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In your theory...who or where does he get the additional $20K? Because the AIW employee who actually took the money out of the BofA would have surely told LE "Well, I gave him $20K while we were at AIW then the additional $40K from the bank". Or do you think the AIW employee is involved as well, and lied about this additional $20K? Maybe the AIW employee and JW split the first $20K? Is that your theory?
And of course, your theory doesn't explain why he actually sent the text of the amount, which was $40K. The amount that has been stated was in question. That they have accounted for over $30K.
I said earlier today that this is rank speculation, but given that the prelim really only showed us how much we don't know, I'm willing to entertain some outside the box thoughts.
We don't know that the accountant didn't tell LE that he gave JW $20,000 at AIW. We know from the affidavit that the accountant "
stated the money it withdrew from Bank of America was wrapped in money wrappers from the bank and the money was separated in four bundles that totaled ($40,000.00) forty thousand dollars."
For argument's sake, let's say LE withheld the information about the earlier transfer of $20,000 in a manila envelope, which is why they knew JW wasn't telling the truth about what happened at the bank. They had the attorney's whole story and the bank footage to back up at least what happened at the bank. LE believed that $40,000 was delivered to the S house, one way or another. If there was additional money given to JW, but not left at the house as ransom, would they need to include that information in charging docs for DW? At some point, LE obviously thought JW might be involved in the murders, as stated in the SW for his car, but if he was not involved with DW and the murders, would his "theft" of the $20,000 need to be included in the murder warrant/affidavit/SWs? Or if LE believed JW did something fishy with some of the money, could they leave that part out at the time of the affidavit to avoid bogging down the requests for SWs and AWs related to DW's involvement?
I don't think the accountant is involved. I
do think LE has not disclosed all the information they have, including that gleaned from interviews with the accountant.
At some point, JW tells LE that he"
was told by the other employee the package contained $40,000.00 in cash." This seems to be before LE asks to see JW's phone and asks him about the text to W2. Did the accountant for some reason tell JW that they were going to the bank to pick up the $40,000 when JW met him at AIW? If JW didn't have that $40,000 when he took the photo he sent to W2 at 9 am, but had $20,000 that he found when he opened the original manila envelope, all the different stories start to make sense. With more than one money drop, the different stories aren't lies. If JW thought that because he delivered the amount to SS' house confirmed by the bank, LE might not know about the other $20,000 (or whatever amount), JW might have told LE he lied about how he got the money, rather than he received money under two different circumstances and kept some of it. I think in the interview(s) JW tried to figure out what LE knew and then tried to make his story match. IF the accountant gave JW more than the $40,000 retrieved from the bank on Thursday morning, why would JW think DW/SS were only expecting $40,000 and why would he think he could take the extra $20,000 without ramifications?
Yes, it would be ridiculous and crazy if JW thought he could take some of the money and the accountant wouldn't tell LE. But it is equally crazy that JW tells LE that the accountant gave him the $40,000 in two different ways, only one of which can be correct, and thought LE wouldn't check out his story with the accountant/bank. He sent a photo of money to W2 and didn't think LE would see it. Otherwise, why wait until further questioning from LE to admit he knew what was in the package?
The information we have so far does not make logical sense. There are too many contradictions. I have been fascinated all along by JW's "lies". They have always made NO sense and the idea that he thought he could tell them without being found out is really interesting to me. If there was more than one money delivery, both stories could be true and rather than telling a whole bunch of lies, he could have just told one - which is that he lied to begin with (if he didn't.)
I am not saying this definitely happened, any more than I'm saying a UFO came down and replicated the money, then dropped JW off at Lowe's before heading out to Kansas to make crop circles. :ufo: I'm just trying to fit the few pieces of the puzzle together in a way that could make sense, even though I am probably 100% wrong. The pieces we got today don't seem to have made the job an easier.