Interesting that you picked up on that phrase he used.
If a body is found wouldn't the ME be able to detect that she didn't drown on her own?
Unless decomp was too far gone.
Could he have taken an unconscious body there and drowned her? And left her?
But she must have trauma injuries, if chlorine was used. ??
I do like your thinking about his comment.
Honestly, at this point, I think it would be very hard to determine whether drowning had occurred.
I do consider drowning a possibility - including drowning at home.
While we'd all think chlorine/bleach would only be used if there was blood evidence, it's possible that a guilty party would use it any way, in the hopes of destroying DNA evidence. This might include cleaning the body as well as the perp's own person. I think of Lady Macbeth.
If BM drowned/strangled SM at home during a battle over a long-held marital problem, it would not be the first time he threatened her physically IMO, and each time they fought in the past, he finally calmed down, apologized, swore to God that it wouldn't happen again and they likely prayed together. That's the cycle I envision, as it's common. Drowning makes sense because of BM's own statement and pre-splaining.
BM, if he did do this terrible thing, would have been panicked and remorseful afterward (but also stubbornly pro-Barry). He might have felt relief that the anchor that weighed him down (Suzanne) and kept him from living the life of a hunky, single, middle-aged man...was gone. But then, he'd feel terrible guilt. And terror at being caught and outed as a vile, deranged murderer. He'd be careful to clean under her fingernails, perhaps her whole body, and he would certainly clean his own body - because he feared being literally taken to the police staton at any moment in those first few days.
As the days went on, and he saw that he'd managed to hide SM carefully enough, he became the more confident and relaxed BM we hear on LS's interviews. By now, he must be really relieved that even if Suzanne is found, so much evidence has been lost.
Makes me think of Barbara Thomas and what might have happened to her.
