Strategy theory: MOO:
Police suspect FD set this up to unbundle and obscure critical facts and activities performed re JD
pre and post mortem, so that MT could not provide key information to PD if she flipped, and her credibility with them (or later, a jury) would be undermined, as her proffer would prove incomplete at best and perjurous or inculpatory at worst. A plan devised by FD that required MT ‘s body double jogging at Waveny as JD would be a great way to insure MT’s cluelessness as to what actually happened during this time back at the first or subsequent crime scenes.
MT would have trusted FD, though, as she fancies herself a catch and MT/FD a team.
PD went live on the find JD site as deflection on a dice roll in anticipation of FD bailing out tomorrow.
MT may or may not wear a wire, but someone will have tap warrants already on file by the time FD’s out.
FD’s not a complete idiot though. Boats as background noise would be a good place and a comfort zone for FD, should MT try to loveydove him as a means to capture him on tape.
See, she will say, I’ve told them nothing baby. They have nothing. They searched everywhere for days, but they’re giving up. They just posted that new troll for leads on their pathetic homepage. These cops are dopes.
They’ll have his boats bugged, but he’ll anticipate that. If he takes one, the talk from FD will be all about I can’t believe you would do this to my family! What were you thinking? My divorce was moving forward fine? Now I might never see my kids again! You’ve left my kids without a mother! You destroyed her family! She did nothing to deserve this! Why did you do this to her? Why did you lie to me.
The cops will get nothing.
FD’s not broke. Not by a long shot. He’s just greedy. And he’s hiding all the money.
And he’s got so much mud built into this mess and will think that the website is what it is — an attempted trap — and he’s not going to give up anything.
All the talk they’re going to get from him is gaslighting. He’ll have an innocent explanation for everything.
If anything, he was just the clean up guy, and wasn’t even sure what it was he was cleaning up, if he even places himself there. MT is going to be blindsided.
And the muddy water so thick that still, no one will ever prove anything, except that it’s all stirred up and dirty. That’s not enough for murder. They still need FD to slip up badly, to do something really stupid for a while, which he won’t.
He’ll just get out of town for a while. Likely by boat.