squareandrabbet
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That would be a bigger deal if the house was the actual site of the murder.
Even then, they were looking for blood evidence that had the DNA of one person— Gannon. In most cases where contamination is a problem, it’s when the suspect is referring to their own DNA.
It’s either his blood or it isn’t.
The problem the defense is going to encounter, is that there were likely witnesses to that abuse, and the murder itself did not occur in the home.
I’m not worried.
Yeah, it's pretty tough to explain away a sizeable pool of blood... doesn't matter what type of fibers, or dust, or any similar thing is caught in it to contaminate it.
Nobody was expecting to find a palpable amount of blood. Nobody would, without an explained well-known family tale about the injury, "do you remember the time when?".
I remember watching something on TV where they said premeditation can be 5 minutes. premediation was considered any time there was time to rethink what they were doing before acting out and to decide to not commit the crime. JMO
As per the other link saying that some jurisdictions define it as a split second of consideration of a weapon, I think it's pretty easy to see behind this to the intent of law.
By which I mean, the law would like to remove any doubt, and set the standard of "premeditation" to cover basically anyone who isn't covered by a clinical insanity defense.
If you are a person still possessing the power of rational thought, there is no such defense legally in those jurisdictions as "the heat of the moment"; because there is no "moment".
But Gannon was 90 lbs. Add in that most suitcases weigh about 10 lbs, and you now have LS moving a 100 lb suitcase around between cars.
Most airlines have a 50 lb weight limit... I struggle lifting a 50 lb bag out of my trunk, I’m not sure how she could have moved anything bigger without help.
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It depends upon the angle where you start, gravity, etc., IMO.
I have a lot of difficulty opening recalcitrant windows, say, when they are placed at a level above my elbow.
That's because I barely have the option to bend my arms to push up underneath the windowsill. I'm basically pushing at a 90-degree angle to the window, and nothing is happening; unless I get more of a set of biceps and triceps than the ones I already have.
Or, think overhead compartments for luggage. It's a pain to get the luggage up there; but once you get it past the lip of the luggage bin, the luggage bin in fact slopes towards the outside of the plane and has more room; at which point gravity takes over.
I'm sure a scientist could do a much better job of explaining levers, centrifugal/centripetal support, etc.; but from the preceding observations of my 30-ish years as a single woman maneuvering luggage, home DIY, post office packages sans car, etc.; if you were going to get something heavy, like a feed sack or body, you'd want to go "from the middle" if possible, so that the weight of the object is evenly distributed.
Thank you for reposting this. Somehow I totally missed it. I agree with your talking points.
Unbelievable that she created & circulated this. There’s so much odd & unnecessary detail (which we now know is common for her). IMO, she knows what she did to him and this is her attempt, again, of planting doubts, creating a false story, blaming a unruly child (she doesn’t say that but it’s implied). She still cannot even pretend to show concern for him by saying - “We all love Gannon very much and want him home” or “Gannon is missed and we are heartbroken”.
The money & bank card mention is absurd. He’s 11. Is he going grocery shopping & staying in a hotel while he’s decided to run away & live on his own?
Nevermind the rest of it (phone searches, being home “sick”, no showcase pic of the missing child, etc.).
IMO, I believe LE knew right away they had a live one with stepmom.
To be fair, I've seen a fair few cases where people specifically ask, "Did the kid have any money to get by with?" (I think people, for example, asked the question in the case of Harley Dilly), so I don't think the inclusion of that answer is as dumb as one might think.
It's out of place, IMO, and I agree suspicious because it sounds like someone who, well, reads a lot of crime forums tossed that on in there; but it's been asked. We even had a hearty debate on prior threads about when kids are "runaways", vis-a-vis them being "wander-aways". You can indeed argue about the mindset of the askee, that they would think of debating such a thing; but you can't say it's never a question that gets asked, IMO, because I've seen it asked many times; plus as long as he knew the PIN code and had seen people go through the steps, I think Gannon is easily tall enough to maneuver money out of the ATM.
What he almost assuredly couldn't do, is interact with a human being to do something that requires being over the age of majority. He's not, for example, renting a car or a hotel room; I agree with you on that.