believe the diapers (if that is in fact what they were wearing) are a clue as to where or when the family actually died. Just another sad detail.
) If he would have been trying to avoid leakage at the time of death, they would have had to put the diapers on while still alive - either by force or he did it while they were unconscious. If they had been killed at the house wouldn't have there been evidence of their bowels/bladder releasing there? (which we haven't heard +in the pictures where there is blood, none can be seen. WHy would he have diapers on them (after the fact) when dismemberment would create such a mess? As much as I hate to, I'm beginning to think maybe they were alive at the acreage for awhile and that's why they were in diapers. (Now my brain will be mulling this over all night:gaah
